BINDING ON SHATTERED

 I got the binding onto the Shattered quilt - it's now really done.

BACKING FOR SHATTERED

 I made the label with the triangles yesterday and forgot to photograph it.

Here's the backing all sewn together and ready to go.

When I saw that fabric with the grey, black and white rhinos with the bright yellow background I knew it would be perfect for the back of this quilt.  This year's Pantone Color of the Year is actually two colors--

Illuminating (bright yellow) and Ultimate Grey:

So, now it looks like I planned this quilt for the Colors of the Year!

ALL TOGETHER

 While watching Joe's Workshop from yesterday in the morning and joining in with the Seattle MQG's Sunday Sew-In, I managed to get the blocks for Shattered all sewn together.

It's a quilt top.

I even started planning the backing.

Happy Pi Day!

NEBULA 3

 I finally got around to making the Nebula 3 blocks today.

There was barely enough fabric wide enough left to make the smaller versions.  I had to piece together a couple triangles to make it work.

I also got the Shattered blocks out and put them up on the wall.  Hopefully tomorrow I can sew them together.

OPENING NIGHT QUILTING DONE

I finished off the quilting on Opening Night today.    I was running out of white thread towards the end, so I figured I'd only need about another half of a bobbin's worth to finish everything.  But, I was wrong.  I refilled that half a bobbin three times!  There's still a bit of white thread on the bobbin, but that is it.

I had to rotate the quilt to fit the side triangles into the quilting area of the longarm.  Those last few setting triangles were quilted with black thread on top luckily.

I also finished sewing the last of the Shattered blocks together while I watched a webinar about embroidery software for the Bernina.  And I started making the binding for Opening Night which should get completed tomorrow.

BRAVE PATCH MONDAY

 During our weekly Monday Sew-In on Brave Patch I got a few things done.

I sewed on the very last square on the top then I made a backing for my Floating Squares quilt. (I think it deserves a better name, don't you?)

I need to ink a label on there somewhere, too.

Then I got to work on those squares for the last blocks of Shattered.  I didn't quite finish though.  

Now that I take a look at them, I'm worried that I put them together wrong.  Or maybe I just need to turn those top rows around.  I hope so.

ANOTHER SHATTERED BLOCK

 I got some work done on Opening Night before lunch.

After, I attended a Brave Patch zoom meeting and sewed some Shattered blocks together.

Then I trimmed up the last set of HSTs.  

DOUBLE DOWN

 This morning was another wonderful zoom workshop with Joe Cunningham.  I finished up that last seam on my Shattered blocks from the other day first.

While I watched I finished another set of nine Shattered blocks.  

It had started snowing last night and it never stopped.  There's 10 to 12" of snow on the ground now.  The dogs don't like it.  But, we are staying warm and dry up here in the studio.

After Joe's workshop I started quilting on Opening Night.  I did the big setting triangles with a computerized 'feathers' design.  

MORE SHATTERED BLOCKS

 I got ten more blocks almost finished.  Just one last seam to go.

MASSIVE TRIANGLES

This Shattered pattern has 480 HST squares, 960 triangles.  What was I thinking when I started this?  Oh well, persevere.

I got more trimmed and pressed and put one block together while attending a Brave Patch sew-in.  

SEWN TOGETHER

Making 8 at a time Half Square Triangles, I sewed all of the pairs together today.  It took about 2-1/2 hours.  My neck was sore, but I got them all done.

 

SHATTERED

 I've got dozens of projects in progress, so what do I do?  I start another one, of course.

Kona just published this pattern, Shattered, which was included with my monthly shipment of Kona cuts with the Aurifil threads, the last of the year.  I received a group of half yard pieces of greys.  It didn't include all of the greys needed, but I have the rest in my stash.

I cut up the parts needed today.