Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Token of My Affection

 Pattern by Kim Diehl, A Simple Whatnots 12 project

Completed top June 13, 2024
Audio books:
The Whispering Dead by Darcy Coates

I have no documentation on making this quilt! I couldn't understand why it took over a month to complete this little quilt because I usually finish a project like this in a week at the most; I had started it on May 9! What happened to interrupt the process? 

Looking over my quilt diary to see where I was in the process, I recalled that 
I had made two 3-yard quilts for two sick people and completed Piece of Cake, another mystery quilt. [Details in another post] This little quilt should have been bigger, with all the interruptions listed below, forgot to put all the units together and didn't find the additional units until after I quilted it! This little gem fits perfectly in my guest room on the nightstand.

During my diary review, I realized I had a LOT going on from mid-June to August. In addition to making the 3-yard quilts, I was trying to finish Piece of Cake, working on multiple BOM's (Linen Cupboard and Civil War Sampler and Butterscotch Baskets), hosting my family visiting from California (which requires my studio become a bedroom), taking a side trip to Cape Cod during the worst week's weather that summer, and ending that trip with Covid.




Star of Wonder

This project was a Mystery Quilt Along by Fat Quarter Shop
Completed top August 7, 2024
Audio Books:
None

I have so much Christmas fabric that I thought I would try out Fat Quarter Shop's free online quilt along using my own fabrics. Although I didn't have any particular fabric line, I tried to give my quilt a similar feel as the original.




Monday, October 28, 2024

Hometown Girl

Pattern by Nancy Rink

Completed top September 25, 2024

Audio Books: 
As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh
We Speak Through the Mountain by Premee Mohamed
Under the Tulip Tree by Michelle Shocklee
Invisible by Janes Patterson and David Ellis

This pattern was purchased at Meeting House Fabric in Wales, MA. I also bought the two border fabrics there and used fabrics from my own stash for the blocks. It is bigger than I imagined, so the six yards of backing I had bought is not enough!