Four Down!

… and one to go! That’s right! I only have one block left to finish on my Blindman’s Fancy quilt to make a total of twenty blocks and then it’s on to the flying geese sashing. I have been making segments of sashing as I’m going along but there will still be a big time commitment in the end, as I’m sure I’ve gotten slightly behind.

Final countdown - block 5

Final countdown - block 4

Final countdown - block 3

Final countdown - block 2

I have all eight fabrics chosen for block number twenty and I’m hoping to get to the cutting later this morning. With only one more block to sew, I can hardly wait to get this quilt up on the design wall. I only hope it fits!

Imagine my surprise the other day when I was surfing the webby world and found a photo of the Blindman’s Fancy quilt in the flimsy stage at http://saneandcrazy.blogspot.ca/

This gave me a boost of renewed inspiration!

Something else that is taking the quilting world by storm is the Foothills Quilt Along by Mary Elizabeth Kinch. My best quilting buddy pointed me in the direction of this great historical quilt from the University of Alberta Museums and since then I’ve been seeing it everywhere. I love the fact that it’s a Canadian quilt from a great Canadian collection, redrafted by a great Canadian author and designer, something we don’t see often, and so I’ve decided to give it a go.

This is a free quilt along at www.maryelizabethkinch.com/blog/

Not quite right

This is my first attempt at making these ‘hourglass’ blocks but I predict there will be some picking and ripping in the near future. Somehow in all my excitement to get started I managed to sew all four blocks incorrectly, so it’s back to the drawing board for me and hopefully better luck next time. Watch for more of these coming soon as they are truly fun to make and very addictive.

until next time,

as always, carol