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I finished assembling the 360 blocks in to a top this past weekend.

It got a little tedious sewing the long strips together and matching all those seams (One. Inch. At. A. Time.)

But, the effect is worth it. I hope to quilt it next week.

While it takes a long time to build the blocks for a quilt made out of 1-1/2″ squares, it also takes a long time to assemble those blocks.

There are 360 blocks. The final layout will finish at 80″ x 72″ and contain 5760 pieces. One. Block. At. A. Time.

March of 2020 I started a mindless leader-ender using 1-1/2″ squares. I wasn’t sure where it was going. No one guessed where we were going.

On Sunday, March 21, 2021, I finished the 360th block. And have declared that that is enough.

It is quite a pile.

This is the last block. Such a place of honor.

And now to sew them together. Bits and pieces…kind of like this past year.

Quilting

Because life is life, I didn’t get to sew as much as I hoped for either the Friday Night Sew In (FNSI) or National Quilting Day.

At first, probably because, again, life is life, I couldn’t even settle in. I cleaned. I sorted. I moved fabric around.

Finally, I decided to choose backs for a few charity baby quilt tops recently finished.

Then I worked for a while on a new baby quilt project, also for charity.

And that was about it.

But, any sewing is better than no sewing, and my room is in better shape.

 Stripy String Quilt

A little while ago Carla from Creatin in the Sticks put a call out to those of us that love stripes - any size any way, striped fabric, striped binding, strips of fabric to make stripes (here's where I come in) literally anything goes! 

There are so many fantastic bloggers taking part over the week(schedule at the bottom) and a whole host of different projects, ideas and inspirations that you can read about and try out - I hope you will join in and show me your stripes!

If you have read by blog for a while ...

Hope in a Season of Waiting 

What have you waited for this past year? For most of us, we have probably waited for more things in the last 12 months than we have the rest of our lives. We have waited for celebrations: births, weddings, birthdays, graduations, and even celebrations of life. Jobs and school have transformed into at-home activities. We have postponed events, concerts, movies, and theater. We have longed for travel and restaurants and backyard barbecues. We have even waited for groceries, haircuts, gym workouts, and library books. So much waiting for so many things, yet we have ...

#IGQuiltFest2021 ~ Day 9 ~ Heirlooms

This is the closest I can come to a family "Heirloom" quilt.

Firstly, I sew humble quilts that are meant to be loved and used and used up.

Secondly, I am a self taught quilter and never saw my mother sew.

I never saw a quilt made by a grandmother or great grandmother, so I do not know if they ever existed.  I remember being surprised at about 11 years old to find that the "telephone table" in the dining room in my mother's house when the top was folded ...

There are a lot of quiltalongs going on out there, but this one caught my eye: North Star State.

Consider joining us.

And now you can can you have heard.