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I was kind of surprised at the amount of shrinkage in Butterflies in Flight – batting was 100% cotton, washed in cold  water and yes I dry on high because I like the shrinking look but it doesn’t usually do as much as this one did – started at 73 x 84.5 and ended at […]

Yes finally I was a little busy yesterday – Arkansas Traveler now has all the blocks done – I need to look color over and decide if it stays as is or try to rearrange one block here and there without then having to move 10 others! Now because obviously the table and the quilting […]

A little progress on Butterflies in Flight – no particular reason this quilt is taking awhile to finish I just haven’t felt much like sitting and binding I guess – I think I have about a total of 3/4’s of a side left to bind as I had started in the middle of one side […]

Yes only one block was done after I said I was going to try to get done with two – just didn’t get to it.  I will certainly try to do better today!  Linking to To-Do-Tuesday More binding was done on Butterflies in Flight  it is coming along nicely. And I quilted a couple more […]

Quilting has begun on Rainbow Crossings (RSC22) and Arkansas Traveler (RSC 22) is nearing an end for blocks – a successful day.  Quilting is from Friday night. I am using a variety of thread colors once again,right now will be switching off between 5 spools.  Linking to Cynthia’s  Quilting is More Fun than Housework — […]

Yes I didn’t waste a lot of time – one night away from quilting and I’m ready to start again.  The day was busy with getting Rainbow Crossings ready for the frame – here are all three layers on the floor  (folded in half due to limited space) ready to trim the batting and backing […]

First off I had to clean off the table so I could get binding made for the Arkansas Traveler quilt – which meant getting the yellow block made that was laying out on the table- Done!  I had forgotten to get a photo until it was pinned to the wall – six more blocks to […]

Yesterday was a day I just didn’t feel like being in the sewing room – I sat outside for awhile with a book and a cup of coffee – how often can I do that in January – not often and probably won’t be doing that again this month – unless it gets very sunny […]

First off Noriko’s Star – the last section that I was working on is finished and was joined to the quilt top – now you can see a little more of the pattern evolve – now I could keep going around the big hexagon and make more of the star points or I could try […]

The last of the gray block was done now today I need to get busy cutting a couple yellow and orange blocks I have barely any yellow fabric again I can’t believe how I keep running out of this color – this is all I could find in the bin.  I need to get busy […]

Nearing an end!  one row left to quilt and then Rainbow Crossings will go on the frame.  I rolled the quilt down last night after finishing the last area on Saturday night And this is what is left. I had intended to work on the last gray block for Arkansas Traveler but I got busy […]

When I get done with the row I am currently working on I will measure everything and estimate the size  the quilt currently is and what I want it to be – it is coming along but I think I need about 11 or so more blocks still. With the way some of it is […]

I don’t know why I don’t care for pressing fabric – it needs to be done but yet a project tends to get delayed when I know I need to do a bit of pressing – so I finally got my gray fabric and more white pressed half way through the day and then got […]

Three brown Arkansas Traveler blocks were made,  now I will do about 3 gray blocks and then the rest will be brighter colors – yellow, red, orange – etc.  I am linking to From Bolt to Beauty today – Michelle has great hints on how to spend your quilting money and not waste.  I am […]

Yesterday was another of those busy days running errands – getting the old Honda serviced (since we got the new car I admit we are neglecting the Honda and need to start using it a little more to keep it in running order) and did a few more things in town before heading back home […]

I got busy on one block yesterday Arkansas Traveler – heaven knows why I couldn’t do more than that I don’t remember being busy in the afternoon other than the fact we had another day in the 60’s and it is the last one for awhile – I guess that was why.  I know I […]

Getting off to a start on finishing up the Arkansas Traveler – although the color is blue this month for the RSC I have a lot of blue in the quilt and no brown so I am adding brown next as I have a lot of brown colors in the box – it is packed!! […]

Now will this year fly by as others have in the last 5 or 10 years – I swear the older I get the faster the years fly by.  Yesterday we spent the day putting away most of the Christmas decorations in the house.  All that is left in the house to put away is […]

Yesterday I fairly zipped through putting the blocks together for Rainbow Crossings and the top is done and ready for the quilting frame when Butterflies in Flight is taken off of it in a couple weeks to a month.  And thank you to Sandra – no blog – for letting me know that in the […]

Finally I can say the blocks are done for Rainbow Crossings – now to sew those blocks together and the row to the quilt – I do believe I can finish this by December 31st!  These blocks really get done quickly and I was cutting the strips with the rotary cutter it was just easier […]