Print Borders Done

Back into the Tula Prints box for the additional rectangles needed to finish the print border to my City Sampler quilt. These prints ended up in the right hand size print strip seen below.

The print strips on each side kind of sort of track with the colors of the nearby blocks.

Now that the print strips are all the correct lengths it is now time to sew them on to all four sides of the quilt top and then add the final 6.5" wide grey. It's a really monster gigantic size. And no, I am most definitely not quilting this one by myself.

Three Borders

 

I'm working on getting the last of the three borders I have planned for the City Sampler all cut out and assembled. Here is the final 6.5" grey borders that will be on the outside of the quilt top.

I discovered that my previously assembled 3.5" x 6.5" print fabric rectangles were not long enough. So I added some extras I had onto the end of the left hand side. Now it's long enough. But I need to do the same for the other three, which means more cutting out of the 3.5x6.5" rectangles. Good thing I have lots of Tula Pink prints to use.

My little sketch for the border plan kind of shows how things will line up. The grey outside borders are definitely not to scale to each other. There's a black and white print with big colored circles that I've got on the end of each print rectangles border. That will reach out to the very edge of the quilt top once on each side. Clear as mud right?

October To-Do

 

Here's how the design wall looks at the moment, quite full of a big quilt top, the almost finished-bordering City Sampler. It's going to be end up even bigger...

Begin Something New

Oxbow Tote - cut out and begin the assembly.

Toned-Down Circle Sampler - appliqué the circles, start embroidering.

AG Stamp Quilt - continue to make more blocks using cut out the cut out stamp block centers from Tula Pink fabrics.

Design a quilt for the Sister Artists 3 embroideries. 

Continue Assembly

Trim to size and then sew the 12 columns of the Temperature Quilt together.

Bohemian Wife -finish assembling the quilt back, sandwich and make the binding.

Pantone Project - work on a overall design, either in EQ8 or up on the design wall.

City Sampler -Make and add final borders. Put together a backing.

Y.E.S. Coat - continue making pieces/blocks. assemble on foundation, cut out lining pieces from the fabric that I dyed.

Snake In The Garden - Finish hand stitching

Kawandii - Finish hand stitching/assembly

Quilting

Finish the Ruby+Bee Challenge quilt, bind, photograph, submit entry.

Trinket

Metro Twist (make a backing!)

Slopes

Final Steps

Work on getting some of those quilts that are up above👆👆👆 quilted so they can get moved here into this category!

That seems like plenty to work on to me for October.

Oh Hi There, October

Here we are rolling over into October, and it's 104° F out right now. I'm ready for fall, but fall's not ready for me quite yet I guess. 

The monthly marker above is made from this picture of my almost finished City Sampler, being manipulated in Percolator.

Then also taken over to Snapseed for more adjusting and cropping and adding of the title.

Here's the monthly video of 1SE, one second everyday.

The monthly I-Did List for September is as follows:

1. I made my next few Stamp Quilt blocks.
2. I worked on and finished and sandwiched my Ruby+Bee challenge quilt.
3. I worked on the borders for the City Sampler.
4. I almost finished the back for the Bohemian Wife quilt.
5. I gathered and prepared to start the Toned-Down Circle Sampler embroidery project.
6. I began designing the next piece for Sister Artists.
7. I got more background fabric for the Pantone Project and worked on my design.
8. I worked with the Metro Twist scraps for a back for the quilt.

I posted here 18/30 days, I posted on Instagram 1 time, on Threads 10 times, and on BlueSky 4 times. Not so much for the posting last month! I got to two Sew Days for BAMQ, and I virtually attended meetings for a writing/quilting class weekly. We got to have several family visits of differing configurations, as well as going to doctor visits with my Dad.  I'm surprised I got as much done as I actually did this month, so here's to October and hopefully more time and energy for sewing.