My kind of rose garden.

There have been so many damp gray days this winter. I think that's why I've been so drawn to bright yellows and golds. This quilt went together super fast. My pieces are large, but then so are the moths in the beautiful linen fabric. And so that's how it came about.  Those moths looked like they wanted to take flight, so I better give them some room. 

I've had terrible luck trying to grow roses in my yard. The bugs always eat them. Or they get swallowed up by a fungus. Got a few of those around here. Here's my kind of dream rose garden. Blazing a trail up the lattice. Low maintenance. By the sea of course. And a beautiful bike path right there too, running right along through it.

Here's where I started. Pulling this sunny group of fabrics from my stash. I made a few changes once I got to the design wall, as usual, because that's the fun part!

A little Field Study. A little Hand Drawn Garden and Rosette. Botanics, True Colors, Weekends, and Beyond the Sea to finish it off. Love those sandpipers!

Here's another shot during our misty moisty morning today. The back of the quilt getting photo bombed below. Followed by a close up of the quilting.

Before I go, I've got a little Laignappe for you. Ever wish you had a third hand in the sewing room? I use my presser foot to hold my work sometimes. Especially when I'm ironing my binding. I use my flat hair iron to press the seams in my binding. Then I also my flat iron to press my binding lengthwise. The  presser foot holds it a section at a time. I hold the binding in my left hand and the iron in my right. Makes for very fast work!

Found an even better place to store my flat iron. And yes, I'm very compulsive about turning it off as soon as I'm done.

Thanks for stopping by. Happy stitches.