Carolina Crossroads finish

Carolina Crossroads is finished.
This was the first Quiltville mystery in 2007. I didn't join in until a couple years later.
The colors are brighter than they seem on my monitor. The blues are batiks.

I used a sheet on the back and a squooshed swirl to quilt it.

This was one of my April goals for One monthly goal. If I finish the mystery quilts in order, I have 2008 Orange Crush and 2008 old tobacco road finished. The next one to do is Double Delight from 2009.
I have 7 finished and the rest have been started and are in various stages of completion. I have a page at the top of the page to show what I am working to do.

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webbing the top

I know I have shown this as a finish, but Old Tobacco Road is taking a turn on the bed, and it just makes me smile. I love the scrappy pinwheels. I think when a quilt takes so long to finish, it is even more surprising when it is done. The scraps are a memory of a while ago. And when a quilt goes into time out, it is forgotten. And so is all the frustration that was part of the learning and the repetitiveness of the piecing. I have noticed that while I do the finishing, I actually think, I could make this quilt again in different scraps and colors. I guarantee, I was not thinking that when it went in the ufo box. Most of the time a quilt goes into time out, I am thinking about matches and lighting it on fire. Time has a way of softening the edges.

It is time to web the top of En provence. Webbing the top is a technique that Bonnie Hunter has shared on her website Quiltville, and it makes keeping the pieces in the right order easier. The seams are nesting nicely.

I see more stars...

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mystery solved

I had the quilting finished before we took off for Sauder rug hooking, so I worked on the binding in the car and motel. A finish. Old tobacco road is a free pattern at quiltville. Bonnie shared this pattern as a mystery quilt in 2008.  The wind last night makes picture taking a challenge. If I continue finishing her mystery quilts, I think Double delight is next. I am pretty sure, all it needs is a backing, binding and quilting.

I shared yesterday some pictures of rugs from the Sauder rug hooking week. We had a wonderful time getting away. Rug hooking is something that my husband and I can do together. As a matter of fact, this trip was for him to take a workshop with Donna Hrkman. I had bought this for him as a Christmas gift. Each year, the event posts the registration for the next year just before Christmas, I knew he would love this class and never do it for himself - gift giving solved. Last year, we had seen her work using the steam punk idea. This won people's choice.

This year Donna Hrkman won the sauder award with this beautiful wool rug - odd she is not in the picture.

 Her work is amazing

Jeff was making steam punkin and loved the class. I am thrilled with his work.

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Old tobacco road quilt

I have decided to finish this old Ufo a little bit each day. Old Tobacco Road was the third mystery quilt from Bonnie Hunter at Quiltville and is still a free pattern on her website. I had the top together and the border pieces made. I just tend to stop at borders... for years. The first order of business was to trim the sides.

 Then I measured and measured for the inner border. In the case of a pieced border, it takes a bit of math to figure the width of the inner border to bring the top size up to the measurement of the pieced border. Mine was an odd size, of course.

And then I was ready for the flying geese border. I added the recommended outer border. So far, so good. I put it on our bed, to measure for the backing, and wait, it is just short of fitting on our bed. I wish I had thought of that before I had added the last border, I could have adjusted it.

If it had not been so close, I would have finished it and been done, calling it a lap quilt. But it is just 4 or 5 inches not wide enough. A little more effort and it could be more useful. sigh.....

I thought of another pieced border, I really didn't want to do that. But, I would, but, I don't want to do that.
Then I looked for fabric for a plain border. With some digging, I found one that I thought I would like. The length of the quilt was already 104 inches, so I had to convince myself that I would be okay with more of the border on the sides and less on the top and bottom. I also didn't like the width of the plain border, if I added another one, so I cut it down while it was on the quilt - kinda crazy.

I made the back and binding and had it on the frame Saturday.

I am keeping my fingers crossed that it will all quilt out and be a lovely addition to the done pile. This is definitely a project of the quilt versus my impatience. I want to like the quilt when I am done, but, really want to just get them done, but that isn't the fun of creating something lovely, and that is the real reason I like to quilt. Not to check it off the list.

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Mill girls block of the month

Happy Fourth of July! I feel very blessed to live in the United States. And I am very grateful for all those who have made it possible.

My one monthly goal for July and my Ufo 2017 is Mill girls. It was a block of the month sponsored by my local quilt shop before they went out of business. It was my first try at a block of the month. I haven't done that very often, because of the cost. I'm sure it is a value, but a scarey amount of  cost for the whole quilt. I did a really great job keeping up with the monthly blocks, until it was time to put it all together. So it has to be finished. And this is the month.

I have all the blocks finished. We made 4 for each month

The ninth month is about the setting triangles and the bigger center blocks. That is where I need to start again.
I really enjoyed the stories that came with each month's blocks. It was about the clothing mills in Pennsylvania.

On the  cat front, we have finally captured our last feral kitty and hope to take her to the animal shelter in the next couple of days.

My attempt to use up the leftover tumblers is growing, and may turn into a small quilt without much forethought.

If I continue finishing Bonnie Hunter mystery quilts in the order they were published, old tobacco road would be next. It just needs borders. I used to hate borders, so many of my UFOs are to that stage. This year, as I have been finishing, I am more confident so it is time to get borders attached and finish.

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