To Sir With Love - Pieced 02/05/2016. Quilted 03/16/2016. Bound 04/24/2016.

Home at last - in Dennis's room. Photo by Dennis.

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QUILTING Section.

​Piecing

​                                                2013
Sep 14: Purchased the project at Ye Olde Forest Quilt Shop in Greensboro. Couldn't pass it up. The two fabrics in the squares are no longer available anywhere. I love both.
Sep 15: EQ7 rendition.
Sep 16: Ordered some rulers including Tri-Recs Tools and Angler 2.
Sep 25: Started cutting triangles.
Oct 03: I hope to make significant progress today. Well, I managed to sew 30 side triangles onto 30 center triangles at the wrong place so I did not get the square edge I needed. After ripping out those 30 seams, I decided to wait for another day to try again.
Oct 04: Finally moving the right direction.
Oct 05: 30 blocks done.
​​                                                2016
Jan 08, 2016: This is now Dennis's quilt so time to get back to it. It has simply needed someone to love it.

Jan 20: Cutting all the pieces for the center of the quilt. If I enlarge the quilt, I don't have enough backing--a decision I need to make soon enough. Also short on the black so I just ordered 2 more yards.
Jan 21: Found some flannel backing I like perhaps better than what I have on hand so I ordered it. Got the 140 side black triangles sewn onto the white triangles.
Jan 22: Working on adding small lower corner squares. Finished what I had cut from 2013. Started basting pairs of blocks when Oops! I was supposed to press seams open. Took the time to go back and do that. Putting together what I have now before doing any more cutting.
Jan 23: Have everything together until I cut more. Two rows complete.
Jan 24: Back to the cutting board today, so to speak. Need 60 each of the small squares to sew onto the black & white squares. First, I went pattern hunting & posted some overlays for Dennis to consider. The squares are complete & ready to be joined into blocks...tomorrow.
Jan 25: Basted the blocks together in pairs.
Jan 28: Ready to sew those basted seams from Monday. Completed the last 30 blocks. Backing fabric came in.
Jan 29: I have terrible success using pins to match points on seams that are pressed open. I have found that Wonder Clips work great. They hold the point together until I can get the fabric just left of the needle. From there I can hold it until I get a few basting stitches in. So easy to check points after clipping and again after basting. Rows are done except for pressing.
Jan 30: After pressing & trimming the rows, I will cut and add the sashing & borders. Well, I got the sashing cut anyway.
Jan 31: The sashing is on.
​Feb 01: Two borders are on. Two to go. Already the quilt top has outgrown my full size bed.
​Feb 03: Third border is on. Now the black. Side borders are on.
​Feb 04: Only top & bottom borders left. Dennis has chosen Lovegrass Petite for his pantograph. Spent the day doing overlays on this and another quilt. Perhaps can finish those last two borders tomorrow.
​Feb 05: All borders are on & thus the quilt top is finished.

​Quilting

Feb 20: Pre-washed the backing making it nice and soft instead of so stiff. Cur the batting. Sampled thread types & colors--hmm, don't like what I am seeing. Squared the backing & trimmed to fit my rails only to discover when loading that I had forgotten to leave the extra 6" buffer. Well, darn. Then again, I now have plenty of backing to make a couple of large pillows or a dresser scarf. 
Feb 21: Decided on Bottom Line #622 Gray. Of course I only have a partial spool & no bobbins so have just placed an order. While checking IQ for thread requirements, I tweaked the plan slightly to place the pattern just so in the borders where it will show the most. Meanwhile, I am adding 3" leaders to the sides of the backing & going ahead with loading. After that, I'll just shift gears and start cutting Pineapple Rhapsody until the thread gets here. Back & batting loaded.
Mar 13: Top is loaded. Quilting.
​Mar 16: Quilted. Next is the binding.
Mar 21: Ordered black fabric for binding.
Mar 28: Made binding.
Mar 31: Attached binding.
​Apr 08: Clipped the binding. Ready for hand work.
Apr 22: Working full time on the hand binding.
Apr 24: Binding is finished. And thus the quilt is finished.
​Apr 25: Delivered in person.