Has It Been A Year Since I Started?

 It has been a year,

not a year of constant work,

but a year from start to finish.

It was last February 

while I was staying in Denver,

helping to take care of my little grandson and granddaughter,

that I began this

wool/flannel project

designed by

Primitive Gatherings.

There was lots of prep work:

fusing, cutting

and more fusing ,

along with  some help at the ironing board.

("Hey, Nana, I think it works better like this.")

But the blocks got done.

Well, not done completely.

There was lots of button hole stitching to do.

 I even had help with that.

Then all the borders were appliqued,

 half square triangles made,

and the top was finally pieced together.

Last week I got out my Perle cotton

and started big stitching.

Big stitching doesn't take too long

It is big stitches, after all.

So here it is all done,

quilted

 and bound.

Not bad for a calendar year,

even with help.

 Until Next Time-

Movin' On

With the flip of the calendar page,

spring is transitioning into summer.

 I'm transitioning

 to being at home

and getting into some kind of routine.

And it's time to transition into

some new projects.

 I've been able to finish a few tops

that I've been working on for quite awhile.

It's so liberating.

Along with my sampler,

I finished the last of the buttonhole stitches

on the wool applique pattern,

 

Folk Art Album

by Primitive Gatherings

Seeing that it's wool and flannel and

I'll quilt it with perel cotton,

it'll have to wait until fall to be completely done.

The other top that's finished, but will 

still need to be quilted, eventually, is 

 

Midnight Silhouette

by Blackbird Designs.

It was the perfect project to work

on during all those Nanny nap times.

When this quilt was started in October, 2012,

I divided the 

quilt into 8 small monthly goals.

And now it complete through

perseverance and good nappers.

I really thought I had bought a backing

for this quilt, but after spending the last week 

searching for some piece of mystery fabric

that had to be folded up somewhere,

I gave up.

But as I was digging, 

I did find a Sandy Gervais panel and some

older Halloween fabrics, including some ancient

Debbie Mumm and decided

it was time to do some back art.

There were even a few spare blocks to add.

Constructing a backing is a lot more work

than sewing one center seam especially,

if you want it to end up the right measurements, 

a rectangle,

and not give your machine quilter fits when

she goes to put it on the machine.

I think it will be cute with the front.

So Now what?

I'm not sure.

Until Next Time-