Good morning, my friends. I managed to get five more quilts sandwiched yesterday, bringing my total to 13. And you're all familiar with the term "baker's dozen," right? But just in case that's an American thing, I'll just say that a baker's dozen is a dozen plus a bonus of one. And I figure, why should bakers have all the fun? If I've got 13 quilts sandwiched, then I'm calling it a "Quilter's Dozen," and I'll fight anyone who says I can't co-opt that term. (Gazes menacingly around the empty room.)
Before I could do any of that, though, I decided to do my kitchen things. I started by making good on my threat to make an Orange Upside-Down Cake for Two. I've linked to the recipe for the full-up version of the cake. The full-up version is baked in a 9-inch round cake pan. To make it a cake for two, simply make half the recipe and bake it in a 6-inch round cake pan.
We enjoyed that last night with a dollop of whipped cream. It's actually a cake for four, and so we'll have the rest of it tonight.
On the quilt sandwiching front, I sandwiched Ruth's Legacy. This quilt was originally named "When Quilter's Gather." This style of piecing was the brain child of Ruth McDowell. When she passed away in 2024, I decided to rename the quilt to "Ruth's Legacy."
Next was Light Frame. This was just a lame attempt to make a dent in my scraps. Didn’t work.
After that Shop Hop 3.0. Here's another one I'll bet you forgot all about.
And, finally, Girls' Getaway.
There was still quite a bit of time left in the day, and so I decided to sandwich the smallest of the bunch...the Kittens in Teacups. This quilt was small enough I only needed one plywood sheet to sandwich it. It's going to make a nice addition to the stairwell
Mewseum.
That leaves me with just four more to do today. Yahoo! And I'm far enough along that I no longer fear running out of supplies. I have plenty of batting and spray baste to finish them off.
So, did I get any kitty help with that? What do you think? I found Smitty crashed out on the couch in the living room.
Sadie was hiding out in her studio apartment, showing me her best side.
In other news, I'm closing in on a finish for Block 7 of Le Jardin. Probably I won't finish this today, but tomorrow wouldn't be out of the question.
It's time to think about what I'll stitch next. I'm at the "short" project on my whiteboard.
So I asked Mr. Random to choose my next short project. He chose #16.
I have an idea someone gave this to me at some point in time. I'm sorry I can't remember who it was. If it was you, then thank you. Here's the image from the pattern.
It calls for one ball of Perle cotton. I have five skeins of this DMC red, and so I'll use that.
There are several things on my sewing to-do list when I finish with these quilt sandwiches. First of all, I want to get started quilting the Merry, Merry Snowmen. Also, I need to finish those headrests. (I'll do that first.) Also, I need to make May's inverted star for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge, and I need to trace the Santa Quartet and get it ready to go. Probably all of that will need to wait until tomorrow. Today...it's all sandwiches all the time. I might be tempted to pop open a bottle of champagne when it's all finished.
7 comments:
I applaud you getting "Ruth's Legacy" close to the finishing line. As much as I admire Ruth's quilts, and I have all of her books, I have never been able to convince myself to even start one in her style. I met her in 1991 or 1992 at QSDS in Columbus Ohio when she was at the beginning of her teaching career. It was fun to walk through her classroom and see what all of the students had made during the week class.
Your quilt tops are so pretty I truly like the second one, it kind of stole my heart away.
You have a great set up to get your quilts organized and layered up. I struggle with room here in my little house. I can cope with wall hangings, baby and single bed size. Any large bed qui,ts I send out to get commercially quilted.
Lovely quilts and I remember Ruth's legacy well as my brain totally refused to follow how the process of making the blocks worked. I can't waitto see the last 4 to be sandwiched. Seeing them all again is like seeing old friends.
I remembered most of the quilts that you sandwiched the day before. Hopefully you are all done with the sandwiching and can get back to your normal sewing room programming.
Wow - you've made great progress on the sandwiching. Your will have earned that champagne toast. I imagine those kitties were concerned about getting anywhere near the sticky spray basting. Can't risk sticky paws. The cake looks and sound delicious.
Light Frame is another favourite. I'd happily help you eat some of that cake with some ice cream.
And yes, you will have earned that champagne!
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