There are only have a few more days left this month to get the binding done on my April challenge quilt! This is the home stretch. After this, there will be a sleeve and a label to add to complete the challenge.
This is what I saw when the curtains were opened this morning. Usually, my hubby has them open by the time I get downstairs but not this morning. Why? Surprise!
Where have the years gone? One day I'm 20, then 50 and .... wham ..... 70! Thank you to my dear family for arranging this.
All the swirls are now complete ...... they just need to be appliqued onto the background fabrics and that is what I will concentrate on now. It feels so good to see this much progress on an oldie UFO.
Amazing what the difference it makes when a person concentrates on a project! Here we are a week and a half later and this is what has been done.
Thirteen whirly gigs have been completed with 7 more to sew together.
Progress has been ongoing with this oldie! My cutting station is a mess with red fabrics and red neutral fabrics. Just when my station is nice and tidy ..... wham ..... it is a mess once again.
Still, I'm happy with the progress!
Six whirly gigs are completely done now. Two different fabrics are needed for each blade making them very scrappy and interesting.
Each day, more leaves are starting to change. Day and night time temps are starting to lower ...
read moreIn an effort to reduce more of my UFO's, a four more projects have been pulled off the shelf.
I have just two more of these leaf blocks to make and then I can pin all the blocks on my design wall and see where I'm at with this project.
Borders, borders and more borders!
That is my goal right now. Just getting borders on some tops and get them from a flimsy to completed tops.
Check this one off the UFO list! A backing will be worked on and a batting just might get frankenpieced while I'm at it.
My "Red Sampler" is now a top! So thrilled how it turned out. I did take some liberties with the blocks and substituted some of the 6" blocks. Thank you, Lori Holt from Bee In My Bonnet for having this quilt-along.
Well, I'm not going to wait any longer. All my blocks that I want to do are now done. Any more blocks can go on the backing. There are a few misfits because of fabric chosen and they will be perfect there. Sewing of the rows has commenced and I will be happy to finally have this project as a top and off my design wall.
For the sashings in the Bee In My Bonnet Red Sampler quilt-along, this is what I've designed. Love it! Very simple, but so effective. My version of her quilt-along will be so different.
How many are doing Bee In My Bonnet's Red Sampler Quilt Along?
In the beginning, I wasn't going to, but my red fabrics were calling me! Make me, make me! LOL
So, I joined in and started making blocks.
I'm not going to make all the blocks, but will do my own thing and add in some applique to change the look.
This is where I'm at right now and my layout. Six more weeks of blocks and then that will be it, but then I will be busy with applique in all the beige sashings ...
read moreThat is what this top needs to be called ..... all those blocks look like present boxes with bows and ribbons.
So far, two corners have strips appliqued in the setting triangles. I'm happy with the look now.
My next UFO to work on is a red/neutral quilt based on the quilt below that I made back in August 2019. It is called American Wildflowers that appeared in McCall's Quilting March/April 2015 magazine. I loved working on this quilt and the blocks make up really quickly.
