Four gates done

The last of the four gates is finished. I am glad about that, because stitching the scrollwork is not my favotite part. I still have to add two corners with the lovely dragonflies before I can start stitching the big branches of the last parts.


This afternoon I started with trimming some plants in the garden. It looked like spring from behind the window, but outside it still was very cold! I did hear the first blackbird sing this morning! Only a short song and no others to join him, but is surely is the start of spring.

And I cut all the strips I need for the borders of the Thimbleberries quilt. A lot of strips! Ten floral print, seven light fabric, seven dark fabric and again seven light fabric. Between the smaller borders and the floral one is a pieced border with 6 inch blocks, rectangles of all the used fabrics and bigger red rectangles. There is still a lot of work to do before the top is finished.