Quilt finally finished!!

I am finally finished with a project started in 1992. A flying geese quilt from Eleanor Burns first Flying Geese Book. I decided that my son turning 40 was the best excuse to stop everything and get it done!!! I did and it is... the label goes on today and then to the laundry for the removal of the 17 years of dust and kitties. Then to him!!! However I will be taking it to my guilds quilt show on Wednesday and then another guilds quilt show on the following Saturday. HEre are some pics of the progress. I quilted on it the whole week I was at the lake on vacation. I cannot sit in the sun but the camp was arranged so I could be in the light enough to feel like I am on the lake. Very relaxing and I finished it!!! Dave and I even took a whole day on the lake. I spent the weekend in bed but ... that is another story. That is Pepper in the pictures... he always like to help me do things...Everything!! Sits on the edge of the tub when I shower... on the bathroom counter when I brush my teeth... stuff like that.

Stitchin' fun 3!

I am making progess... the braids for the French Braid quilt are marked!! The next step I will do is measure and put the top triangles on. I will then have to measure again.

Stitchin' Fun 2

The four braids are complete! Last night I cut for the three smaller braids that go between these four braids. You are seeing them folded and on the floor. It is easier to see them on the wall ... but I cannot get to the wall to hang them. That will happen when I get the 3 smaller braids for the "sashing" parts of this lovely French Braid quilt.

Stitching fun!

Yesterday I finished the second of the 4 main braids for a French Braid quilt from the book French Braid Quilts by Jane Hardy Miller with Arlene Netten. My inspiration is coming from the one on page 54. I have the 4 main braids cut and two are sewed. These are pics to give you an idea of the look. It is an 80 by 90 inch kind of design with narrower braids between these. To me they will look like a forest of trees. The brown represents tree trunks.