Seven Sisters Haul

Jim and I stopped by Seven Sisters Quilt Shop in Carson City on our way to the lake. Here's the haul...

The pattern in the front (Quilt Room) is done with Moda Prairie Pastels. The shop was crazy busy and I didn't have the time to have them cut everything. I'm going to try to get everything on-line from Fat Quarter Shop, MSQC, or Shabby Fabrics. I may try Quilted Joy or Bittersweet too. It's originally a BOM so the pattern was crazy expensive but I HAVE to make this.

I don't know if you can tell what the other pattern is but it's the cute critters holding up little quilts by Elizabeth Hartman. The fat quarter bundle is for that pattern. I probably had/have enough in my solids to make this, but I wanted to come close to the picture this time.

I needed a new set of scissors for DW and Havels are a great brand, so I splurged and picked those up while I was there. 

Off to Houghton Lake today for an RV show, to pick up some salad dressing at Barts, to visit Becky's Best Sewing Machine Shop, to TSC for dog food, and then to Meijer for our weekly groceries. It was too late last night to stop. As it was, we didn't get home until nearly 10:00.

On The Road Again

Jim's last check up yesterday went extremely well. All is good with his ankle and he's healed fully. Our last "have to" trip to Grand Rapids for a while.

Because we were in the truck most of the day, I needed to do something (anything) when I got home. While we were headed to GR we stopped at Seven Sisters Quilt Shop in Carson City and I purchased a ruler I needed for a pattern that had been hanging around here for a while, some new patterns, and some other odds and ends needed.

When I got home I started pulling fabrics for the first pattern...not enough white. Looked at the second pattern...no legal-sized paper to put through the printer to make the foundations (although Katie came up with a solution for this). Looked for (and looked and looked) the pattern for the ruler I purchased. Nothing. Can't find it. 

But good news. The ruler maker (Creative Grids) had a QR code to watch on how to use the thing and I'll just make up my own quilt top using the instructions. 

Yeah QR Codes!

Here's my first test block...

The first block

I love pineapple blocks and haven't ever made a full pineapple top, so I'll chip away at these blocks over the next couple of weeks using all the schnibbles and scraps and dresser pieces I have around the place.

Long arming today to finish up Terri's quilt (I'm playing thread chicken with it though so I may not make it). I have a customer coming later on and Hazel is at the groomers this morning getting all pretty. I'll have to fetch her later on as well. 

Well...

Yesterday I started to load a king top for Carla. The batting was going to have to be cut into (2) 120" runs and then pieced together. I didn't really want to do that and it would have cost Carla a lot more money than just getting a king-sized batt in a package. 

Since we had to run to Grand Rapids again today for Jim's ankle suture removal appointment, stopped by Seven Sisters quilt shop to pick one up. And, drop off the Sisterhood block I made for the cooperative quilt they are making.

Go Green! Go White! Sisterhood block

I also picked up some off-white background fabric for a flag quilt I'll make later this fall for the next DeGroot reunion (2022). As well as a new bottle of Best Press.

Jim got his sutures out and we finally got back home around 6:15. It was a very long day on the road.

And since I didn't have batting yesterday to long arm, I worked on the Town and Country blocks and have all the light blues done. 

#225 Corner Litter Bin

#221 Topiary Tree in Barrel

#222 Archway Trellis

#221 Weeping Tree (but this one looks scared)

#224 Bird Bath

I didn't grab a pic of #223 Lily Pond for some reason.

I'll get these together tonight and then can move along to the next round of colors...a mellow yellow. 

Where it'll be after construction tonight

This is what's on the frame for first thing tomorrow morning...

Carla's King-Size for her daughter

I've started sketching in the most likely quilting I'm going to put into this. Deciding what to quilt into a quilt takes a lot of time and I was up late last night deciding. This was one of the possibilities, but changed my mind due to the thread changes that would be needed. I'll think about it some more tonight while I'm constructing my blocks.

Possible quilting

Small = Intensive

Sometimes a small top is just as intense as the larger tops. It depends on what is put into them. Currently on the frame...

Look Familiar?

I had two almost identical tops come in and this is the second one. I'll finish this one up today.

Here are the Town and Country blocks from yesterday...

#209 Bench with Bird

#210 Corner Trees

#211 Corner Flowers

#210 Ended the third row of the round and #211 started the last row of the round. The top and bottom will go on once the last row is completed next week (hopefully). 

While Jim and I were out and about Wednesday for his doctor appointment, I stopped by Seven Sisters Quilt Shop in Carson City and bought a spool of thread (Mettler) and a panel called "On the Go" by Moda. 

It may get done quickly (on the frame this afternoon) before the kids come up next weekend so the grandkids have something more to play with around here should the weather decide to be stupid keeping them indoors.