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"

DRAGONFLY DANCE

 When I was in Tucson in February at a workshop there were other workshops happening at the same time.  One of them was a quilting workshop with a pop-up quilt shop.  I resisted going to it until someone in my workshop came back with some fabric I found very interesting.  So, I went down and bought a yard, it is called Dragonfly Dance.

Yesterday I cut the fabric into 6" squares.  I only got 30 out of the yard.  Then I cut some dark teal and black e bond fabric that complemented it.  I paired them and made 60 half-square-triangle squares out them.  

Today I trimmed them to 5-1/2" squares and sewed them into a small quilt top.  It is 38-1/2" by 49-1/2".

Then I found some fabrics in my stash and made a backing for it.

SUNFLOWERS

 I love sunflowers.  I planted some seeds this year not thinking I'd get any flowers because we don't get a lot of sun in our yard.  But, lo!  I have flowers.  I'm so happy.  And the bees are loving them, too.

MORE PEACHES

 We bought a box of peaches, about 18 pounds.  I canned a few quarts a few days ago.  I canned the rest of them today.  

ANOTHER BASKET

 Here's how I procrastinate:  I make a basket.

I made one today.  This one was made using some of the recently purchased dyed cotton rope.  It came in an 8 yard length.  I used all of that plus the white cotton rope.

BLACKBERRY JAM

  We went early to Sunset Park in SeaTac , just north of the airport and in the path of incoming flights.  It was a pleasant morning, Jelly went too.  We picked two small buckets of blackberries and were home by 9:30am, a bit scratched up although I wore long sleeves.

Jelly got to sniff around a bit, but wouldn't help with the picking.

Lots and lots of blackberry bushes in this big park that used to be a housing development.  The county bought them all and tore down the houses because they are in the flight path to SeaTac Airport.  There is somewhat of a grid of asphalt roads left.  There is a  Community Center and a nice arboretum in one corner of the park with parking.

After lunch, I processed the berries.  They are now 8 half pint jars of Blackberry Jam.  

FINISH #16

I trimmed the excess from the newly quilted "Seven Plus" quilt and sewed it's binding on today.

It is done!  This is Finish #16 for the year.

The quilt is 54" x 72".

And it took 7 years and 6 days from start to finish.