This morning, the sun is shining on the snow, but I am still not going anywhere. Here is the driveway with about 4 inches of snow left. Nope, not going anywhere until more melting takes place. The sun should make the road passable by late afternoon today, but too late to go to work. Snow day to sew!
When I left this project in the UFO stage, I had put together most of the scraps, and had this. So, I worked on it a bit more over the weekend.
I added some squares to the side of the other diamond block.
A green fabric fills a space to match up with the width of the first piece.
The two pieces were joined together.
So here is what I ended up with. It looks like a hot mess right now, but I hope it will morph into something interesting.
Loading it on the longarm to quilt, there is some fullness in the piecing, naturally as I just pieced randomly without measuring. So I’ll steam it a bit to try to smooth it out.
The colors suggest an autumn feel, so I put a leafy pantograph on it. I chose one that is fairly dense to take up some of the fullness.
This is the most difficult pantograph I have, called Luscious Leaves. It has a lot of intricate moves, going around some leaves, then going back and forth with changes in the direction of the stitching. It is a bit hard to explain but the bottom line is, don’t get off line!
Quilting proceeds nicely, no thread breaks, LOL!
I quilted right off the edge so it was fully quilted with out any bare spots on the edge.
The quilting did well over the seams, and there were a lot of those.
The quilting is a bit more visible on the back.
So, it is quilted and trimmed. Now, what to do with it? Part 3 is HERE.
Speaking of scraps, for those participating in the Scrap Dance Tango! Mystery Quilt Along, I would love to see more pictures of HSTs and colors on the Flickr group. We have a lot of members, but not a lot of photos yet. Our first update will be very soon, so upload your progress.
In the view this morning, fog is in the valley.
DH put a bowl of food out for the ground feeders Saturday, and the juncos found it pretty fast.
Then the goldfinches took it over, even though they aren’t traditionally ground feeders. I must have taken a hundred pictures over the weekend of the birds. And made them more protein cakes to eat too.
So, staying in one more day to work on UFOs. Do you have a UFO in progress?
From My Carolina Home 
Love the quilting stitches, I would love to see you do that sometime.
What a difference the quilting makes! A very pretty design. The birds are wonderful, brings a smile on a cold morning to see their antics and know they are munching. :o)
Love the quilting piece 🙂 We’re still feeding the birds here too and since it’s a bit warmer today I’ll be out there cleaning up the mess they make on the deck .
Although I’m not a quilter, I enjoyed your photos. I liked the bird pictures, too. I should put on my boots and get the snow off the feeder. The seeds are there and available, but the birds have boycotted our deck.
Good Morning Carole! I absolutely love your scrap quilt project and the fabulous leaf motifs that you used to quilt it with. I am definitely looking forward to seeing what you will be doing with it. I am so sorry about not posting photos! I tried the other day to get the Mystery Quilt Button on my side bar and everything I tried failed. So frustrated, I gave up and forgot to post the pictures also. I will, promise, post pictures later on this afternoon while hubby is at the Doctor appointment. Plus, will once again try and get the button on the sidebar. Sometimes, actually most of the time, all of these computer details that every one else seems to just get and use with no problems…I take months to figure them out. LOL. I love your pictures of the little birds. They are just so precious all puffed up and enjoying some tasty morsels. I am working on several projects today, so had best get going and sewing. Have a fantastic creative day and I hope that your beautiful snow melts very slowly and you get to have a whole other day at home sewing!
A wonderful, wonderful quilt!
Pretty views, I don’t drive on snow or ice anymore period-now that I am retired I just don’t-but love staying home instead. Loving your quilt progress-very pretty
Oh I almost forgot congrats on your team getting into the super bowl-they pretty much destroyed the Cardinals which I figured they would-I am an old old Denver Bronco fan-lived out there in the late 70s so I cheer them on sometimes-should be a good Super Bowl game this year
What a lovely snow covered view you have and those birds sitting in the bowl are so sweet. Oh your quilt is a triumph, both in the lovely multiplicity of pattern and quilting. So, so much piecing and those luscious leaves of yours amazing. ‘Tis a beautiful quilt, Carole.
Really enjoying watching you work on this quilt, and the quilting on it is fantastic. Great work.
Love seeing the photos of the birds too. They are so different to those we get here.
This pretty mix of colors does remind me of fall, and I love that foggy, misty shot ; such a view!
This scrap quilt is coming along nicely. I’m curious about what thread you use as it appears a bit thicker than what I use. You executed that panto really well. I’m looking forward to seeing what you do with it.
Essentials thread from Connecting Threads
That’s a great pantograph. Another time or two and you should be able to freehand it. =) I like the spread of colors and look forward to seeing what it becomes. Every time I see a shot of your longarm, I’m so jealous. That’s the green glow to the west of you from Tennessee. LOL I’m glad that 4 inches was in your driveway and not in mine. We had tons of rain today, though. My lawn squished like a sponge under my shoes as I went out for the mail.
The quilting design is great and the quilt is looking so warm and cosy. I’m curious as to what you will do with it. Enjoyed seeing the photos of the birds in the snow.
Do I have UFOS in progress??? (Insert histerical happy face!) I love your birdy pictures…..and it’s was nice to stop by and see youre surviving your snow days…..lol!! Seriously though, your quilting was the perfect accent for this finish. Now for some binding time by the fire???
Great great great Scrappy project! That is a great quilting design too!!
I love the quilting! What a beautiful project.