With the New Year beginning I'm finishing up my posting for 2021 projects.
"So it Crows" is a wall hanging I made to display on my front porch for the months of August and September. This is a fun pattern by Karen M. Walker from Laugh Yourself Into Stitches.
I actually finished it towards the end of September, but after I took it off my long-arm frame I notices I had a large tuck of fabric going across the back. I had that moment thinking who will ever see the back - I should just not worry about it. Then I came back to reality and started ripping out the quilting stitches in about half the quilt. I watched many movies during that process. It takes at least three to four times longer unquilting verses quilting. The wall hanging was requilted and the end result is perfect. As I say anything worth doing is worth doing right.
I love crows and sunflowers. In my neck of the woods we still have hot sunny days when the sunflowers are in bloom and the crows gather in the trees. Did you know that a group of crows are called a murder and it is believed to signify that there will be a death, thus the name murder. I read that one crow is bad luck, but evidently two, three and four crows mean good luck or fortune. As the number of crows grow it signifies bad luck. I guess with the number of crows on this quilt it's unlucky, but I love it anyways.
I can't wait until August swings around to display this quilt on my front porch.
My goal for this new year, 2022, is to be more productive. So many great ideas for quilts on my wish list to accomplish, but time seems to slip by to quickly. If I could finish a quilt each month that could add 12 checks off my list. So I'm accepting the challenge - let's see how I do!
Happy New Year to all my friends and family. Let the good times roll.
