Wednesday finished quilt Feb 20

I was very busy yesterday at my paying job so did not post my usual Tuesday quilt block or finish.  But I do have a finish! A jelly roll race quilt:

It is pieced from a Jelly roll of Hoffman Christmas/Winter fabrics with silver accents.  Another Hoffman holly fabric for the border.  I had fun doing this one!  True it is done in February but we can use it as a throw next Christmas.

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Viridian

Tuesday quilt blocks Feb. 12

Busy busy busy in my day job, and trying to find time to sew.  I did over the weekend, and made a set of Crayon Box blocks, from the free pattern section of Bonnie Hunter's Quiltville blog. I am using gray centers, and older stash, including Jinny Beyer "too good to use" fabric.  Well it's been over 20 years, I can use it now!
I laid the blocks on the floor to see how they look together.  Not sewn together yet.

A bit more of a mish mash than I expected - I hope the gray blocks are a repeating design element and give the eye a place to rest.  We'll see when the blocks are sewn together and the gray border is on.  Maybe take off some of the palest white fabric pieces????

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

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