More On Clamshells

Yesterday our heat got fixed first thing in the morning – that was nice as the wood fire was starting to bother my sinus’s – too many allergies to enjoy that – but I was out for a good part of the afternoon some of it in the windy fresh cold air and by time I got back home my sinus’s had cleared.  We were lucky that the fire kept going all night, I think we both woke up to check on it several times and the house was almost too warm with it – better than being too cold!!

I was able to work more on clamshells for the Postage Stamp border.  I got the next step of pressing done and taking out templates so I can start all over again making more of them.  I think I have close to 40 of them done.  When you take the template out after you have pressed from the front this is what it is like – you see this would be easy to press back down so it will be ready to work with.  Do be careful when you peel your template off – if you have been heavy handed with the glue stick you might have to tug – I used my fingernail to ease it up.   I am linking to Mrs Sew and Sow , Quilt Story and Esther’s Quilt Blog.

Here are some stuck to the wall just to get an idea of what they are like – the lower row will have a strip of another border sewed over the lower area so it will be a straight line like in the photo I showed yesterday.  I know I will have to mark a straight line on the border to line these up on otherwise I know they would not be straight!

This is Winter Wonderland folded in quarters – it is next on the frame.  I wasn’t sure at first if I would hand quilt it but then decided yes as I have no other quilt ready for the frame believe it or not – only one waiting in line – I remember a time about 2 or 3 years ago when I had about 7 in line.

This is the backing – I have about 10 yards of this fabric that I got on sale for about $3.40 a yard – not a wide back I will need to cut and piece.

Part of yesterday was spent getting some circles prepped for Quilty 365 –  hand work this week  – all of these need to be appliqued they are just pinned in place.

The area on Diamonds are Forever that I was quilting on last night  — getting so close to the final border.

Yesterday when I was out I went to the fitness center and then grocery shopping – completely forgetting to stop at Hobby Lobby to look for backing fabric for Strawberry Shortcake – that is ok I was busy enough without pin basting too – I will get to it this week.

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