OC Quilt and Wall-Hanging Tops DONE

Done, Done, Done! I hit my "creative" flow last night at 7:30, and sewed, sewed, sewed. As the picture shows, I DID decide to use my left over #2 blocks for the border. I needed to put together 52 more in order to have the completed border---I didn't mind making them one bit. I was in "sew-mode" last night! I think I'll be gifting this one to my oldest daughter, Cassie. She has a queen size bed (allll to herself), and doesn't have a quilt for it.



This wallhanging is what I'm even MORE proud of. I needed to sew four more complete Orange Album blocks---that didn't take too long, though. I wanted to use of ALLLLLLL of my "left-over" pieces since I didn't use the on-point setting for the quilt. So, I tinkered with arrangements of those little corner blocky things from step #3, and found a way to arrange them in the border. Yay me :0) An additional 16 needed to be put together, but again---not a big deal. 30 minutes later, they were done. I also added four blue corners to the border to make it complete :0) I'm very pleased, and the colors are FUN, BRIGHT, and EXCITING!

So, today came the time to play with some block designs for the 6.5" "Creamsicle Thank You block" for Bonnie. I created these two and will be sending both her way. I'm also going to go through my stash for the perfect fat-quarter to include in the package. It realllllllly is the least I (we) could do.

I hope all of your OC's are coming along nicely as well.

So, for the next week, I have a few goals:

• Finish Cassie's 30's quilt (might NO LONGER be hers now that OC will be hers)
  
• Sandwich and quilt OC Full quilt
  
• Sandwich and quilt OC Wall-hanging
  

These goals MUST be completed BEFORE I start the Boxy Stars or the Chunky Churndash quilt-alongs that some ladies are taking part in at Quiltville-Chat.

Fighting with laziness

Okay...the final layout has been chosen after some unsewing (I already had 4 diagonal rows sewn on-point). I really am impressed MORE with the straight layout instead of the on-point. I love the way an "irish-chain-like" appearance happens when the blocks are set straight.

And, of course, I had left-over half-album blocks that needed a project, so after unsewing SOME of them, I whipped out 5 more complete step #5 Orange blocks---I needed one additional complete block for my Full layout and 4 others for this wall-hanging.
It was a good thing we had left over blocks from step #2--I only needed to cut 5 blue squares, and I was sewing away already on the additional 5 blocks.
The wall hanging is set on-point, obviously. The final quilt and wall layout leaves me very few left overs to be dealt with. In fact, going from memory, I think I only have those little corner do-jabbies from step #3. And I ripped out a handful of the little blue triangles that were used in the half-albums. All-in-all, the quilt is still a good size, but a much more pleasing arrangement for me.

I ALMOST have the Full quilt pieced together, but I'm tired! I'm really fighting the laziness right now. I ran this morning, so that is adding to my tiredness, I think. I was tired BEFORE the run, and because of that, I stopped after 2 miles, when I had intentions of almost 5 miles with some areobic intervals. Oh well---maybe later tonight.
Back to the OC----I still am in no hurry, so I will play around with my left-over #2 blocks for a border. Maybe not a border for the Full quilt, but definately for the wall-hanging.

On a new note---Cathy from the QuiltvilleChat is organizing (sorta) a Boxy Stars quilt-along. Her start date is planned for July 1st, so I figured I'd quilt along with anyone else interested. Right now, my intentions are to use the men's plaids that I've been collecting at garage sales this Spring.