Orchid Quilt

Since Monday I have been working on the Orchid Quilt for my mother-in-law. Really, I didn't get much work done on it until yesterday. My rotary blade needed to be replaced so I picked one up Tuesday after my daughter's field trip. Then Wednesday I figured I should work on something for Addison's teacher since Thursday was her last day. I ended up finding this really cute bookshelf mini quilt on Elizabeth Dackson's blog, Don't Call Me Betsy. It ended up not quite as nice as I was hoping for and I should have taken more time to complete it but her teacher liked it so all is well. For the binding I just pulled the backing fabric around to the front to save myself a little time.

I only got a iPhone picture because I finished stitching the binding down right before the bus got here.

Finally, I was able to get all of the pieces cut Thursday night and all the half square triangle units sewn and trimmed today. I decided not to do the paper pieced center block because, honestly, I didn't want to do it. Dealing with twenty-two different shades of purple that are unmarked is not the easiest thing to do so I ended up not fully following the pattern but I did use the same layout. That is one of my favorite things about quilting; you do what works for you.

The top piecing should be done tomorrow. The borders will probably be my Sunday project. My goal is to start quilting it by Monday which I should be able to do.

What are you working on this weekend?

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