String Quilt

An update to yesterday's post.  I got the sashing done, but I think I will go around the outside too,

then pick a solid color for final border.
 I also have gotten seven blocks done for Cynthia at Quilting is more fun than housework.
She is helping with the Covered in Love block drive May/June.

As always,

Thanks for stopping by,  anna

Happy Mother's Day and a string

Happy Mother's Day Everyone, either human or the furry kind.
Once a month a LQS does a thing they call "Lil' This Lil' That"  they showcase patterns, books, wool kits, and more.  They allow time for show and tell, and some of these ladies are amazing at what they do.  I don't get there every month but I made it yesterday.  I came home with a Moda scrap bag of Larkspur, ran some errands and came home and decided to do a string quilt with the scraps. 

It's our State Employee Charitable Campaign time of year I am thinking donating this. I have 25  6 1/2inch blocks  I am adding that tan sashing with a white corner stone.  that last one i will replace- its too off center, I wasnt going for perfect alignment but that is to different and to obvious.  I am linking up with OH Scrap and since I am in a strip making mood will be sending some orange and red blocks her way.

something Patriotic

I put this together almost a year ago, the date stamp on my photo says 5/11/2016.

This was a Free download on Craftsy called Fresh Diamonds. 

  I must have rushed thru it because I lost a lot of my points.  I knew I would have to fix it so last night at work I ripped it apart.

I think I will rework it into something Patriotic.  

thanks for stopping by. anna

An Amazing Gifted ton of Fabric and THIS

My oldest sister has three girls and when they were young she made them clothes, she also made curtains for her home and Halloween costumes.  She never did the quilting thing though.  She used to work at Joann's Fabric.  About two weeks ago she was getting rid of fabric, so I took it all.

Specialty fabric

Panels

seer sucker?

Christmas

tons of novelty- I can not possibly use all this fabric if you see something you like leave me a comment.

Then I went to my mother in laws and she had fabric she didn't want anymore, are you still with me? AND THIS. are u kidding me???

this are at least 2yds each. 

I see backing fabric

back to the Migrating North Quilt

I finally got back to sewing this past Saturday,  I am working on the borders for the Migrating North Quilt. see the original post here

I had decided to do Delectable Mountains,  I was doing fine until I was informed that they upgraded to a KING. So I had been winging it on the design from the beginning, I will need to add more strip borders to add more width . I want the mountains to be on the sides not on the top.  I will have to go to my son's house and place it on his bed and see how much more fabric I will need to add.  I have never made a KING size before and I would like to see it on the bed to get a visual of where the design falls.  My length is good to go.