DONE!!!

The Bouquet Murder Mystery Quilt is finished! Quilted, label and binding … done, done, done. This is UFO #15 for this year!

The quilt is 90″ square. It was quilted on my domestic machine … a Janome M7 with a large harp area. I had no difficulty with this quilt – it fit easily in the space.

The batting is Hobbs 80/20 and it was quilted with Aurifil thread #2000.

Here’s some close-up pictures of the quilting … the centre of the quilt … The blue and green sections have loops and orange peels (or “C’s” as I think of them when quilting. The background has a vine with swirls …

The 1st border has little “bows” … a figure 8 with ribbon between them . The 2nd border repeats the vine with swirls.

And the back … I had a ton of the 6″ dark blue – cut and joined together. I’m not sure why there was so much … way more than I needed for the border – and with lots of the off-white with blueberries, I joined them all together for the back. The back used up most of what was left of the dark blue and a substantial amount of the off-white.

Clothesline Hints

Someone told me that they have trouble taking pictures of quilts on a clothesline … especially when they are larger quilts. My husband made up 2 long “sticks” with notches on the top and they support the clothesline so that larger quilts do not drag on the ground. To the right is a picture of the “stick” holding up the clothesline. There’s one on the other side of the quilt … but I figure that one picture is enough to give you the idea …

Design Wall

Piecing:

This UFO was going to come out to play … Scrappy Repro … but it didn’t play at all this week … hopefully something will happen in the next week!

Quilting: 

Nothing at the moment … I’ve been busy busy busy quilting the Bouquet Murder Mystery quilt …

Stash Report

The Bouquet Murder Mystery used 20 yards for the top and backing.

• Fabric Used this week      20 yards
• Fabric Used this year:        261 yards
• Fabric Bought this week:   0  yards
• Fabric Added this year:      23.5
• Net Fabric used                    237.5  yards

Stitchin’ Time

I am aiming for 30 minutes/day – at least!  I switched from 15 minutes / day to 30 minutes/day in April!

• 15 minute days:  January – July: 210 / 212
• 30 min days/  Aug:   28 / 30
• Total days in 2020: 238/ 242
• Percentage = 98% 

For more Stitchin’ Time, you can check out Kate’s blog: Life in Pieces

TO DO 

I’m linking up to Roseanne & Sue’s “TO DO” Tuesday. Their blog is “Home Sewn by Us.”

Last weeks list:

1. Make label and finish binding my niece’s baby’s quilt.     √   done
2. Bouquet Murder Mystery :
   1. finish quilting  √   done
   2. make label  √   done
   3. bind  √   done
3. Work on Scrappy Repro not done
4. Welcome Fall project worked on in my mind!
5. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes.  √   done

This weeks list:

1. Work on Scrappy Repro
2. Welcome Fall project
3. Work on Oct. Island Batik project
4. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes.  √   done

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

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Linking to:

• Tish @  Tish’s Adventures in Wonderland
• Monday Making @  Love, Laugh, Quilt
• Sunday Stash @  quiltpaintcreate
• Oh Scrap @  Quilting is More Fun than Housework
• 15 minutes to Stitch @ Life in Pieces
• What I Made Monday @ Pretty Piney Quilts
• Wall Monday @  Small Quilts and Doll Quilts
• Main Crush Monday @ Cooking Up Quilts

• To-Do Tuesday @ Home Sewn By Us
• Colour Inspiration Tuesday @ Clever Chameleon Quilting