Baptist Fans!

I finally worked up the gumption to try the Fab 5 Baptist Fan Ruler Set that I ordered from Michael Davison, Quarter Squared Quilt Company. The quilting was slow and tedious, you can't be in a hurry when doing ruler work. I usually try to match the bobbin thread to the back, but in this case, I didn't. It took so much focus to follow the rulers, I didn't want to keep checking the back to see if the dark thread from the top was showing on the back. I just used the same thread top and bottom to eliminate that worry. The quilt top was a mystery quilt that our guild did in the 90s. My fabric choices were a little odd, to say the least. I thought if I messed up on the quilting, at least it wouldn't be a great loss. On the back is what I call "Poor Man's Backing". I can't afford to buy wide backing fabric for every quilt, so sometimes I use up odds and ends. Now that ruler work doesn't seem so terrifying, I might try more of it in the future. :)

Another One Completed

I don't know what to call this one. I watched a YouTube tutorial on making the triangle units. There were bias edges, so I had to be really careful not to stretch them. At first, I was going to make the entire background with lime green fabric. If I continued with that idea, it would have been an eye-blistering quilt. To tone it down a bit, I added the white rows with navy blue sashing between each column. It's free-motion quilted with vertical wavy lines, using Isacord thread. The wide backing fabric is from Connecting Threads.

Days Two And Three Of The March 2024 Quilting Retreat

I accomplished a few things in the past two days. The Merry Mayhem Mystery quilt top is almost put together. It needs one more row and a border. Coralee showed us how to make snap bags and a little chicken pincushion. The rest of the time I worked on a herringbone quilt that's an ongoing insanity project.

Day One Of The March 2024 Quilting Retreat

I didn't get too much accomplished today, there was a lot of visiting. That's ok, it's important to get together with friends and have a yak session. Today's project was to finish making the blocks from the Merry Mayhem Mystery pattern that was hosted fromm Christmas to January 1st. I had most of them made, so I got the rest of them done. Tomorrow I will start on the sashing.