long term quilts

When you work on long term quilts, it seems as if you never finish anything. The Dear Jane quilt border is worked on in the daytime and the Hexagon Star is worked on in the evening while watching TV.

The Dear Jane was a finished quilt without the border, but I decided that it needed the border to look better.

There are 52 pieced triangles and 48 plain triangles in the border, along with the four corners. Most of the pieced triangles have to be paper pieced. Some are appliqued and some have curved piecing. They will all be finished in the potholder method before placing them around the center quilt. When I piece a block, I make a backing out of the colored fabric and if there is enough fabric left, I piece two plain triangles. Triangles of batting are also cut at this time. All the units are in a box waiting to be hand quilted and bound.

Hopefully, when the triangles are ready to be quilted, the Star Hexagon will be finished. Then, my evening work will change from Dear Jane to the Star Hexagon.

The Star Hexagon is coming slowly. I have finished a few star points. Several more to go. There are ten points on the star. Almost half of them are finished, but not on the main body of the quilt yet.

The SAHRR is finished as is the Mile A Minute quilt that was made out of the leftover scraps.

I have also sewed the binding on two quilts that came back from the long arm quilter. They were made with the batch of quilts that I made to use up the Japanese fabric. Thankfully, there are just scraps of this fabric left in the Mile A Minute bin.

Maybe by Summer, I can move on to something else.

Have a great day and happy quilting.