Such As It Is....

This is the finished quilt top.  I realized about halfway through sewing all of these blocks into this giant top that I had assembled one of the block in the wrong order.  So, the flow of the top is a bit off, but I wasn't about to go back and rip apart the top so that I could rip apart 9 giant blocks (have I mentioned that I hate having to rip seams apart?) in order to fix it.  Fortunately, my DH will never notice and that's the important part. The 'wrongness' is less noticeable in person, probably because you can't really look at the whole quilt at one time.

I do like this pattern (Come What May by Jaybird Quilts) and I definitely want to make another one of these, in a smaller size.  The blocks come together quickly and the top is easy to assemble, too.

My Weekend

was spent at a Pontiac Car Show and at a Nationwide race. The things we do for the ones we love.

Making Progress

I am making progress on the quilt for my husband.  I have all of the blocks pieced together and so far I have sewn two rows together and then even joined those two rows to each other. (photo taken before the two rows were joined)

I am really pleased with how this quilt is progressing.  The more I join together, the better I like it.  I'm going to try to finish joining the rows tonight... hopefully....  

FQS Bella Parade Contest

I wanted to make one of the items from the FQS Bella Parade: Season 2 tutorials in order to enter the contest to win 20 half yards of the new Bella Solids.  However, I didn't want to make something just for the sake of entering, either.

The tutorial that most appealed to me was this one:  Cheat Pillow by Quilt Jane.  I'd been wanting to make a pillow for quite some time and just had not gotten around to it, yet.

Here is my pillow:

It's a little overly stuffed right now because I just jammed a pillow in (I made a full pillow instead of the cheat front) and it was a bit too big. 

I love how this pillow turned out!  I chose coordinated colors based on the AMH print that is in the middle.  Even better, all supplies for this pillow came from my stash... I didn't buy a thing!  Granted a few small pieces of the solids had only been in my stash for maybe a week, but I didn't have to purchase anything (else).

It took a fair amount of time to make the pillow front.  I tend to sew on the slow side and my set-up isn't the best (kitchen table/kitchen).  So, each time I sewed on a strip, I had to get up, walk to the ironing board, press the strip back and then walk back to the table (admittedly not that far, but takes time none-the-less) to choose a new strip, then walk around the table and sew the strip on thus starting the process again.

I am delighted to have a new pillow for my couch.  It is definitely way more pretty than the pillows that came with the couch!

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