Cartwheel!

I turned cartwheels all the time when I was younger. Many years and a hip replacement later, my cartwheeling days done. But I can do Cartwheels of another kind. At least, that’s what I am calling this project.

The pattern is Ferris Wheel Flowers from Presto Avenue. Until I get this project done I will just be spinning my wheels. LOL

I was working on SAHRR blocks, yes I am still working on my 2024 SAHRR!, when I just had to pull fabric for this pattern. I think this was one of the easiest pulls I’ve made in a long time. Of course I had to start sewing it.

I got the wheels done and then auditioned fabrics for the centers. I had no trouble finding a center for the pink and red wheels, but I struggled finding the right center for the yellow wheel.

After I had them done I decided the yellow center had to go. Thankfully I found a better solution. Now I need to appliqué the wheels and leaves to my background. I haven’t decided on hand or machine stitching, probably machine.

In other sewing I have 2 tops ready for quilting, I actually have about 9 tops ready, but these 2 are the recent ones.

For the wedding top I might do a panto on the strip piecing and a grid patten behind the appliqué letters, or I may just use it as a blank canvas for a bunch of free motion shapes. The Quilt of Valor top will get a panto, possibly a star one.

I talk a lot about my local-ish shop, Quilts Plus. Once a month we have Quilt Therapy where we talk all things quilty. Last month she showed a slide of a quilt made with 64 patch blocks. Connie challenged us to bring in blocks this month using a strip of Green Grunge she gave us. Here are the 13 blocks collected on the wall, including the 2 I made.

Then she had each of us pick a bolt of fabric to audition as side/corner triangles. She is going to choose from our bolts and finish this off for charity.