Todays progess

The borders are in the works.  Its been hard to find just the right fabric in my stash with just the right yardage. 

The background was the hardest to find enough, so I decided to use this..not sure if its 100% cotton but I thought what the heck.  Made a test piece to make sure that it could be quilted.  Those little dots are fuzzy!  This is one of those vintage finds at an estate auction, it came in a lot of fabric.

Until next time "Quilt out of your Comfort Zone!"

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Lovin the colors

While preparing to put away the fabric from my last quilt another idea hit me.  I seem to get stuck on a certain color way once it's out of the cabinets.  So I did a little longarming yesterday evening and then started on this. 

This is the book I used for the basic construction.  And then EQ to help me with the rest.  It'll be my  3rd lonestar.  Quiltsmart is another great way to make these but I'm working out of my COMFORT ZONE with the inset seams and bias edges....YUK..so far so good no puckers or waves. 

Until next time "Quilt out of your Comfort Zone!"

Lea

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No scraps left behind

 The  last quilt (Nostalgic Christmas)  had oodles of double flying geese units.  Realizing after the first block that the scraps from these could be used to make an AAQI quilt.  So I started using the "wings" that were cut off as leaders when sewing the blocks, and then  an EPIPHANY!   Draw another line and sew it before cutting!  NO need to make them leaders!  Hoping that my pictures make sense.   So here's what the pattern called for, one straight line down the middle and sew on that line then cut it off leaving a 1/4 inch seam.

                                                         Adding another sewing line

 Sew on both lines

 Cut in between

Press open

Clip that birdies wings

The picture larger so you could see the ruler...now can I get these sewn together without pulling out my hair!



Until next time "Quilt out of your Comfort Zone!"

Lea

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Nostalgic Quilt top finish

Well here she is!  This has to be one of my favorite quilts this year.  Can't wait to get it on the frame and start quilting.  The pattern called for the final border to be red but I didn't have one red piece in my stash that matched that was big enough.  So its green and very hard to see in this picture that I took the picture at 8am outside and frost still on the ground...BRRRR!  It was too darn cold to worry about how wavy and wonky it looks so just imagine it not.  Giving Lynn a BIG ole country huggins for the pattern!

Close ups of all the blocks

 This one below is my favorite block, it seems to just jump off the quilt.

Until next time, Quilt out of your comfort zone!

Lea

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