Over the weekend, I put nose to the grindstone and finished my "Unity" quilt top. I found the next-to-last round of this quilt quite difficult, requiring quite a bit of time with "Jack" the ripper and requiring what designer Bonnie Hunter called "ease." There was quite a bit of stretchy easing needed to get the whirling blocks to fit, so much so that I decided not to make the last two pieced sides. Instead, I put two solid 2" borders around and, while they were hard to "ease" on, they will, I hope, help the quilt lie squarely.
I'll take it to be long arm quilted this week, and as usual I'll be glad to see it leave our house! I'll deliver the Tulip Tango quilt then, too. Today I sewed the back for that quilt, and I also made some double pinwheel blocks, the online group's block for July.
The blocks at the bottom are the blocks for the month, and one will be swapped and the other kept. I'll probably make a few more of those to go in a sampler I've been working on all year.
After finishing those blocks, I got out my "orphan" box and started working on an appliqued piece I've had on my mind for a long time. It's based on an antique quilt a guild member brought to a meeting. Mine will use a pieced background (which was already in the box) and melon shapes in similar colors, but here's what was shown at guild.
I haven't done any hand applique in a long time so this was fun. I'll work on it again tomorrow.
1 comment:
it looks like it turned out great! I have made a couple Bonnie quilts but most have way more pieces than I want to do anymore
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