GROOVE SESSION: PLAY

 It's time for Brave Patch's Groove Session with Sherri Lynn Wood this morning at 9am.

She gave us some prompts and we spent a pleasant half hour improv playing.

Here's mine:

Afterwards, I finally made the binding and sewed it onto Loretto.

It is done and ready for a new home.

I love how the backing turned out.

FINISHES FOR FRIDAY

 It was a busy Finish It Friday today.  I loaded the Loretto quilt onto Eric the longarm and started to quilt it before our 11am get-together.  Then since it was going so well, I continued to do the quilting during the meeting.  I eventually got around to sewing the binding on the Intertwine quilt and I got the quilting finished on Loretto and even trimmed it.  I got the fabric for Loretto's binding cut, but that was as far as I got.  We shut it down at 3pm.    Another productive day.

Loretto

Intertwine!

LORETTO BLOCKS DONE

I got the last four rows of the Loretto blocks sewn on.  They are done and ready to be sewn together.  There are 30 12" blocks.

But first I need to get the Wildflower off the wall.

SIXTH ROW FOR LORETTO

 I've been working on the Loretto quilt.  I got the sixth row done today.

I think there's four more rows to go.

ANOTHER ROW

 After breakfast and before we went out to lunch, I got another row sewed onto the Loretto blocks.

Then we went to the International District of Seattle to have lunch.  We've been doing this for years.  Unfortunately our favorite restaurant, Shanghai Gardens wasn't open again.  So, we walked around and went into Ocean Star.  We've never tried it, and now I wish we hadn't.  The food was blah and greasy.    We'll never go there again.  I miss my favorite restaurant.  Maybe I can talk him into going there sometime this next week.

LORETTO PROJECT

 I saw a picture of a quilt that I really liked and wanted to make.  Of course, it's block based.  I really need a stress-less project right now.  This one isn't totally mindless, but its a lot easier than what I have been doing.

I had to draft the pattern, make a cut list and figure out the colors. I'm using Moda Bella 'Spice', 'Prune', 'Boysenberry' and Kona 'Ochre' and 'Peapod'.   I made two test blocks and discovered a math error (oh my!).  Luckily I hadn't cut out all of the parts yet.

So, today I cut up the fabrics and put the first little parts together.  There will be 30 blocks. 

Here we go!  (it always takes longer than I think it will, too)

I thought a bit about the name.  I thought the colors reminded me of Sante Fe, New Mexico.  But, I didn't want to name it Sante Fe, that would be too limiting.  But, I thought, maybe a name that comes from that area, but doesn't sound like that area.  I looked at the map and the only thing I really like was Loretto, from the Loretto Chapel.  We visited there last time we were in Sante Fe.  Amazing place.  

So, Loretto it is.