Sunday 30 December 2012

The one where the music soars.....

in my head at least - and I danced a bit (my husband thinks I'm nuts) - because this evening, I finished the last FWQA blocks - yep, all 111 of them - and yes, I know I still have to sew the blocks together and finish the quilt - but Rome wasn't built in a day and all that - I started these blocks in June 2012 when I joined the FWQA and initially I made several each week.  However, as things go, my exuberance waned and I found it was months between blocks...they really did become quite tedious.....and then I got another spurt on and another til finally, they're done - the first 3 of the top row I finished last week and the remainder I've finished today - the bottom left block took me longer to make than the other 7!! - actually, that was the penultimate block and just because I really wanted to finish them all today, my sewing machine decided to start playing up - bloody thing - a clean out, a new needle and a change of thread and bobbin helped a little, but it looks like it needs a professional service.....but, it was ok enough for me to finish them all....YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



....and the stack all together...


It must be the right sort of day - because this morning I finished the machine quilting on this baby...

rotten photo - it's night time!

I've custom quilted this - there's feathers and lots of stitch in the ditch (ish!) - I won't win any prizes for the quilting but it's a whole lot better than previous efforts - onwards and upwards!  I'm going to do some hand quilting too so it's not ready for an official finish as yet - I started the quilt top back in April 2010 - I didn't know how to foundation piece so I signed up for a BoM with Stitchin Heaven - it's called 'Dancing with the Stars' and every block is foundation pieced.  It's a big quilt (80" x 92") - but it's almost Oz Open time so the hand quilting can be completed whilst watching the tennis.

On that note, I'm off to add the FWQA photos to Flickr then go to bed - funnily enough I'm pooped!

12 comments:

  1. Just popped over from the Flickr AWQA group - your blocks are gorgeous! Looking forward to seeing it all finished (once you've caught up on some sleep that is!

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  2. Woohoo to you! two great (almost) finishes. You should indeed be dancing and your husband will never understand any more than mine would.

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  3. I love those R&W FW blocks! Great job on them.

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  4. Congratulations on finishing all 111 blocks, they look amazing!

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  5. Wow that's fantastic, congratulations on finishing all the blocks.
    Love the quilt you have just finished quilting, it looks beautiful.

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  6. Hi my little Sis...the foundation quilt is stunning (I have never completed any foundation piecing except n my C&G's) well done you x.

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  7. Also really looking forward to seeing the FWQA finished...you have spurted me on to work on mine again...will dig it out in the morning and start again :) love you tons x hugs Heather x happy 2013 and a new year of sewing :) xXx

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  8. Wow, congrats on reaching this milestone. I'm looking forward to seeing you sew them together :)

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  9. Woohoo! Now go and lie down in a darkened room to recover ;o)

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  10. Truly the music should be soaring, those are wonderful projects. I am so impresses with a finish on all the FW blocks.

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  11. You are simply awesome. Im completely living through your achievements on this quilt because its the only way Im going to be able to see what my quilt would have looked like if I'd been brave enough to finish it.

    Happy dancing here right along with you!

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