Hello, hello!
I haven’t posted recently as I’ve been busy.
We were meant to get that big storm that developed on the Carolina coasts, but it went north where it is causing a lot of flooding damage, and we didn’t get one drop of rain. It has, again, been so dry. But it is also cool and so lovely. Today I will walk, for sure.
A new and already much appreciated and cherished friend here helped me so much with sorting out the leaders on my longarm. The middle was tight and the sides were way too loose and the ends of the leaders were wildly “off,” so it was impossible to get a quilt to lie straight and true. I was SO frustrated! We completely took off the leaders and put them back on with a true line on the bar. And I took out the red snapper fasteners and am going “old school” and pinning my quilts to the leaders.
Thanks to my friend, things are better now. I just finished quilting the challenge quilt for the Charleston Modern Quilt Guild: “Make The Churn Dash Block Modern.” So that will be its title. More pics when I am done. And I had such a good time making this project. This quilt lay straight and true as could be on the longarm.
Prickly Pear is finished–and this picture does not do it justice. I can’t get the colors right. Anyway, how graphic and modern is this quilt? I love it.
Annabelle Wrigley designed this quilt for The Color Collective, fourth year, as the guest designer. And the fabrics are hers: Ruby+Bee solids. The outer triangle rings–made in quarters around the circle–are easy to sew together, and I used Tara Faughnan’s method of a reusable paper template using a bit of glue, rather than sewing on paper and having to remove it. That was nice as there are LOTS of these rings needed for each block. The curves were easy to manage with a bit of glue.
What was NOT nice about his pattern was that the seams often didn’t butt up–especially on the triangle rings, so I had to cut into seams. AND, one background template wasn’t quite right. I will admit that I didn’t view the instruction video at the time, and they are not available now, so… Perhaps that video would have made things easier.
I quilted with a matching pink thread, and the New Wave pantograph available at Urban Elements. As glue was involved, I did wash this quilt, and washed quilts always look “fuzzy” in pictures.
Here’s the backing–I had enough of this Ruby Star Society fabric in my stash. How lucky was that, as it is perfect. You can see the pantograph better in this photo. I love this panto so much that I ordered it again, but spread out a bit, and it is perfect. I used it in the challenge quilt.
I had to order a lot of extra fabric to make the whole quilt, and I have lots left, so I’ll play with the alternative setting for this block, which involves the quarter circle only. It looks like fun. Perhaps a smaller wall hanging?
My oldest granddaughter just turned 18, and she chose this quilt when she was over here one day.
This is my 227th quilt, and, as usual, I have another quilt ready for the longarm, two on the design wall, binding being hand-sewn on the challenge quilt, and I pulled out Jen Kingwell’s “Glitter” block again and cut a few more. Then there is the Cat’s Cradle ruler and block. I really like that ruler, and I have…an idea.
More later…
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