I loved this pattern from the moment I saw it; it was designed by Yvonne Fuchs of Quilting Jetgirl. You can see all the information on the QAL here. I decided to join the QAL and went for the most difficult setting. Of course, this was all before I knew I would be running my own QAL, but once I am committed, I am in. I persisted with this; it is the last of my 3 2023 QALs to be finished. It is nearly there, but the quilting will be delayed a little longer. However, this is a post, celebrating the QAL and connecting the parade of quilts, hosted by Yvonne here.
My Fabric Choices
For QALs, I try to use my stash and was able to that for this one. I did need to purchase one fabric, and that was the purple used in the drunkard’s path blocks.
Yes, my first block was a bit muddy….but I persisted.
Here is what the first 6 blocks looked like. I could have been a bit more precise on the piecing of the curves! I decided not to let pride get in the way and forge ahead.
These are the next 3 blocks. You can see I did not follow Yvonne’s setting, mostly because my colors shifted a few times and I moved things around row by row.
As the final row was added, you will see the top row is now the third row! I am waiting to assemble the quilt and batting as I will need to finagle this quilt on the frame a little differently since it is a bit bigger than most of my quilts.
I am hoping the humidity drops and I can do the spray basting in a day or two. My long arm also had an upgrade, and so I am relearning a few things. A benefit quilt is being quilted before I put this on the frame. I am glad to share in the final linky party, only sorry that I didn’t get it quilted, but it shouldn’t be long. I the fall, I am hoping to begin training for hospice and hope that I can send this quilt to a hospice.
Coming Up on the Blog
More Ferry Pillows
Yoga Quilt #1
Ultimate Travel Bag
Linky Parties
Diatom QAL Final Linkup
Patchwork and Quilts
Monday Musings
Sew & Tell
Friday Foto Fun
Fabric Stash
NET Fabric: -17.75 yards
No changes from prior post. I will add Diatom in when it is quilted.
