I was grateful for the few days at the quilt retreat in June, and have been able to finish up three quilts, but didn't have the energy to write about them until now!
First up - the biggest and oldest quilt, the Bonnie Hunter "On Ringo Lake" quilt, which was the mystery quilt she released after Thanksgiving of 2017. This was my first Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt. I enjoyed the process, and learned lots along the way. I switched up the colors to use fabric from my stash. using yellow/golds, reds, blacks, and light neutrals.
My post about the top is here. Then my steady progress slowed! In early 2019 I got the top pinned, but didn't get to quilting it until a few weeks ago! My guild's biennial quilt show is coming up, and I needed this quilt done in order to enter something! Part of the reason for the delay was trying to settle on a quilting pattern. I didn't want the quilting to distract from the detailed piecing. I ended up decided to do a medium size stipple in the squares, and to just stitch along the seams of the sashing. I used a red Aurifil for the quilting, which seems to blend well.
I also had to decide about the binding. I had considered a black and white stripe, but again, didn't want it to fight with the piecing. I ended up using remaining yellow pieces to create the binding.
This quilt got the cat approval!
That is all I have time for today! I'll soon post about the two baby quilts I finished, but they haven't yet been delivered.
I do post more frequently to my Instagram account because it is much easier to just take a picture than to write! Please look me up and follow me @snugharborquilts!
Take care,
Gretchen
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