Jamestown Landing Bound!

I finished my big summer project yesterday:  Jamestown Landing is bound!  I used a new longarmer for this one, and she was amazingly quick. (http://www.threadsthatbindusquilting.com/ )The quilting was done in a week.  The quality was as good as the longarmer I usually use, and the cost was slightly lower.

I am not sure what I'm going to do with this quilt yet. I really like it, but I don't  need another quilt this size, and I don't have a lot of storage space.  I want to eventually make a bed sized quilt for each of my siblings, but haven't decided if I should wait until I get 7 quilts made and give one to each then, or if I should just give them out as they are made.  I could do age order, alphabetical order, or as 30 year anniversary gifts.  

I still have another quilt out at a different longarmer.  They told me it would take 3 weeks, and it has been almost that now.  

Linking up: http://www.joscountryjunction.com/ufo-challenge-update-6/

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Stash Report

This week I bought fabric for a new quilt along. Lorna of Sew Fresh quilts is hosing a Mod Bear Paw quilt along starting in September. Here are my fabrics:

These colors are much more subdued that my usual palette. Check out Lorna's blog for quilt along details:  http://sewfreshquilts.blogspot.com/p/modernitional-mod-bear-paw-quilt-along.html

Used this week:  4.5 yards (JTL binding/backing)
Used year to date: 74.375 yards
Added this week: 5.575  yards (JTL binding, fat quarters, Mod Bear Paw fabric)
Added year to date:  77.625 yards
Net  Added:  3.25 yards

Linking up: http://www.patchworktimes.com/2016/08/28/stash-report-august-28-2016/

Daybreak Bound

I finally made myself sit down and bind Julianna's Daybreak quilt.

This  quilt will be for my niece's high school graduation next spring.  It feels good to have this one already done.  I don't like to sew under pressure!  I have 17 nieces and nephews.  She will be the third one to graduate from high school, so I have a lot more quilts to make!

The quilting was done by Virginia Longarm.

Linking up: http://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/2016/08/can-i-get-whoop-whoop-whole-lot-of.html

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Dawn's Early Light

Since I finished the Jamestown Landing Top, I needed another string project.  I've been making neutral string blocks for Dawn's Early Light, a Bonnie Hunter pattern found in vol. 13 of Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks.  This is going to be a long term project for me.

I haven't figured out yet how big a quilt I'm going to make, or how many string block I'll need.  So far I have 28 seven inch string blocks and 12 three and a half inch string blocks.  I'll be able to use up a bunch of 1 1/2 HSTs that I have left over from another project too.  This quilt would be overwhelming to me if I stopped to  count the number of pieces in each block, so for right now, I'm going to focus on making a bunch of string blocks and worry about the rest later.  This quilt has no deadline.

Linking up:  http://www.joscountryjunction.com/ufo-challenge-7/#more-30175

Stash Report, Sleepy Hollow

This week I sent another quilt out to be longarmed.   I am trying two new longarmers this month.  One of them is at an LQS and one of them is a women who opening a new business.  She used to work for my regular longarmer, so I know she will do a good job.  There is nothing wrong with my regular longarmer, but she is quite expensive, and I have a backlog of quilts to get done.

Used this week:  0 yards
Used year to date: 69.875 yards
Added this week:  5.5 yards (Backing, fat quarters)
Added year to date:  71.875 yards
Net Added: 2.0 yards

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In cross stitch news, I pulled out Sleepy Hollow again.  While I was in Virginia Beach visiting my parents this week, I went to Dyeing to Stitch and took a look at all their beautiful cross stitch models.  They have Sleepy Hollow on display, and I talked to the ladies there about how to fix a counting error I had made on mine.  Now I'm motivated to get working on it again.  It won't be done for this Halloween, but at least I plan to work on it.

August RSC

I've been working on  August RSC color:  purple.  I only got five purple string blocks done before I ran out of purple strings.

I decided to make some 2 1/2 inch HSTs.  For the past several years, I've been participating in Bonnie Hunter's mystery quilt, and most of those quilts use 2 1/2 inch HSTs.  Maybe this year I will be ahead of the game.  I made over 200 HSTs.

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If this year's mystery quilt doesn't use this size HSTs, there are plenty other BH patterns that do.

Linking up:  http://superscrappy.blogspot.com/

Needle Guardian

I finished Teresa Wentzler's Needle Guardian tonight.  All I really had to do tonight was attach the felt pages and figure out how to attach some sort of closure.

 I'm happy with how this needlebook turned out, but it was a lot of work. I should go back tomorrow and iron the silk ribbon.  I will probably just put it in my collection of needlework smalls and not actually use it.

I already have a favorite needlebook that was made for me years ago in an exchange.  This is the one I use all the time.

 It is sturdy and the perfect size for me.  This is the needlebook I always pack when I travel. I don't remember who  'GL' is, but I'm very glad she made this needlebook for me!

Linking up:  http://sewfreshquilts.blogspot.com/2016/08/lets-bee-social-138.html

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