Friday, January 9, 2009

Friday Finish!

FINALLY had time to finish my Fat Quarter 5 Stripe. Yippee!! It is made with one of my favorite Christmas lines from Thimbleberries called Snow Country. I changed it up a little by using the border fabric in the sashings also. (The original pattern has very scrappy sashings, made using the same 17 different fabrics used in the 15" blocks.)

I don't know what took me so long (Sept. 2003 until now) but I'm so happy that it's done! When I traveled to my first retreat out in Minnesota, this was a class on the final day. I didn't get much of chance to work on it then because I was worried about missing my flight back to NJ. Even though I LOVE this pattern/kit, it just sat in a box for YEARS, with strips pieced together but not yet cut. Now to just get it quilted ;) LOL

Now I need to get working on some old BOMs. I should be posting some pics of those blocks in progress soon...

5 comments:

Kristie said...

Wow! It looks really great!
Kristie

Julia said...

Oh my goodness, I love this!!! How I am ever going to find the time to make all of the beautiful quilts that are out there! :~) This going to the top of my list though! How big is it?

Valerie the Pumpkin Patch Quilter said...

Oh is it ever gorgeous. You did a wonderful job, and I adore the fabric used for the sashing and borders...so pretty! :)

Jacquelynn Fife said...

Sandy & I finished our fie stripes from that first wonderful Thimbleberries Retreat. Remember meeting at the shop window the night we arrived??!

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