Red and Black

        Is it Friday? With New Years Day being on a Tuesday, it felt like a Sunday; that coupled with the fact that we cannot get rid of this cold virus so we are very tired, we both are having trouble figuring out what day it is! Maybe we’re just easily confused…..or it’s a senior’s retirement thing! Anyway, I did finally figure out it was Friday and time for another posting.

        I thought I would shake things up a bit and post a quilt today instead of a card. This quilt was made for my oldest grandson who is in university. When I asked him what his favourite colour was he said, “black” (groan)….but then added….”and red”….okay, black and red I can do.

        I started collecting black and red; black and white; and black and grey fabric…some dark, some medium, some light in colour….the usual fabric required to make a quilt interesting…especially a scrappy quilt.

           This quilt was so much work but mainly because the pattern said to press all seams open….in quilting, we almost always press to one side. I’ll never, ever do this again. I have enough fabric in various shades of brown to make another one, but I will be pressing to the side.

        Here’s Joven looking at his quilt. He really liked it.

        And here he is holding it up….sticking his head out the side….always the joker.

        That’s all for a lovely mild Friday, January 4, 2019…..can’t believe how mild it is here – around 8C which is 46F. Incredibly mild for January in Canada…..but I’m not complaining. I hope it stays like this until spring! I’ll be back on Monday with another card. I treated myself to a few….okay a lot…of new dies so lots of new card designs coming.

Cheers

Violet