Dawn's Early Light

 I got the top of Dawn's Early Light finished yesterday. It is a Bonnie Hunter pattern, so it is very scrappy.  The little friendship stars finish at 3".  This quilt has been almost six years in the making. I had the blocks finished and then played around with the setting for a while.  I ended up using sashing rather than just sewing the blocks to each other because there were so many seams, and I wanted to control some of the bulk.  After I got the center of the top together, I folded it up and let it sit for at least 2 years.  Yesterday I finally put borders on.  This quilt is 90" x90", and there is so much work in it, I might just keep it.

I didn't get a great picture of the quilt.  The day was cloudy, and

the place I use to photograph my quilts (the floor of my bedroom), has been partially taken over by the guys who are remodeling our master bath.  It is a big job which includes taking out the corner tub and removing a window.  They just started yesterday.

I think a darker blue border would have been better, but I wanted to use up what I had.  I will probably bind this one in red or navy.

In other quilt news, my brother in Atlanta won the drawing for Surrounded By Scraps.  I have started showing pictures of my quilts to my family when I have excess quilts.  If they are interested in the  quilt, they let me know, and their name goes in the hat.  This also lets me know which of my siblings would like another quilt.  If they don't win a quilt drawing, I plan to pick out a quilt from those I'm hoarding, and give it to them.

I don't want all my quilts to be kept here.  What if something happens and we have a fire or flood?  By dividing them up among my seven siblings (most of whom have 4 or 5 quilts), I feel like I'm keeping at least part of my quilts safe. I told my BIL to think of his house as my off-site quilt storage facility.