Five Shadows

This week I completed the final quilt in Jaybird Quilts Journey 2 Nebula quilt along.

Project 6, pattern Gazebo makes a nice table topper. I used Tula Pink fabrics and Aurifil Violet 2520 thread for quilting.

The quilting shows up well on Moda Grunge fabric for the back.

Continuing on with Helen Godden’s Flower Power 2 quilt along, she has now presented 5 blocks. Here are mine.

Block 2 Thistle

Block 3 Magnolia

Block 4 Orchid

Block 5 Pansy. I’m using Hand dyed fabric by Vicki Welsh. Gutermann black thread. There are 9 blocks in the quilt along.

I’ve quilted the two side panel for my son’s quilt and have gone back to the center to add more quilting. I’ll share a photo next week once the three sections are all sewn together.

Last Week’s To-Do List:

1. Cut & piece Gazebo, project 6 in #journey2nebula. ✔️ It’s a complete table topper!
2. Continue quilting on son’s quilt. ✔️ Side panels quilted!
3. Follow along on Flower Power 2 quilt along. ✔️ 5 flowers quilted

This Week’s To-Do List:

1. Finish quilting center of son’s quilt.
2. Sew the first three sections together for son’s quilt.
3. Stay up to date on Flower Power 2 quilt along.

Linking to To-Do Tuesday hosted by Home Sewn by Us. Go take a look what all the participants are working on this week!

First up, Journey 2 Nebula Quilt Along.

Candy Dish quilted and bound, project 5 in Jaybird Quilts quilt along.

This week we start project 6, Gazebo, in the quilt along.

I selected Tula Pink fabrics for Gazebo and need to cut and piece the top.

Next, I figured out a bit of curved quilting for the center of the quilt I’m making for my son and DIL.

I did little arches in the print pieces of the blocks. The white background needs something, not sure yet. I don’t want this to be heavily quilted as I want it soft for using on their bed.

For the appliqué sections of the quilt I outlined the appliqué,

and then added meandering with little loops. I’m not totally pleased with this, but hope it all pulls together with the other sections once completed. I need more practice for smooth quilting.

I added an unexpected project to my list for November. Last week I saw Helen Godden offered a second Flower Power quilt along and I could not resist! The QAL started Sunday, November 8th.

Here is my first block, Arum Lily. My finished blocks will be 7″ square. I’m quilting on Vicki Welsh hand dyed fabrics using Mettler black thread.

Below is the quilt I made back in April from Helen Godden’s first Flower Power quilt along.

It was fun, and I got to play with many free motion quilting motifs. I do need practice, so I jumped in on the new Flower Power 2 quilt along.

Last Week’s To-Do List:

1. Quilt & bind Candy Dish, project 5 in #journey2nebula ✔️
2. Quilting center section of quilt for my son & DIL ✔️ Center & one side.

This Week’s To-Do List:

1. Cut & piece Gazebo, project 6 in #journey2nebula.
2. Continue quilting on son’s quilt.
3. Follow along on Flower Power 2 quilt along.

Linking to To-Do Tuesday hosted by Homesewn by Us.