It's done. I finally finished the Improv Hourglass top.
It's about 51" by 72".
There's lots of scraps, I think I'll sew them together and incorporate them into the backing.
Scenes from the Road of Life
It's done. I finally finished the Improv Hourglass top.
It's about 51" by 72".
There's lots of scraps, I think I'll sew them together and incorporate them into the backing.
Our favorite restaurant is closing at the end of the month. So, we got our last takeout for dinner tonight.
We will miss this.
I spent the morning making a bunch of smaller wonky improv Hourglass blocks to replace that dark brown block that was bothering me.
I got it all sewed together, too.
Here's how it looked at the end of today.
I've been sewing more and more of these Hourglass blocks together.
Here's how it looked at the end of today.
The Hourglass quilt is getting closer to the size I want as I add more blocks and move some around. And sewing a few of them together.
We left early and headed south to Mount Rainier National Park for my birthday trip today. It's about a two hour drive.
We first drove up to the Longmire Visitors Center to get a stamp in the passport. Then we headed back to the Kautz Creek Trail where we went for a short walk.
When we reached this foot bridge we turned around and headed back. This was the one mile mark. |
A really nice mural in the dining area. |
I've been making Hourglass blocks in various sizes since the workshop with Sherri Lynn Wood.
Here where I am at the moment.
Erik and I finished quilting a pantograph onto the Ghost and Cat quilt.
I've been working on the applique and embroidery on this old quilt top and it's finally ready to be quilted.
The top, made of small Log Cabin type blocks, was pieced sometime in the 1990's. It was a pattern by Terri Nussbaum. It's languished ever since. I put it on my UFO Challenge list this year. It's number was drawn by Quilting Mayhem this month. Which means I need to finish it before the end of May.