Sunday, July 5, 2015

A New Finish and Chair Seats

Finally got my Grand Illusion Mystery Quilt completely finished:

 
The pattern is from Bonnie Hunter and will appear in a future book.  She offers a mystery quilt each year around Thanksgiving.  This one has colors that were inspired by the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Michigan.  Mine is half-size--that was enough for me and I added the narrow black sashing around the blocks.  See Bonnie's original here. 

The best thing about a rainy couple of days is that I really worked at getting my studio cleaned up.  My friends will be amazed--you can actually SEE the chair seats in my two cozy chairs and could sit in them if you wanted to visit:


It's been quite some time since those have seen the light of day.  I also cleared off the cutting table, mostly, as I am cutting Tumblers and 1.5" squares for leader/ender projects:


AND, I cleared off the ironing surface--that had way too much stuff piled up on it:


Next up, I'll machine quilt the Box of Wine quilt--jumping into free-motion with fear and trepidation but the determination to get it done in a satisfactory manner:


And the design wall has been freed up now that I finished the Simple What Nots Club sampler, shown here:


If the studio still looks messy to you, all I can say is "You should have seen it before".  This is a vast improvement and I feel free to create and make it messy again.  Several more projects have to get done before this year is over but I'm getting there. 

I hope you had a great 4th of July celebration--let freedom ring!

Let's quilt! 

Barbara






5 comments:

  1. An excellent use of a rainy day. Think of the fun you will have returning it to its "natural" state ;)

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  2. I really need to get mine cleaned up today. Hope you are having a wonderful weekend.
    Love your Grand Illusion!!

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  3. That's one good thing about a rainy day, gets you in the mood for having a good tidy in the sewing studio - and your chairs do look inviting - pity I live in New Zealand!

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  4. The Grand Illusion and the Box of Wine quilts are gorgeous! Rainy days are always great for sewing, quilting, and cleaning house. Free motion quilting, well, I find it easier than other designs. Hoping you had a fun 4th of July :)

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  5. Congrats on a great finish of Grand Illusion!
    I laughed about your comment on your chairs. When I got a couple of chairs for my sewing room I vowed I would not let them become "catch-alls". Well, I did really well until recently. You can't sit on one of them at all. The other one just has bunches of quilts draped over the arms. I need to follow your example!

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