Roses on the Vine

This top is ready to go off to the quilters, and it isn’t a moment too soon. It’s been hogging my design wall quite long enough. I loved piecing each of the blocks (I made four copies of most of them), and I had a great time designing a setting to show them all off. But once I set the blocks in rows and stitched the rows together, it grew so heavy and cumbersome. I had to pin it to death just to keep it from puckering as I added the borders. It was a major project just getting the finished top up on the wall for this photo. I’ve been working on this too long, and it’s time to move on. I know just what I want to do next: something tiny – a wall-hanging, table-topper or doll quilt. In autumn colors.