Friendship Stars

I finally finished the friendship star blocks for the king sized quilt. Phew!

Then I cleared a space on the floor and laid out the blocks. I have since moved a few blocks around and oriented them so all seems will nest. They are now clipped together by rows and ready to sew the 108” x 108” beast together. I did purchase a wide backing and a king sized batting.

This quilt was requested by my husband for a friend’s son & partner and will be going to England when I get it finished. It’s a good thing Sophie has a 14” table. Did I mention there will be 432 inches of binding?!?! 😳

Cheers, Cherie

This and That

Since finishing the graduation quilt last weekend I’ve made a birdhouse, 

…..caught up on the Sweet Potato BOM April & May blocks, 

……and sewed a few more ovals which are all hanging out on the design wall.

Today I’m linking up with Finished (or not) Friday.

Cheers, Cherie

Graduation Quilt is Finally Finished

I worked on the binding on our day trip Friday…….

…….where we ended our day watching The Michael Weber Show in Lakewood, OH and I got to visit with The Quilt Lady, who is Michael’s Aunt Patty and my friend. 

Patty and I exchanged bags and I totally got the best end of the exchange……

See how well my scissors fit in the scissors pouch? I have a thing for pears 😆 She also gave me one of her thread beds and muffins 😋.

On Saturday I finished the graduation quilt.

And prepared it for gifting today, yay!

The end, Cherie

Finishing!

I finished quilting and machine sewing the binding to the front of the quilt as well as finishing hand sewing one corner and 1 1/2 sides. We are taking off on a day trip soon so I expect I’ll be close to finishing by the time we return. Yay!!

Linking up with the Quiltygirl for Finished (or not) Friday 😀.

Cherie

Binding & More

We had a wonderful time on our weekend away. The trip was planned specifically to visit the Corning Museum of Glass which didn’t disappoint. The museum is a mixture of history, chemistry, uses and art. As a birthday gift, my DH had purchased glass making sessions for us and it was a fabulous experience.

My piece is the one on the left 😄. The Rockwell Museum (not that Rockwell) is close to the Corning museum and was well worth the visit. There is a lovely path through a park that you can walk to get to the Rockwell. It’s an easy walk between the two museums and only takes about 10-15 minutes.

We stayed at Seneca lake and the region is beautiful with many waterfalls and wineries. I was able to finish all four corners of the binding during our drive and finished Fall Mountains completely on Monday.

Because I used glue to hold the pieces of backing when pattern matching and because I wanted to see how my quilting would turn out, I washed it. I’m very happy with the quilting mostly because I didn’t quilt it densely and was hoping it would look good. 

And, most importantly, I started right in on quilting the graduation quilt!

Sophie and I worked together well and the quilting is now complete. I’ll trim the quilt and sew the binding on today!

Cheers, Cherie