Tuesday quilt: current progress

Hello and good afternoon from here.  I am running late today.
I'd like to share my current progress on a long standing UFO. (Unfinished object).  I started cutting pieces for this in 1993 (!) and really ramped up piecing in 2017.  I have been hand quilting this off and on in 2018 and in the beginning of this year.

A double wedding ring quilt, with 30's reproduction fabrics and a soft pale orange background fabric.  I am down to the last corner of the quilting - you can see my hoop in the upper right of the photo.
Pattern and templates from Shar Jorgenson Quilting in the Heartland, and the quilting template is from her company too.  I doubted I could find another that would fit the size of the rings and the "melons".
I marked the quilt in pencil, sometimes unfortunately with a heavy hand.  Below is a close up showing fabrics used and the quilting.

Overall the quilting has been a meditative experience.  Daunting at first, thinking of all the quilting ahead of me.  But I am almost done!
Next daunting step:  Trim, and apply bias binding by hand, both sides (no machine work).  I think single fold binding.  I've never bound a quilt with curved edges so this shall be interesting!  Any advice appreciated.

Linking up with Connie at Freemotion by the River and Let's Bee Social, Silly Mama quilts, Can I get a Whoop Whoop, Nina-Marie,  Finished or Not at Busy Hands quilts.

Viridian

Gifted table runner

Hello and welcome to my regular Tuesday Quilt post.
Today I am sharing a picture of a table runner I made for my mom.  I have just one photo, just a portion of the runner:

It is about 12 inches by 64 inches.  The two blocks are repeated several times.  The pattern is from McCalls quilting magazine I believe - a download I accessed some time ago, so I do not know if it's still available.  I like the pale gray fabric - a Stonehenge fabric that looks like marble.

This was gifted over Christmas.  No more photos!  Mom loved it.

Linking up with Connie at Freemotion by the River and Let's Bee Social, Silly Mama quilts, Can I get a Whoop Whoop, Nina-Marie,  Finished or Not at Busy Hands quilts.

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Viridian

Tuesday quilt top

Hello and welcome!
I am sharing a quilt top I made this past week, all from cast offs and leftovers: bits from a Christmas quilt and a Halloween quilt; old stash rediscovered (I mean fabric from the 1990's!); fabric purchased for a watercolor quilt (remember those?); fabric ordered on line that was not the color I expected; fat quarters from a pack that were uglier than I thought.

To use up this fabric, I cut bricks 3.5 inches by 9.5 inches (3 by 9 inches finished) and made strips 6 bricks long.  For about half the strips, I added a 'half-brick' cut 3.5 by 5 inches.  Alternate your strips as in brickwork or as you can see in the photo.  I have 27 rows for a size of 63 inches by 81 inches, before borders.

And that border!  The black fabric with lavender flowers is a VIP print (remember those?) from the 1990's - I found I had a yard of it.  And the green fabric - I don't remember why or when I purchased it, but I had 2.5 yards, so I must have been thinking of borders.  Use it up!  I think I will go no-buy or low-buy this year, and use up the old stash.  I plan on piecing a back for this one, out of yardage I also found while excavating for this quilt.

Linking up with Connie at Freemotion by the River and Let's Bee Social, Silly Mama quilts, Can I get a Whoop Whoop, Nina-Marie,  Finished or Not at Busy Hands quilts.

I have a page on Facebook: keep up with my infrequent quilt posts at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Viridian61/347674418583948?ref=hl

Viridian

Happy New Year, and Tuesday quilt top

Happy New Year!  Wishing the best for you in 2019.
I was busy over the Christmas break.  I finished quilting and trimming the log cabin quilt described in my previous post.
I traveled to visit family and visited a quilt store (of course) and purchased a set of 2.5 inch strips (a jelly roll)  in Christmas Hoffman fabrics, and matching yardage for a border.
I sewed up a jelly roll race quilt top with these fabrics.  It's the third one I have done.  One must let go of matchy-matchy tendencies and go with the flow, believe in the process.
A 2017 Christmas jelly roll top is shown in a previous entry in my blog.
Now for the 2018 version!

Hoffman winter/Christmas fabrics with silver highlights on them, green holly border.  I am sorry I don't have a close up picture.  This top is now on the "to be quilted" pile.

Linking up with Connie at Freemotion by the River and Let's Bee Social, Silly Mama quilts, Can I get a Whoop Whoop, Nina-Marie,  Finished or Not at Busy Hands quilts.

I have a page on Facebook: keep up with my infrequent quilt posts at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Viridian61/347674418583948?ref=hl

Viridian