Monday, September 5, 2022

Holiday Weekend Sewing

For the first time in quite a while, I had a really productive week. I did every item on last week's Tuesday ToDo list.

I finished piecing the Eggplant Enchantress flimsy.

My longarm was repaired last Wednesday, no nagging was required.

I also finished repairing the backing on the Aged Elegance Quilt and Jeff finished the quilting. Then on Saturday, I put on the binding.


I also finally made a backing for the Graceful Moments lap quilt. I had originally planned to do something complicated but when I had a large scrap leftover from the Aged Elegance backing, I decided to use that instead.

Then, last Friday, on a whim, I decided to pull out my leftover blocks from the Rhododendron Trail quilt. I decided I had enough blocks I could make a lap-size version of Bonnie Hunter's original design. When I couldn't sleep on Friday night, I got back up and sewed for the rest of the night.

I worked on the border geese on and off during the rest of the long weekend. I still need to calculate the size of the fudge units before I finish this but it's too much math for me tonight.

For this next week, I would really like to
I'm having a lot of dental work this coming week so I probably won't have time for much else.

I'm linking up with 

Design Wall Monday and
Tuesday ToDo


14 comments:

  1. I think this might be my first time visiting and I am totally in awe of your tops. They are gorgeous. Especially love that Eggplant Enchantress.

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    1. It's nice to meet you. Thanks so much for visiting and leaving such a nice comment. I hope you come again.

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  2. Beautiful quilts and for sure you had a great week, humm?! Great progress on several beauties. Hope everything goes well during the dental work. And good luck with your goal on to do list.

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    1. Thank you. It feels good to finally get some good sewing days in again.

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  3. Did you have a quilting all nighter? I’m so impressed with your diligence and the beauty of your quilts. It’s hard to pick my favorite but I think it is Rhododendron Trail. Keep up the beautiful work.

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    1. Yeah, it was not planned, but once I gave up on getting to sleep I figured I may as well be productive.

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  4. Eggplant finished up beautifully! I'm never a purple person but eggplant is one shade of it that I do like! Great finish on Elegance too!

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    1. I love all purples, but eggplant is definitely my favorite.

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  5. Hooray for a fixed longarm and a finished quilt! Your eggplant top is gorgeous, and so is the Rhododendron Trail. Have a good week - I bet you're anxious to get the dental work over with!

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    1. Thanks! Yes, I am so happy to finally have my long arm working after more than a month of it not. It's nice to finally have projects moving through my queue again.

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  6. Your Eggplant flimsy turned out beautiful! I absolutely love the Aged Elegance quilt - fabrics and pattern. Glad you got the long arm working again. I tried mine out for the first time in months, and I think it is a little out of balance and dusty from sitting so long unused. It's nice to have my "eyes" back again. ;)
    Thank you for sharing with us at To Do Tuesday!

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    1. Thanks for hosting us Linda. Oh no, what happened with your long arm? Why couldn't you use it? I may have missed the story at your blog.

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  7. A fixed longarm is always good. I'm liking all three of your quilts!

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    1. Thanks! I am glad about having a good week. Thanks for dropping by.

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