Idaho Quilt Done!

The Idaho quilt is finished!  304 blocks all sewed together.  The blocks are 5-inch square blocks.  The quilt is 72" across.  I sandwiched it using 505 spray basting and I stitched in-the-ditch on my home sewing machine.  Then I made the binding strips with one of the black fabrics.  

I machine bound it.  It makes it sturdier for one who wishes to use it well.  VO came and got it after I took this photo of it:

I am making a smaller version from some of the scraps.  It will be too big to be a doll quilt.  It will be a wall-hanging!

What is on the Design Wall in October?

At the end of September, we headed out for a week in Oregon.  When someone says a week in Oregon, it does not automatically mean the Oregon coast.  We had a marv time along the Columbia River.  I did not visit a single quilt shop, but I tried to find that huge fabric store that used to be in the Portland area.  I never discovered it, so perhaps COVID brought it to an untimely end.  I did, however, buy three quilt books at Powells in downtown Portland, and we had lunch at the Mad Greek Deli on Burnside. Yay and yum!  I have to mention we went on a wonderful and relaxing sternwheeler ride on the Columbia River.

Now, I have a quilt on the design wall that is all 5-inch square blocks, except for eight half-square triangles.  I am making it for a gal I met at the Western Idaho Fair.  For a simple design, it takes a bit of time to get the color scheme right; you know, planned randomness.  Then there are 304 squares to sew to each other.  

These blocks are not sewed to each other yet.  The blocks on the right are hanging off the edge of my design wall.  I had to resort to pinning them.  I am working on the heart piece, which takes up four blocks and will be located five rows up, on the Idaho, near where Treasure Valley would be located.  It's a big heart, so it covers several towns.  The day before we left for Oregon, my long-arm quilter called and had my Radiant Star quilt finished.  I picked it up, but I have not had time to trim it up and put the binding on.  I will do that after I finish this amazing Idaho quilt for VO.  Happy quilting!