Saturday morning I worked on my BMQG round robin quilt. Still doing the SID, but it is progressing and I'm deciding on other quilting ideas as I go. I will need more thread, so I'll have to do a little shopping - maybe when I'm at QuiltCon? I'm Pleased with my progress here.
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| 2015 Finish Along Qtr 1 - first finish! |
and now I've finished the coral one. So definitely not my usual colour, but it looks nice and springy, and I continued that idea by quilting daisies on it. Quilted and bound - it is done!
Last night I was still in the mood to piece, so out came the blocks I won at a VMQG block lotto several years ago now. Laid them out, shuffled them around, tried various smashing ideas, and then got to work. By the end of the night I had a finished top. Things didn't go as smoothly today. In piecing the back I mis- calculated and cut my backing about 5 inches to narrow. This didn't come to light until I was getting ready to sandwich and spray baste. Duh! You'd have thought I would have had that right seeing as I was piecing three extra blocks into the back and had measured it only half a dozen times! A little improv piecing and my back was wide enough. It is all basted and ready to be quilted!
I think that was a pretty successful weekend! Hope yours was at least half as good. I'll be linking up to The Needle and Thread Network later this week.
Happy quilting!
Janet
11 comments:
You are making progress. Nice to get a few UFOs off the list.
Way to go with the UFO progress! Love how that back turned out, too. :)
Glad I am not the only one who mis-calculates. I think sometimes I subconciously do that to keep myself engaged in the project..yeah, sure..right..lol Great finishes, Janet!
The games we play! lol I'm rooting for ya 'cause I have my own tricks to try. lol But I Totally luv that middle set of photos. Yum!
That round robin from BMQG is looking pretty good if I do say so myself! Love the blocks from the lottery too!!
The good thing about a retreat at home is that you have everything with you that you need. Great progress made too.
Lots of progress! I love what you did with the block lotto blocks!
You go, girl! Be proud of yourself! 🐝 you were a busy bee!
I am mighty impressed both by your resolve and the amount you have done. I like the colour of the table runners and the fmq brings them together nicely.
it is a horrible moment when you realise that you mis-measured something. Glad you round a creative soloution
Wonderful! You are getting so much done! I love the daisy motif.
Both of those table runners are lovely - great work for getting them done!
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