Starlight geese progress

 Good day and welcome to my blog.  It's a lovely summer day in the American Midwest.

I was fortunate to spend some time in my sewing area today to finish up the last of my planned 35 Starlight geese blocks.  I wrote about the beginnings of the project in this post, which has background info on the pattern.  I am using real feedsack fabrics and a constant background fabric of Kona Snow.  This pattern takes a lot of background fabric!

Anyhow, here are all my blocks, laid out on my design floor:

Sorry about the keystoning there.  The pattern is a variation of a wild goose chase.  But let's add some 2 inch wide (finished) sashing.

Getting ready to sew.  The block on the top is a little small on one side so it's pulled out for special treatment.

First set with sashing, laid out to see how it looks:

Yes, sometimes points get chopped off, no matter how careful you are with measuring and keeping a steady 1/4 inch seam. (look at blue triangle at lower right; triangle at uppermost right).

Blocks finish at 10 inches square.  Projected size is 60 by 84 inches, plus maybe borders, so a throw size.

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Winter Solstice quilt is done

 Hot off the sewing machine, where I have been machining on the binding!

I described the start of this project in this post, and more about the progression of the project in this post.

I picked up the quilt this morning from my long-armer, who does such a wonderful job.  Well I couldn't wait to trim and bind - especially as we are leaving in two days to visit my dad and my mom, who is going to receive this quilt as an early birthday present.  ("Hello, it's one of the hottest days of the year - here is a quilt!")

An overall look:

The backing is a Stonehenge wide backing fabric.  And a closer look:

The pattern is Winter Solstice, designed and copyrighted by Patti Carey.  This version is about 56 by 69 inches, though the pattern also has instructions for a queen sized version.

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Flying Geese Pattern: a start on Starlight Geese

 Good day and welcome to my blog!

It's a beautiful day in the American Midwest.  I'd like to share with you what I've been working on for the last few days.  

I think I'm on a roll with flying geese units.  I created some blocks in the Cups and Saucers pattern, from the Patchwork Square website.  I blogged about them previously.  Well the finished blocks are in a pile in my sewing room, as I continue forward making more flying geese units for this pattern:

A little out of focus, but you can find the Patchwork Square pattern here.  I am switching the values of the pieces:  Geese units are in feedsack fabrics, background is Kona Snow.

Here is what I have so far:

Laid out on my design floor, so that is my carpet in between the blocks.  I am using these instructions for no-waste flying geese, making 4 at a time:

https://www.patchpieces.com/files/flyinggeese.pdf

This is fun, but as each block finishes at 10 inches square, it will take a while to get up to a reasonable quilt size.

Linking up with Midweek Makers, (She featured my last project this week - thank you!), Put your foot down at For the love of geese, Needle and Thread Thursday, Nina-Marie,  Finished or Not at Alycia Quilts, Oh Scrap at Quilting is more Fun than Housework.

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Winter Solstice top is done

Good day and welcome to my blog.  It's a warm day in the American Midwest, with a promise of thunderstorms later in the day. 

I detailed in a previous post how I had started a complex (for me) quilt pattern called Winter Solstice.  I am happy to report that the top is done:

Laid out on my design floor, as I don't have a design wall.  The top is about 56 by 69 inches, and I do not plan on adding a border. I followed the suggested fabric choices given by the pattern.  I think it turned out well.

It is off to the long arm quilter today, and I hope to get it back and bind it before June 16, when the family and I will be traveling east to visit my mom and dad.  Recall that this is a gift for my mom.

Linking up with Midweek Makers, Put your foot down at For the love of geese, Needle and Thread Thursday, Nina-Marie,  Finished or Not at Alycia Quilts, Oh Scrap at Quilting is more Fun than Housework.

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Viridian