Finally I have started to put the quilt top together. I worked outside for a good part of the day again today working on the
porch and the deck. I was too tired to cook supper – well I could have but I was tired! We went out to eat, went to the bookstore and then home. It was still in the 90’s outside when we got home close to 7 so I came in here to the sewing room and started to put the sashing on the quilt blocks. I didn’t get a lot done but this is what is done so far.
This will be set on point so you have to imagine this at an angle. I do not have a design wall and I pinned this to the stain glass dragon wall hanging in my room here and then cropped it. I have to cut some more sashing and hopefully I will work on it this weekend. I do have the border pieces cut to the correct size and they are put aside. I have some triangles to cut from the background fabric and some squares to cut for the 9 patch at the intersections.
I like how it is looking and I’m so glad that I didn’t get a bright red for the sashing, this one is more of a “brick” red maybe? Anyhow I like it.
I have not touched either of the Insanity quilts – I have really been putting in a lot of time outside these past several weeks on our remodeling project of the deck and porch. As soon as I get these 5 blocks put together for this quilt then I will get back to Insanity. This is normal for me, I will work really hard on those quilts for awhile then I loose interest and work on other things — then I get back to them (really – I always finish my quilts even if it takes 3 or more years to do so like with these quilts!!).










June 26th, 2009 at 8:29 pm
thats going to look great I like the red sashing to I have done no sewing today, just work and sweat
June 27th, 2009 at 5:17 am
I like the brick red too, this is going to be soooo pretty.
Crispy
June 27th, 2009 at 5:53 am
Really nice and the brick red just sets those blocks wonderfully….
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June 27th, 2009 at 7:49 am
Wow! That is looking gorgeous.
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June 27th, 2009 at 8:29 am
Beautiful, can’t wait to see how the border looks, and then ?maybe the finished quilt!
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June 28th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Oh Karen, Your Christmas Baltimore is stunning, it almost make me want to get my Balitmore blocks out and get going on it again.