ONE FINISH AND A LITTLE MORE

A very productive week has been had.

1.  First Finish of the Year 1/2016

When Finders Keepers first opened and I was working out what would be the first class I would teach to beginners I decided to adapt this pattern from the Material Obsession book. I made two versions of it. Mainly because I bought thefull width of the fabric and had left overs. I used green sashing on one and white on the other.  The white one was finished straight up and is now hanging in the shop classroom.  I decided that it would be better to start with a smaller project so the class could learn how to quilt and it would be too hard on a big quilt.  

I finally finished sewing down the binding on the green one.  Looks pretty good too if I do say so myself.

2. Mrs Billings

 A few more blocks done.

3. Layer Cake Christmas Quilt

Ten years ago when I went to the US I bought a beautiful Christmas quilt book. I'd always wanted to make a one colour quilt since I saw that book.  I had decided on the pattern for the next layer cake class and thought it would be well suited to one colour.  I know this is a dark photo but I only have 7 blocks to go now out of 56.

4. Rotherfield Greys

Leanne and I finished Rotherfield Grey at the 4 day Tocal weekend. When we layed it out on the floor we were dismayed to find that one of the borders looked crooked.  In the end it turned out that the pattern of the fabric, even though cut on the straight grain, made the quilt look wonky.  This weekend we both pulled out that border and replaced it. Leanne was lucky enough to find the same fabric but we cut it to make the pattern straight. Looks much better.

I'm talking about the dark blue border.  It looks so much better. Now off to Meredith  for quilting. 

All in all a pretty productive week.

ACCOUNTABILITY

Ok ... So things are getting out of hand.

Each of these boxes hold a project.

The blue bag and the bottom shelf hold tops ready to quilt.

Tops ready to quilt or partially quilted.

Wooden box holding old projects. Plus Mrs Billings just waiting on its final border. Rotherfield Grey top which is done but I don't like how one of the plain borders makes the whole quilt look skew wif.

I have challenged myself to finish at least 6 of these in 2016.

First two on the list.

• Sew the binding on the large square panel quilt. Maybe give it a name as well.
• Continue making the hexies for the Mrs Billings border.

All these new quilts in my head I want to design and make but not until I've completely finished a few of these.