Tuesday, January 19, 2010

One to go!

I finished up House #8 of Hawk Run Hollow last night! Only one to go and I'll finish that one by the end of the coming weekend. So I'm only over by one month. As such, I'm going to leave the 2009 date I put in. :-)
Here she is in all her glory. I'll be so glad when this one is over. I love working on it but I'm ready for the break. My new evening project will be the six month long Floral Glove Needlecase project. Tracey expects to mail that by the end of this month. I'm sure I will need something else to fill in but I'm sure I won't have any problem finding something to work on. I have the chart and linen for Shores of Hawk Run Hollow but I would rather that be a focus piece than an add-in so I'll hold off for now on purchasing the NPI that I need to work on the first block. I was thinking maybe Cranberry Sampler from Needle's Praise but I know I want to do that in silk and I would have to purchase them and that's not in the budget right now.
Here is the second block of the month quilt from JoAnn Fabrics - called Mystic Blues - that I wanted to finish over the long weekend. You can see I made good progress but did not complete the top (I already had all 12 pieced). I started putting together all the border sections on Saturday. There is a ton of piecing in all the borders. When I got to the second to the last section I saw that I had been given an incorrect set of fabric. I had two of one section and none of another. This kit was from 2005 and I figured it would be hopeless to try to find either the fabric or a setting kit. So I first checked eBay and I did find an entire 13 piece set up for auction and the current price was almost $70.00. I didn't pay that much for all my sections and there was no way I was going to pay that amount again just to get a half yard of material. That pretty much ended my quilting mojo for the evening. First thing Monday morning I went out to my local JoAnn's because I felt I had to at least check and see if I could find some sort of replacement for the pieces that I needed to finish the quilt. You are not going to believe it but they still had yardage of the exact fabric I needed! It was about 85% of a color match and since it's on the border I didn't think it would matter. So I puchased enough to replace all the fabric in the borders so they would all be the same. So I spent the rest of my quilting time on Monday ripping out what I had already ready pieced and putting in the new stuff. By the time I had finished with that I was pretty much done for the day so I put the quilting away. But when I take it out again all that is left is putting the borders around the piece. :-) Not sure when that will be but I'm good where I left off. This one I might give away. :-) We shall see.

Next up will be the first set of blocks for my Civil War project. I'm sure I'll have it by Saturday. I'd also like to get more done with my Thimbleberries Paintbox Stars project. I don't want to start anything else large until I finish that.

12 comments:

staci said...

Oooh, congrats! You must be so thrilled to be so close to a huge happy dance :)

Love your quilt top...the colors are so cheerful and pretty :)

Vanessa said...

Your quilt is so pretty and as you found out it pays to be patient. Seek and you shall find! It worked in your case! Good for you!

Theresa said...

Great progress on both of your projects!!!! They both look amazing!!!
I love your quilt top, the colors are so pretty~ I'm glad that you've resolved your fabric drama... Can't wait to see your projects in their full glory~~

Danielle said...

Lovely work on both projects. I need to pull out my Hawk Run Hollow project. I am only on the third house (top from left)! I have a long way to go!

Alice said...

I love the houses! The quilt is also very nice and it is great that you found fabric that will work. Serendipitous!

Margaret said...

Oh wow! I just love your Houses!!! You are so close to being done! Fantastic! Your quilt is gorgeous too -- how amazing that Joann's still had the fabric you needed! I can't wait to see your Civil War BOM progress. Etc. :D I think I'm getting quilt fever too!

Christine S said...

Wow, I love the quilt blocks!! Gorgeous colours!

Michelle said...

Congrats on your block finish! Only one more to go!!! And what a frustration with the quilt. I can't believe they still had the fabric in stock - amazing! Hope the borders go on easily for you so you can finish this up!

Missy Ann said...

Glad you found the fabric you needed. That's way too nice of a top to leave unfinished.

You'll be done with HoHRH before you know it. Block 12 goes quick. I finished it in one day.

Chocolates4Breakfast (Terri ~ Boog) said...

Margie, your HRH is just stunning! You should be so proud, I can't wait to see it all done! What an accomplishment; YGG!!!

Love the quilt you're working on currently and so glad you were able to find the fabric you needed.

Looking forward to seeing all of your upcoming projects.

Have a great week!

Siobhán said...

Woot! You are so close to a major happy dance, Margie. The block looks great, as does the entire piece.

Love the quilt top! I'm glad you were able to find a fabric that'll work for the border.

Pat King said...

Is there any chance you have any of the fabric for Mystic Blues left? I was shorted one piece on Month 3, it is called "Blue Lines" and is 1 1/2" x 10 1/2" and is the second to last strip in the piece. I only need the one small piece, but I can't find it anywhere. Anything you can do would be appreciated.

Thank you,
Pat King