THREE STOOGES DONE

 I made purple binding for the Three Stooges quilt and got it sewn on today during the Brave Patch Finish it Friday get-together.

It is done!

THREE STOOGES QUILTED

 I got out another of my UFO Challenge quilt tops and loaded it onto Erik, the longarm, yesterday.

Today I programmed the machine with a pantograph and got it quilted.

Now, I must confess I think this is a really ugly quilt and I'm a bit embarrassed.  But, it is what it is.  I don't know what I was thinking when I made this years ago.  But, my husband is a fan of the Three Stooges and that's why I bought the fabrics.  But, geez whiz, this is not my best work.

Whoopie!

LITTLE TOP

 I started with just a yard of fabric.  It was a piece I picked up while we were visiting Charleston South Carolina.  I purchased it from a little quilt shop in a cinder-block building, Stitch-n-Sew.  I thought the fabric reminded me of the area.  Bright yellow background, reminiscent of the bright sunshine, with boldly colored sea creatures reminding me of being so close to the sea (no alligators though).  I paired this bright yellow with a violet-blue solid for Joe's project this month.

The yellow fabric was cut into 6" squares and the blue into (more or less) 1" strips.  I did eventually trade out the solid blue for two other print fabrics of the same hue to seem more 'make-do'.

Someone used the term 'coping strips' in the class when talking about adding a strip of fabric to make the square big enough.  Joe really like that, I do too.  I hope it catches on. [Maybe I'll name the quilt 'Coping']

So, this was as big as it was going to get with using just that one yard of yellow fabric.  I ended up with 36 6" squares.  But I used only 35.

It is 27.5" by 38.5" - - -

I just love that 'tomato red' - maybe I should use that color on the backing, or maybe a blue and yellow pin-dot.  [You know, you can never find the fabric you have in your mind.]