Sewn together

After lots and lots of pinning I finally got this put together yesterday. Sadly I really don't think the picture does justice to all the piecing and it looks better in person. It is not as big as I need but I think that borders are going to be added instead of more blocks.  This was certainly a quilt filled with lessons.

1. Sometimes you just have to use pins.
2. Check your pressing instructions and be consistent.
3. Blocks made several years ago may be slightly different than blocks finished today.

I think the real lesson is that it is a good idea to finish a project like this in a more timely fashion, as it was rather tricky fitting these blocks together.  But a couple borders added and it will be a finished top, languishing no more in the UFO pile and that is a good thing!  Maybe fitting all those odd sized blocks together was good practice for me as I am in charge of the raffle quilt for our guild this year and who knows what trouble I may run into there. :)

Winding Ways, a UFO in progress

This UFO, a green and yellow Winding Ways quilt found my way to to design wall yesterday.  Somehow with the new direction our life is taking "winding ways" seems very appropriate and I was really needing to just sit and sew yesterday so I would not be thinking about all the life changes coming up.  Somehow I don't feel as guilty not working on my "should do's" if I am working on an old UFO. :-)

Anyway this UFO had been lingering for about 7 or 8 years and since I had most of the blocks made and more cut it seems a shame not to finish it, especially since it can be used with all the furniture and stuff that DH will be using in his rental in Florida (where he has taken a new job).  Good job I still had the directions for making the block cause it took me a while to get in the groove of sewing these things.  Originally I had planned this to be a queen sized quilt but now a twin/throw size will do just fine. I only had to cut out 4 extra blocks and hopefully I will get the last 6 sewn today.  Though the colors aren't something I would pick today, I am looking forward to getting this one out of the UFO pile and made into something useful.