Quilting

 I did this all freehand. 

 I need to get some arc shaped rulers and learn to use them...

 I did the dresden on the left first and then thought of the squiggly rays that I did on the blue one.  

 The signature quilt is done.

This morning before work I made the binding and sewed it on this evening.

I just need to hand stitch it to the back.  

Our co-worker, whom this quilt is for, is back in the hospital so I feel an urgency to get this done.

just wanted to show the DW real quick.  Happy Jack is waiting patiently to be sewn into rows.

The guild BOM is still being scrutinized.  I did find a leftover Bl-a-Day block that worked so I stuck it in (12 inch star block bottom left).  The layout will definitely change...

I did start sewing the leftover blocks, yardage and FQ chunks from Curve It Up for the backing.  

I am itching to start on either of these.  

But so far I'm showing great restraint.

Tonight I sewed on the final curved borders on my quilt top.

I'm hoping tomorrow to start piecing the backing from all the leftover chunks of fabric I have and a couple blocks that didn't make it into the front.

After taking this down, I started organizing all the fabrics I got on the Shop Hop last week.  There was stuff piled everywhere. Once I got things under control, I pulled out my Christmas BOM blocks from the guild.  Our show is the end of Oct. and the ladies who organized the BOM are hoping we get our tops done and entered in the show as a separate display.  I sorta got tired of working on them so this is all I have.

first layout

second layout

3rd

I had to dig through my scraps and found a couple 3.5 inch strips that I pieced to get the last  few plain blocks with the background! whew.

This is going to sit for a day or two.

One of the patterns I bought on Shop Hop was Happy Jack.

I started cutting out 3.5 inch squares for it.

too cute.

  

Saturday sewing

After Shop Hopping all day Wednesday, working Thursday and finishing the Shop Hop on Friday, I was ready for some serious sewing time.

First thing was to finish the binding (by hand) on my Opal Pillow. I sat on the deck  while stitching.

 Next, I sewed the last signature block together, which meant I could sew the final row together and add it to the rest of the top!  

(54 x 64)

 I sewed a border around the Metro Rings block to get it up to size for a 20 inch pillow  and then cut the leftover batting and muslin for it and the two Dresden blocks, also destined to be pillows.  Now just need to finish a quilt that's waiting on HQ to be able to quilt these up.

And finally it was on to Curve it Up Sampler. 

I sewed the first row together and then decided I wanted to add a narrow strip between the blocks.  I measured the small piece of grey fabric I had left and figured that if I didn't make a single cutting error I would just have enough for

1 1/4 inch strips.  I would have preferred 1 1/2.

So after un-sewing the first row I got busy and have the top together now and one row of the outer sashing on...I see a flimsy in the near future.

You may remember that I LOL when Jenny & her sister challenged us to get the top done by July 1. 

But then they added that those who did would be entered to win 3 of her patterns....that stopped the lol-ing. :)

A New QAL

On July 1 the Medallion QAL starts. I will be using my FQ bundle of Comma by Zen Chic. The chartreuse is for the curves and the background is a Kona but I forget the color.

Is there a method to this madness?

After running around this morning trying to get an organized list for

 Shop Hop, I thought perhaps I'd sit down and sew a small border around the MetroRings block I made yesterday and have it ready to quilt.  

But I didn't do that.

and get these 2 ready for quilting too. I didn't do that either.

 I took down the signature quilt rows---it's as together as I can get it until I have the last 2 signed blocks.

I was going to put up the Curve it up blocks and figure out the fabrics for the final outside border (keep it the same grey/white or instead of the grey use one of the yellow prints I bought but hardly used for it oh and make sure I have enough)

um, I didn't do that.

I was sick of looking at the Bl-a-days in rows  on the other side of the design wall so I started sewing them together and after a few hours;

a new flimsy.

(61 x 77)

Oh and after looking at the picture of the curve it up blocks while I'm writing this post, I think I will be using the grey/white to finish the top.

Design Wall Monday

This is a sample block of MetroRings 

I purchased the pattern and one for Metro Hoops so I could take the patterns with me on Shop Hop this week and get the fabrics for it.

This is Jenny's curved interpretation of the classic Double Wedding ring block.  I've never been a big fan of DWR probably because most that I've seen are done in 30's feed sack colors, which I am not fond of, and also those pieced arcs--yikes!

After downloading the pattern and reading it over, I thought perhaps I better sew a sample before spending a lot of $.  

~~wisdom comes with age~~

The  pieced arcs are sewn first using 2.5 inch strips-I used a partial jelly roll I had.

Of course I don't have enough of the jelly roll left to make the entire quilt.

But that's OK. This block is going to be a pillow gift.  Pillows are happening a lot here lately!

I did have enough of the jelly roll and some random 2.5 inch strips in the bin for the Metro Rings quilt.  woo-hoo 

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Today I am going to try to get the signature quilt as together as I can.

I still need two signature blocks returned to me but I can get most of it together.