folkart gathering....

am at my thursday quilt class and look what Anita finished, isn't it wonderful!
so excited to see another quilter's creative take on this design...
enjoy  cheri

Fokart Gathering....

quilt top finished, instructions done for Block 7 available here http://www.quiltsbycheri.com
approximate finished size is 72" x 93".....
two pictures, one each for top and lower portion of quilt....

enjoy....

what am i going to do now....

this big crumpled pile on my couch is the just finished, well the top anyway, Folkart Gathering....taking pictures tomorrow and drawing up pattern....
won't be quilted yet still deciding between doing it myself (as i only use monofilament thread when quilting) or sending it out to be done (as it is large and i'll keep putting it on the back burner) which to choose?
did a happy dance, i am quite the dancer, when i stitched that last & final stitch....
now what to do, relax, stitch on other projects?
hubby will be home in just two days....oh my gosh!!!! still much to accomplish, stitch, stitch, stitch cheri

a wool applique ?

judy asked about wool shrinking during washing of finished quilt....yes, that is why i outline all my wool applique pieces with the product Fray Check before washing and it works through more than one or two washes....now i do know a few ladies that outline the edges of their wool applique pieces before stitching to quilt, i don't care for the hard edge (which does wash out) so i do  them all after stitching....now i think i've used a bizillion of these bottles on every color wool and background fabric, never ever had a color bleed....do use this product with windows open, has an oder that after the bizillion bottles has made me a little crazy "okay alot"
i purchase mine at Joanne's, as many as i can find when it's 50% off notions....
bottle doesn't go real far, will probably use at least 6 on Folkart Gathering which by the way has only one more side to sew on, then pictures and instructions  WHoo Hoo!!!

folkart gathering....

have been watching movies & stitching all day on the last appliques for finishing Folkart Gathering, now to sew all the sections together....
done soon....

folkart gathering....

the end is beginning....

folkart gathering....

have been spending my day working on block 6 for Folkart Gathering and content with how it's coming along...made a few tweeks here and there from what i had seen in my mind to what actually came together but that's usually how it goes for me...i'm so happy with my red star flower not at all what was planned but it's my favorite right now, think i'll have to make a little quilt using that idea....so many irons in the fire right now and that's how i love it....

folkart gathering

block 5 is done, well the part i like to do stitching is done...instructions still need to be done, work on those soon i promise, hopefully on website next week will let you know for sure when....looks, feels like two more block sections and it will feel finished....is everyone caught up!!!

folkart gathering

ready to handstitch on block five....

Folkart Gathering

Folkart Gathering block 4 is done!  Pattern available on my website 
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Folkart gathering

Folkart gathering block four in progress....