FINISH #17 FOR THE YEAR

 Here is a quilt that wasn't on my UFO list.  But, I had a strong desire to make it and see if it looked like I'd imagined.  I think it's different than I imagined, but I like it.  It works.  Today I quilted a pantograph onto it.  I was making the binding while Erik the longarm was working on it.  When it was done, I sewed the binding on while on zoom with the BP Finish it Friday group.

This is Finish number 17 for the year.

It is called "Dragonfly Dance" it is 38.5" by 49.5"

BINDING DAY

 I tackled the binding for the big Garden Club quilt.  It's 88" by 88" which makes it difficult so I decided to do only one side of it today and save my neck, shoulders and arms.  I took my time and didn't overdo it and got done.

Then I went ahead and sewed the binding on the much smaller charm quilt, One Room Schoolhouse which is 32" by 40".  I did both sides and it is done.

This is finish #3 for the year.

FIRST FINISH OF 2026

 I put the finishing touches on the binding of Out of Africa today.  It is now done.

Finish #1 and counting!

CARPE DIEM FINISHED

 I got the facing made and sewn on and Carpe Diem is now a finished quilt.

This is finish number 13 for the year.

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.

TWO MORE BLOCKS

 I hung out with the Brave Patch Finish It Friday group today.  My laptop's camera decided not to work though.  It was projecting all green.  But, I was able to hear and see just fine.

I made two more Coordinates blocks.  I think that will be enough.

Now I can start sewing them together into a top.

QUILTING PROBLEMS

 I setup a pantograph and started Erik quilting on Tractor Beam.

Then it was one thing after another.  First of all, Erik really hates quilting right-to-left, so he shredded the thread every chance he got.   I even changed from Aurifil to Wonderfil thread because it's 3-ply and a little thicker.  That reduced the number of shreddings a bit, but didn't eliminate them.

Then the sew-head went black, the lights went out and it stopped. That scared the heck out of me!   So on a walk-around I discovered the plug on the back had worked its way out.  I plugged it in, restarted, and got him working again.  Phew.

THEN, the darn hopping foot, #74 with a plastic cup, broke!  Good grief, I guess I'm lucky the needle didn't run over it and jam up the machine.

I gave up for the day, and went to join the Brave Patch Finish it Friday get-together.

I made this week's Art East Quilting Mini block, #35, The Thread.

CUTTING ORANGE PEELS

 I spent the morning cutting the 'orange peel' shapes from the black with white 2-patches for the Crushing It quilt.  It was slow and monotonous work and I had to pay attention to the accuracy of my cutting, too.  I'm glad that's over with.

Today was a meeting of the Brave Patch Finish It Friday group.  I worked a bit on my DWTW2 that's been on the design wall all week.  I did make one block and got some great ideas.  But, I had to take it all down because tomorrow I'll need the wall for a workshop.

WILDFLOWER ON THE LONGARM

 I've been quilting on Wildflower.

I gotta get it done before the end of the month.

 Then it was time for Finish It Friday, and I managed to sew all of the Loretto blocks together and make a quilt top.