Love it

I am so glad to have this finished except for the binding. I can't wait to use it on my bed. Just finishing it after working for 3 months feels so good.
The back is so perfect. It is foxes on grey with orange and turquoise. Can use either side#
Just picked up from qbeehive quilting in Hampstead. Had lunch at porters neck with M and topped the trip off by stopping at Heritage farms for some "simply natural" butter pecan ice cream. Yum.
Now for our sewing bee tonight, picking up palms tomorrow for church Sunday and on saturday making palm crosses and decorating church with palms. And next week will be really busy.
Bee quilting.
Sally

Macinak

Probably wrong way to spell it but 16 blocks done only 26 more. Then I need to decide on a border!

Love the different  blues. If the fabric  had blue in it I used it.

I am so glad to be finished with the "mystery" quilt. It is at the quilters.
I promised myself I would not start my Kaffe kit until I got these blocks done.
I did finish the top from a child's quilt and it is ready for me to quilt. Have to finish the border on J's quilt first. I need a lot of practice!
Cold and overcast. Will stay home after yoga.
Stretchy quilting.
Sally

Done

Well at least the center. It measures 75 by 90 which is just too short to go over pillows or hang over the sides of the bed. So now to decide on borders.
Probably small inner border and piano key outer.
We will save that for another day.
Misty quilting.
Sally

Slow but sure

I will have to say that this is not the easiest quilt  to put together. I thought making all the units was tough but it took time and several tries to figure out how to get the sashings going the right way. I have one more "row" to put on to have it half done.
I like the look of quilts "on point" but this one was not easy.
Oh well maybe next week.
The sun..the sun..
Chilly quilting.
Sally

Ready for Christmas

I finally got this finished. Ann B gave us a workshop on making stained glass looking quilts and as I always wanted a nativity quilt, as they say "voila" here it is. I had some issues with my machine when going through two layers of double fold tape and wound up hand cranking the needle through those places.
I love the abstract look and colors contrasted with the use of reproductions for the frame and Joseph's coat.
Now to get another project off my list. I'm yrying out a new quilt pattern on a donation quilt. Thankfully it is not large.
Storms coming.
Rainy quilting.
Sally

Yippee

Well I have learned a lot today. First, as I was doing the binding on "Dawn's Early Light" I told Alexa to play some  music of Wagner and as " Bridal Chorus" came on I Googled it and found that the person I thought was the composer, Lorngrin, was really the name of the Opera by Wagner; second, I found it much easier to bind a huge quilt by putting it on my dining room table; and third, when sewing binding, the thread knots up less if I put my thumb over where the thread goes through the fabric.
So having gained such knowledge, I rewarded myself by making mac and cheese.
I thought about it while I was in the silver sneaker's yoga class!
Such is the path my mind takes.
Now to start putting together BH mystery blocks and sashing.
Sunny quilting.
S

Yippee

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