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I came down with a cold or mild case of flu (yes, I got a flu shot). I was able to mitigate the effects with a lot of sleep (ah, NyQuil) and I am all better now. AAUW met on Tuesday with an interesting program about the Underground Railroad in Waukegan and Lake County. (Nary a peep about the "quilt code" which we quiltmakers know is false. (Fake history!)) The Zion Woman's Club helped the Zion Conservatory of Music for the spring concert and fundraising luncheon. I donated a HeartStrings quilt and two tote bags with advance reader copies (forthcoming books) that got respectable bids. In turn I did not bid on anything!
I got a lot done in the studio this week.
I quilted Bright Zigzag.I made the March batch of 48 HeartStrings blocks. I'll send all of them -- six months' worth -- to Kathy M. for the Wisconsin HS sew-in.
I broke down and bought border fabric for the churn dash blocks sent by the ALA Biblioquilters. The quilt shop had such lovely goods, but I remained steadfast and bought ONLY the 1-1/2 yards for this project. Now I'm auditioning backing fabric.The churn dashes are 7.5" x 10" finished.
.I thought the b/w square-in-square blocks (from a swap last year) would be great. I sewed them on along with a black-and-bright stripe. Then I thought again.
I used Deb Tucker's Square 2 ruler to make a bunch of SIS blocks with bright centers. I removed the b/w SIS blocks. Much better!
Monday linkups:
Oh Scrap!
Monday Making
Design Wall Monday
Moving It Forward
Thanks so much Nann. I will send you a picture of completed quilt.
ReplyDeleteLove your Round Robin! Someone is going to be lucky.
ReplyDeleteGlad you're over whatever "bug" you had. You've been productive considering you had down time.
Oh yes, color SIS for the win! For being totally neutral, the b&w ones were quite jarring on that project. Strangely enough, the colorful borders (all 4) 'fade away' and my eye gets drawn into the center, as it should.
ReplyDeleteThe Bright Zigzag is yummy!
Congratulations to the new owner of the orphan blocks.
ReplyDeleteHi,I liked reading about your process and those lovely b and w blocks are going to be stunning used in some other project. Your finished piece with the brights is so nice.
ReplyDeleteGo Nann!!! Glad you are feeling better~
ReplyDeleteYou sure did get a lot done. You were right to switch out the grey sis for the bright ones. That is one fun looking quilt! Nice finish! I like Bright Zigzag. On to the next one! Nice that you've been able to move a ufo to a new home. That's a great way to get an "unloved" project into the hands of someone who is interested in it.
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