BIG CiTY QUILT DONE

The big Paisley City Sampler quilt is completely done!

I really don't like working on quilts this big and it's only 90" by 90".

Because of this, I put it off for a few days, but today I finally got to it.

I cut the excess off, made the binding, sewed it down, top-stitched it over and called it done.

And put it away.

MORE ON THE JOURNEY

This new project I've jumped into is called "Journey to Fall Paducah".  Its a free pattern from AQS.

I went to the fabric store and bought 6 yards of Kona black.  I'll use the colors that I already have.

I made the second block today.

Then I had problems with those darn paper pieced corners again.  I'm ready to blame it on the instructions and the size they say to cut the pieces.  They were too short.  I made some notes and will cut them bigger next time.

BUT, these blocks finish at 15" and there are 36 of them, making the quilt 103" by 103".  Too big to fit on my longarm.  Too big for anything.

So, now I'm thinking about modifying the block borders to make the whole quilt smaller.  So, maybe I won't need those darn corner blocks.

I had a little time to whip out the next Splendid Sampler 2 block.  Well, it's not finished, but it's ready to be hand appliqued.

MONDAY NORMAL

It rained last night.  That means the trees released a lot of stuff back onto my clean sidewalks and driveway.  Aaargh, it's never-ending. 

But, it still looks better than it did before yesterday.

After a nice walk in Lincoln Park with the doggos, I spent the rest of the morning sewing.

More City Sampler blocks:

After lunch, the weather was just perfect.  It's about 69 degrees and very little breeze.  Clouds but still sunny.  I decided to take a quilt up to Solstice Park to get some pictures.  

A Ladybug!

 On the way home, on Barton Street, someone had set these chairs out - presumably free.  I thought I'd take advantage and see what a photo would look like.

Then, on the way back to the car, I thought this would be cute.

It was a nice Monday.  

SUNDAY YARD WORK

The man is out of town, so it feels like my schedule is just off.

I went and got groceries by myself.  It was not the same.

I made one block from the first Splendid Sampler (still trying to catch up).  Then I went out and spent the rest of the day working on cleaning up the sidewalks and driveway.  There's lots and lots of tree debris.  I used the air compressor which saved my back and shoulders from all the sweeping that would have been involved otherwise.  (Having a big shop in the backyard has its advantages sometimes).  I filled up the yard waste container - yea!

FRIDAY LITE

I took Bluebird off the machine, here's the back showing the label:

I got to work on the latest Splendid Sampler 2.  I still need to applique the circles down, so I can't say it's finished yet.

Then I made a few more from Splendid Sampler 1:

Happy Birthday Dad! [who would have been 91 today]

BH2 BLOCK THREE

It's Wednesday!  That means it's time for the next Moda Block Head block to be revealed.

And then to make it.

Then I made another City Sampler block.  I hate making stitch and flip triangles.  They never turn out right for me.  This time I went ahead and drew the diagonal stitch line on the back.  That probably helped a bit.

SPLENDID SAMPLER 2 STARTS

I'm doing it again - and I haven't even finished the first one.

Here we go...

This one is named "Quilt Market".  [They aren't numbering them this time]

It's a conglomeration of strips

Lining up a 6-1/2" ruler

The excess is cut off.

The official finished photo.

I felt so guilty about not having worked on the first SS, that I did the next block.  I think it's number 53.