July came and went so quickly that it’s hard to believe that summer is more than half way over. I also can’t believe that while July started out well with me getting my Disappearing Nine Patch quilt sandwiched and hand-basted… that’s as far as I got. It will now be my August goal for A Lovely Year of Finishes. July…
I’ve finished hand basting my Disappearing Nine Patch and it’s ready to quilt. For the DP9 blocks I’ve decided to free motion quilt them alternating between dragonflies and butterflies. So I’ve been doodling some dragonflies. As you can see… some of my dragonflies are pretty strange looking but the doodling helped me to figure out how I could fmq in…
This quilt top is my oldest unfinished quilt and will be my July goal for A Lovely Year of Finishes (ALYofF.) I started it back in February 2011 and finished it in March 2011. You can read my progress posts here, here, here and here. Here are a couple more views taken from different angles: At the time I finished…
The Disappearing Nine Patch top is done. I completed sewing on the second border late last night. Before I show the photos we took this morning, I thought I’d share some quick stats. As I mentioned in my original post about this quilt, I purchased the fabric quite a while ago with the intention of making it into a quilt. …