A lady from church was going to throw away 48 cross stitched blocks. She gave them to me. I used half of the blocks and made her a quilt. There were 24 Sunbonnet Sue blocks, so I made a twin-sized quilt to be raffled at church and I am quilting the last of the Sunbonnet Sue blocks so it is out of my sewing room.

tscweaves, the header and shuttle sure are beautiful. They must be hand made. Isn't it nice to work with beautiful tools?

eastslopequilter, I belong to a charity quilting group and we are always getting donations from other groups in the state that include lots of orphan blocks and UFOs. It's so tempting, especially when they are pretty, to take these home and make something of them for charity. But you can get so bogged down, can't you? I hope to resist more in 2018 than I did in 2017. :D

Thanks for the kind words about the rainbow quilt. Took it to DGD this morning and she loved it.

Finished steps 1 and 2 for merrymayhem this morning. Now thinking to start a pp project for an upcoming swap.

On December 20th this was a bunch of separate blocks. Now the top is done. This will be a present for Jim next December. 46 x 69. It will be hand quilted.

Chasezzz....that quilt is awesome. Beautiful work.

Boston...way to go....looks wonderful..

OK..so I cleaned my sewing room and cleaned my sewing machine. I'm ready after getting a bit delayed this morning.
time to work I on sandwiching my patriotic quilt...

Sewbiz - Yes, the heddle and shuttle were custom made. The heddle is ash and the shuttle is plum. I love working with fine wood tools, I really believe that is partly why I enjoy weaving so. I am able to create lovely cloth using spectacular wood tools. Years ago I collected different things and those collections were nothing but dust catchers. Now I collect fiber tools made from fine woods and I get to use them everyday. It is not cheap to go that route, but oh so worth it:-)

Boston - that is a great top! It makes me happy just looking at it:D

Wow, spectacular work everybody! I managed to finish off the baby quilt binding last night. I've been doing that day course from String and Story so far this morning. [ATTACH=CONFIG]586242[/ATTACH]

Here is #2 bound. I've got one more about this size and then they start getting smaller. Time to go work in the mystery for a while. Interesting how the uneven surface of the bed makes the maze look.

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Great bindings finished! Here are my steps 1 and 2 for merrymayhem mystery (final step NYD) and the pp design element for a January project.
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Wonderful completions everyone. Beautiful........well, this bad boy is ready for the quilter. Backing and batting done. Good thing cuz I didn't realize I was end of batting roll so I need to order another roll. I was going to quilt myself but it is a panel quilt and I didn't want to mess up. I'm gonna cut my next quilt out now....