We are almost finished with our first redwork project - a quilt for the new baby. The girls and I have been working on these squares in recent weeks. The two of them also started taking a sewing class locally. They are doing all handwork right now. The puppy is one of their first projects. The instructor transferred a vintage pattern and had them color it with crayon. Then she ironed it to fix the colors. The girls learned to stem stitch (and then kindly taught their mother ; )) around the lines.
After that project they got a small fleece blanket. They learned to blanket stitch around the edges and to make a chain stitch design. The redwork squares required stem stitch, lazy daisy, and french knots mostly. Now we have just to finish the last squares and assemble. Trying to get to that in November!
Kim, these are so lovely!! What a precious gift this will be for your new little treasure!! Blessings!
Posted by: Meredith | November 11, 2006 at 12:21 AM