This is my center which I mailed to Julie the organizer in January. I included a button for the eye but of course did not sew it on (as the instructions said).
In March came a center to put a first border around. There was a note from the owner saying that she would preferred it to be 'on point'.
I decided to do that right away. It was on my design wall for quite a while ... trying out different things. I didn't like anything.
This is what I came up with. I mailed it to Diana in England who put the perfect 2nd border around. I just love the finished little quilt a lot.
May - this needs its second border. What am I going to do?
After a lot of thinking and rethinking! Tish then took it a step further when she quilted it. I like what she did too.
This is the 4th step. The one for me to quilt and finish. That part is for me the hardest.
I started with drawing chalk lines and sewed some straight 'rays' from the sun. The chalk thing is something I bought in spring at the Hampton quilt show. You iron the lines away. After I have read so much about this marker and that marker ... disappearing to early ... or reappearing when you don't want it ... I am totally confused about marking.
I borrowed a ruler foot and templates from Becky and after some trying out used them for straight lines first and circles. I really liked the results. Better then I could have done it free-hand.
And I learned another new thing when I had done research on techniques. I have two kinds of self-threading needles (which I think are must-haves). One should not take the side-threading one to sew away threads in quilts. The needle could get hooked in the batting.
Done! Here is the back.
And the front.
Now all I have to do is wait for mine!
And it has arrived!
And 2018 has already joined the little Cotton Robins from 2016 and 2017.
That was a lot of fun. Thank you, Julie. I hope we will do it again next year!
