Illusion Quilt Finished!

 I have to say it felt good being back to quilting again!  Other than binding some old quilt blocks, I haven't finished a quilt since July this year .  You can see that post here.  

This was a fun piece to work on...except I had to remember which way was 'up' so you get the illusion!  HA  Hubby kept reminding me!!!

I really had to figure out how to quilt the piece!  Fortunately, I remembered which was was up to keep the lines in the right direction.  I'm not good at sewing a straight line!  HA

For the border, I figured I could get away with doing some free motion quilting.  I didn't want the lines to go into the border...too many straight lines for me!  

I  used 3/4" masking tape to follow the lines.  Worked for me..although, some of those are still a little crooked!  HA

But it's done!  And now to my next project which is 1) online class for leaf printing with Hilary!  My readers will remember (well, maybe!) I have taken several online classes from her.  I do enjoy her classes and have learned quite a bit from her.  

I've started to collect leaves and excited to get to printing again!!!

2) Making little zippered bags I need as gifts for Christmas!  I need to purchase batting and sandwich half a yard of fabric so I can quilt it; then cut it up and start making the bags!  

3) Our library book sale is coming 10/18 & 19 so that will take some time for our setup.  But I can work on all those projects at once, right!

Back to quilting

 

While waiting for my Needlepoint piece to be matted/framed, I decided to play with starting a new quilting project.  But what to make???  I found a pattern for Labyrinth Walk (2019 pattern), which is one of The Guilty Quilter 'illusion' quilts.  I haven't used a pattern in years so this was fun!  HA

Don't shoot the photographer...this really is a square piece.  I had to use the back of a black pattern fabric since I didn't have any light gray.  Again, this was using all spare/scrap fabrics.

 It's quite large for a block, 22"x22".  But nice if you want a quick guilt block...well, you'd need five of the blocks above and 4 of these blocks in the pattern to make a full quilt.

I made the block in one day...worked in the afternoon and then after dinner.  I don't intend to make the whole quilt. 

28"x28"

I added black border and I do like the illusion block...I am thinking of going to a quilt shop near me - I know Susan, that's a surprise to you!  HA  I only would fabric shop when in Florida with my Q Bud, Susan...so she'll appreciate the fact I 'may' go fabric shopping!  HA  Will I make more of these blocks??  Who knows...but I may at least put on a border and quilt the block.

Wednesday is dog spa day and volunteer at the library; Thursday meeting my pal, Carol for lunch - Mary couldn't make our lunch so we'll plan another day! 

 Until then, I finished painting/stamping posterboard to make book marks for our fall book sale at the library. I need to sew two pieces together for the bookmarks but had to order a Teflon foot for my sewing machine.  Regular foot sticks due to stamping and paints.  I'm back using my newer machine...giving the 'old gal-1090' a rest!

Just busy work, which I love!  Yes, I do have a knitting project I started so that will keep me busy too at night watching TV!  Love having so many projects...SQUIRREL!  I just discovered a ton of hexes I've paper pieced!  what to do with them!  Hmmmmmm   Hahahahahahah