Good Morning Quilters! April is almost over, and we have had our last snow storm. I think we have. The house finches have nested on the ledge over the front porch, in their usual spot. In 2016 I wrote on my blog about them, and there has been a nest in the same spot almost every year since then. The nest building activity has almost finished, and soon there will be eggs. I get a good view from the computer desk in the office which looks out onto the front porch.
The LeMoyne Star quilt UFO that I started working on again in early February is now a quilt top! Yeah! Here is a picture of the completed top on the design wall:
After I finished, I decided to stitch around the outside edge very close to the edge, because some of the outside edges may be on the bias. I tried to cut all of the edge triangles so that the outside edge side would be straight of grain, but I wasn't sure that all of them were. I really enjoyed finishing this quilt, as I learned a lot about LeMoyne Star blocks. I relied on a Youtube video by Edyta Sitar (video here) The quilt kit is from Moda's Collection for a Cause series - Warmth and part of the sales of each kit go to support Habitat for Humanity. The quilt kit was issued in 2012.
What do you think the quilting design should be? I would not want custom quilting, just an overall design, but something that goes with the vintage look.
What UFO will be next? I think two are calling me. One is the oldest UFO I have - the Jane Stickle quilt. I have all 169 blocks made, and all 56 of the outside triangles made. I just have to assemble it and get it quilted by someone - not me. It has been such a labor of love that part of me doesn't want it to end. Crazy, right?
The second UFO is one my friend Dee and I have both wanted to make - it's a free pattern of an old quilt that is online (Here) and is a patriotic flag quilt. I love the quilt, and the reason it's just a pattern and some fabrics in my UFOs is that there are six flags in the pattern - each with 48 appliqued stars.
I would like to make it as the original quilt was made with hand appliqued stars......but that's a lot of stars. Dee is going to machine applique her stars, and I am still deciding what I will do.
What is on your design wall this Monday? I am very happy when I see your linkup pictures and can go to your blog to read about your pictures. Please provide a link back to this particular blog post from somewhere within your blog. Thanks!
