~ Quaker Ball ~
I've never made a Quaker Ball before.
So when I learned the Lehigh Valley Embroidery
Guild was doing a year long project on making one,
I was committed.
Once all 26 blocks were stitched and outlined,
we were to begin assembly in February/March.
I've never been one to sit and wait.
I'm rather a 'jump in and make it happen'
type of person.
type of person.
Surely putting together a Quaker Ball
couldn't be that hard ! Right ?
I was on a mission...
With no finishing directions...
here we go...
All the blocks had to be cut out...
now this was hard...who can 'really' cut into a
large and very expensive hand dyed piece of linen,
without second thoughts ??
whew, a sigh of relief...all done.
I needed a large, flat, hard surface
that was completely portable,
to arrange my blocks in the formation
I wanted. I used a lid from a large
plastic bin.
I remembered hearing someone say
the borders would be used to connect the pieces.
So this is where I started.
Slowly adding onto one of the main blocks.
Easy so far.
This is roughly one half of the ball...
Now I have two halves before me.
So far, it all makes sense.
But...see all those squares to the left ?
This might be where just a tad of panic set in...
where do they all fit into this plan ??
Somehow pinning and repinning,
showed me where the 'missing' pieces fit.
This picture is the underside of the ball
as I was stitching the pieces together.
Even as I was stitching it,
I wasn't sure until the very end,
if it was all going to fit together !
It's much larger than I expected,
and I absolutely L.O.V.E. it !
SO MAYBE...
So maybe it would have been easier for me
to wait until February and work together
as a group to finish the Quaker Ball.
So maybe it would have been less stressful
if I would have had some directions...
if I would have had some directions...
but, not nearly as fun !
~ ~ ~
And, this arrived in the mail today...
swoon...
I love seeing gorgeous wool stacked high
on my work table !
Happy Friday to you...
Rose