Aviatrix update

This past week I've been close enough that I have been squaring up blocks for my Aviatrix Medallion quilt. But there is one problem. I didn't use an exact 1/4" seam allowance. So the blocks are slightly smaller than they need to be. That has been frustrating. With Mom's help, I decided to still square up all the blocks. And I'll adjust the frame in between with the background gray fabric. I haven't sewn border 6 (butterflies; the last border) yet. Before I sew anymore I need to find the 1/4" seam foot that goes on my sewing machine. I guess I need to start using that when I quilt to get a more accurate seam. I still like this quilt it won't be perfect but it's mine so that's okay.

the original quilt

I was also thinking of labeling my quilts. I need to find a good way for making labels.

This Blog Lost Momentum

I haven't been over here for a long time.

I think using some other social media took away my thoughts to write a blog post.

Well I'm back. So let's keep you updated.

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Instagram. I'm still taking photos for a daily prompted photo challenge. Sometimes I'm better then other times but I'm getting good at seeing things differently. This month I started a second challenge with book related prompts. It's been a lot of fun.

I've bought a few more quilt patterns. I'm excited to make them all eventually. I bought a new binder to keep all of my patterns in. I have a lot of patterns now. I made a table of contents for the front.

I'm still slowly working on my Aviatrix Medallion quilt. I have one main border and two small neutral borders to complete. Also I still have to figure out how I want to do the center block. But the borders I have made, the blocks are so pretty. I'm really excited to see the quilt all put together. I should start looking at backing fabric.

Work is work. The football season is winding down. We have two more games. We have had a pretty good season. Right now we are 6-3. Basketball is starting. Next week we are hosting high school football. Those are always busy days.

Reading. My goal for this year was to read 40 books. I got busy and didn't read for a few weeks. So as of right now I've only read 20. According to Goodreads I'm 14 books behind schedule. lol. But I went to the library the other day and checked out eight novels. A few of those are the first in a series. But I couldn't decide what to read right then so I got them all.

I Do Exsist

I know it's been over two months since I posted here. I've just been caught up in other things.

I'm still working on my Aviatrix Medallion quilt. I have a couple of border's blocks done. But I haven't sewed anything for maybe a month.

At work we have been stuffing the 2014 season football tickets for the past couple of weeks. It is a lot of work. More so then previous years.

As evidenced on my Instagram.

I have been sucked into joining GISHWHES this year with Katie. But let's be honest here. I didn't take much convincing. This sounds like so much fun. You'll be hearing more about this after that week.

And yeah. That's going to be it for now.

The Start Of A Beautiful Thing

About a month and a half ago I found this wonderful quilt by Elizabeth Hartman. I bought the pattern and have been hunting for the perfect fabric for weeks now.

I finally have all my colors in hand and I'm ready to start making this Aviatrix Medallion quilt.

Here is Elizabeth's original quilt in all solids. I love it so much.

I wanted to do a scrappy version but staying close to solids. So I thought of batiks. I looked online and ordered some fabrics I thought worked well together. But when I got them I saw that I need to sub out a handful of fabric colors because they didn't look well together. The final mix I have now is bright and gorgeous. It's just what I am wanting. Not all of the fabrics are now batiks but they are very basic tones so they still work very well with the fabrics I still have. Let me show you what I've picked out.

Left: My original thoughts for colors. Needed different blues and yellows.
Right: Final colors. The purple and gray are the only colors I didn't add too.

Purple

Yellow

Green

Blue

Gray/Neutral

Left: Kona Ash for background.
Right: Kona Bone for accent white.

The gray fabric is actually what Elizabeth uses in her original quilt. I liked that combo so I got it too. But I'm putting in a different order. I like the varying gray colors mixed around, not in a row like the colors are.

I haven't bought backing or binding for this quilt yet. I couldn't decided on a color and I don't need to until later. I do like how she uses one of her grays for the binding. I might do the same. For the backing I actually had an idea to just sew large pieces of fabric together. Something like this. I would use the same fabric that I use in the top, of course, so it still coordinates together. Something fun but simple for the back is what I'm going for.

Now I'm all ready to cut the fabric ...