On a whim I decided to photograph the progress of the Maltaville Quilt and do a quick post.
I’ve been charging along with the drafting and prepping as my LQG has its annual retreat weekend after next and I want to have lots of lovely hand sewing to do.
However once I get them prepped I can’t help myself…I just have to start sewing them.
I have no self control, always just too keen to see how it will look.
To illustrate just how much of a whim this post was (I quickly pinned up a couple of half done blocks from last night on to the design wall), on looking at the photo I now see I have pinned a block in the wrong place.
Oh well… that’s impulsiveness for you.
The half finished block in position B7 (second row down, second block in from the right) should be one row down in position C7.
Last night was Census night and so I was filling in the census form otherwise I would have finished that block.
Back to the photo… you can see that the empty spaces are filling up and I have two blocks drafted and awaiting some fabric choices.
Many of the blocks are completely finished but the four little birds need a bit more work.
And of course there is a whole bunch of grapes waiting to go on the centre block (now that could be a project for the retreat)
And there are assorted leaves to go on but they don’t take long (at least that’s what I tell myself).
I also had some happy news this week…
Some time ago I wrote to the Smithsonian Institute regarding their Quilt Collection and donating some proceeds from the sale of these patterns.
This week I received a reply saying they have a Fund specifically devoted to the National Quilt Collection, the fund takes no overhead or operating expenses from it so the funds are used entirely for the preservation, documentation as well as researching and distributing the information of the quilts in their collection.
Isn’t that great…This was what I was hoping as it was my intention that the donation be used for just that purpose.
Big thanks to you Maltaville subscribers who are also making this possible.
Til soon…
wow – coming together!
Thanks Rose,
sure is. I’ll miss you at Cag this week after all but know you’ll all have a good time.
M xx
Looks great- I’m looking forward to the next batch. It’s too hot and I’m too lazy to do a progress photo shoot of my own, but I am keeping up :-). The donation is a wonderful idea!
looks beautiful…
I am thrilled to read about this fund and so happy to see a designer donating back to the museum that is housing and preserving the quilt they reproduced.
Thank you for that.
kathie