QOV - final

And now it's done!  love it!

Quilting done on latest QOV

I love this little quilt with the big stars!  It is quilted, looking for the perfect binding!

and I adore the backing, a sheet from Ikea,

Then I finished the 3rd block in the Fat Quarter Shop's quilt a long,

and one more on Pat Sloan's Children's Library,

So I am all caught up, just waiting for next clues.  Need to put the binding on the QOV and then pin and quilt my Summer Solstice!  Getting close to needing a new project...

QOV Mystery Top

Mystery revealed:  It's cool, I like it.

Then I worked on getting caught up for the Children's Library mystery:

Summer Solstice top done

Here is my version of Pat Sloan's Summer Solstice quilt-a-long, done in patriotic colors.. Not sure if I like it or not but oh well... (it should be turned  90 degrees to the left)

I now need to catch up on the other Pat Sloan mystery that I started at the first of the year, The Children's Library...also start cutting on the Magnolia Mystery!  busy busy
and here are my fabrics for this mystery,

Playing catch-up

After an eventful July, I am home and ready to catch up on projects!  I just finished the 25 blocks for Pat Sloan's Summer Solstice quiltalong, done in patriotic colors.  Just need to add some creative sashing for a very large 83" square quilt top.  This quilt is asymmetrical...

Then I am up to date on the Block of the Month from the Fat Quarter Shop:  picture is upside down!

And working on another QOV mystery quilt, this is half of the current one of Alycia's

and the fool I am, am starting the Magnolia Mystery at Meadow Mist Designs, still playing with fabric selection, but favoring pink and brown combo.

We had a fun family reunion in Flat Rock, North Carolina:



En Provence is quilted

Finally got this big baby quilted, and not without lots of problems...thread breaking top and bottom, tension issue on the back, and more.  Then I sent my Bernina in for service thinking this would solve my issues, but it came back in worse shape than it went in.  But perseverance, patience, and changing needle, thread and a lot of bad words and it finally hummed on to the finish!  Just the binding to put on and I sure hope that's a breeze.  Not going to make any more BIG quilts of Bonnie Hunter's mystery any more...

and now the binding!

 

A June finish

Finished the last mystery QOV of Alycia's, and I believe a new mystery starts in July.  Here is my rendition - it's been a very long time since I did straight-line quilting, but I do like how this turned out.

here's the one my sister did, I love the background!