The charity quilt is small so will likely wind up in one of those silent auctions where people either go big and buy a week in the Bahamas, or want something small for a gift.
The living room is getting an original. We bought new furniture including a long, low TV stand. Not wanting to put it on the wall meant it dropped below the electrical outlet and cable receptacle on the wall that had been hidden. Rumor has it we are getting a bigger TV but in the meantime, I wanted to hide those two little white boxes. So I designed a long skinny tree with dark background and bare branches. I sewed the background together on my machine but the tree is applique. Several more football games and it will be done. No photo except a "before" one... that I cannot find. Sigh.
This past week I made a list of all the kits, patterns, planned projects, etc. and the number was large. So I used one of those 'compare and prioritize' charts. It resulted in a list of what I'd like to get done and in what order. For some reason, this makes me feel better even though it is a bit overwhelming. Too much fabric, too many ideas, no personal assistant! Here is a photo of the one that made 'first to finish' at the top of the list.
Below is the finished version from the pattern, but because it is a medallion, I can stop when I want to, or when I run out of fabric. My version is paler and prettier than it looks in the above picture. I'm not sure I want to do all those HST, pinwheels, and flying geese, but will finish the FPP arcs. They are easy and very pretty.
2 comments:
I would certainly be tempted to end with that curved patterned border and add a small light border and bind it with the darkest fabric that you have in the quilt. Before seeing the inspiration quilt I thought that was the final border because it looked finished.
This one was designed by Sue Garman as I remember. She died just recently but has an amazing collection of work. I liked this one mainly for that reason - that it can stop at almost any place and look finished. I didn't like the darkest strips on it though. It is getting delay as I brought home a charity quilt to sew some unevenly sized blocks into a top.
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