I Just Couldn't Wait

Ann's quilt was finished in the afternoon after Cindy and Bernadette left. It's so great talking to the girls and sharing quilting stories. And grand baby stories. And retreat planning. And, and, and...

Anywho. I moved over to Bernie to work on Joyces quilt after I raked up the garden to put it to bed for the winter. It's not entirely "to bed" as there are a few pepper plants still hanging in there with the frost not really affecting them too much. Yet.

This is the top that had to be moved over from Marty to Bernie so I could tackle the immediate need quilt for Ann, which was too big to put onto Bernie. 

Wensleydale by Jan Kingwell (I believe)

Here's what I'll be quilting into it...

These are the pieced blocks.

I'll get a pic of the negative space blocks in their entirety for tomorrows blog. While I was working on this I received this from the USPS...

From Missouri Star

These are for a quilt-along I'm doing over the winter (starting in January) with Natalia Bonner. She offered four panels from Honest Fabrics, but I'm not going there. I'll piece mine together (those panels are poly) with cotton and make it a full-sized quilt rather than four unusable panels. I have to draft how I'm going to put these together as they are not just sewn into rows but are staggered on the ends in placement. 

I was pretty much long-armed out by 4:30. Not feeling it yesterday (we all have days like that), and I think it's because this was sitting there behind me saying "Piece Me"! So I did. 

Now I have to quilt it

This looks smaller than it really is, which is about 22"x20"-ish. I may throw this on Marty for the weekend because DW's new encoder hasn't shown up yet, despite being sent out of Lansing on Monday. 

One customer expected today and I'll be working on Bernie all day. Jim is at his second doctor appointment about his fall last week to determine what they are going to do with him next. Hopefully just another week or two of rest will solve the problem.