For our monthly sewing day in August this was my project.

I would have thought I had enough four patches and squares pre-made but that was not the case. I had a few larger four patches that I was able to trim down but for the majority of them I was starting from scratch. I had the small squares in my stash though so that gave me a head start. I’m re-thinking my scrappy projects; I’m trying to make them a bit more organized. I had the border strips on my cutting table from another project so I dug in my bins to get the red squares.

After everything was organized actually putting the project together was quite easy. The quilting is very simple – no thread colour changes involved.

While we were discussing each other’s projects I realized I had missed one project in my alphabetical listing so I guess that one (Carol) will be my next project.

This was my July project for stitching with Stacia and Deloise. It took me until the middle of August to get it done but who’s keeping score. I was determined to get it finished before our August sewing day so at least I met that challenge.

I thought the baskets were fiddly to sew but that border was even worse. I’m missing points on pretty much everything but done is done.

I had my roll of batting out for another project so got it sandwiched without having to sew together small scraps. The quilting is very simple so it went quickly.

It hung for a minute on the stairwell until I replaced it with another long overdue project. I’m still hoping to find a home for it somewhere on the stairwell.

I purchased this pattern at the CQA show in Vancouver in 2018. I remember struggling to find the fabrics shown on the pattern; they came from various shops, mostly in the US. In late fall of 2019 I started sewing and completed the first two rows of small stars on a quilting retreat with Stacia and Deloise. A journal entry from August of 2020 mentions the trouble I was having with the appliqué on the dresses. By March of 2022 the top was done.

The project showed up on my UFO list for 2023, saying it was ready for quilting. As with many of my UFO projects it never got done. I turn over my UFO list in January every year so Farmhouse showed up again in my list for this year.

This June its number was drawn and I started quilting. It took all of June as well as July to get it finished. And even when I thought I was finished I realized I needed to add a sleeve as I hope the quilt will be accepted into the Guild’s 2025 quilt show.