I quilted this quilt yesterday and today.  I also got the binding made and attached so I could take it with me to the mountains.  If I'm not fishing, I'll be stitching and there are two plus quilts that need binding stitched down.

My love sprouts are coming right along.  I think I will stop at 4 columns.  I have the top and bottom borders figured out.  What to do for the sides?

I sewed the last border on Grand Illusion today.





And another block done from the Benjamin Biggs quilt.


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My Grand Illusion is in pieces and some blocks. Here I made these blocks without the green, light and black. I like the secondary star that appears.



How about that "cheddar"? Love it.

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I finished the appliquéd hearts and sewed on the last border for the Mourning OMG quilt. yay I met my own deadline. Today would have been Johns 40th birthday. Happy Birthday John. I know you are at peace with the world as I am with you.

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Working as much as I can on part three.


This group of twenty needs to be taken apart and re sewn so that black ends up on the left side.


Looking forward to the next part. I'm like a kid at Christmas Time. I really enjoy the mystery every year.

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I have most of the units completed. This week I will sew the pairs together, that's the fun part. Enjoy.



Lucy had to get in the picture.





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I have refined my sewing of this step by sewing all the pieces together and the bonus triangles in one sitting for the batch. Each batch is around 50 units.

After sewing, these get clipped apart and the bonus triangles cut off. Snip snip!


Here is this batch all cut apart.


Next is pressing. Yes I know it is time for a new ironing board cover. I don't have any excuses. I have plenty of the same fabric you see.


Here are the units for this step.


Here is the pile of bonus blocks. I love bonus blocks.


After pressing it is back to the cutting area. I trim up each one (if it needs it, most do as I'm not perfect).


Then they join the others, in stacks of ten (10).


Tomorrow I hope to finish step two.

I sewed a side of appliquéd hearts to my OMG quilt. Because of the grey rainy day I didn't even try to get a photo. Maybe tomorrow.

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This morning I cut all the parts for step two.


It was very fun to search through my 2 1/2 inch strip bin looking for possible color choices. Most of my selections came from this bin. It still did not make a difference in the amount. I still can't shut the lid lol.



I am using step three to make my blocks. I probably only have 40 sewed so far.

When my brother and wife Marion came for Thanksgiving I had Marion go through my stash. I sent her home with a big bag of stash enhancement.


I'll be sewing some more tonight.

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