On Ringo Lake Top Finished

I worked most of the afternoon on On Ringo Lake and finished the top.  I added a  simple 3 1/2 inch border around the outside because there would be so many seams along the edge otherwise. Because of the border, my quilt finished at  82" x 97", a good size for a bed.

The men in my family all like this quilt.  I am less fond of it, probably because the piecing was so intense that I had problems getting all my seams to nest  and keeping all my points intact.  I did a ton of pressing, but there are still a lot of bulky intersections that I could have avoided if I had had a better idea of the finished quilt.  But that is the risk you take with a mystery!

My goal was to use up a lot of scraps:  mission accomplished!  I have really gone through my orange and green scraps and should be able to make a lot of string blocks now.  I still have a plenty of blue scraps.

Stash Report:
Used this week:  6.25 yards (On Ringo Lake top) 
Used year to date: 8.75 yards 
Added this week: 0 yards
Added year to date: 4.5 yards
Net Used: 4.25 yards

Take note that today I have net used yardage, not net added yardage.  I don't remember when the last time was that that happened.  And I just ordered backing, so those numbers won't last long!

Linking up: http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/2018/01/arithmetic-quilt-complete.html

http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2018/02/one-final-on-ringo-lake-link-up.html