I haven't posted my progress in the Fancy Forest quilt and I just finished the two tops yesterday: one for the shop and one for myself. Here are some pics of the quilt as it progressed.
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| The rest of the owls. AKA a "stare" of owls. (stare/parliament is the collective noun and is very apt). |
I finished the last of the owls in September. Classes were in session and I got way behind. After that, all I could manage was 1-2 blocks of the hedgehogs, thistles and fireflies.
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| Upper Left Quadrant |
I made enough blocks to finish the upper left quadrant to show my BOM class at the end of the year.
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| An "array" of hedgehogs. Array is the collective noun for hedgehogs. |
In April, my work for my classes started winding down and I got back to working on Fancy Forest at full speed. At the Stitch Your Art Out retreat, I was able to make all the hedgehogs. Toward the end of the month, I had all the blocks completed for both quilts.
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| No collective noun for thistles. Let's call it a "bouquet." |
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| No collective noun for fireflies, either. Perhaps a "glow" of fireflies? |
Since the end of classes, I have been plugging away on adding the sashing. This took a remarkably long time because a lot of the blocks were not square and I had to fudge the seams a lot to get them squared up with the sashing. The background fabric was the perfect color for the quilt but it was a loose weave and even with starching, it was a real challenge to work with. Cutting it up into all those tiny pieces created a lot of problems for me in the end.
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| Upper Right Quadrant |
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| Upper half of quilt |
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| Lower Left Quadrant |
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| Lower Right Quadrant |
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| Voila! Mediocre shot of the finished top. |
I just finished putting the borders on the two quilts over the past two days. It feels like a relief and an accomplishment to get them both done. They were an incredible amount of work!
Our longarm quilter will be quilting this in August. I'll share a better photo once
I am not sure what I want to work on next. I have many quilt UFOs that deserve attention and I would also love to play around with something new. Maybe Jen Kingwell's Halo quilt? Stay tuned!
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