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 Good Morning Quilters!

Today I happily show you a finished quilt!  My UFO of Birds of a Feather, pattern by Barb Adams and Alma Allen of Blackbird Designs is finished.  Most of the quilt is per their pattern, with a simple border instead of their applique border. 

It is back from the long arm quilter and I finished sewing the binding on it yesterday.  My long arm quilter, Sue Daurio,  (Here)  did a fantastic job of custom quilting it, and I am amazed and so pleased with the combination of her quilting and the piecing.  It's final size is ...

Good Morning Quilters!  The Birds of a Feather quilt is almost a quilt top.  The final hst border is a long strip and is ready to be sewn onto the bottom of the quilt. 

All three of the other hst borders have been sewn on.  Then I shall add the last 5 inch plain border to all four sides.  It should be a completed top next Monday.  Here is a picture of the three other attached hst borders:

I haven’t worked on quilting much because I’ve still sitting with my sister daily at the hospital.  Major decisions are ...

Good Morning Quilters!  Lots happening this week with quilting and otherwise.    

Remember, last week I was preparing to make an appliquéd border for the Birds of A Feather quilt top.  I changed my mind, and made a pieced border, which is so much easier for me.  I am a piecer at heart.  So this is what the quilt looks like today, with the left and right side borders attached, and the top and bottom borders ready to be attached soon.  After the hsts, there will be another plain 5 inch border on all sides.  I am happy with my decision ...

 Good Morning Quilters!   TaDah! Viola!  Bazinga!  The WIP from last week has become a quilt top!  There were several issues to overcome, as there always are, but I overcame them.  Here is a picture of it on my design wall:

A) Several blocks were made years ago when I didn’t understand that these blocks would all have to fit together into one big quilt top.  The upper left side block with the hour glasses next to it was too small.  So a small border on two sides corrected that ...

Good Morning Quilters!  This week I pulled out an old UFO and it is now a WIP!  It is the quilt "Birds of a Feather" by Blackbird Designs.  I looked back on my blog and the last time I blogged about it was in 2013.  (Here)  After working on it this week, it only needs a few more blocks before I can sew all of the blocks together.  The small checkerboard blocks are not sewn together yet, and you can see a few blank spots.  Here is the progress picture from the Design Wall:

This week I finished the leaves ...