Good evening! It was a cool 104 today here at in our town. We are so blessed to have our home and Studio while the world is going absolutely nuts with the lovely uptick of the CV! Tuesday evening we are going to have a cool front arrive – the first of the season! This will certainly make my morning walk a lot easier (it will be in the ’60s rather than the mid-to high 70’s. Hopefully the humidity will also drop!
Today I finished sewing the larger Dresden Plates to the background fabric! YIPEE!
I was going to sew the buttons on before I put the quilt top together, BUT, alas, my brain kicked in and realized that I needed to sew the top together WITHOUT BUTTONS or I would have had a BIG mess! So tomorrow will be a day to move the cutting table out and put all the blocks on the design board. It will be fun to see how it turns out. I used 1930 fabrics for this quilt.
I also have the borders for A Bountiful Life cut out and the side borders are marked where the vines will go, so I will be working on that in the evening. Once I get all the vines, leaves, and flowers appliqued on the side borders, I will then mark the top and bottom borders. I am hoping to complete this quilt top by the end of October.
I am really feeling good about getting very close to completing all of my UFOs left over from previous years. After I finish sewing Dresden Heaven together, it will be more night work, but only to sew on 110 buttons.
Hopefully by Wednesday (or sooner) I can start on putting Stars Around the Garden together! All blocks are ready to be sewn together but I have to cut out the sashing strips and after I have the top together, I will have some applique for the top left and bottom right corners. It is easy applique, so I do believe that by the the first of October I will be making a new quilt! I am really getting excited now.
I am not concerned about the quilt tops that I need to complete. On 20 October I get another Radio Frequency treatment that will cauterize the nerves again. After that I will begin to focus on getting those quilts quilted! In November or December, the professional long arm quilter is supposed to call about quilting 10 quilts for me. I have my fingers crossed that this will happen.
Have a wonderful week!
Hugs, Nanette
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The dresden plates are so pretty! i can’t wait to see them all together!
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Well, hopefully today, if not tomorrow! Unforeseen requirements have hit today! Hugs
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Wonderful! 😍 weather is looking better for us around here by Wednesday…FALL is coming! 👏👏
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Cool front coming in tomorrow afternoon. It is 100+ heat index today! I could only sit 5 minutes in that brutal heat! Hugs I am so ready for Fall and WINTER.
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What pretty Dresdens. “Only’ 110 buttons! We are looking forward to that cool front too. Have a great week!
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Well, so happy I realized I had to put it together before buttons. LOL. I sat in the sun 5 minutes and no more! Heat Index is about 105 now. 96 degrees. You have a great week. Hugs
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I am excited to see the Dresden quilt finished! You are so close! 🙂
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Well it was going up on the wall, but have some paperwork to do now, maybe I can get it going later this afternoon. Hugs
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You got so much done! and it all looks awesome. I am a slacker…..
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Thank you Ms Lori! Today is some paperwork that needs to be done – darn, maybe later I can get the blocks on the wall and get it put together tomorrow! Love ya! PS you are not a slacker – you have been dealing with Unforeseen Requirements. Hugs
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Lovely Dresden blocks, have fun assembling them, then sewing all these colorful buttons!
Thank you for sharing and linking up with Patchwork & Quilts 😉
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You have been busy for sure. The cooler weather certainly is a plus and helps with keeping us motivated 🙂 I don’t think I have ever seem buttons with Dresden blocks – for the centers I presume. fingers crossed for the l one arm quilter 🙂
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Yeah!
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Looks like a lot of wonderful progress for you, Nanette. Hope you are enjoying the cooler temperatures already.
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The Dresden Plate blocks look great. You’ve made really good progress on moving out those UFOs. Hope this week was as productive.
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