The Baptist Fan quilting and binding are finished!
The quilt size is 77″ x 94″…plenty to snuggle under!
I have washed it so that I could have the texture from the quilting.
The back is pieced and the quilting shows up nicely.
I love it!
Bats and Boos, Bow Tie Leader/Enders and Betty Boop Updates
Quilt On!
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Tagged Baptist Fan, Bonnie Hunter, bow tie, LCsCottage, leader/ender, scrappy quilt
In my previous update, I shared that I was sewing the little bow tie blocks into large 8 x 8 blocks.
I have now sewn all but six little bow ties into a flimsy.
When I was finished, and hung the flimsy up to take a photograph, I realized that I had miscalculated. This monster is approximately 75″ x 100″.
What was I thinking????
But the six leftover blocks make a cute 9.5″ orphan block!
Quilt On!
In my last post, I settled on a bow tie layout. Since then I have sewn the 3.5″ bow tie blocks into groups of 16 (4 x 4), and then into a larger block of 64 (8 x 8). I have two of those big blocks finished, and I definitely like what I see.
I am hoping that I made enough bow tie blocks to sew into 12 of these bigger blocks for a quilt.
Remember the Floral Reflections project?
All of the stitching in the ditch is done. All of the outline stitching is finished. All of the basting pins are removed.
Time to get serious about how to quilt this baby.
* Just a quick note…progress is likely to be slower than my usual slow. I will be working seven days a week. It isn’t scheduled yet, but it is inevitable until after the holidays.
Quilt On!
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Tagged bow tie, Floral Reflections, LCsCottage, leader/ender, Quilt Nouveau Designs
If I counted correctly (and that is questionable), then I should have 768 bow tie blocks in this basket.
That is enough to sew these into bigger blocks for a layout.
Hubby made a frame for the Farm Girl stitchery, so she is completely finished and ready for gifting!
I love how she turned out!
The birdhouse project (I really should name this thing) has gone from the designing stage to the fused applique stage.
I really like it now…definitely enough to finish it!
This is my first post using the ‘new’ WordPress editor. I am a bit lost, but I am figuring it out. Except that I cannot seem to make photos clickable anymore. Hmmmmm?
*I have figured out how to make my photos clickable! At least for now!
Quilt On!
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Tagged applique, birdhouse, bow tie, farm girl, hand embroidery, hand stitchery, LCsCottage, leader/ender
I had a very pleasant Saturday afternoon off from the day job, so I spent the time doing some prep work for sewing.
Bonnie Hunter had a leader/ender bow tie challenge back in 2011. I decided to make this quilt back in 2018 (you can see that post here, and you will find a link to BH). No hurry. Nope. None at all.
I’ve been out of cut squares to make more bow tie blocks, so I cut a few more. I don’t have a picture of those, but I do have a picture of the finished blocks.
There are more than 578 little bow ties in this basket!
Remember the Lets Sew Quilt Along?
I have finally pin basted it!
While I had the pins and table set up, I pin basted Floral Reflections, too.
The inspector got involved…she had to check out the safety aspect!
I will be working on ESS (Every Stinking Seam…Cindy Needham’s version of SITD…Stitch in the Ditch). This will take a while!
Stay safe. Stay healthy. Quilt on!
LC's Cottage 