TATW Flimsy Finished!

This is a post I am very happy to share! I finished a quilt top! I've not been the most productive quilter in recent months, so to be able to share a flimsy is quite a feat! My Trip Around the World finishes at 80 inches square. Every seam matched up perfectly and construction was a breeze.

 Back in February, I bought most of the calico florals used in this quilt. While I was having my yardage cut, the shop clerk and I chatted about my plan for these fabrics to be used in a Trip Around the World quilt. 

You know how we quilters are -- one comment led to another and before I knew it we were exchanging phone numbers! She promised to send me a pattern she had long planned to make, but alas, hadn't ever done it.

Jump to June - 4 months later - I finally cut out all the strips for this quilt and begin stitching. Then the knee surgery and a pause. Now, just after the 4th of July, I have completed it!

I repeated 4 fabrics in this quilt.With there being so much variety in the colors, I wasn't concerned about repeating, and I loved the prints, so why not?  The pattern Samantha provided was as easy as can be to follow. I hope she knows what a blessing she has been in this effort! That shop is the BEST!! I will shop at The Quilted Twins every winter we go to Florida! They are a wonderful shop and so friendly! I have already sent her pics of this flimsy.

But I digress...Let's have a few more views of the quilt. 

I have yet to consider how this will be quilted. I think it would be easy to hand quilt, and I could very well go that route. I could make hand-quilting even faster by doing the 'big-stitch' method. I can also just put it on the long arm, and get'er done. 

 

I sure do love this quilt, and I hope I don't dither too long in getting it quilted. Allowing it to languish in the closet for years would be a travesty. So  many quilt tops are already hanging there waiting to to quilted.  I have got to remedy this!

One remedy will begin today. I am taking my long arm machine to a repair shop for a long-overdue tune-up. I've not successfully quilted on that machine since last fall. Waaa! I want to get some quilts finished! I'm long overdue for baby quilts and other gifts needing to be given. I have to get my machine in tip-top shape.

So, what's next? I'm still making little dresses. I still have a yearly goals list which I need to consult. I still have scads of scraps to use. I won't run out of projects any time soon, for sure.

Happy Quilting, Friends!

Jayne