I was going to wait to post about this again until I had the whole top together. But I'm so excited about how this is turning out that I had to take another photo for you. Besides, I didn't have anything else to show you today.
The top is almost finished. I had to clean off my design wall so I could get the whole thing up. At this stage the blocks are sewn into fours. I should have the top finished by the end of the day today. It will be a store sample at Kathy's Fabric Trunk so I will not be quilting it until it has done it's duty at her shop.
As you can see, I went with option #1 from my previous post about this quilt. The two grays I'm using are both Kona solids. The light is Ash and the darker is Medium Gray.
I also thought I would show you our autumn crop of potted cat.
Just one has come up thus far.
I'm off to my scrap group later this morning so I can now show you the mystery quilt we have been working on for the last few months. Spooky showed you the back of this quilt and some sneak peaks a few weeks ago. Click here for that post.
The pattern is called Foothills Mystery Quilt and is by Meadow Mist Designs. Click here to go to her Mystery Quilt page. She has a new mystery that is ending next month that you may want to check out too.
The finished size of this quilt is 54" by 72".
Last Friday I took an all day class with my guild. The teacher was Margaret Willingham. Her company is Eye of the Beholder. The link will take you to her website.
This is my class project.
It is currently 12" by 12" but it is meant to be cut down to about 7" square. I have no idea what I will do with this block. Margaret suggested we could turn them into pot holders. For now I just put mine in my orphan block basket. I took the class to learn her technique, not necessarily for the project.
It was a fun class and Margaret is a good teacher. On Saturday she did a lecture and trunk show after our guild meeting. It was fun to see all of her designs up close.
This is gonna take a while!
Everything is cut except the triangles because I still can't make a fabric decision on them yet. They are sewn on last before squaring up the blocks so I have some time.
It's time to put on a movie and sew some curves.
The fabric I am using is a jelly roll of For You by Zen Chic for Moda and Kona white.
Click here to read the first post about the making of this project.
My guild has a Projects Chairperson. Her job is to come up with projects for the guild to do together. A popular activity is our Winner Take All Block of the Month.
The way it works is one month the Projects Chairperson hands out a pattern for a block along with any color, theme or other requirements. Any one who wants to participate makes the block according to the rules and brings it to the next meeting. You get to put your name in the drawing to win the blocks once for every block you brought. The winner wins all the blocks.
Below is the block for this month.
I wasn't sure I liked it until looking at it through my camera. It was hard for me to see the design. In fact, I kept checking the pattern because it didn't look right to me. Well, it is right. A little distance was what I needed.
Bonus: the fabrics were straight from my scrap basket. It is good to have some bigger pieces in the scrap basket.
It didn't take me long to sash the blocks and assemble them into a finished top.
I was given the perfect backing fabric recently by a friend. I hope to have time to get it basted and quilted soon.
In case you missed it previously, here is the link to the free pattern by Pat Sloan.
