This quilt was started back in MARCH.  Looking at my notes I started it 3/2/26, finished the top on 3/8/26 and quilted it the same day.  It’s been waiting to be bound since then.  I am happy to say it’s quilted, bound and labeled as of today, 8/15/26.  The pattern is on the Bonnie Hunters Free Patterns Tab.

I found a length of vintage fabric to use for the backing.

• 55 1/2″ x 72″
• Legacy 80/20 Batting
• “Magic” binding
• Glide Strawberry Blond thread (2 bobbins)
• 11 SPI
• Overlapping Crop Circles enlarged — I’ve made a note to not increase the height to more than 20″.  I started at 22″ then reduced the size to 21.75″
• Started 3/2/26
• Finished 8/15/26

Yesterday I quilted Quartered Square. It still needs the binding, but I need to finally get my Scrappy Bargello bound. I just need to finish pressing the binding then put it on the quilt.

But Wednesday I got distracted.  I ordered a set of long-arm rulers from Piece N Quilt for a Stitch-Along starting September 7th and need to get the top ready. It’s simple enough, mostly 9-patches.

While I was on the site, I found a class on 99 Strip designs and pulled fabric for a couple of small quilts.

I was so ready to start cutting into these fabrics when I remembered my August UFO list. After all it is the middle of August.

After staring at the list wondering what Shenandoah was, I cut into my panel for the quilt.

I don’t recommend square panels. 

Leaving off the outer panel strip and lengthening the strips sewn to the center cut I think will fix the proportions.

As for the Stitch Along quilts, I’ll put them back in my pile to work, but after I get a couple more things off my list.

The good news is that I have finally sewn the binding together for Scrappy Bargello.  It still needs to be pressed, but is at least in one piece. Most people would go ahead and finish the quilt. I mean it has been waiting for the binding for 5 months.  Is that what I did? No.

Yesterday I delivered the two shop samples and I got to pick 4 yards of fabric to replace what I used on the back of Southern Charm from my stash.  Quartered Square by Missouri Star Quilts has been on my list since that trip to Kansas City when we had to buy luggage to get all the fabric home.  In fact Ruby made her quilt and we quilted it yesterday. Anyway, I picked fabrics to make the quilt.  I simply couldn’t resist cutting into it last night.  All my blocks are cut and I have the first 4 made. This is really a quick quilt to make I got to this point in less than 2 hours. I’ve not sewn the row yet.

This past couple of weeks I’ve been working on a shop samples.  Up first is Southern Charm.  This is from a Riley Black fabric bundle.  6 yards of fabric plus the panel.  No pattern, just me trying to figure out how to put all 6 fabrics in the quilt. Ultimately the the 6th fabric ended up as the binding.

We forgot the backing and was told to pick something from my stash.  I found this vintage fabric in my stash.  It’s dogwood on peach- on theme and color.  i used the E2E Magnolia from Urban Elementz to quilt it.  The thread is Yellow Whisper.

This is also from Riley Blake. It’s Crayola Colorful Creatures.  This is a shop sample panel for the kit.  Just load and quilt.  I been talking about needing to up my free-motion/ruler work game and was given this a top to practice on.  Now that I’m looking at the picture, I see that I should have outlined the path.  Oh well.  Quilted with Bone thread, I used leftover backing fabric for the binding.

Both of these quilts are on my August UFO list.  Now to finish making the binding for Scrappy Bargello.