Sneaking closer to the end of the year.
Our family celebrated our big Christmas yesterday,
and much to the delight of everyone we had a fantastic time.
Gifts were shared, lots of hugs too.
We all ate way too much
and still have lots of leftovers.
Even a few quilts were given.
The Colorful Filmstrip Quilt went to
the sister of a daughter-in-law.
She really liked it and was looking forward to one as
her parents got a quilt last year.
The big 8s and 10s is on its way too.
It turned out to be a 90"x 90" quilt.
Perfect size for them.
Each 10 1/2" block is made by cutting
the stripped set into 8" x 10 1/2" sections and then adding
a 1 1/2" strip of black to each edge.
Square up and then assemble!
It is fun to do and you can make
a lot of blocks quickly!
As you can see, I made a lot of blocks.
Here is the king-size quilt,
excuse the accompanying Christmas socks.
You can tell my quilt holder is out and about.
One more quilt is waiting to be quilted and bound,
and there is even another stack of 22 blocks.
These would make a nice 40" x 50" lap quilt.
I could also go ahead and make another eight blocks,
and finish it off as a small twin measuring 50" x 60".
What to do , what to do?
I will figure it out and use up those blocks!
The large quilt has a durable yellow background,
which came in a 3 m chunk at a guild garage sale.
I enlarged it with a little bit of batik yellow
and it made a very suitable backing.
Such a fun use of strings and strips.
Also, it helps use up my never ending store of blacks!
Stay safe and sew up the season!
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