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I managed to get a little more done on “Under the Big Top” but still have 2 more corners to do – I had taken a photo on the previous days post of the whole quilt so far so this is just the top right corner pieces – I make sure I have a photo […]

Someone suggested “Under the Big Top” for Georgetown going with the circus them I mentioned it reminded me of – what do you all think on that one?  I did get a little more rearranging done on the circles. I got the circles prepped – edges turned under and pinned in place on the upper […]

Yesterday I got more circles cut out and moved this and that around – added a few, removed a few and now have this (some of the pieces are not pressed so forgive the folds) too many dark ones now on the upper left so need to change one or two of them out. I […]

Yesterday I was out of town most of the day getting the pre-testing stuff done and going over information for the surgery next week so I was exhausted by time we got home.  But I still do a little bit while sitting around. Another row of hexies is ready to add – I’ll do that […]

I took a night off of quilting on The Rose Garden on Monday night for a rare change and worked on some circles and hexagons and continued that work off and on Tuesday in the daytime hours.  The heat has come back so it is mainly inside work and reading. All of the circles are […]

As I was working on cutting out circles yesterday for Georgetown and then started to stick some up on the quilt to see how they were looking I was starting to think I should change the name of the quilt from the pattern name Georgetown on My Mind to something else – after all I […]

I finally got the border done for Georgetown and now it is ready for me to cut out circles to add to brighten that wide space up a bit.  It looks wrinkly on the wall but it is hard to smooth it all out on the bottom with my back acting how it is.  I […]

One corner done 3 to go!!  It was cloudy yesterday – a cool front had come through and we got about 3/4″ of rain on Thursday night and it never really go very sunny but I did get the top out to the deck to take photos of it spread out. And of course I […]

Yes a “cold front” finally came through-the temperature late after went from 94 to about 78 in less than 20 minutes – lightening and thunder and about a half inch of rain.  I had been working on Georgetown but needed to unplug the machine so I set it aside.  I am half way finished with […]

I got in a variety of work and started on the border of Georgetown.  I always have difficulty with mitered borders so very much taking my time with this.  I am using my extra “worktable” to lay it out and fuss and fiddle with it before I sew. This next one is ready to sew […]

I decided to bite the bullet and get the mitered border cut for Georgetown and on the wall I might want to change colors around a little – not really sure.  One of the gray pieces I had been using only had enough available to one piece and another might be used for the final […]

It is so nice to know that the hexies border will work out just fine.  I got a lot of it stitched yesterday and have the rest of the corner laid out now to finish.  I laid it all out and put what I had butted up to it and it worked! Then I laid […]

I finally have the body of Georgetown put together – now on to the border that will square it up.  I’m seriously thinking of making circles instead of stars on this border – it will certainly take less time and there are a lot of circles on here already to it should go well.  My […]

I managed to get to the sewing machine and finish the 2nd row of Georgetown and sew the first two rows together.  Before I get to row 3 I plan to change the gray fabric out in the center of the row – the triangle and make it the darker gray as I have just […]

I decided to start sewing the blocks and pieces of Georgetown together yesterday and got half way done.  First I did the top row Then I took a break and got back to it  – I got part of the second row done, the aqua block is sewed to the orange block. I played chicken […]

Finally Georgetown on My Mind is ready to start border work.  If I have enough gray that is.  Now that the blocks are done and my table is cleared off I need to sort through the gray, read the instructions and see what I have.  If I remember right the next step is to sew […]

I thought I would get my aqua circle star on the wall by the end of the day but I was really tired yesterday from not sleeping well and moving slow.  I worked on it but I didn’t finish it – I should finish it today.  The previous post I showed how I make these […]

I was busy yesterday and almost finished the aqua circle star  – I took photos of the step by step, although I did forget a couple steps of course. First I got my center done – I have showed how I do these circles with gathering around a mylar circle before so skipped that one.  […]

I had a somewhat busy day part of it shopping and the other part sewing.  I really needed a few new things and I don’t like shopping for clothes but went and then there was grocery shopping so it took longer than I had planned.  But I found what I needed so that was good. […]

A little on this project and that project – I didn’t have time to squeeze in binding too – I guess I need to start working on all of them.  I do have one and a half sides to finish the binding on NYB. I got Georgetown out to get busy on the last square […]