Cleo came back from the longarm quilter and I am mostly pleased. She used a brown thread for the quilt pattern. The only thing I don’t like (and there’s nothing to be done about it) is the quilting in the cat’s face. I have a second panel and will probably do the quilting myself.

Here’s a picture of my design wall

Foundation paper piecing examples: complete and incomplete

All of these are foundation paper piecing (FPP) - some complete, some not. I worked on NYB (New York Beauty) blocks for what felt like years. I got the spires working pretty well and was able to complete the quarter circle competently. However, I could not figure out the cutting of the block. It should have come out to 8.5” but I had virtually no luck with that. So, for the moment, I’ve decided to abandon the NYB for the moment and stick to simple FPP which I like a lot. I really like the second block on the upper row and plan to make placemats or a table topper using that block using batik fabric.

I received clue #2 on my mystery quilt; you can see all the clues here (there’ll be nine clues).