One of the things that got done on the weekend was finishing the little quilt I’m calling Meandering Minds. It’s 8″ x 10″ and is destined for the Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative. Hand pieced, machine quilted. I used the 2″ … Continue reading
I think this will be block 18. And this block 19. Pressed nice and flat. But having had another look at them all, I’m now thinking that some of these are going in the group for the third New York … Continue reading
Ten more little 2″ drunkard’s trail blocks were made last night for the mini quilt. There are only 3 left to make. With any luck I’ll have those finished tomorrow night and may even get the little top stitched together. … Continue reading
This was the result of more play time on the weekend. In just a few hours, I had 44 more of the 2″ Drunkard’s Path blocks stitched to add to the growing stack. I’ve now passed the halfway mark – … Continue reading
It felt like ages since I’d made a NYB block so on the weekend I started working on a few more. This will go in the Tiffany Lamp quilt. As will this one. One more block for the Tiffany Lamp … Continue reading
Remember this box full of the pieces to finish … … this top? The box is now empty. All the hand piecing was finished last night around midnight. Now all that’s left is the machine piecing to add the first plain … Continue reading
A year ago tonight we brought home a tiny 10 week-old kitten who weighed all of 2.5 pounds and could be held in one hand. He quickly made himself at home and was stretched out on the couch the first … Continue reading
Yet another project in a box, although this box is anything but full. The pieces are so tiny that it would take hundreds of them to fill this box. Lots of the shapes are printed on fabrics but yet to … Continue reading
Yes, it’s another project in a box. This looks like, and is, a small box but each of the glassine envelopes in there contains enough pieces for multiple stars. This project box came out on the weekend and I made … Continue reading
Play time on the weekend included this. A 14″ bouquet of Yin Yang flowers with a Rose Dream “vase” and leaves made with one of the new Inklingo Leaf Sashing collections. I’m thinking of a variety of flowers to be … Continue reading
All of the little stars are now made and last night I started surrounding them with the white squares. It takes less than an hour to get two stars surrounded.
Seams graded and pressed.
There are now 17 of the little stars left to surround with the white squares. From here on out, it’s just nothing but continuous stitching to add the squares, then the connecting red diamonds and octagons and turn this into a finished quilt top. If I can stay focused, and I am pretty intent on doing just that, I could have this finished by the end of next week and be ready to quilt it next weekend.
I may take some time out this weekend and get the binding ready for Candy Stars as well as start printing for the Inklingo Periwinkle reverse mystery quilt. I think I’ve finally decided on the colours I want to work with for the Periwinkle quilt. No big surprise here — it will be pinks, pinks and more pinks. Maybe a mauve thrown in for a little relief from the pink. Maybe. Lessons 1 to 4 are available, free, at the All About Inklingo blog.
If you’re here to see who won the giveaway from the April Showers post, the winner will be announced later this afternoon after Baxter picks a winner.
“Mum’s Making Stars” is the title of today’s ‘toon.
As we were setting up to take pictures of the two little blue stars, he was right there just waiting for his photo to be taken because, after all, there is nothing that we could possibly want to photograph other than him!
Quilt Obsession 