Snow Shoo Quilt Top Finished

When one goes for several days without internet, one tends to get more work done - that is true for me, at least. Maybe others have more control about limiting their time on their devices, but not I. *smh*

What I accomplished is a quilt top! Yippee!! and Hooray!!

Snow Shoo is now a completed top and I have to say that this finished better than I expected. I just love how it looks.

This is a very deceiving quilt to figure out without a lot of study. Last year when I was photographing my friend's antique quilts, one of her treasures was this same pattern, and I had a devil of a time figuring out the blocks. Once you know, though, it makes such simple sense. Here's the link with a picture of the antique I copied.

The quilt is made by alternating a Snowball block and a Shoo Fly block - thus the name Snow Shoo. I love the chaining effect that results with the two blocks combined. I was concerned during my construction that my scrappy blues and neutrals would not mesh well together, but I think it looks absolutely gorgeous! I am thrilled with how it has turned out.

 I will not allow any quilt police to have a crack at evaluating this quilt. The fact that a few of my points have missed their marks does not detract in the least from the overall look and I am NOT seeing the flaws - only the beauty. Everyone is with me on this, right??? *wink*

 My quilt is 14 rows long and 13 rows wide. The dimensions are 82"x76". My blocks are 6.5" shoo fly and 6.5" snowballs (finished at 6"). I had intended to make the quilt one row wider and one row longer, but as I put this on the bed I realized that this was plenty big. As a result, however, I have a stack of leftover blocks to find a way to use. We shall see what happens with them. No rush to do it soon, for sure.

So, my journey with Snow Shoo has concluded until such time as I get it quilted. Be sure to stay tuned to see Sharon's Snow Shoo finish. We began this journey together and we will have pictures of hers very soon.

Happy Quilting, Friends!

Shoo Fly Update

These Shoo Fly blocks have gotten really boring lately, and I find myself turning to other endeavors to avoid having to finish them. For example, I have cleaned a particularly cluttered corner of my sewing room, and nearly have all the fall-out from that put away in appropriate places. I stitched a quick mini-quilt top (which I will share later this week), using blocks that were already made and only needing the setting blocks cut. I finished and hung the curtains for that downstairs window (also saving for a future post.) This is how one procrastinates finishing a dull job. (I have perfected this to an artform!)

So, about those Shoo Fly blocks...I need 105, if my calculations are correct. At present I have 85. The remaining 20 are very much in the early prep stages, as I have been doing assembly-line piecing to make quicker work of these little buggers. I hope to finish the last 20 off today.

 The picture above shows my growing stack of Shoo Flies. I'm using the little clippies to separate into groups of 10 so I don't have to keep counting to see how many more.

Yesterday I had the last of my birthday celebrations as all three kids met us at Panera Bread in Chillicothe. Emma and Geoffrey come from Athens; Erin and Jeff come from Columbus; Adam joins us as we come from Greenfield making Chillicothe a nice meeting place. It was such a pleasant visit that I just didn't want it to be over.

Since I am determined to finish those Shoo Flies, I will link this post to Monday Making - this will give me incentive to get 'em done.

Happy Quilting, Friends!