Our quilt ministry bin(s) of completed quilts is empty, and it was time to make up a couple more tops. Here is the first one, made up of smallish pieces recently donated by one of our group who is downsizing her stash. I'm calling it Autumn Squares for now. At 52x70 inches, it will make a nice throw or single bed size quilt.
What has consumed much of my stitching time over the past month is the historic panel challenge by Lori of Humble Quilts earlier this summer. From strips to four-patch squares, to 36 patch blocks, here's what 732 one-inch finished squares look like surrounding my panel.
The original panel before adding any borders.
While I could just add a small outer border and call it finished, it isn't currently a very useable size at 38x39 inches. A wall hanging except we don't have any more wall space large enough without taking something else down, and not really suitable as a table topper either. So yesterday the fabric bins all came out of the closet for a good rummage through. Aside from practically no blue of an appropriate shade or pattern, I did find some reds and tans that may help finish this off nicely. I'd like to see the finished size at least 50x65 or so. We'll just have to see what happens, and no promise to have a completed quilt by November - a finished top is probably the best I can hope for.
Hand quilting is chugging along at a slower pace on the log cabin quilt. I try to quilt during the evening on days when my eyes are still able to focus on the work at that time of day. It's slow work but still my very favorite finish for any quilt.
Til next time, wishing you a beautiful and peaceful weekend.
