QUILTING LOG CABIN AROUND

I got out the Log Cabin Around quilt top and backing and loaded them onto Erik the Longarm.  I programmed a pantograph in and got started quilting.

I got it finished by the end of the day, but didn't have time to unload it.

 

THE SPIDER WEB BLOCKS ARE A TOP

I got all of the Spiderweb blocks made and had enough for a 7 by 9 block setting.  So, with the odd number of columns and rows I went with the diagonal setting so I wouldn't have a half of the pattern on the side and end.  

This top is 63" by 81".

NEW LOOK FOR SPIDERWEBS

 I made more Spiderweb blocks and as I squared them to the correct size I put them up on the design wall in a different configuration.

TOAD DONE

 After years of procrastination, I got out my unfinished needlepoint of this Toad and have been working on it a bit every night lately.  And, it's finally finished!  It's about 16" by 14" - a big toad.

TREE TOPS AND ANGLES QUILTED

I finished up the quilting on the Tree Tops and Angles quilt.  I used an E2E pattern with triangles.

DIFFERENT CONFIGURATION

 I squared up the blocks on one side and then put them back onto the design wall in a different configuration.

Here's how that looks.  Now I need to make a bunch more blocks.

SNAKING AROUND

It is the Year of the Snake, you know.

So, here are all of the blocks I've made so far, up on the wall.

 

Now, I need to make more strip sets and make more blocks.  

A SNAKE OR A WEB?

 I thought I'd try to make snakes instead of webs.  Not sure if it will stay this way though.

A HALF A SPIDERWEB

 After doing a much needed clean-up of the studio, I started cutting triangles from a few of the strip-sets I made during Sherri Lynn Wood's Spiderweb Workshop last week.  Then I had to figure out how I wanted to make the webs.  I decided to go with the 4-patch way.  I think I'll have more design choices with it.

So, here is the first half block I made today.  I may be cutting those 'background' pieces too big.  I don't want to run out of that polkadot fabric.  I will leave this excess on there though.  That will give me more options when I start to sew them all together. 

The Four-Patch way to assemble

The X-block Triangle way to assemble

BACK FOR TREE TOPS

 I started working to make a backing for the Tree Tops quilt yesterday.  I finished it today.  I used almost all of the scraps leftover from making the quilt top.  

CHURN DASH IS A TOP

 I finally got the Churn Dash quilt top sewn together.

Afterwards, I cleaned up, put all the unused scraps back into their proper buckets and moved onto the next project.

CHURN DASH PROGRESS

 I've been working on the Churn Dash a little bit, sometimes a lot bit, almost everyday.

And I'm making progress, sewing the parts and pieces together as I go.

ROUND ROBIN FINISHED

 I got around to finishing the binding on the old Round Robin quilt.

It's finished!  

I think this is number 5 for the year.

A TURTLE PROJECT?

 On an impulse I purchased this Landscape Turtle Pincushion Kit from Fish Museum and Circus.

It arrived today.

Looks like fun...?

STRIP SETS AFTER WORKSHOP

It was the next Improv That Block Squad workshop with Sherri Lynn Wood.  This month's block explores the Spider Web block.

We discovered two different ways to make the blocks. 

I worked on making my strip sets all day.

This is how many I have so far.

I choose to make my 'webs' in black in white for a couple of reasons.  One, the Black/White/Grey Scrap bucket is overflowing.  And two, I also remembered a memory from elementary school.  The teacher took us out behind the school in the morning, where the trees surrounded the playfield.  We took black construction paper and laid the wet spider webs on it then sprinkled flour or some kind of white powder onto them to capture a permanent record of our webs.  

Spiders are creepy, but I love the webs.

 

CONGAREE NATIONAL PARK

We left Savannah, headed to Marietta South Carolina to visit his Aunt and Uncle.

On the way we stopped to explore Congaree National Park.  We arrived about 9:30am, and went for a walk on the Boardwalk Loop.  They are doing construction on the boardwalk and a part of it was closed.  But it was still a beautiful walk - and no insects!  

We saw and heard a lot of birds.  We were told it would be possible to encounter some wild pigs, but we didn't see any.  Although we saw signs of where they dig and root up the mud and vegetation.   The Ranger told us if we encounter the pigs to yell and use harsh language on them and they would leave us alone.

 

A DAY IN SAVANNAH

 We spent the day exploring Savannah.

First stop was the Bonadventure Cemetery.

Then, it was back into town to get on a City Trolley, On and Off Tour.

We got off the trolley to see the inside of the Roman Catholic Cathedral Basilica of St John the Baptist.

Back onto the trolley, and into the city center, where we got off to have lunch at an Irish Pub, Wexford.  Darrell had Shepard's Pie, I tried the Cobb Salad.  Then back onto the trolley.

Next stop was to tour an historic home, the Davenport House.

We were enjoying it so much, we forgot to take pictures!