Finally finished!

The front.

This quilt is sort of a quilt-as-you-go even though there's no batting. You sew the blocks together and cover the seam allowances on the back with strips. I had started by sewing one side of a strip into the seam and then folding in the seam allowance and appliqueing the other side down. Does that make sense?

The back.

Anyway, one strip was all it took for me to realize I would never finish the quilt if I hand stitched all those strips! So I pressed the strip seam allowances under, pinned the strips over the exposed seams and machine stitched the sides down. It meant the stitching shows on the front, which doesn't thrill me, but at this point finished was the primary goal!

The fabrics: bright pink, yellows, golds and navy. The color combination inspired by the pink and yellow floral on navy background. I had a fat quarter of it, which was just enough.

This would have been done sooner, but I got distracted by "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest," which is really good. Each book in the triology has been better than the last. And, the book is so thick you really get a workout holding it up in bed!

Carbon dating my UFOs

One of the blocks is turned the wrong way. It's fixed now.

All the blocks for this string quilt UFO are done. It was part of a guild fun night, but as I didn't write the year on the handout I can only estimate that it was started before 2004. Possibly before 2002! And I still like it. Sometimes when the UFOs are that old, you aren't as into the fabric choices as you were when you first picked them out.

This is a summer quilt, meaning their is no batting. The strips are sewn to a fabric square, and the squares are sewn together with sashing on the back to finish those seams. I had enough fabric for 36 9.5-inch blocks and will set it 5 x 7 to get a quilt 45" x 63".

Not sure why I didn't finish it earlier except that the only thread I'd brought with me to fun night was a khaki grey color that I usually use for piecing and the bobbin thread shows on the back. If I'd known what we were doing I would have matched the bobbin thread to the backing squares. It bugged me at the time, but 6, 8 or more years later, I'm over it.