So…

Now I remember what it was like working on that green triangle quilt – 1 of 3 sides are not on the bias.

Once I started working on this it all came back to me – argh!!!!!

But it’s done and I can count another one in the box.

And I am pretty proud of how these points came together:

Well, green triangles that is.

I did get to work on another of these block this weekend. However, working with triangles is a lot more tedious than working with small squares.

I thought it was sometimes hard finding the 15 3 1/2″ squares needed to do one of the Geese Migration blocks – that’s nothing compared to what you need to do a triangle one.

This block was difficult on so many different levels.

• Remembering hearing those words spoken to you “You have breast cancer” is a phrase you will never forget.
• Finding fabrics was not easy
• Fussy cutting those fabrics to get the sentiment right

I spent more money on this block as I didn’t have much left over from the small quilt I made using all the breast cancer fabrics I had.

It did feel good to be back at the cutting table today though.

It’s looking a little pink/red over here. Figured with February coming up this was the right one to do now.

I loved making the quilt that this goes with – it was a fund raiser for Women’s Heart Health.

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:

Well, I snuck in one more tonight – Fall/Orange. Where orange isn’t one of my favorite colors, the fall palette are my favorite colors.

This was a simple block, but I still stress over color matching way too much, way way too much.

Well with this block done, that makes 19 completed 15 1/2″ Geese Migration blocks.

I have 2 piles of scraps set aside for 2 more, but I feel this is coming to the point of starting to assemble the whole top soon.

That’s gonna be a big job and lots of floor space needed to do this next step.

One more from the color challenge from 2015 – it feels good to get another one done, but oh so many more to do.

Doing these blocks clears my head so much from my daily grind of programming – even though it is math, and rows/columns – it’s not all numbers.

Well, finally got the 3rd Red one done.  Love love love how it turned out.

These 3 were so different and so much red – it was starting to feel like Christmas around here and I am not ready for that – we haven’t even had Trick or Treating yet – let’s not rush things!!!!

So as I was putting together the post about the second “Red” quilt to be represented in the Geese Migration Scrap quilt, I went back to the Monochromatic Quilt Challenge that I did in 2015.  There was only 1 red quilt done for that challenge, but I just had so much red that I kept going with a couple more – I guess.

As I looked over that challenge, I also realized that I have only done 2 Geese Migration block out of the 6 in that group.  Looks like it’s gonna be a busy winter project doing all these large blocks – but oh so fun!!!

I will say it is fun looking back at some of these projects and reliving the experience of seeing all this little pieces coming together to complete these tops. I wonder what it will be like to actually get them quilted and bound as well?