Apr 13, 2017: Met with Crystal this morning to get an idea of what she might like. It will be fun to see where we end up. The WoW from  2011 wowed her instantly.  I pulled the greens and purples from my batiks collection & will plug them into the EQ7 rendition to see how it looks & what it might need. Also have other fabrics on hand that might do. Not getting anywhere...
Apr 18: Went to Greensboro. Picked up 7.5 yds of purple & green batiks with Joanne's help.
Apr 24: Met with Crystal & showed her several options for using the fabrics. She still wants Will O' Wisp & loves the brighter colors.
​Apr 05, 2018: After a year's delay, I am finally taking the time to work on this quilt. I prepped the fabrics for cutting and then spent time re-familiarizing myself with the details of how to layout the fabrics. Also made a cutting chart to help keep things straight. Ready to start cutting tomorrow.
Apr 06: The strips that make up the main part of the quilt are cut. 
​Apr 07: Chimneys (dark blue) are cut. Logs from 7 of the 8 fabrics are cut.
Apr 08: All pieces are cut ready to sew.
Apr 15: Made A blocks which comprise the center star.
​Apr 17: Working on B blocks. Everytime I start to sew for the last 2 days, I get interrupted.
Apr 18: Thought I finished B blocks only to discover I had pieced mirror images of what I intended. These just happen to be Br blocks. I need two more Br blocks. I can make the correct 6 B blocks from the Br logs. If one is going to make a major mistake on this quilt, this is the one to make. B & Br blocks are done.
May 26: Been working on the 22 D blocks as I have a few minutes. Done now.
Aug 13-15: Have a bit of time so working on C blocks.
Dec 16: Continuing the work on C Block.
​Dec 18: C Blocks are done. 6 wedges & 4 corner sections are done.
​Dec 27: The center is in one piece. Only border are left to do.
Dec 28: Borders are on & thus the quilt top is finished.

​Dec 29: Saw Crystal today. She selected Zephyr for her pattern. Posted overlay.
Jun 21, 2019: Prepping and loading. After 2 years, it's about time to finish this up.
Jun 22: Loaded. Got sick all of a sudden.
Jun 23: Quilting. Love the pattern Crystal picked on this quilt. Forgot to take picture on first row (Still feeling queasy.)
Jun 24: Quilted. Squared in preparation for the binding
Jul 03: Cut binding strips - first task after 2019 Work Area Upgrade
​Jul 09: Made the binding.
Jul 21: Attached the binding and started the handwork. Got about 1/2 way.
Jul 29: Finished the binding & thus the quilt.
Jul 30: Pressed & packaged the quilt. Figured I'd better call before heading out to deliver this. Darn, she's not working today. Tomorrow I'll enjoy breakfast when I deliver this.
Jul 31: Hand delivered. I rarely go for breakfast but it was excellent.

Jul 28: Picked up the jelly rolls Saturday at Ye Olde Forest Quilt Shop. Googled for a 2-color strip quilt project and found Cozy Quilt "Glory." It makes a rather large on-point quilt & doesn't look bad as a horizontal quilt. It is a bit of piecing but the kind that goes fast. ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChxAa79JPFw

It will soon be time ... coordinated by Lu Ann (Joan Taylor's sister)
Annual Blanket Drive for Georgetown University's Transplant Unit for Children.

Aug 17:  J&L project. Prepping. Using Sashiko panto

Jul 25: Wow! Already have some of the red & white fabric back from RWB fabrics for Joan's Vietnam Vets Project I shipped to Joan on the 15th.
Jul 30: Prepping. The recipient will be visiting Joan in August. As she says, it is not very often that she gets to deliver one of her RWB quilts in person ... if I can get it back to her quickly. Considering Joan has sent me too many quilts to count (over 4 blog pages @ 20 posts per page), I think I can mange it...this time. LOL
Jul 31: Started prepping...batting, thread, backing, programming.
​Aug 01: Loaded ready to quilt. Quilting...
​Aug 04: Quilted. Easy & quick. No problems. Just lots of unforeseen circumstances in life. Glory, glory, it will ship tomorrow. Per Joan's request, and it really is, a J&L Quilt.

Jul 13: This quilt is demonstrated online by MSQC. I found it months ago & did the EQ7 rendition then. Now it has the intended fabrics from the RWB fabrics for Joan's Vietnam Vets Project. This will be a J&L Quilt.
Jul 17: Backing is here.
Jul 19: All fabrics are pre-washed.
Jul 27: Swapping white for Wilmington Prints Cookies & Cream tonal 10" squares.

Jul 11: Greg has been working on my driveway lately. Today I met his granddaughter,Talin, who loves all things owls. I ordered this & one other owls panels for her back on June 12 to round out an order of white stars on navy for 15 Stars.
Jul 13: Created the EQ7 rendition.
​Jul 14: Ordered the fabric.
​Jul 17: Fabrics are here.
​Jul 18: Backing is pre-washed.
Jul 19: Everything is pre-washed.
Jul 20: Pieced. Decided not to use the 2nd panel on the back.
​Jul 26: Gave Talin the panel I didn't use in her quilt.

Jul 11: Greg has been working on my driveway lately. Today I met his granddaughter, Alana, who loves all things monkeys. When she saw the bananas fabric, she was hooked. I decided to go with a twister quilt using all the coordinating fabrics. Pre-ordered the layer cake expected in late September. Created the EQ7 Rendition. Ordered the fabric for the outer border & backing. Sure hope it coordinates nicely.
Jul 16: Teal backing/border is here.
Jul 18: Pre-washed teal backing/border.

Jul 07: Luanne is a neighbor in the same small log homes development know as Creekside Park. She called this morning & brought her quilt over for inspection. It is hand pieced, a bit raveled with some open seams--nothing that can't be prepped for longarming. It lays quite flat so that is good. Batting had been prepped for hand piecing so I wasn't sure whether it was thin wool or polyester. I found a piece of Warm & Natural in the closet when I went looking for the bag I saw the other day labeled Tuscany wool. Certainly not wool and 90% sure it is W&N. Perfect. While measuring the quilt, we explored ideas for a backing. First choice was a Kona Cotton Pewter (I have the color card). Later I got to thinking about tonals and some backing fabric I just bought myself. Luanne gets to gently wash the top, buy a backing & pre-wash that. I showed her how to browse for a longarm pattern.Thinking simple indicative of the era but tight enough to secure the top, maybe Billowy or Bam, Deb's Swirls or Baptist Fan. it will be fun to see where we end up with the planning phase.

​Indonesian Batik Florals w/108" Wide Back Tonal Vineyards

Jul 05: ​Placed a quick order to make some quilt coverlets in my no-piece style unless I come up with something more interesting. The purple backing is 108". The batting I will use is the lightest weight 100% cotton on the market -- Quilters Dream Select.
Jul 10: Fabric is here for the coverlets with purple backing. The batiks are a larger design than I expected. Very glad the purple backing matches all three.
Jul 18: Pre-washed all of the floral prints and enough purple to back 3 coverlets.​
Jul 16: Had to call Jonathan of Unlimited Heating & Air. Hard to beat next day service. Two of these coverlet quilts now have a home, one for his wife and one for his secretary. The 3rd will go to Greg's wife.
Jul 24: ​Ordered the Quilter's Dream Select batting - the lightest weight cotton on the market.

Jul 13: Finished plans for 3 Indonesian Ivory Dogwood Batik quilts when it becomes available. Fabric.com is saying July 21.
Jul 24: Ordered the Quilter's Dream Select batting - the lightest weight cotton on the market.
Jul 30: Ordered everything i need to make all these quilts. Can't wait. In-house commitments aren't needed in September or later. I'm free to start.
​Aug 02: The fabric for the Ivory Dogwood quilts is here.
Aug 03: The print is so much larger than I expected that I am trying to get a feel for how the quilting might look. Far from a final decision. First task--pre-wash...tomorrow. May take several tomorrows ... lol
Aug 04: The lights are washed.& ready to cut.
Aug 05: The darks are washed, not dried or pressed.
Aug 06: Working on partly custom, mostly whole cloth layouts. It will be awhile before a final plan emerges. Ideas are floating out there on the "dot" screen; if you know what that is, feel free to take a peek. I've been having an unusual number of "unforeseen circumstances", all good, but hard to get anything I planned done. Good thing too. Just learned my quilt recipients are enduring "unforeseen circumstances" too. 
Aug 09: The last few days, I finished the washing, drying, pressing & folding all the fabrics--a good pause point. I have decided we all need to leave this alone for a while, me too. The parameters & options & decisions & life are conflicting--solve one question, three pop up in its place. There is no urgency here.

Jun 29: When Laurel, working at Ye Olde Forest Quilt Shop, started bring out red, blue & off-white bolts, I started grabbing them. Wonder what Joan's noodling will create.
Jul 13: Measured and labeled everything.
Jul 14: Took out fabric for two project: Disappearing Pinwheel Friendship Star & jelly roll and RB dotted batik for Yet TBD.
Jul 15: Shipping to Joan today.
​Jul 27: Picked up a couple more fabrics for Joan & a jelly roll for me to create something.

Jul 02: Love these panels I picked up over the weekend at Ye Olde Forest Quilt Shop. Got the batik for border &/or backing. Thinking checkerboard interleaving the tan and black blocks. Need to play...
Jul 03: Just ordered a total of 3 tan & 3 black panels.
Jul 11: Played in EQ7 to get a basic rendition.
​Jul 27: Picked up some more fabrics at Ye Olde Forest Quilt Shop to blend the sets of blocks.
​Jul 30: Polished off 2 designs I think will work nicely but had to buy a full priced yard of the lettering to make it happen. Worth it I think. Six  extra blocks for a wall hanging & making use of the fabric that didn't work in the quilts. HA! Having so much fun with this.

Jun 28: While enjoying having my daughter, Joanne all to myself last Friday afternoon, Terry came in with this beautiful, nicely done hand pieced Flying Geese heirloom quilt. Joanne picked out fabric for the backing & binding. I brought it home to pre-wash & piece the backing & to longarm it using Deb's Swirls. I'll finish with it with my usual hand binding.
Jul 01: Finally got some pictures & measurements & started this post.

Jun 26: In preparation for my trip to Greensboro for backing fabrics and a 2nd worktable, I mentally devised a new workspace layout that began when I needed to accommodate my TheraCycle.
Jun 27: Off to Greensboro to get the 2nd table (gross--bubble gum stuck to the bottom, spider webs, dust and all.)
Jun 29: Home w/enough fabric to make up for all those trips I didn't make the last two years. A dangerous place, that Ye Olde Forest Quilt Shop. Unloaded the car except for the heavy table.
Jun 30: Trying to get things organized...
July 01: Still trying to get things organized. Got the table moved in. Got the projects bagged up nicely.
July 02: Replacing the well worn ironing board cover. Got  the electrical cords organized.
Jul 03: Finished last night. Only blogging today. In my opinion, this is quite functional & not cluttered. Satisfied for now. With the chaos tamed, I hope I can sleep longer tonight.

​Greensboro trip to Ye Olde Forest
Quilt Shop was quite productive
​and fun, fun, fun..
​ Came home with a car load.

Projects Needing Fabric

• ​RWB fabrics for Joan's Vietnam Vets Project​​
• Sonata by Cozy Quilt Designs
• ​Rum Raisin Bali Crackers - Backing​ & Borders

​New Projects

• ​​​​Homegrown​
• Shells

              Original Katrina Quilt
Jun 09: On the way.
​Jun 13: Quilt is here.
Jun 15: TKQ Faster Posies w/Magnifico #2003 Snow Flake thread.

Jun 09: On the way.
​Jun 13: Quilt is here.
Jun 15: Adjustable Double Spiral w/​Magnifico #2164 Shiver thread.

May 05, 2019: A special couple has just commissioned this fun little quilt. This is an enlarged version of the original made in 2015. Someone is living right because to be able to find the same fabrics 4 years later is rare ... and I know who they are! (When I first learned they were in the market for a quilt, I sold them on Joan's beautiful Gold Quilt, my heart throb since I did the binding on it back 2016. They still wanted one made by me so this will be it.
​May 06: Ordered fabric from Nuts and Bolts Fabric & AceHardwareMerc. I must say the ladies behind these shops have the best customer service I have experienced. Thank you Earleen & Jenn.
​May 09: Fabrics are here. At the end of an aggravating day of longarming, I decided to go ahead and cut the charm pack in pieces for making the braids.
​May 11: Planning the braids.
​May 12: Sewing the braids. This is so much fun & fast. No fussy points yet looks tedious. Didn't start sewing until after 8 PM and got halfway in an hour.
​May 15: Finished the braids. Cut the sashing and borders.
May 27: Trimmed the braids. Added the sashing.
May 28: Added borders. Quilt top is pieced. Backing is ready.
May 30: Programmed. Loaded. Quilted.
​May 31: Made the binding.
Jun 01: Binding is attached. Ready for hand work.
​Jun 04: Started hand work.
​Jun 07: Binding is finished & thus the quilt is finished.
Jun 10: Delivered in person.

Jun 04: Gail is here with a quilt she is making for her grandson, Gabriel. Fish, dinosaurs, basketball, golf, etc.--this quilt is loaded with memories. Very creative.
​Just over half done.
​June 05: Quilted & binding attached.

Aug 23, 2014: Purchased 2 pre-cut packages of 10" squares.
Apr 16, 2017: Saw a pattern I love for these fabrics, Cinnamon Toast
​May 24, 2017: Bought the Cinnamon Toast quilt pattern.
May 04, 2018: Look at some of the quilt ideas under Salsa.
May 27, 2019: Marilyn & Kenny stopped by. Kenny is team leader on the projects around here lately beginning with getting my bike here and setup. Greg is his partner when needed. Marilyn brought me fresh veggies from their garden. This layer cake will become Marilyn's quilt. Just have to figure out what to make.
Jun 12: Did Alternating 4-Patch & Hour Glass mockup.
Jun 14: Did Twister mockup
Jun 28: Decided to use the alternating quilt. Picked up fabrics for borders, binding & backing at Ye Olde Forest Quilt Shop today.

May 25: Quilt is here. Will be doing modified custom with no sew zones around each klapperdeckchen. Beautifully pieced by Wilhelmina Gottschalk.
​Jul 22: Prepped ready to load.
Jul 23: Loaded. Quilting Pearl Swirls using Off-White Bottom Line thread. Perfect pattern for this quilt. Love it.
​Jul 25: On the third day, it is quilted.

Dec 24, 2018: Around noon, I got an email from Craig Evans about my UNC Tarheels Quilt. This is a slightly modified version enlarged to king size.
​Dec 26: Plan is finalized, fabric is ordered.
Dec 29: The flannel backing is here & it is awesome.
Jan 02, 2019: All the rest of the fabrics are here.
​Jan 03: Pre-washed the white fabric.
​Jan  07: Proposed lettering quilting patterns.
Jan 17: Returning Blueberry fabric that worked on previous quilt because the feature fabric had some light blue but not so good for this one. Using me new Kona color card, I ordered Prairie Sky in its place.
Feb 01: Now know exactly how much background fabric I need before pre-washing.
Feb 02: Fabrics are washed ready to cut.
​Feb 04: Working on the background blocks.
Feb 16: Background squares are trimmed.
​Feb 17: Strips cut for windows & borders. Starting on window blocks.
Feb 18: Making progress on the window blocks. Short a strip of Prairie Sky fabric because there were flaws in what I received. MSQC is sending enough replacement fabric for me to finish.
Feb 19: Finished the blocks.
Feb 23: Carolina flannel backing & navy borders & sashing are pre-washed.
​Feb 24: Started on the sashing. Made the binding.
Feb 25: Rows are mostly done.
Feb 27: Half of the quilt center is in one piece. Still waiting for 3.5" of light blue fabric.
Mar 01: The last bit of fabric is here now.
Mar 08: The last 3 blocks are ready to insert into the quilt top.
Mar 11: Organized sashing & border strips.
Mar 13: Sashing & borders.
Mar 17: The quilt top is in one piece. Only borders left.
Mar 20: Sashing is finished. Working on white border.
Mar 23: White border done.
Apr 04: Change of plans. Going to do custom stitch in the ditch quilting of this one.
Apr 10: Quilt top is finished.
Apr 30: Got the main backing done.
May 01: Leaders added to make the backing large enough to load.
May 02: Loading.
​May 03: Loaded.
​May 07: Quilting.
May 09: After quilting many rows without a hitch, I suddenly had a thread/tension problem yesterday. Resolved it this morning. Should finish quilting today. NOPE. It is one of those nightmare after nightmare days.
May 10: Quilted. All is well that ends well.
May 15: Squared the quilt in preparation for binding.
​May 21: Binding is attached.
May 22: Clipped the binding and started the hand work.
May 24: Binding is done thus the quilt is done.
Jun 10: Shipped. Craig has been out of town.