It's like Tom Petty sings, the waiting is the hardest part!
I find eQuilter to be very fast and reliable but don't you get me thinking about that discount I have available!
I've been doing bits of tidying up around the house and with the fabric, still have too much stuff but there isn't quite as many as there was awhile ago. Out in the yard I cut a big chunk off the lilac in the name of pruning and being able to get through the gate again... have a lovely bunch inside the house and enough lilacs for the neighbors that wanted!
I know it doesn't even require an exemption since I'm going to use it, but Friday I went to 4 different stores (and 2 were just different Joanns) to look for a better white on white cloud fabric than I have for this comfort quilt project. I don't know if it was really worth driving all over town, but I did come home with one flat quarter arguably better than what I already had... It's still so rare for me to go out these days and it was fun to look at fabric.
The person we are making the quilt for is our leader/organizer. She handles us so deftly and just says "It has come to my attention that XX needs to be done". And she gives each of a task to do and we go off and do it (whatever it may be, quilting or otherwise) before we even realize we never agreed to it in the first place! We are not used to working "headless" and without her skill set things are a lot harder. For such a tiny person she has large shoes to fill, and I'm just clumsy
The last lady for the comfort blocks is the one who has been coming over. She's going to try and have them ready for me Tuesday -- but if not she will come over Wednesday and we are just going to sit down and sew them and get them over with.
Today I'll be working out the diagonal sashing option a bit more. I've only cut some of the pieces from the blue as how many are needed of each color is quite a bit different than the flat set -- but good news is I have plenty to do that. I've washed and cut the binding fabric.
I'm waiting to wash/cut the vintage piece until the top is fully assembled and I can spread it out on the yardage, goal will be to match the design so the seams will be invisible.
It is just amazing to me to realize that it is 70 years old. It's been stored well it's entire time, is in beautiful shape with zero musty old fabric smell. No dye loss at the crease line or fading anywhere. It is technically a decor piece, which might be why it had the selvedge info. Still all cotton and a lovely weave but a larger "tile" size than I'd expect for clothing.