This is finally a completed quilt top! I will always think of it as "Mr. D's Quilt". He was a co-worker in Guatemala who asked me to make the quilt from a pattern in one of my magazines and fabric from the small stash I had then. I don't remember much else except that he changed his mind and that was fine with me because I really liked it. But that is as far as it got.
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| Pretty good match after all those years. |
I think it is 23-26 years old. So definitely my oldest UFO - unless there is something hiding in the deep recesses of the sewing room!
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| Far from perfect, but very pretty. |
I worked on my new Leader Ender project and completed two blocks. Chunky Churn Dash is a free pattern from Bonnie Hunter. Appropriate this week because we made butter with cream and jars at school to supplement the pioneer lesson!
I also worked on unsewing these blocks. Maybe 15 years ago, my sister gave me an Ocean Waves quilt top she thrifted. It was kind of icky so I took the risk and washed it. The pinks ran so the whites turned pink, and I set it aside. It resurfaced this summer and Little S was willing to unsew, so I had her remove all the white/pink, which was not a good quality or well sewn anyways. That left me with a stack of "rings".
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| I'll likely keep the original layout. Once they are all done, I'll worry about color placement. |
Since I currently have nothing urgent, I did some research to figure out the best way to deal with these and have most of a plan. Then I unsewed the rings into 4 sides. I have 5 more to go and then I will give them a careful pressing and decide what colors to add as the backing.
