Thursday, October 17, 2013

A little Champagne update

After several weeks away from group quilting, we are back at it. We took August off, got together for a couple of weeks in September and then Marg went to visit friends in California. While she was there, she had an accident and banged up her knee and got bruised. She was assisting her friend when his walker got caught in an escalator. The walker got loose and banged into Marg and apparently she went flying. She's fine now but once she got home, she had a brace for her knee and wasn't very mobile. For an 85 year old she heals fast.

So, we had gotten all the rows sewn before Marg left for her vacation and last night we started sewing the rows together.

We had to cut a few more sashing strips. The quilt will be framed with the blue and then there will be a navy border.

It doesn't look like much got done but it takes time to pin, sew and iron. We have to make sure that every second piece of vertical sashing lines up with the row below it. There are seven rows in all. The quilting will just outline the block and the star and I think we may quilt an "X" in the middle of each star. The blue is just gorgeous and we love the look of it so far. The one we did years ago had thinner sashing. We like every quilt we work on but the blue is just so nice that this quilt may be our most favourite.

10 comments:

  1. Lovely quilt Dolores ! Glad your friend is healing quickly and back at quilting . Love the new header but I have been wanting to ask about your previous header photo , was that Newfoundland? I loved it !

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  2. This is looking very nice! I agree, the blue makes it very fresh and cheerful. How big will it finish?

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  3. The quilt is really lovely! The blue is just the right colour to go with the stars.

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  4. Great quilt, Dolores! That blue really is fantastic! Sorry to hear about your friend. Glad she is healing nicely.

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  5. I would say this one would have to be a favourite...but I have an extra reason to say that...I like blue AND stars.

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  6. I can see how this would be a favorite; it's lovely.

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  7. Your star quilt will be Superlovely!!! I adore it!

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  8. this quilt will be gorgeous Dolores...I hope everything is good with you? I am becoming very poor at keeping up with folk and I do apologise...take care.....and love to your little one!!
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  9. I see you are quite active. I love the herringbone method. I looked it up. Are the socks for wearing or for Santa Claus? Thanks for coming to my blog.

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