Thanksgiving

Wishing you all a day full of reasons to be thankful.

Cherie

Pre-Thanksgiving Friday

I’m linking up with Alycia’s Finished (or not) Friday. I can report I’ve finished all 40 uphill and 40 downhill scrappy mountain majesty (SMM) blocks, whoop, whoop!

It will either be very easy or very frustrating getting these SMM blocks laid out, lol. I’m working on the Starfire units to free up the design wall.

I quilted a couple more passes on RRCB.  Both Sophie and the quilter did well 🤓. I do better quilting in short sessions…….it will be finished soon enough.

I’ve made progress on the backing for Quadrangle. I over cut some 2” orange pieces so I’m noodling over how to incorporate them.

And in other news, Julie let me know the fabrics for the cheddar solids quilt are Moda Bella and suggested I contact the Fat Quarter Shop about sending them a swatch to color match. Done & in the mail!! I went ahead and asked to match the cheddar as well……then I can use it for the backing if I want. I decided I’d be happier getting as close of match as I can and will sew up the non-matching HST’s and start yet another project 😂😂😂. Thanks for your thoughts about my dilemma !

Thankfully, Cherie

Quilting Started and Backing Play

I spent some time with Sophie, my longarm, and quilted a bit of Roll Roll Cotton Boll (RRCB). Sophie is quilting well. The quilter, she is a bit rusty. RRCB needs concentration because it’s hard to see where I’ve quilted, although you can see it in the side picture below, lol. I love the green print on the back which I believe is a Jo Morton.  

I’ve also started puzzling the back for Quadrangle. It takes way more time to piece a backing but I have fun doing them.

We’ll see where it goes from here 😃  

I’m continuing to sew the Starfire units and hope to get the top together this weekend. Another cheddar block is in the works as well  and I have the parts needed to make three more for the 3 x 4 setting. 

It appears, before this went into time out, I found a cheddar in my stash that was almost the same cheaddar color (really, really close, like same color, different color run close) and used it to get the pieces for these extra blocks. It also appears I had a green that wasn’t so close of a match but used it to finish cutting enough HST’s for the border so some original green, some replacement green. None of the replacement green is in the blocks. 

Julie has since let me know the fabrics she sent were Bella solids so do I use the green I’ve cut already or go on a search for the matching Bella green that may be a closer match. I’m am of two minds here. The triangles are already cut, but the green really is different 🤔🤨🧐

Any thoughts?

Cheers, Cherie 

Progress……

……on two projects. I continued sewing units for Starfire and parts are hanging off the design wall now, lol.

I’ve added another block to the cheddar project. Still toying with the idea of making this one three by four blocks with a cheddar border followed by a HST border. I can do this *IF* I have enough fabric.  

I also sewed a heap of crumb blocks and over did trimming them as now my left wrist aches. I know better…..I know I have to spread trimming over multiple days. <<shakes head>> 

Time to come up with a plan for some of these…….😜

Happy sewing, Cherie 

Finished!

I finished moving my scraps into my new drawer unit….

……8 color sorted drawers with crumb blocks in progress.  It’s a beautiful thing!

Previously they were in salad containers, puzzle boxes, etc, lined up on my cutting table.  

They looked messy and I had to move them a lot but they were handy for me to use.  The drawers are just as handy and look so much better 😁

I also finished hanging a present to myself.

I bought one of Wanda’s color wash quilts and I am in love!  Her post about this quilt is here and here.  

Linking up with Alycia the Quilty Girl’s Finished or Not post.

Cheers, Cherie