seven years ago...
the Fat Quarter Shop had a Christmas Block of the Month available...
Everyone and Her Sisters were making the blocks and posting them each month...
really cute blocks...
and, of course, i drank the Kool Aid...
the FQS kits were generous with fabric, and there were almost enough leftovers each month for Melissa to make a block, too...
one of my Favorite Bloggers in the Whole Wide World offered us her scraps and leftovers...
and Melissa and i were off to the races...
we made each of the blocks as the kits arrived...
yep, we actually kept up with the Rest of the World
and had all twelve blocks (times two) finished In A Timely Manner...
Melissa wanted to finish hers just like the pattern, and ordered the finishing kit...
i wanted to use green instead of blue, so i ordered some yardage for the sashings and the borders...
since we were on a roll
and it looked like we were actually gonna get the flimsies put together,
we ordered backing and binding fabrics, too...
all of the goodies arrived
and we ooohed and aaahed at them...
we put everything together with the binder of the monthly patterns and the finished blocks...
fast forward seven years...
a couple of months ago we found all those Goodies in the Great Pile of Stuff...
i said
i'm gonna put my blocks together and get mine outta here!
and Melissa said
i'm gonna finish mine before you finish yours!!!
a few hours later, we both had flimsies...
seriously, it couldn't have taken more than three or fours hours...
it was another hour or two to get the backings together and prep the bindings...
in the meantime...
LuLu added a few more squares to her Very First Ever flimsy
and chose a sweet reindeer flannel for her backing and solid red for her binding...
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| my sweet LuLu and her sweet flimsy |
we sent off all of them to Liz Bowman for quilting...
and they came back from Michigan full of frosty quilted goodness...
a few more hours for the bindings...
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| dianne's FQS 2010 Christmas BOM finally finished in 2017 |
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| Melissa's FQS 2010 Christmas BOM finally finished in 2017 |
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| LuLu's Very First Quilt Ever |
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| LuLu is NOT fond of sewing down her own binding, so i helped |
and our three generations had three completely finished quilts in time for Christmas...
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| we were MADE FOR EACH OTHER!!! |
woo hootie hoo!!!
I'll second, third and fourth that......woo hootie hoo indeed! Well done to all of you!! (and even though it took seven years - it didn't hurt a bit to finish, did it?)
ReplyDeleteIt warms my heart to know I'm not the only one who drags projects out over years, decades, lifetimes! Though I think this is unusual for you. I can back that up with ample evidence(from your own blog!)All three are stunning. Hats of to all of you!
ReplyDeleteHow FUN! You got your quilts done in time for Christmas -- Yipee!!! They're beautiful too -- and congratulations to LuLu on her beautiful little quilt. You definitely ARE made for each other LOL!!!
ReplyDeleteOMGosh we must all be on the same wavelength! I just sent this same quilt to the quilter too! Do you know where your patterns are? I would love to know where I put mine! There are a couple of them I would like to make again. Did Liz quilt snowflakes on them? Did you know that I used my extras and made Liz a quilt top too?? She has yet to quilt hers though. GREAT finish!
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