My new piece is finished. Now, I have to finish three small ufos or one big ufo before I can start another new quilt. My rules. Although, I can break my rules if I want to.

I usually don’t make more than one quilt or wall hanging from a pattern, but This one is the fourth one with this design. I really like it and will probably make more in the future. It is so easy and makes up quickly. This time, I decided to reverse the coloration and make the background a dark floral. The other pieces would be solid in the colors that are in the background. It looks so different.

The flowers were free motion quilted with Superior Bottom Line thread. I have a bobbin holder full of this thread in lots of colors. Originally, I bought it to sew down applique.

Several years ago, I was using bottom line for quilting and was running out. I was going to order more on line from the company in St George, Utah. I had heard of a very nice quilt shop a few towns away and went there for a look. It was a wonderful shop. There was so much to look at. I found a rack of Bottom Line and picked up a cone for purchase. I also bought other items. As I was checking out, I mentioned to the clerk that I was glad that they had Bottom Line as I needed it to finish quilting. She immediately became the quilt police and started yelling at me. I could NOT use that thread for quilting. It wasn’t made for that purpose. I kept quiet, payed for my purchase and walked out. I have never been back. I did check the information on the Superior website and it did say that the thread was fantastic for micro stippling.

I am up to date on the Morehead Mystery quilt. The clues come once a month and although there is a lot of piecing to do, it can be finished in short time. Then it goes into the basket to wait for the first Thursday of the next month.

One of my wall hangings has been on the wall at the peak of the living room in my Maine house for 20 years. I thought that it would be destroyed with the wood smoke, summer heat, and winter cold. It was taken down and washed. Amazingly, it is still as good as it was when I put it up there. Tessellating Triangles is one of my favorite patterns. It looks hard to make, but it is all straight sewing. Squares are pieced in rows and columns. They are recut with a square template on a diagonal and resewed. The cut off pieces can be resewn into a miniature version of the original quilt. I did make a queen size quilt with this pattern.

Miss Molly has checked out the wall hanging and approves.

Now it’s time to find the three ufos and get busy.

Have a great day and happy quilting.

Miss Molly started barking when she went out early this morning. She does bark to come in but it was a different bark. I looked out and the flock of turkeys were in our back yard. One came over to look at her.

Some of the turkeys were in the trees and one was marching up and down on my neighbor’s roof.

The turkeys are very big now. I hope that they will stay the winter and come back in the spring. It is fun to watch them.

I’ve finished my three UFOs. This means that I can choose to make a new quilt or continue on finishing another UFO. I haven’t decided yet which one I will start today. There were so many UFOs in the blanket chest. It was overwhelming. I decided to divide and conquer. The large quilts are now hanging on the right side of the closet. I’m going to send them to my long arm quilter , one at a time as soon as I find backings to fit. The medium quilts are on the left side of the closet. I will quilt those myself. The smaller ones are still in the blanket chest, but the pile is smaller and not so overwhelming.

The three finished quilts are baby quilt size. This little one was part of my demo for using orphan blocks. I started by machine embroidering the squares. Then I quilted using the walking foot..

It was easy to keep the lines of quilting parallel using the border guide foot. There are still many specialty feet in my foot drawer that I haven’t tried yet. Quilting and sewing is much easier when the right feet are being used.

Because the quilt was made with orphan blocks, there wasn’t a binding made with matching fabric. I found some that was almost the same color and made a flange binding. It adds a pop of color to the edge and there is no hand sewing. This is the way to go when a quilt has to be finished fast.

The other two little quilts are the same. I had done half of a jelly roll race, It was long and skinny. The piece was cut in half, borders were sewn on and they both were quilted with built in stitches. I used the stitch in the ditch foot which has a flange to keep the quilting somewhat straight. Miss Molly has inspected the quilt and likes it.

This will be a day of decisions. I have two large UFO quilts out to machine quilt. Which one will I start? Will I do free motion quilting, ruler quilting or machine embroidery quilting? I’m going to let the quilt talk to me and tell me what to do. Or, will I start a new quilt that I’ve been thinking about for a few days? It will be a fun day.

Have a great day and happy quilting.