Oh yes, it has been a peaceful four days.
And MUCH has been accomplished in my quilting world.
“Under the Maple Tree” is off the longarm, trimmed, and ready for its binding. The texture is awesome for this quilt, with lot of “windy” pantograph swirls.
I may do her binding installation later today:
“Under the Maple Tree” has been (and continues to be) such a fun quilty journey. My thanks to Rachel LaBour (Stitched in Color blog) for this fall sewalong.
The third month in Tara Faughnan’s online Blocks 3 class is “Star Brite.” As usual, Tara gave us many ways to make this 10-inch block. I’ve made diamond stars before now–in an earlier Tara Faughan class with a big Lone Star block. But I’ve never made one of these blocks with an outside trimed edge. I started with this wider edge (the acid green color) form. Now I’ll try the narrower trimmed version she gave us and, maybe even, the “simple” form with no trim. AND, she gave us a scrappy version that I must try as well.
I knew I’d like to use this trial block to add to my growing improv quilt blocks. Here’s what I have now. You will find “Crosswalk” and “Garnish” blocks here as well.
I have two leader/ender projects happening. One is making 24 blocks for another donation quilt using 2-inch cut squares from that bin. I’m making Bonnie Hunter’s “Patches and Pinwheels”–a free pattern on her website. I already made one of these this fall.
The other leader/ender is also a Bonnie Hunter block: the name is something like “X-Plus,” but it was published in a magazine, and I can’t find a link to it. But I was able to figure it out. This one will be a baby quilt donation.
I put the “Garnish” piece I did on stretched canvas and hung it. So here’s “Garnish” and “Crosswalk” now hanging in my quilt room:
They are on the wall next to the design wall. “Kites 2” is ready to go on the longarm, and the backing, batting, and binding are all organized.
FINALLY, here’s the “Garnish” piece I’m hand quilting, a task that is almost finished–and then I’ll sew down the already installed binding.
I think this one will be a table decoration.
I think that is about SEVEN ongoing quilt projects. My goodness! And I have more ideas I want to start.
So, it is still overcast, and more rain is coming.
There will be more sewing today, and obviously, I’m happy with that news.
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