It's been a busy week here at the family homestead. Our son and his lady friend were going to make an appearance with their two fur babies (very large dogs) so we needed to pick up and dog proof our home. To say Buffy and Sassy were not happy is an understatement. But the deal was he'd come to visit if he could bring his friend and the dogs. Since we haven't seen him since July - the joys of having adult children - we agreed. It's interesting how the dogs are attracted to me, and are at my side every time I'm in the same room. I'm a CAT person!
On the quilting front, I was able to find the fabric I wanted for the Quilt of Valor I'm working on for a client. I love how the flag fabric sets off the blocks. Now to make the time to piece the rows together and get the border on! Because of all the white in the top, I decided to pre-wash the border fabric. Good thing, because it took 3 washings with color catches to get the red to stop running!
I'm really excited to get this finished and given. I'm hoping they'll have many hours (years) of snuggling under the quilt.
This test box was made from a 10" piece of striped fabric with a great green piece from a layer cake.
But by far, my favorite and best finish yet is the Big Brother quilt I made to go with the Baby quilt I told you about a couple of weeks ago. I found the Tutorial at Wedding Dress Blue called Brotherly Love.
There are many half square Triangles in this quilt! I scaled it down to use 4" and 2" finished Half Square Triangles. Buffy was right here to give her seal of approval.
Quilting it was a bit of a trial with all the seams and intersections. My thread broke a lot! But its done and on its way to a special little boy with his baby brother's quilt tagging along.
I'm linking up with Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict
Until Next Time ~ Happy Quilting!
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