I had grand hopes of having my Chilhowie top finished, the Log Cabin finished, and perhaps even the Pizza Box top quilted. But the last few days since I checked in I’ve done a little bit of everything so nothing is finished.
Bonnie released the final clue to Chilhowie. The clues will only be available for a short time — my guess is the end of January 2023. Anyway, I need to make 4 more blocks and corresponding border and sashing pieces to finish the top.
When I get the Chilhowie top finished, I have the backing for it. I found it in my stash while digging for binding.
Binding was the challenge on the log cabin. The original plan was to carry the center fabric to the border. I had been warned off using a yellow for the center, for fear it would leap out, but it doesn’t. However, I was afraid the yellow border would, so I dug through my stash and came up with these options. Each of them had their advantage and disadvantage, but none were “right”. Facebook was evenly divided. So I went to my LQS to see if I could find the “right” fabric. It was suggested that I use the backing fabric and I was just about to walk out of the store when the “right” fabric was spotted.
This Kaffe Millefiore. It’s darker than the yellow so will “frame” the quilt nicely, but at the same time it’s lighter than my previous choices. Finally, it has all the colors. After my running around over the weekend I started working on the binding. However, in my haste to finish it up missed spots when machine stitching it down. I’ve got to take another look at it.
In addition to finding the backing for Chilhowie, I found another 3 Yard kit. I think this was a ‘contest kit’ at the Quilted Cow. They called it ‘Anthony’, but I’m calling it Dragonflies & Flowers. I am adding it to my WHIMMs page.
Today it the last day to post about the results of the Final Countdown tasks. Here’s my recap.
Day 1 – Choose something you can finish quickly and do it Big dreams, but I finished my pillow – a UFO from 2008.
Day 2 – Clean out a storage area – I got all the books put up which were stacked in the “Quilt Studio Annex”. As I look at the before and after pictures, I realize that I had already started putting the books up and when I took the before.
Day 3 – Take a project inventory and devise a plan. Since my Quilt Tops and Quilts In Progress (aka UFOs) were already tracked, and I had my UFO Challenge List defined, I decided to work on my PIGs and WHIMMs and what that means to me. I’ve added two tabs at the top of my page. I spent a good bit of time digging though my stash cataloging my projects. I still haven’t found everything. Earlier I wrote down “Bubbles – 4/23/22 Have a collection of FQs, now need pattern”. I have no idea what this is, but I’m sure it’s bagged up together and when I find it I’ll add it to my WHIMMs page.
Finally, I’m gearing up to begin the next phase of renovations. My contractor and I have decided to tackle the den next. I’ve narrowed down my paint color to one of the 2 purples that nearly blend into the sheetrock. The paneling will be replaced with sheetrock. The doors will get trimmed out, ceiling accent lights will be installed and replaced, and new flooring and base board trim will be installed.
