FINISH NUMBER 22

 I made bias binding yesterday and this morning I sewed it onto the Turquoise SLABs quilt.

It is done!

It is 69" by 86"

And there's a party on the back:

FINISH NUMBER 21

 I made some bias binding from the same fabric as the borders and sewed it on this morning.

It's done!  This is Finish #21 for the year.

It is "Surprise It's Betty"  52" x 63".

QUILTED SURPRISE

 Yesterday I spent the majority of the day sewing the blocks of 'Surprise It's Betty' together with sashing and then adding borders to each side.  The name for this quilt comes partially from the two charm packs called Surprise!  and the pattern they were sewn into call Betty.  The pattern is from this book:

Then this morning, I got Erik the longarm set up to quilt it with a pantograph, an allover meander.  It took the majority of the day, but I finished it up just before dinner time.  It's quilted.

ONIONS

 Here is another page for this year's Fall Journal.  These are some onions from the garden.

FINISH IT FRIDAY BUSY

 I got a lot done today.  

First, we went for a walk at Lincoln Park.  It was a beautiful morning.  The Fall colors are spectacular right now - and it smells like Fall.

Then, after breakfast, Jelly and I went up to the studio where Erik and I finished the quilting on the Turquoise Slabs quilt and took it off the machine.

And, while Erik was doing the actual quilting, I worked on my Fall Journal.  Here is my Marigold page.  it is about 6" by 5".

And then, I made the last five blocks needed for the twenty needed to complete the quilt for the Quilting Mayhem's UFO Challenge 2026. It is being made using two of the same Charm Packs and some of my solid fabrics. It's going to be down to the wire to get this one done before next Friday.

TURQUOISE SLABS

 I've been working on using up the fabrics in my overflowing Turquoise Scrap Bucket.  I've been making SLABS ala Cheryl Arkinson.  I made a bunch of them and put them up on the design wall thinking I'd just sew them together using fill-in pieces.  That method involves a lot of partial seams and takes a lot of figuring and it's time-consuming.  So, after a bit I abandoned that idea and started making bigger chunks and then sewed them together.  That way there was a lot less partial seams.

So, the top is done.  It's 69" by 86".

FINISH NUMBER 20

 This one took a while to finish.  

I made the top in a "Rhythmic Grid" workshop with Sherri Lynn Wood in 2022.  It was made using some Judy Robertson hand-dyed fabrics I have had since the 1990s.  The backing was made from the leftovers of a Kaffe Fasset print of flowers set in rows.  I had cut some of the flowers and some of the rows out of the yardage for another project.  So, what was left was in pieces and strips.  I pieced them together using a go-with solid color.  I used every bit of what was left.

After I had quilted it, it was set aside because I didn't want to do the tedious task of the facing.  It sat there until recently when I finally told myself it needed to be done.

I put it on my list for the Quilting Mayhem's UFO Challenge.  Otherwise, it might still be waiting.

I finished it today.

This is 'Torrent' it is 62" by 72" and it is my Finish #20 for the year.