I finished cleaning up the basement, cleaning off tables and dusting, etc., baked 2 batches of cookies. I didn't sew a stitch. I did do some cutting but nothing worthy of photographing. So instead I'll show the new fall Kaffe collective fabrics that I pre-ordered on sale a few weeks ago. I love that new stripe. It runs from selvage to selvage rather than along the lengthwise grain. I also love the new rusty red Brassica by Phil Jacobs. The 4 on the right are Brandon Mably prints. The art quilters are coming today so it will be a fun day.
I loaded this quilt on my longarm a couple weeks ago. I finally decided I was ready to quilt it when I got home from the family reunion yesterday afternoon. I got it trimmed and will look for a binding fabric today. I think it will be purple because purple looks good with everything.
If you want to see the whole quilt, click here.
My little great grandson was visiting yesterday morning. He lives 3 states away now so I don't get to see him very often.
When he left the boiler repairman came to change a part on my boiler. He left about 12:30. I worked on cleaning up the basement for the art quilters while he was here.
Later in the afternoon I mowed the lawn and I hope it is the last time of the season. We haven't had any rain for awhile and nights are quite cool so the grass isn't growing much.
Last night I played with the arrangement of these blocks. If you missed the beginning of this quilt here is the post about it. I haven't decided if I need to make any replacement blocks yet. I still need to make half blocks and quarter blocks to fill in the edges. The blocks are about 19.25" diagonally and the sashing will be 1" finished. This might end up about 63" x 82". Today is a family reunion, the first one with all of my dad's generation gone. His last cousin passed away about a month ago.
After I finished vacuuming the basement I designed the last 3 blocks. I carried those 3 along with the one from the day before up to the sewing machine on the main level.
Here they are sewn and ready to join the other 14.
I need to move them over to the other design wall where there is better lighting. Then I can rearrange them for a better distribution of the colors. I will also decide at that time whether they all work or if I have to make another one or two.
This is one of my favorite blocks so far. The light fabric is Banded Poppy by Phil Jacobs and I love the movement it gives the block.
The block from 2 days ago got sewn last night too and it is in the bottom row. I definitely need to do some more dark blocks to balance that one.
I got this one designed last night and need to cut 2 more of the pink print squares to finish it. I might change the center square to a red or pink.
Block 13 is planned but not sewn yet. I want to make some more dark blocks.
I really had to search for a Kaffe fabric light enough to use with these lighter geese.
While looking for something else I found these leftover African fabric 16 patches and had this panel laying with them. The gray is my design wall flannel, not border fabric. This might be the start of a medallion quilt......after I finish a few other things.
Two more light fabrics were cut and sewn to the geese. I need to find one more light fabric to finish.
Here are all of the rest of the flying geese.
This is the newest block for the other quilt.
I need to make 6 more blocks before I can sew this together. Each block I make could change the layout so that the colors are distributed well.
My friend Diane for whom I made the church banner has posted a little more about it. Click here to read her post.
