Contemplating Border

I didn’t work at the sewing machine at all yesterday – the first day in awhile I must admit – I just needed a break from piecing!  I did look at Good Fortune some more though thinking about what to do next.  This is when a design wall really comes in handy.  I pinned some green strips to the wall – I do not intend to have wide strips these where in my string boxes and just dug through to get some green and pulled them out – so they got pinned to the wall – then I put some neutral on top of them and the checkers.

A close up – I kind of like this.  This will still not be as wide as I need but keep in mind that after the “checker board” of red/neutral I will have some half square triangles up there too and then I will need to finish off with a little more.  To get the quilt to the 100 inch square about that I like I need add about 13.5 inches all around.  Right now I “think” that the triangles will be a mixture of blues and green and neutrals.  I am not sure what will be after that.  Today  I might try to get the green sashing in place and maybe some of the neutral – instead of doing the neutrals in as many pieces as Bonnie had us do in other areas I might just sew long strips together (maybe 12”?) until they are long enough for each side.  With so much going on in this quilt I don’t think it would look odd.

Instead of sewing machine work after I got done cleaning the house yesterday morning I got the crochet out and worked on it quite a bit while watching a little tv for a change –and then I managed to get it finished up while the evening news was on.  Linking my finished scarf to The Crafty Quilter.

Here is a close up of what the stitches look like – on the left you can see what the back side looks like with this Tunisian Simple Stitch.  Very pebbly and I don’t think it would matter all that much which way is showing while wearing it.  Now that this scarf is finished I will start to look over the directions for the afghan I have planned – find my crochet hook and get started  – this one is done with a regular hook not the long one like I used for this scarf.

Quilting on the Retro Airship Propellers from Wednesday night – I did finish up on the right side and rolled it down without taking a photo – forgot all about it.

In this photo if you look at the top of the frame – that is the last row of propeller blocks!! can you believe it – I never would have thought this large quilt would be going this fast – I started quilting on December 13.  When I see that I think it is nice that I didn’t put a ton more quilting in it!!  Linking to Busy Hands Quilts — Confessions of a Fabric Addict –– Silly Mama Quilts — Peacock Party —

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