Sunday, May 31, 2020

Next UFO ...

Though hand quilting is still my priority, sometimes I just itch to spend quality time with the Bernina, so I've picked up another (recent) UFO - My Rajah-ish project.

I had already sort of prepped all the 1" finished triangles for the next border (and a subsequent border) but I still had to cut most of them apart and trim them to size. Do you remember a while back I said I would leave them on the cutting table and work a few at a time so it wouldn't seem like such a chore? Well ... never happened!

Sometimes you just have to get your head in gear and commit yourself to something until it's done, so that's what I did - and because I've used five different red fabrics, I organised them into groups for each border:

Doesn't really look that interesting does it? But it makes sense to me and that's what matters :-) I like scrappy, but it has to be controlled scrappy, so I don't want any of the same reds abutting each other and sorting the fabrics out appeals to my sense of order.

After a few machine piecing sessions, I got four of the borders together and they're stitched in place:

Next up is another pieced border - without checking the pattern I think it's in the same style as the green pieced border - so if I can find enough fabrics I'm happy with, I might make it green again. And then there's another border with the red triangles. I think I made 340 or so of the triangles for this quilt - and there were a lot of them in the HOQH project too - so I really don't mind if I don't see any 1" finished HST's for a good long time.

It's predicted to be rainy here for a bit, so I see lots more quilting and piecing in my future - I'll be sure to keep you updated. Chatter soon! xox

9 comments:

Pam said...

That is looking really lovely

loulee said...

Oh my goodness, all those tiny pieces.
It's looking amazing.

momto1 said...

Your fabric choices are so appealing. I could really do with some lessons from you. This quilt is going to be so beautiful.

Wendy Caton Reed said...

My word, that is a lot of piecing! This is looking so beautiful.

Diane said...

GORGEOUS! (sung in the way Erin Napier of Home Town describes newly-unearthed wood floors in their opening sequence) You are such an inspiration!

QuiltGranma said...

And it is GROWING and getting even more BEAUTIFUL!

Janet said...

Oh wow, I forgot how gorgeous this quilt is going to be. Of course, all your projects are fantastic. It still amazes me how you can make fabrics work together.Thank you for sharing. Happy stitching.

Phyllis said...

Wow, your work is just perfection as always. And beautiful!

Helen said...

That's absolutely gorgeous

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