It's the Weekend!
Still love my quilting Saturdays! I'm getting ready to start cutting my next quilt. I also have another UFO on the design wall.
Sew Many Ways
Yesterday I finished assembling Sew Many Ways. I got the borders attached to both the quilt and the Wall Hanging. The pattern for this was originally just the wall hanging. I liked the pattern and the fabric I chose so much I expanded it to a queen size quilt. The fabric was in my stash from about a year ago and when I started working on the quilt, I realized there wasn't enough of the border fabric. Fortunately, I found more on the internet.
I was also undecided on whether to use five of the lavender blocks or five of the tan in the queen quilt. Either way, I knew I'd still be able to make the wall hanging with the leftover block. I went with five tan in the quilt, so the lavender is the wall hanging. Both are ready for the long arm now. I'll be working on that in the coming week.
Next Project
My next quilt is a design of my own. I haven't named it yet, but I did choose the more patterned background fabric than the whiter fabric in the picture from yesterday. It is always exciting to cut into new fabric. I think I like that part the most. That's probably one reason I end up with so many UFOs. (Ha, ha)
What is your next project?
Speaking of UFOs
The next UFO I decided to work on is Sallie's Quilt by Red Crinoline Quilts. It's an older pattern of theirs. Most of the fabrics are by Jo Morton. This one ended up in the UFO pile because of the borders. I discovered I didn't have enough of the red Indian Print I wanted for the border. (Borders are common theme in my UFO pile.)
My solution was to make 12 Ohio Star blocks for the corners, only that didn't solve the problem either. I still didn't have enough fabric. And, the only fabrics I have left from this quilt are the print in the triangles, a bit of the solid, and scraps of the block prints. I'm still puzzling this one out.
#The100DayProjectMysteryQuilt
It's Day 12 and the block is Beacon Lights. A Beacon Light is used to alert ships from shoals and other dangers along a shoreline. They are often installed in Lighthouses. The idea came from history. A beacon light was a fire on hill tops used to warn of invading dangers. I can see the concept of a beacon light in this block, can you?
Source: Nancy Page, Birmingham News, August 11, 1936, The Quilter’s Album of Patchwork Patterns, Jinny Beyer 2009
Until next time,