Blue Daisies

There's a new quilt shop starting up near me (about 40 minutes away), The Sewing Room and Workshop. The owner has done custom upholstery for years. Recently she moved to a store front in Mount Carroll, IL, and now has her upholstery shop and a quilt shop. I found her a couple months ago with a small but growing selection of fabric. I bought a small bundle of fat quarters the shop had put together and a couple yards of blue fabric. With a little fabric from my stash, I made Blue Daisies.

This donation quilt is 48" by 58". I looked at patterns that would use fat quarters and finally came up with this design which used almost all of the fabric. 

I quilted this with a motif that I call Layered Daisies, using Glide #10877 Sterling Gray thread on the top and #30281 Blueberry on the back.

I used all of the extra pieces of fabric on the back. 

The graduation quilt is coming along. I think I figured out my latest problem tonight so hopefully I'll have that kink worked out tomorrow.

The next clue for the Colour Value Mystery QAL came out today and I have it done. 

Joanne gives clear, concise instructions and offers options on how to do different things. Today I chose to spin the seams on the QSTs. 

No fooling - I have a finished quilt!

I am slowly finishing quilts. Whirly Jig, which is aka Backyard 1, was made from a bundle of fat quarters, Ruby Star Society Backyard by Sarah Watts. Backyard 2 is finished and is here. Backyard 3 needs to be quilted.

I remember seeing a quilt with a design similar to this a few years ago so I drafted a pattern. Unlike the quilt I remember, I sorted my fabric into four colors and put the whirly jig center in the center of the quilt. The quilt I remember had the center near one corner.  

I quilted this 62" square, donation quilt with meandering, using Glide #17543 light gray thread on top and #10430 battleship on the back. 

The backing and binding is made with is a rose colored fabric.

Some of the things keeping me busy are:

• a graduation quilt that isn't done (no photos 'til it's gifted)

• a Colour Value Mystery QAL hosted by Joanne Keaton. I have my pieces cut and am caught up on the clues!

• healing my finger after an accident with a rotary cutter. I'm not sure exactly what happened but it wasn't pretty. Healing is going very well so all is good.

• a quilt retreat with friends. It was a great, relaxing time with a little quilting.

I'll have another finish before long...