Purple Maze Binding Done

I was going to send Purple Maze out for binding but it needed to be done by the 30th to be entered into A Lovely Year of Finishes, I was #111 in the goal setting (Aqua button on the right) and Marilyn (who does a lot of my bindings) was out of town.  After church I sat down and just did it!  Feels good to have it complete.  Now I have a new quilt for our bed as well as a new one for our guest room when we move.  Will have to make matching pillow cases and shams but the quilts are done.

Colors are richer than they look on film

I found out last week that I don't have cancer on my face.  I burned my cheek pretty badly about a month ago and had forgotten about it when I went to my dermatologist for my yearly visit.  He asked what the dry spot on my cheek was and I declared I had no idea.  Since I have had a melanoma, they are extra careful so before i could think he had me lie down and had the needle out to numb my cheek. It hurt so badly that tears were streaming into my ears.  He then did a biopsy and sent me home.  It was several days later that I realized what had happened.  My doc had just biopsied the last evidence of my burn.  I had a good laugh at myself-but I will never tell my doc the truth.

Purple Maze

This pattern is out of  Kathy Doughty's Making Quilts. Her original version is called Red Center and it is smaller than this will be.  Purple Maze will fit our Queen Bed, will be 21x21 4.5"squares with 2 borders: a skinny green and then a 4.5 inch piano key border left over from end of the row scraps.  I bought this fabric almost 4 years ago with another design in mind.  Still love the fabric and even bought 6 yards for a back which is beautiful on its own.  Then i saw Red Center and knew this was the design for that fabric.

Layed out 4.5 strips 6 deep and cut at 5" then cut through stack at angle near middle

I Then shuffled the pack, slipping the top left piece only-to the bottom of the pack.  Then you gather the pairs-making sure they stay pairs and assembly sew away.  Iron open.

      

All strips cut and laid in stacks of six

So nice to see something else on the design wall

All lined up and ready for today except I got "0" sleep last night because of not being able to breathe-so today will not be a sewing day as I hoped it would be.  Also-that is what tomorrow is created for:)

This is the project I am choosing for my April finish for A lovely year of Finishes..  Check out the button on my sidebar

Looking Ahead

 

I have a list of UFO quilts that I need to finish before I move, however, I am looking ahead to quilts of the future.  I bought Kathy Doughty's book, Making Quilts: the Promise of Joy

The pictures are beautiful and there are at least 3 quilts in it that I want to make -actually can't wait to make.  So, I worked out a compromise with myself.  One of my UFO's was supposed to be a stack and whack in green and deep purple.  I am changing it to "Red Center"-although mine will be purple center-so I can at least make one quilt from Kathy's book before I move.  I won't be buying anymore fabric-unless I have to-just repurposing the fabric I have-now I can't wait to start that UFO!



Here is the fabric:

The contrast will be in color rather than value. the middle one may end up being most of the back as I have several yards of it.  I may have to find a few fat quarters to supplement. May even add some Kaffee Fassett.

And this is the first quilt i will be making after the move!

I Love this quilt!