Rainbow Over Australia

I wrote about making the blocks for this quilt last month. They were the 80 blocks I took to our guild meeting last weekend to show how easy it is to remove the papers. I prefer using paper instead of fabric foundations. Some ladies even joked that I was tricking them like Tom Sawyer but I’ll never tell! 😉

Stephanie, an Australian member of our Heartstrings online group, came up with this layout so I’m calling it “Rainbow over Australia” to give her full credit for such a great idea. She’s not just a gifted quilter but an extremely prolific one as well. Quite a feat considering she quilts everything on her domestic machine.

I finished stitching down the binding last night then worked a bit on a new patriotic Brick Street quilt, my favorite 3 Yard Quilt pattern by Fabric Cafe.

I’m behind on frankenbatting, which will be the very next item on my to-do list. I need to use up the small amount of thread left on my longarm bobbins while I’m at it.

My list of inspiration quilts is still untouched so I need to focus on rotating between string quilts, simple Villa Rosa or Fabric Cafe type, and my bucket list. I also want to keep cutting a few scraps at a time to prevent them from overflowing the basket. I need more hours in my day, and more days in my week!

The next quilt will be one from my bucket list. I think I’ll chose the one that looks to be the closest to the finish line.

My doctor’s appointment went well yesterday. Good thing because I need to live a long time to finish all the quilts I want to make. 🙂