Finished Up a UFO

     I have finished another UFO.  

 It started when I found 2 ½ blocks that were made in Dianne S. Hire’s “Come Play with Me” workshop in 2006 and an orphan block from a guild monthly challenge where I used several of the same fabrics.  After piecing a few more blocks like Dianne’s directions and a few improvisational blocks, the top came together.  

For the quilting, I used a variegated purple thread and FMQ Leah’s sharp stippling   as an overall design on most of the quilt.  This was my first time using it and I like it although I did not use as many curves as Leah.  I did practice on paper a few minutes before the actual quilting.

In the border I used FMQ spirals.  I do mark off division guides so they will be about the same size.

I have linked up with Leah's FMQ Project Link Up.  Check out what others are doing. 

Weather Watch Piecing / CS Linkup Finale

      I have the center of my Celtic Solstice sewn together and the first border but have not gone any further yet so instead of writing a new post I decided to revise this one for Bonnie's Linkup Finale. It has been a fun mystery quilt and I look forward to finishing before too long.
     
      While “waiting” for the predicted winter storm to start, I worked on piecing my Celtic Solstice. I finished sewing all the rows together for the center and added the first border.  I laid it out for the picture and noticed a mistake.  Do you see it?  One block is rotated so that the green and orange squares are in the wrong place.

 

I could NOT leave it.  I un-sewed the 4 seams for the offending block, rotated it and re-sewed.

Much better!

Instead of the orange triangles that Bonnie designed, I want to use a different second border.  I plan to machine quilt another quilt before working more on the Celtic Solstice border.

For a change of pace I spent the next couple of hours piecing a charity quilt.  

Keep Warm and Keep Sewing!

Blocks on Design Wall (Floor)

     I have 56 "Celtic Solstice" blocks made that should finish as queen size with borders added.  My design wall is not large enough for all the blocks so I laid them out on my kitchen floor.  Then I could see how they look and stack the rows in order for sewing.  

I am working on sewing together the 4^th of 8 rows. I have only pieced a dozen of the orange triangle units that Bonnie planned for the 2^nd border.  I am considering a different ( more simple) border design.  

     Back to sewing.