We had to wait for a decent day to get a photo. It has been dreary, cold, and raining a lot over the past few weeks. But yesterday was a great day to get a photo of my finally finished Unity quilt. It wasn’t the warmest, but it was at least dry and not too… Continue reading Unity bound
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Just in time
I managed to get the last bit of sewing finished last night before bed. My narrow border strips are on, and I think it frames the rest of the quilt so nicely and calms it down just a tiny bit. The color is the perfect deep maroon, left over from making my apron. Of course,… Continue reading Just in time
All blocks complete
I finally finished all of the Off the Trail blocks and added sashing to all the appropriate ones. And then I realized why I don’t like adding the sashing this way. It makes seams run in the same direction as opposed to opposite directions, which makes nesting seams when sewing them all together kind of… Continue reading All blocks complete
Putting it off no longer
I don’t know why I find hand sewing the binding to a quilt so tedious, but apparently I do. So I tend to put it off, and off, and off, especially if I don’t have a deadline. Well, I still don’t have a deadline, but I do have a need to get this quilt off… Continue reading Putting it off no longer
More off the trail blocks
I’ve gotten five of my alternate-alternate blocks made, and I’ve been making “kits” of the rest. I still have a little trimming to do of some units, then I can sew, sew, sew. I think I’m going to set these together with a single plain white fabric.