Nancy's Batik, and My Grannies' Measurements ~

 Here is Nancy's Batik quilt!

 
 The binding is finished and it's returning to her tonight.

 Nancy has been very patient with me, I've had her quilt on a back burner because of machine troubles.

She saw the free motion daisy quilting this past week and was happy,  so I was happy too ~

~the flowers actually run from top to bottom, not side to side~

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 We chose this light blue damask print for the backing of the Great Granny quilt.

 It is a one way print, so I pinned to match the print, a pin every 3" or so...took a while , but we were watching the Olympics, so time passed...

 can you see the seam? Another happy moment, *vbg*

I'm sharing my "thumbnail" measurements for the Great Granny finish, for those of you who wanted them:

• Follow Lori Holt's directions to complete the 12 1/2" Great Granny blocks, make 20 blocks. 

• sashing between the 20 center granny blocks: 2 by 12 1/2" cut, 2" square cornerstones.

• sashing around center, framing the 20 blocks : 2 7/8" cut (almost 3")

• Pieced border construction: the leftover 2 1/2" color squares, sandwiched between 3 1/2" by 2 1/2" background rectangles. 24 color squares on sides, 19 color sq. on top/bottom. The border was trimmed to 4 1/4" afterward.
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• floating cornerstones: 3 1/4" center cut, 4 1/2" cut background squares, cut into hst's, trimmed down to 4 1/4 inch to fit the pieced border. 

• final border: cut 4" 
• finished top: 86 1/2" by 72 1/2"

 
Hope this helps, glad to share ~  

 

"For, lo, He that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is His thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is His name." Amos 4 : 13
                                              

Granny Is a Completed Top ~

 

 Ah, began in July, and finished as a top! Feels good ~

"I will bless the LORD at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth. O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt His name together. O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in Him."  Psalm 34

Up Next, Cornerstones!

*VBG!!*

*very big grins here!

"And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; 

. . . for ye serve the Lord Christ." Colossians 3:23, 24

The Grannies are Coming!

 

Almost a wordless Wednesday...just wanting to post progress ~

~ Now, I'm working on a pieced border, 

because I had so many extra squares cut out ~

 

  

Thank you Elaine, for suggesting grid paper to work it out! I found free diagonal downloads here.

 

Hooray! Another day to sew!

   

Oh, but do remember to show your support, if you live near a Chick Fil A, have a meal (or a yummy shake!) today~

"For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, 'The just shall live by faith.'" Romans 1:16-17

What's on the Frame, and More Granny Blocks ~

 Free form daisies are quite forgiving!

Good morning, Hope you are having a good day. Me? I'm sewing on the quilt frame this week. 

 

These are the "S"curls on the border

This is Nancy's Batik quilt, love the colors here! I'm doing a few things that I've never done before on this one. 

  
The backing is a very light batik, see the flower appearing on the roll?

First, this is a quilt that has a much lighter backing than the front, man, I get a bit nervous with all these stitches standing out!  


this is a big cornerstone flower on the 10 inch border

Second, I've not really done a quilt that I put an overall flower design on. 


 This free form, "flowing" flower is one that was shown to us at a quilt demonstration, and I've used it here and there on other quilt pieces. This time, I'm making it the overall design. 



I've drawn pages and pages, and now I'm jumping in!  


   
the center of the flower is all I'm marking

Also, I am drawing on the quilt with this Fixion pen. I am not in the habit of marking for the quilt lines, but this will help with the scattering of blooms across the center of the quilt top, I think... it's taking time, but it is fun.


Oh, yeah, this is my first quilt to load onto the frame with the zipper leaders!

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More "Grannies" to share. Larry votes for a quilt (not table runners or a small lap quilt), and that means I need to make about 6 more. Good thing I can ~

These are some of the fabrics used. The striped pieces added interesting designs in the small cut blocks.

Oh, these two purple houses finish the quilt along with Terry and friends. Now to get those put together!

 

"Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful." Hebrews 10:23