goose in the pond

Friday report: it's a flimsy (and the consequences of miscounting) from With Strings Attached

Hooray! The wedding quilt is assembled!

It's BIG -- 96 x 96. 12-1/2 yards by weight.

The border closeup I posted on Monday showed the flying geese framed by a strip of gray-on-white. I didn't think that all-the-same inner and outer borders played well with the varied backgrounds of the blocks and of the geese.

I cut many, many gray/white strips and pieced them into 5's. (Why 5's and not 6's? No reason.) I sewed two 5's together and then sewed those units in long strips. It was easier and more accurate to ...

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Friday report: blocks made and sent, the flock comes together, and batik bonanza from With Strings Attached

We got 1.67" of badly-needed rain Thursday evening.

I was going to make 60 string blocks as my contribution to the HeartStrings memorial for Marianne, but I miscounted and made 61. I mailed them along with some fabric to Sue in Minnesota.

I decided against sashing the GITP blocks. Because I was careful about the size of each unit and thus each block, all the seams match up. (Yay!)

Here is the quilt that inspired this project. I am contemplating using the border (intermittent flying geese) using scrappy grays if that won't look too spotty. [Danny's Quilt ...

added by Nann 3 years, 9 months ago. under can i get a whoop whoop , finished or not friday , goose in the pond , heartstrings

Weekly update: the pond is filling up on this holiday weekend from With Strings Attached

This post is being composed from the shady comfort of our patio. This is the third afternoon I've sat outside to enjoy the beautiful weather. There's just enough breeze from the northeast (Lake Michigan, a mile away) to make it very pleasant.

If this were a normal year we'd have celebrated Independence Day with a concert in the park followed by fireworks. Our neighborhood was likely like yours -- lots of firecrackers and a few fireworks being set off in the street this year. (There have been firecrackers nearly every evening for weeks. We can hear them loud ...

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