Blocks in position on the design wall
Today was Worldwide Quilting Day! Quite a step up from last year’s title of International Quilting Day, but I don’t think the new title rolls off the tongue in the same way.
I certainly did my part to celebrate the occasion and spent the entire day on a marathon sewing stint, going up and down the step ladder, sewing all those pineapple blocks together, until finally I had reached my goal (and a state of utter exhaustion). But I did it!!!
The Hawaii Pineapple Blossom quilt top is done, including the outer border which isn’t shown in the photos above. If everything goes as planned, tomorrow I will make the binding and mount the quilt onto the longarm frame for quilting. This time around I’m off the hook and don’t have to piece a backing as I was very clever and ordered some wide backing yardage from Sew Sisters a couple of weeks ago. I feel as though I’ve given myself a real treat by doing this as a few of my recent quilts have had labour intensive pieced backs and the time saved on this one will be so worth it in the long run. I really want to have this one finished before I leave on my trip to the Central Alberta Quilt Show at the end of the month. Well not quite completely finished, but quilted with the binding machine sewn on and ready to be hand turned. That’s always the perfect quilting activity for late night television watching in the hotel room, especially when my Bubby and I get chatting and snacking and giggling, as it gets a little difficult to concentrate on anything too complicated. Bindings are perfect for hotel stitching!
So there you have it… my March pieced project is ahead of schedule and will become my March quilting project as well. As a special reward for sticking to my finishing goals I’m planning to start a brand new project on my mini vacation and will take my sewing machine and cutting equipment with me to Red Deer. All my fabric is chosen and bundled in a tote, ready to go, and I can hardly wait. Let the countdown begin… Ten days until blast off!!!
I hope your Worldwide Quilting day was as happy as mine!
As always, carol xox
Glad to hear that you have accomplished such an incredible task! It looks great. The colours are so nice and the quilt has a lot of movement. I myself have been diligently working on my Canada 150 quilt tonight and hope to have it totally pieced by tomorrow night (fingers crossed!). How many more sleeps?!?!
Tammy, so glad to hear that you too had an opportunity to quilt on Worldwide Quilting Day :o) I was really feeling the pressure on this project and now there is a great sense of relief to have gotten it this far. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel and feel as though I’ve truly earned that new project start.