This is what I’ve spent most of my sewing time on this week. I started the Riley Blake QAL From Our House last year by cutting all the strips for the 20 log cabin blocks in January. I made the first 4 alternate designer 6.5″ center blocks & put together 1 whole block. That’s in the upper left. I became disenchanted with the alternate blocks & it got left behind as a WIP. I really like the pattern & want to finish. Inspired by my continual harping about getting WIP’s done, my quilting partners have been sewing up their purchased kits during their personal sewing time.
We are almost done with our current project of a flag quilt & last week we were discussing our next project. For the first time in all our years of sewing together, we are NOT going to make our own versions of the same pattern. Instead, we are all going to do a previously started kit or project of our own. I thought about what I wanted to do & picked this. I’ve spent the week substituting some other 6.5″ blocks so that there aren’t any duplicates from the original pattern, cutting the center blocks, adding them to bags with the previously cut logs & labeling them so I know what I’m doing. Each week, I can grab a bag, work on a block & get ‘er done!
I got all the pieces cut for my Starlets blocks & they will have to be sewed up today, the last day of green February. At the top you can see the FPP I started last week. I made the 4 A quadrants & still need to make B, C, & D then sew them into 4 shamrocks & turn them into a mini quilt for March.
I remembered I had another kinda green WIP that’s been hanging around for a while. The blocks were all sewed together & I had started hand quilting it months ago but the embroidered blocks are so heavy that the sashing doesn’t hold them. I unpicked & left it. On Saturday, I bought some green thread & did some FMQ with my machine in the sashing in one sitting, made & sewed on the binding, then three TV evenings got it tacked down. So this project begun in 2021 is done & hanging on the wall. I ordered a hanger as soon as I finished quilting & it got here at the same time as I finished binding. Win!
The colors are more vibrant IRL, but you may recall this “County Fair” quilt by Amy Smart from the book, “Scrap School”. It was an RSC2025 project, so you saw the blocks come together. Well, it’s done & I may have a hard time gifting it because I really love it. My quilting partners say I have a big enough house to have quilts everywhere! Hmm. Maybe so……
I can relate to having a WIP I am disenchanted with. Ringo on the Lake, a Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt, is still in pieces. I like the solution you found for yours. Looking forward to see it finish. I’m in love with the little hanging you did. Love County Fair too. I say “keep it”. One day the right person will come along and you will be happy to give to this person only. ;^)
I think that’s a great idea for you and your quilting friends to work on your own project, and I bet you will give each other lots of encouragement to get things done! Love your Family ABC and the County Fair quilt, too. I would have a very hard time giving that one away!
Its always a great feeling to get an older UFO over the finish line, well done.