Fanciful Quilts

And there is real progress! Yes, indeed.  Two full passes of quilting.  Brightly variegated thread was chosen...and the pattern? Words fail.  Call it a combination of X marks the spot and swirlies across the sashing.  Throw in a bit of meandering also.  My Xs are not quite straight but it will do.   To sum up:  so far, so good.                                                                                                             And then there's the every growing piano key border.  No, haven't measured the length yet.  Very doubtful it has reached the magical width yet... around 300".   And that will be sewn to these blocks: Blocks...

And yes, it IS a snow day.  Looking out from the landing just outside the Treehouse.... Yup, there is snow out there.   Schools are closed....so I imagine there's a lot more snow than I had thought.   Yes, we live above a chess club.  For now.  House hunting is quite an adventure.   Progress! Backing loaded on frame for Fussy Crumb Bird Block flimsy.  I thought I had squared it up nicely...but obviously not.  The backing had been hung up for quite awhile ... the ole "the wrinkles will remove themselves if hung up long enough" theory (theory is just theory)....and the squaring up obviously did not take happen other than trimming off both ends of the backing.  To remove or not remove..... In the meantime.... Strip blocks continue to grow.... And grow...... And finally ....almost finally.....just FOUR more 6 1/2" blocks to go and viola - I will have the required thirty-six 12 1/2" block...

Last post - 5 March?  Time warp.   What have I accomplished?  Dismally not much.   Quilt/backing/batting (not in that order!) still not loaded on the frame.  I wait and wait but the quilting fairies have still not arrived on the scene.   Backing - hasn't left its resting place Batting has left the packaging it came in .... so that's a plus.  Right??? The flimsy has been unfolded on the frame...that's a plus also.  Right!!!! Rather than concentrating on what was NOT done, I have made more string blocks towards the goal of - well, darn.  Thirty six 12 1/2" blocks is the goal - I think.   Somewhere I have that EQ7 drawing.  Have I counted?  No, I have not.  I just know I have a bunch of them ready to grow into larger blocks.  Here's the proof....    There is something wonderful about strip blocks.  You just never know how those colors will...

Double checking the calendar...and yes indeed.  It IS March.    I "had" a goal - one UFQ (Unfinished Quilt) per month.  Surely that would not be difficult.  In thought it didn't seem that difficult.  Even written - didn't seem that difficult.  Instead, I am in the process of ADDING yet another UFQ to the pile.  This is truly sad. Strip blocks!   12 1/2" unfinished strip blocks.  In the event you're unaware, these blocks required four 6 1/2" squares.  (Did I get the math right ?) And ONLY 16 more blocks to go....that is, 16 more LARGE blocks.  The "string stash" is definitely diminishing.   And my vision for this project?  Glad you asked.....and if I knew how to add a photo of the project drawn up in EQ7, you would share that vision.   Suffice to say, this is going to be a project that will take some time..... In the meantime, packaged batting arrived 5 days ago .... and I have high expectati...