U.F.O #13

At the same time that I sent the last quilt to Norma, I also included the one pictured above. This one is a product of the time I spent in Alert Bay. I went there with a giant Rubbermaid tub full of projects to be started, and some to be completed. That seven month period represents one of the most productive sewing period in the last decade. Due in part to the isolation and the lack of distractions, it was also the perfect setting for sewing: one small table, room for an ironing board, a bed to lay all of the partially finished projects and no one to walk through but me. I still have some hand work blocks that need to be completed from them ( I found them before I left for Shanghai and they were included in box transported by the movers along with the butcher paper necessary for the hand work).

This is another quilt where I had bought a large piece of fabric, in off white this time, and tried to match it with a series of fat squares that I had in brown. I think that the brown squares were a gift since up until that time, my color preference tended towards reds and pinks. A new challenge for me. I am embarrassed to say that I also don't know the name of this pattern; it too came from one of the magazines from the Renton public library. It kind of has a pinwheel feel to it, so I am open to suggestions for a title for this one too. I found the flimsy at the same time as the black and batik one, and this one had the backing (a lovely rust colored paisley with burgundy highlights) folded and attached.

It measures 51 by 70 inches and has been quilted with a spiral pattern with a piano key pattern in the borders. I also did a scrap inner border. I really think that this "binds" the whole quilt and is a good way to use really small scraps of the fabrid. It is not really a practical size, but it still works for me. The quilt was completed (binding sewn on) this afternoon- but it will still need a label when it comes out of the box, some time from now. At least, I will have this post to remind me about the date it was completed.

A big thanks goes out to Norma for quilting the flimsies (she just finished the third and last of the quilts that I have brought to her- I have to pick it up and finish it up and then you will see it on this site) and for letting me use her cutting mat and tool, and her sewing machine. The generous use of her tools and time enabled me to finish these projects finally. It was a great to chat with her for an afternoon, see all of her projects, some of them before they hit her blog, and to do a little sewing too.