I played "hooky" yesterday...

As much as it pained me to do it, I decided to stay home and work on this Zenith quilt top yesterday rather than going to my quilting class. I missed seeing all of my friends, but it was the right choice since I finished getting it assembled.

 

I plan to work on finishing up my Midnight at the Oasis quilt and I need the design wall in order to do that. Now that the Zenith top is finished, I can take it down and put it into the to be quilted pile. And, the MATO can go back up on the wall. I'm more than half way to being finished and what I do have left is easy.

I'm still working on the cargo duffel. I had to lay off for a couple of days since I was waiting for my zipper to arrive. I wish I could have found a zipper I like better, but the one I got will work just fine. I was looking for one with with two pulls so that I can open it from either end and this one does, but it's not pretty. I hope to have time to work on it this weekend, although...

On Saturday I'm taking Kathy Doughty's Modern Wedge class in Orange County. Yippee! To tell the truth, I don't even care if I get much done in terms of starting/making a quilt. I'm more interested in meeting Kathy and listening to her quilting and fabric philosophy. I've been following her on her blog for years and greatly admire her fabulous ability to combine interesting/unusual fabrics. To say that I'm excited is an understatement. :)

Take care,

MATO QAL - the final link up!

It's the last day of our Midnight at the Oasis (MATO) QAL. It's hard to believe I've been working on this quilt for four months already. I've still got just a tiny, tiny bit left to do on the applique border but, as you can see here, I've gone ahead and made some of the blocks needed for the following three borders just to get a feel for what the completed quilt might look like. I'm going to continue working on it and know that it will go much quicker when I begin the rest of the borders.

I'm going to love it when it's finished! I'm so glad I signed up to do this quilt before I had really fully read the pattern instructions. I might have chickened out and not done it and that would have been a shame. It's been a true learning process and I think I can safely say that this is my favorite quilt out of all that I have made over the years.

I've linked up with Sharon at her blog, Fabric and Flowers, and hope the others making the quilt do too!  Thanks so much to Sharon and Jess, too, at the Elven Garden for hosting this great QAL!

I'll post photos of this quilt again, when I have the top done and one final time when it's completely finished (quilted and bound)! 

Take care,

I'm linking up to all of my previous MATO posts for future reference! They are #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, and #6.

MATO progress... working on it today!

I've been working on the applique border of my MATO quilt every Thursday at quilting class and I can finally see light at the end of the tunnel. I'm hoping after today, I'll be 95% done.

This has been such a fun quilt. Yes, sometimes that applique has seemed tedious, but it's going to be so worth it in the end and I've learned a lot in the process. I'm really loving this quilt and my DH is too!

On another note, I've just listed two Grace Errea patterns in my etsy shop. These are patterns I purchased from her when I took her Eagle class with the intentions of making them fairly soon after the class. Considering that I haven't even finished the Eagle yet (I'm in the process of FMQing it now) I've decided that I'll never get around to it so wanted the patterns made available to someone who actually might make one/both of them up. 

They are here, if you are interested. 

Take care,

MATO progress... or how slow can I go?

I'm slowly - very slowly - getting the applique border done. But, in the meantime, and because I'm already behind schedule, I've made just a few of the small churn dash blocks. I thought about not doing them and substituting something else for this border, but they are so darn cute, I decided it was worth the effort. :)

Linking up here just a little late! :)

Take care,