Saturday, June 18, 2011

Friday Night Sew In - June Results


I decided at the last minute to finish up the Fish Camp Trout Pond quilt top yesterday... the half done top was bothering me.

If you remember, I cut off 10" on one side because the quilt was practically square and wanted a more rectangular quilt.   Why 10" and not 12"?  Because I subcut that 10" into four 2.5" strips to make a pieced border!


After the pieced border was on, I added the plaid homespun border... and I'm done!  Quilt sandwiching will be happening this weekend!

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The next Civil War block has been posted:  #25 Calico Puzzle. 
I will work on that this morning and also see if I can put together several more blocks as well. 

After my post yesterday about a blog that was breaking down the CW blocks for us newbies to traditional piecing, Jen of The Quilty Home shared that Ellen of American Homestead is also doing a step-by-step tutorial for each CW block!

Ellen is currently in Thailand on "The Last Hurrah Tour" but still keeps up with each new block posted!

Thanks for the info, Jen... I need all the help I can get with these CW blocks!!!


18 comments:

  1. You have some wonderful projects doing. Love the strip quilt with homespun border.
    I was finally able to participate in the Sew-In and really enjoyed it ...... actually got finished with a project.
    Take care.

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  2. Looks good! Your FNSI was very productive! You get so much done that its amazing.

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  3. Nice work with the pieced border. Really looks great on the quilt

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  4. Your border is amazing, I love it.
    Roos

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  5. I love how your quilt turned out. The borders are great. Have fun with the Barbara Brackman CW blocks. I love doing them. Hugs.

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  6. Y'know, I didn't rally care for the "1600" quilt top when I watched the video of the women racing but yours really looks great. The border is perfect! Nice job. I'm amazed at how quickly you work. And-- thank you for all your kind and encouraging words!

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  7. Genius idea on the border. The end result is terrific. Selina

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  8. Fish Camp Trout Pond turned out beautifully! I believe you chose the perfect border to frame it. Great finish!

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  9. Your pieced border is the perfect touch on this quilt. It's terrific!
    I'm enjoying watching all your CW block progress. You are very inspiring :)

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  10. I wondered what you were going to do with the 10 inches you cut off from the jelly roll quilt. That scrappy border is perfect.

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  11. I like the strips! What a fun way to use a jelly roll.

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  12. I love that quilt!!! I think that is an amazing way to use a jelly roll. How big is it??

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  13. Fish camp trout pond quilt looks great. The pieced border was a good choice!

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  14. Your pieced border was awesomely inspired -love how this turned out!!! I will have to look back and see how much of the Trout fabric you added to this mix for my own purposes as I start mine!!!

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  15. Your quilt turned out great! So nice to have a finish. Your CW blocks are looking good.

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  16. I like what you did with your 1600 quilt!!!
    Like you, I added some strips to mine to make it larger. Then added a strip to the top, one to the bottom, then a couple borders. Hope to quilt it this week. It was fun.

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  17. Love the pieced border idea, it looks great!
    Oh, I'm still wondering who won the border audition on the tumbler quilt.

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  18. I'm loving how this one turned out, trout pond and all!!

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