206 Work Days Left

When I started this blog I mentioned that I would be retiring next year. I can hardly believe that almost 50 work days have passed since then. I had have a fairly stressful job and quilting has turned out to be a very relaxing hobby. It's relaxing in the sense that I can't think/worry about work when I am concentrating on the cutting/sewing/pressing/starching/measuring etc. involved. I also usually have my earbuds in and am listening to an audiobook.

My projects have been progressing right along. I finished my Urban Streets table runner.

So I have plenty of quilting in my future. I don't personally use table runners so I know this will end up being a gift to someone but I'm not sure who.




I had fabrics selected for Town Square but I bought wasn't entirely happy with it. I bought some Stonehenge Amazon fabric and thought it would work. My interpretation of Town Square doesn't have the contrast of the creamy yellow and pink but I really like how it came out.

My biggest problem was deciding how to put it together. I tried with lavender in the middle and liked it a lot.







Then I tried it with green in the middle. I still couldn't decide so I showed the pictures to my husband and asked him to decide which was better.

His preference was for the green center. He liked how the bright green pulled your eye into the center.

I'll put up a picture of the finished top and the fabric I'm going to use for borders another day. The top is done but I want to update the sampler quilt project, too. I finished the four patch squares for the corners I while ago but I forgot to take pictures. I realized that today. They were a little tedious to make but not nearly as hard as they appear. I just followed Harriet's directions and viola, the squares were done.

Shown at the left are my nine patch blocks for the border. Notice that there are two different patterns. Half have solid green corners and the other half has print corners. This is how the blocks are shown when you look at any the the pictures of the completed quilt top in either Freshman or Sophomore Year. The instructions tell you to make them all the same with solid corners but I liked the look in the picture better so I mixed them up.

I had to see what it will look like. I'm going to use cream for the background. I think it is turning out rather nice, if I do say so myself.

Tonight I'm looking at the fabric I have set aside for Interlacing Circles. I promised my sister-in-law her choice of quilts for her birthday. She looked at the fabric pictures I posted earlier and thought this might be the one she'd want. Cutting begins on it tomorrow!