May goals

The past week I FINALLY got the Notre Dame quilt off of the long arm. I am unhappy with myself for the quilting design that I chose but I am thrilled to death that it is done.

I got the idea for this quilt design from Mollie (Mary) Johnson at Making Scrap Quilts. I used smaller nine patches but the idea is the same.

Today I put Dad's memorial quilt on the frame. I used several of his flannel shirts as the focus of each blocks. The blocks are string pieced on muslin foundations. I like how the off white and black strips appear to frame those fabrics. I used minky for the backing and a thin poly batting. This sucker is thick and the seam intersections are resistant to the needle. So I'm doing a large overall meander that would go as quickly as possible as well as allow me to avoid those thick intersections. One more pass to go and it will be done.

I would like to give the memorial quilt to Mom on Mother's Day. And Patrick is coming home from ND for a week on the 10th. So this week my focus will be getting both of these bound and labeled. Woohoo!

May Goals:

1.  Notre Dame quilt top - bind
2.  Dad's memorial quilt - quilt and bind
3.  Quilt Beyond Borders - 2 tops quilted
4. Rainbow Scrap Challenge - two green bags
5. Green charity quilt - Christian Camp Quilt - piece
6. Winter Solstice BOM - block #5
7. Pillowcase for Paige - ABCs
8. Sundress for Paige
9. 3 postage stamp blocks - pieced
10. Jennifer Paganelli UFO - pieced
11. Film at Five UFO top - quilted and bound

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