Red, White & Blue Quilt--Finished

Red, White & Blue

Finished

It is finished!

Quilted, and sent to it's new home.

 A few close ups

 The label

 A special label, sewn into the backing of the quilt.

I hope that Billie will enjoy her new quilt,

I enjoyed making it for her.

Merry Christmas, Mrs. B

Another Red, White & Blue Update

Update

Red, White & Blue

Adding another touch

 One of the requests for this quilt was to add

"In God We Trust"

fire up the embroidery machine

 there ya go........

 All of the rows are put together,

top is done, tomorrow will construct the 

backing and get it onto the longarm.

 Another look at the center

Until tomorrow.

Red, White & Blue Quilt

 Red, White & Blue

Progress Report

 All of the blue/white and red/white blocks are 

made and squared up

 

 Sashing and corner squares are cut

 Now to sew together the sashing strips and corner squares

 for placing between the rows.

Here are the first 3 rows of the quilt top

5 more rows to go, then to the quilting machine.

Red, White & Blue Quilt

Red, White & Blue Update

Working on the blocks for the RW&B quilt

The blue and white blocks are finished

14 of them, ready for sashing.

 Now for the red and white group

this is how they will look.

 For me it works to "stage" my work

this helps me hopefully not make a mistake in construction.

Each block contains 9 - 4.5 in blocks

It is important to make sure the star points are

going the right way, so staging helps with that.

 I begin with the upper two right blocks in the first row.

keeping them in the correct orientation, I move

them closer to the machine

 placing them right sides together and then pin them together

with the pin on the edge that is to be sewn

 it is so easy to sew the wrong edge...I have done it to many times

 so I pin. 

 with all 16 pinned, I can now chain piece the pieces

 after sewing, I will place them back in their place as

they should be, and add the end piece.

Then move to the second row.

Once all the rows are constructed, I will join the rows.

Progress is being made.

Seems things keep stopping me from working

hopefully that is all over with and I can get this 

quilt together.

Until later....God's Blessings