I’m delighted to write that the Standing Strong quilt is complete. I’ve decided to gift it directly to my nephew, Billy, a career Army Sergeant.

I delivered it to Amy of Amy’s Beautiful Creations and gave her free rein to quilt it as she desired. The next picture is a closeup of the quilting pattern. Stars and loops really enhance my quilt top.

I decided to do a “quick and dirty” table topper project for our dining room table. I used the Old Italian Block pattern in batik fabric. Here’s the quilt sandwich; it’ll be complete in a couple of days. . .

My next project is a quilt for the house titled “Church Window”. Here’s the inspiration quilt:

We both fell in love with that wonderful bronze color and the beige and the black sashing !! I reached out to my favorite Etsy fabric person, Natalie of Everyday Fabric Shop and she put together a fabric pull based on the picture above.

I nixed the flowers at the left and the far right with an explanation to her and asked for replacements. She cheerfully complied and here’s her second pull plus a suggested backing. Sold !!, said I

Over the past couple of days, I’ve studied the pattern and, as I do quite often, I pulled some scrap fabric and cut out a couple of the trapezoids and right angles. I also cut some sashing (the stiped fabric). It doesn’t look like much yet, but I’ll sew those together and get a good feel for the block before I cut my actual fabric. More soon. ..