Category Archives: Quilting

Photo Friday — Geraniums

Two weeks ago today I left in the early hours of the morning for Alabama.  Well, not that early, but I’m not used to seeing the sun rise!

The sun was catching our flowerpot at the corner of the garage, and the ornamental grasses were just glowing.  I had to stop and take a picture before leaving for the airport.

Getting lots of sewing done this week, which is a good thing since two fabric packages came in the mail yesterday.  (Thank you, Vicki, the geranium mandala panel is GORGEOUS, and a perfect tie-in to today’s photo.)

–Sue

Thursday’s Child — UFO Progress

I missed a Thursday as I was at a quilt retreat near Huntsville, AL, last week.  Lucky me!  I brought a very old UFO with me to complete.

The magazine that I found this pattern in is dated 2007, so I think it’s safe to say I started this quilt four years ago.   Here I am at retreat (on the left) with Sandra (on the right) helping me.

The name of this pattern is “1910 Nine-Patch”, and I found it the January/February 2007 issue of Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting.  I fell in love with it immediately.  When I was going through the instructions, I saw the finished size of these 9-patches was 2 1/4 inches!  I upped the size substantially to 6″ finished.  Instead of making 572 9-patch blocks, I made 100!

This quilt is for Niece Summer, and as a bonus my mother-in-law (Summer’s grandmother) was born in 1910.  It will be a nice connection.  Summer wanted a quilt that was vintage looking, and the dark Civil War fabrics and the light shirtings give it that feel.

Since it’s Thursday, I’m adding a post/link to my Thursday’s Child Has Far to Sew blog.  If you’ve made progress on on a UFO this week and blogged about it, you may add a link via Mr. Linky to my Thursday’s Child blog.

I haven’t had any takers yet, and my Aunt Bert asked me how long I was going to do this if I don’t have anybody joining me.  I told her, at least a year!  It’s good motivation for me to get some UFOs done, and it’s one place I can go to and see the progress I’m making.  Hopefully I’m motivating someone else to work on their UFOs.

I need more room in my quilting closet, plus I don’t think my boys want to inherit half-finished quilting projects!

–Sue