Six more hexagons and I’ll be ready for some more neutrals. But now I wonder. How long is this going to be a toteable project? I started off thinking I would stitch hexagons into strips and then attach them to the center, but found out quickly that was not the best plan.
For now, I guess I’ll just keep going and then worry about it later. It will be a few more rounds before it doesn’t fit in my bag.
Actually, the music baby quilt is finished and delivered. I’ve called it Lullaby for Chloe, as this was a gift for the high school orchestra director’s newborn daughter Chloe.
The center went together quite quickly as did the final borders and quilting once I got the embroidery done.
The batting is Warm and Natural. The quilting thread is cairo-quilt 100% cotton in Honey Gold. I quilted it on my DSM. Straight stitching through the chain, stitch in the ditch around the border, echoing of the top, bottom and middle staff line in the border and then an eighth-note in the background. (Click on the pictures to see the detail.)
The backing is a piece of baby animal music fabric I bought back when I made Ted’s music quilt. It wasn’t quite wide enough so I added a strip of gold to either side.
Next up – prepping the backing for two quilts I’m quilting Friday and Saturday.
Hop over to Patchwork Times to see what others are working on.
Here’s the link to the 2nd Quarter Finish Party over at The Littlest Thistle and my 2nd Qtr list.
Last week I let my fingers do a bit of shopping — but no new fabric. The good news is I get to count the fabric for the baby quilt out as I finished it yesterday! Pictures later today.
Fabric added this week: 0 yards
Fabric added to date: 59.879 yards
Fabric used this week: 3.725 yards
Fabric used to date: 42.712 yards
Net used to date: -17.167 yards
Check out how others are doing over at Patchwork Times.
The letter is “P” was the letter of the month for April. I’m just now getting around to making the blocks. Dorothy identified it as Pennsylvania. Funny thing about block names this is not at all what I thought I’d be making when I heard the block name. It is the 16th block of Dorothy Young’s Alphabet BOM. It’s not too late to join.
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I’ve taken stock of what I want to accomplish quilt wise this month and it is going to be a challenge.
The most pressing thing to do this month was to finish the baby quilt – which I did before I started making this list, so it didn’t make the list. While I’m waiting for it to come out of the wash, I’m going to make the P block, then it will be time to start prepping the quilts for quilting.
Here’s the April recap.
Now to make the backing.
I stayed up too late to finish the embroidery on the 4th last border. Now final decisions need to be made on how I’m going to finish it so I can start quilting.
See what others have on their design walls by following the links over at Patchwork Times.
The third border is complete and I’ve started the 4th one, but that means I still can’t count any fabric out. But there is two yards of fabric to count in.
Yesterday I stopped in at The Country Store Quilt Shop, 14426 Burr Oak Road Carthage, MO 64836. Phone: (417) 827-6626. It’s outside of town southwest of the intersection of I-44 and US 71.
When I walked in I was greeted by the shop owner who asked me if I was looking for anything particular (I wasn’t) then she asked me if I knew the pricing policy.
$7 a yard for 45-inch quilting cotton
I made the comment that at that price I could actually afford some fabric the she explained her pricing philosophy. Essentially, she is concerned that we will lose a whole generation of quilters who won’t start quilting with prices so high and those of us who do quilt are being hard pressed to buy fabric. She’s decided to take a stand against the high prices and believes she’ll make it work by volume of sales. She started her experiment a month ago, so I hope she makes it work.
So what did I buy? 7 – 1/4 yard cuts of “white” neutrals, plus a 1/4 yard cut of purple. I noticed while cutting the neutrals for my hexagon quilt most of them had a cream or beige background.
So, this week’s numbers:
Fabric added this week: 2 yards
Fabric added to date: 59.879 yards
Fabric used this week: 0 yards
Fabric used to date: 38.987 yards
Net used to date: -20.982 yards
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I’m nearly done with line 3 of the baby music quilt. Two more notes, two more bar lines and the staff to where the thread is on the right. Then I’ve got to trace off one more line of music.
