I MADE A LEGEND

 I made a legend for the back of the Nine-Patch Pi quilt so, hopefully, folks will understand what I've  done on the front.

As I was sewing it all together, I see that the 'four' has a stain on the white fabric [this is one of the reasons I hate working with white - I almost always manage to smudge it up].

I took it all apart and replaced and redid the white part.

NINE-PATCH PI QUILT TOP DONE

 I sewed the last of the rows together on my Nine-Patch Pi quilt.  

I started looking at this picture and thought the one light, light fabric draws too much attention.  I'm thinking of changing it.

Then I notice that one of the blocks is upside down.

Can you spot it?

It will get fixed tomorrow.

LAST OF THE NINE-PATCHES

I've been working on making the nine-patches for the Pi quilt on and off the last week or so.

Today I made the last of them.  Yoo-hoo!

The last few rows still need to be sewn together.  

I ordered some black and white fabric with numbers for the backing.  It should be here soon. In the meantime, I think I'll make a legend to go on the back to explain what's happening on the front.

WALKING IN THE RAIN

 They forecast an 'atmospheric river' of rain for the next 24 hours, at least.

But, we headed out for a walk in Lincoln Park around 8:30 anyway, just as the rains began.

The colors of the season were absolutely incredible.

It was a very nice walk - and my new rain jacket actually repelled the drops.

ALL THE COLORS

Jelly and I went for a nice walk in Lincoln Park this morning.  We started at about 7am and it was dark. There's not too many folks in the park at that time of the day either.   I had to use the flashlight for the first half.  On the way back I encountered a suspicious young man acting strangely so I turned around and backtracked.  He gave me a good scare.  He didn't follow me, but it made me think again about being alone in the park like that.

 Back at the studio, I cut and arranged the rest of the colors for the last of the rows for the Nine-Patch Quilt.

Now it's just making all of the number blocks...

ROWS 11 AND 12

 These last two rows, in blues, are rows 11 and 12 of 18.

I sewed them on and then folded the quilt up and moved it up on the design wall so I could work below it.

I've cut and added the blues and started into the blue-greens.

MORE ROWS

 I cut a bunch more colors to add to the Nine-Patch Pi quilt.

SIDEWALK BEAUTY

 

YELLOW TREE

 On our morning walk in Lincoln Park:

PHOTO DAY

 Darrell set up his shop space for taking photos.  He took the photos I need to submit to Quiltcon of two of my quilts.

It was fun and fascinating to be able adjust the 'temperature' of the lights with his new Godox lights.

HAND SEWING DURING GUILD MEETING

I attended the zoom meeting of Seattle Modern Quilt Guild tonight.  And while I did I was working on my Rhythm in Blues quilt hand-sewing the facing down on the backing.

 

RED SUNRISE

 Darrell took this photo from Lincoln Park.  Because of solar flares the northern lights were seen last night (we didn't see them because we were sound asleep) and this morning's sunrise was spectacular.

CHARLIE BEING QUILTED

 My little Joe Project quilt, Charlie (made from a fabric I bought in Charleston NC) is finally on the longarm being quilted.

WAIT A MINUTE

 I started working again on my Nine-Patch Pi quilt a few weeks ago.  I had put it away months ago into a project box.  When I pulled it out, I was surprised it wasn't farther along.  I could have sworn I had more colors laid out and ready to go.  But, I went ahead and started working on it.

It continued to bother me, so I went back on the blog and found the last posts.  And, lo and behold!, it was farther along.  Now, where to find it - why wasn't it in the project box?

I finally got around to looking, and I found it in another project box.  OMG.

So, now I'm working on the right one.

TRIMMED

 I trimmed the excess from the Rhythm in Blues quilt and put it up on the design wall to decide on how to finish it - binding, facing or what?

I decided it looked just fine without a border or more color on the outside, so I'm going with facing. 

I cut up the excess backing into 2-1/2" strips, pressed them in half and pinned to the front, then I  sewed them down and pressed to the the back.  Now, I just need to hand sew it all down on the back.  

It was a beautiful day, so Darrell and I went to Alki and picked up lunch to go from Cactus.  We took it to the beach where we sat at a picnic table and watched the world go by.  It was wonderful.

We sat in the sunshine and watched the darkening clouds over Seattle.

QUILTING DONE ON BLUES

 I worked and worked the last two days on the straight line quilting on the Rhythm in Blues quilt.  And I finished it up today.  I am happy with it.

Now I'm thinking about ways to finish it.  I thing regular binding would look too heavy and facing would look unfinished.  There's got to be the perfect solution, I just need to figure it out.

Today would have been Moe's 27th birthday.  I still miss her.  Best Dog Ever.

BLUE THREAD QUILTING

 I got the rest of the bad quilting removed from Rhythm in Blues.  I removed most of it from the back.  It seems to be easier and it doesn't cause any damage to the front.

Then I started on the new straight line quilting.

I'm using three shades of blue Aurifil 50wt thread and white.

The white will be on the white background, then the lightest shade of blue will be on both sides along the edges of the pattern.  Then the middle shade next to them, ending with the darkest shade in the middle.

I am only about a third of the way through with it though.

GOODBYE -GOOD LUCK

 I finally got paid from Netflix for my 'Suspended' quilt.

I put it in the mail to them today.  Off to the big city it goes.

Good luck little quilt.  I hope to see you shining on the TV someday!

PEACH CLOUDS

 It was only 46 degrees this morning, but it was mostly clear and the sky was beautiful.

Peach, rose, plum...and greys, of course.

OFF AND OFF

 Off she goes!  Here goes 'Seasons' off to another show.  This time to Santa Clara California for the Pacific International Quilt Festival (PIQF).

Good luck and have fun!

Back home, I started to take out the quilting I've done on the 'Blues' quilt. The parts in the blue bits, anyway.   This may take a bit of time (more time than it took to sew it in the first place).  Ugh.

NINE PATCH PI AGAIN

 I've taken the Nine-Patch  Pi quilt parts out of storage and started working on it again.  I'm starting to realize why I put it away earlier.  It's a bit of a pain and slow going.

FINISHED FACING

 Instead of a binding I'm 'facing' the Spring Equinox quilt.  It's taken about four nights while watching TV sewing it down on the back by hand.  I finished it up today.

SELF COMPASSION

 I've been reading Brene Brown's Gifts of Imperfections along with my Brave Patch Book Club and making blocks to represent the different Guideposts.

This is my latest, Self-Compassion.  It represents one of the phrases that stayed with me - "the cracks are where the light gets in".  So, embrace the cracks and imperfections.

JAX AND JELLY

 Sitting on the porch with the doggos.