Finish X3

My two door banners are finished.  

I thought to make quilted curtains in the windows when I was quilting the  2nd one--bummer 'cuz I think it's soo cute--just like I made curtains in my house windows when I was a little kid!

And a Penn State quilt for my nephew as well.  

(E's and 3's in navy blue thread)

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I put the blocks from the Mod Squad group up on the wall.  I don't think I'll get any more blocks from members, so I thought I'd start playing with the layout.  

I've started cutting 2.5 inch strips for sashing and will either make one more little block for the center row or spread them out.

It  will make a happy donation quilt for the guild from our Modern group!

  

I really can't believe it's Autumn already!  

We've had a whirlwind summer-3 weddings!  another one on Saturday-whoa!  I'm getting pretty good at reception dancing!!!  Although I am sad that the Electric Slide seems to have gone out of fashion-just when I finally get the moves down. 

Quilting has been ongoing, although s.l.o.w. going!  I did just finish the quilting on my CW Dresden!  big whoo-hoo.  Let's not talk about binding right now!

I did SID around the sashing squares and all the plate blades.  A swirl in the centers and an echo hook design in the background of the blocks and cornerstones.

This was on HQ for over a month, which is just crazy.

You might notice that I changed the design I started in the cornerstones to match the background fill of the blocks. I had only quilted the first row of cornerstones with my original design (booo) so only had to pick out for about an hour or two or three... a pain in the back for sure.

I got the wide backing from Connecting Threads online.  It was on clearance and couldn't be more perfect.  

At some point in August I needed a little piecing time so I made two of these. 

(this picture is from the Joined at the Hip website.) 

Both are loaded and about 1/2 way done on the quilting. I made two 'cuz I figured it was just as easy to pull fabric from my stash and cut for two as one.  

I really needed some 'piecing therapy' that day I guess!!

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I have agreed to be the chairman for our guild Raffle quilt.  Our next show is Nov. 2015.  I'm a tad nervous about this as I'm usually a loner type quilter.

I 'think' I have the pattern decided on; this will probably be the hardest decision. So it shouldn't be too bad of a gig.

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I have been wanting to make the Swoon quilt for a long while now. I have the pattern but so far that's it.  I did make a sample block awhile ago;

 then on Pinterest last week I found a alternate block with simpler piecing- tutorial here, but alas it was also a smaller block (16 inches). The Swoon pattern block is 24 inches big!

I made this sample block with the 'easier' piecing. 

It was. 

 I like it, but I want the 24 inch block size-- so once again,

Swoon sits.

Sometimes you just need to sit and wait for the sun to go down and the fire to start; whether it's in a fire pit in the backyard...

...or in the sewing room.  

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Little Jo is crawling like a champ, dances (hilarious), and continues to fill a spot in my heart that I didn't know was there, much less empty.

(the 'Pebbles' hair kills me!!) hahaha

fun times, fun times!

Life is Good.