Forever and a Day

When Cheryl of Meadow Mist Designs

announced her plans to have another mystery quilt along

I attempted a fabric pull,

but I didn't have enough background fabric on hand.

I did, however, have the fabric ready for her
State of Being
quilt,
so I decided I'd work on that instead.

It was lots of fun to make.

Orientation of the half square triangles

kept me on my toes 

as I was sewing the diagonal rows together.

I couldn't wait to start free motion quilting it.

I used dot-to-dot quilting 

in all the gray and green triangles and squares.

Then I filled in the white background with concentric swirls,

pebbles, and straight lines.

My island quilty friend had a whole bolt of a gray print,

so we struck a deal,

(more about that in a future post)

and she gave me enough to back the quilt.

(As always, if you click the picture, you'll get an enlargement.)

I love this quilt.

It's the perfect size, 54" x 60".

I used Kona solids

(I prefer Free Spirit, but they're hard to find)

and Auriful thread.

Now, it's time to make a label.

I'm seriously considering renaming the quilt

to Forever and a Day

because that's how long it took

for me to FMQ it.

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We had our first frost the night before last.

While this isn't my favorite time of year

(I'm a summertime gal)

I was pretty excited because it means

I can harvest the cranberries

from up in the meadow.

Enjoy your day!

Thanks for popping in.

~Karen