This project is very nearly complete! I am halfway finished with the border blocks. Just 12 or so more to go and this Opening Day quilt top will be DONE! The blocks look kind of haphazard on the border, keep in mind I just slapped them on the design wall, they aren't sewn together.
I will be thrilled to have finished this. Good grief I have been looking at the project box for going on 10 years I think. I think I started this quilt when I lived down in the Monterey area, and that's two houses ago. Oh well, Ben Franklin said, "Well done is better than well said". Very true. I can stop talking about this darn project and put it behind me.
More starching happened today. The weather has been glorious. I can spray starch a whole drying rack of fat quarters and they are dry and ready to go in about an hour. There is an upcoming sew-along that I have in mind and I want to be ready for the start date of May 1.
Fat Quarter Shop is hosting a sew-along called Summer Memories, based on a new book by Susan Ache. The quilt is done in red, light blue, and pink, and features a variety of basket blocks. Here is a link to the FQS intro to the project: Summer Memories Sew-Along
What do you think? Are you sewing along too? What summer sew-alongs have caught your eye this year? I do love a summer sewing project. For this one, I am sure there will be a specific FaceBook group for people to show their fabrics and blocks etc. That is always fun to see what other folks are doing.
When I was prepping my fabrics and sorting them into a project box (which I had to search for because I had none empty), I was very much agast at how many UFOs I have going on. It is rather appalling actually. When I think of all the money I spent on that fabric to make the quilts, I really need to start focusing on finishing things. Seriously, I have at least a dozen projects in the works. I know that must make some readers literally twitchy to imagine themselves in that predicament. I vow to try to be better.
It seems to me you've been making headway on completing UFO's this year. So jump into that summer sew along & enjoy it! I'm taking a collage quilt class this week, so I'm thinking those may be my projects in the coming months. No empty project boxes?? Just do what I did a few weeks ago...buy more! JoAnn's usually has a good coupon!
Posted by: Jan | April 27, 2023 at 06:37 AM
Opening Day is just beautiful! Fine job.
Mary
Posted by: Mary Kastner | April 27, 2023 at 07:34 AM
Aren’t you just giddy nearing the end on Opening Day? It’s always a good feeling to get the older quilts done. Regarding the sew along, I have been going over that one in my head over and over. My trouble is picking out colors so still contemplating. By the way, twitchy is good because it makes life interesting! 😊
Posted by: Nancy Watkins | April 27, 2023 at 09:26 AM
love the faded look of that quilt!
Posted by: Ina | April 27, 2023 at 09:59 AM
Thanks for sharing the SAL info! I somehow managed to miss it and I am definitely joining in on this one!
Posted by: Sandie | April 27, 2023 at 10:47 AM
I so identify! I finally got my snowman village quilt top finished! It only took eight years. I finished BH4 and remade a pattern that was too complicated for me whose fabric I bought in a previous decade. I’m getting close to the end of another BOM project, too. Got a UFO Valentines tiny quilt done before February 14th. It feels so good not to be wasting all those quilting dollars! There are always plenty of wonderful people I know that I want to give a quilt to’
Posted by: Donna Murdock | April 27, 2023 at 12:38 PM
I have 13 tops in my "to be quilted" stack, so I can appreciate your predicament.
Posted by: Debbie Williams | May 01, 2023 at 07:40 AM
Oh, it looks great!
Posted by: Nann | May 01, 2023 at 10:43 AM