The oomph was there to get through the funeral week and now comes all the rest. It seems a bit over the top to have to deal with fritzy appliances: microwave, dishwasher and now washing machine. And we are in the middle of a heat wave. sheeshI had a fan blowing as I stitched the binding down.
The comfort quilt is now a designated crying towel.
There are lots of memories in the quilt which was the 'nothing' that I was doing when I was asked. Trees, river, flowers, pastures, favorite horses, colours, etc. I hope it brings comfort.
I used a Hoffman floral, some of the scenic backing fabric which has horses, lots of green tone on tones and lots of blue tone on tones. To keep things casual I used some plaids and checks. I wanted a denim and green woods theme.
The backing is a scenic print with horses. Backing needs a good seam that is pressed open. The scenes run right along the 
I decided to match the water ways more than the horses.
So I set aside my basted quilt sandwich and began my blue/green/flowers/horses triangles quilt. And no, I can't just sew random triangles. Never thought I was a control freak but rather than randomly sew triangles I am working two rows at a time to get a good placement. A good and generous 1/4 inch seam allowance and pressing even rows to the right and odd rows to the left is making for good positioning for those points. At first I thought 'yikes' but I am in the 'zone' and it is looking good!