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Finished Tops, Quilting

SnowDay Quilt – All put together?

So got all the blocks made – falling deeper and deeper in love with this project every moment!!!

During the week, I was able to get them all ‘sashed‘ together and a border around the whole thing – love, love, love it!

Then it happened … I made the mistake of asking my hubby what he thought of it.

He said : “It’s kinds short isn’t it?”  – he’s 6’2″ I’m not!

So off I went to add another row. It took me longer to design/choose 3 new blocks, make them, take apart the end and attach the new row than it did to make all 9 blocks last week. Not quilted yet, but I have the perfect backing material and I love how this top turned out.

 

And the best thing is that I already have a coordinating fabric (that I love as much as this top) for the back of this quilt. Maybe, this will be the first one I actually finish all the way – my hubby sure hopes so, the fabulous quilt rack he made me is still hanging on the wall empty.

Quilting

SnowyDay Quilt – NQC Quilt Block Challenge

So joined a new group on facebook – NQC Quilt Block Challenge and they had run a Snow Day Quilt Block challenge this winter. I fell deeply in love with the pattern they had so I set out to find fabric.

Well as things usually go, I ordered, I shopped, I reordered, I shopped other places…only to come across a bag of fabric that I had purchased some time ago for another BOM that I was in and never did. Good Grief Charlie Brown!!!

It was the perfect fabric and there was more than enough to do this challenge quilt.  So, I started cutting.

The pattern called for 3 fabrics plus background, the fabric stash I found had 4 colors and the background fabric in there had a lot of black so I decided to take this opportunity to step outside my comfort zone and use black for my background.

So, with everything laid out, I started to put my first block together. What I didn’t realize is that these blocks are 16″ – wow, now I know why I needed so much fabric.

Got my first block done and I just sat and stared at it.  REALLY!!! Usually this happens farther into the project, when I’m in Zombie mode. Not this one, first block and of course it’s in the middle of this 16″ block.  The 2 gray pieces  didn’t come together very well at the corner, but the bigger problem is that one of them is backside out. 

For the love of Pete, George and Ringo!!!  At least I caught it before the whole things was put together – which is when I usually do find them.

So I am calling it quilts – no sense in pushing the line tonight!