My goal for today is to sew a giant four patch. This action will complete the Split Nines quilt top. I carefully webbed/pieced together four quadrants of 8 blocks by 8 blocks rather than doing 16 blocks across and down. Each quad took about an hour to complete and I think it was much easier to wrestle through the harp. I did end up changing the layout, and added 12 plain nine patches to make all the rounds repeat the center one. I still have an about a thousand 2 ½ inch squares left, but all the Hsts I made are used.
The Noel quilt got quilted and I put the Moondance top on and quilted it with a simple Baptist Fan design. I played bobbin chicken on the last row, and lost on the last fan. I had a bobbin with only a few yards on it so I popped that in and finished it. Since this quilt is only 60 inches square, I was able to roll it up on the frame and add two wall hangings to the same 108 wide backing piece. The kaleidoscope is a digital Hoffman print and the top I made from the Strawberry Fizz rolls fit on there too. I think I am going to call that one Strawberry Basket, the green squares remind me of the plastic baskets the berries are sold in. I have a set of digital designs for the kaleidoscope, similar to the Big Dream Dahlia I did recently. That reminds me, I need to bind that. I think I want to do a clam shell or orange peel on the SB quilt.
I started the Good morning blanket, after dutifully finishing the pink scarf, the yarn was delivered a few days after I ordered it. Sadly, the first block is the white rectangle and I didn’t get to break into one of the 32 colors yet. The hobbit house got a little less attention this week, but I really want to finish it before the next pattern, the Treehouse, gets here. It’s funny to me that when I signed up for this stitch-a-long, I thought I would have time to stitch other smalls while waiting for the next installment.
I bought some fabric this week and a quilt kit. The kit is for a quilt from the Tilda Fabric company, the pattern celebrates their 25th year in business. I hadn’t really heard of them until recently, but they have beautiful colorful fabric lines. The pattern is a free download at Tilda’s World, along with a lot of other nice ones. I bought a jelly roll of Mad Masquerade to add to the few yards I have from that line. I also picked up a few things at the sale at Green Fairy Quilts. Through looking for a appropriate pattern for the Halloween themed collections, I found a new to me online retailer called Bear Creek Quilting Company too, They are in Oregon, and also have lots of sale items this week. I found this free pattern there called Under A Spell. I think it’ll work with the Mad Masquerade line well.
Time to start my sewing day.
Be Kind.