Category Archives: Gravity Quilt

Ending / Starting with a bang – New Years Geese Migration

Well, crafting this fall has been at a minimum.  Work has taken up most of my time and I really haven’t had much of a drive to work on anything.

As far progressed into Winter I really had to want to do much. But it’s a new year and I am pushing myself down to that room to give some of these unfinished project some attention.

So – being that is the goal, I started this year off with a bang and did a Flying Geese block for one of my more complex quilt tops – Gravity.  So, this just happened – I didnt think I made that more than 2 years ago – I was wrong, I made that in August 2016 – 5+ years ago. Oh by, now I know I really have to get working on these things.

So I have been thinking about this one for a long time, how to pay tribute to the Gravity quilt with a Geese Migration block.  I pulled out the box with all the left over pieces and started laying them out, and laying them out and laying them out. Moving, changing – had to walk away quite a few times.

Then, I get it all together and look at it – it’s backwards!!! The geese were on the wrong side – so me and “Jack” spent some time together today too.  A little bit of everything was going on in that room today.

It’s flashy, lots of angels, but all in all I love how it turned out.

So here it is – the first of 2022, the last of 2021 all rolled up into 1 Geese Migration block.

 

Quilt that this block is representing:

Tah-Dah!

It’s done, it’s done, it’s done!!!

I finished this yesterday, but I had no where that I could hang this to get a picture. So this morning I had my hubby hold up one side so that I could get a picture of this completed “top”.

Gravity

It went together almost magically yesterday. I still don’t believe it done.

So, as I am explaining to my hubby that it’s done and I want to get a picture of it he says: “You mean you have it quilted and everything?! – Wow, that’s great!” I pushed him off the deck – after I took the corner of the quilt from his hands.

Crashing stop

I am literally putting the last set of triangles together for the last section and this happens:

oops

oops-location

I am sure this happened when I ripped it apart because it didn’t match up close enough or is was part of the group that I had pre-assembled incorrectly. It doesn’t matter, it happened! UGH!!!

Here we go…Part 1

Yeah, the beginning to the end.

She’s coming round the bend.

The first step is always the hardest – that’s for sure on this thing.

I spent most of today, getting things arranged, trimmed up and sorted.

But I was determined to get one of the final 6 put together. So far so good.  I am finding that it is so hard to get things lined up (to my comfort/satisfaction) I am sewing together, then tearing apart.  I am hoping it gets easier soon!

Green

Edges and Corners

When doing puzzles, you always start with the corners and edges and work  your way in…
In quilting you always start in the middle and work you way out.

So, in this project it is very exciting when you are starting on the edges of this diamond/star pattern.

I can almost see the end!!!edges corners