Ahhhh, the Sunday after July 4th - all is quiet in the house and I even got a nap in. July 4 is a wonderful holiday and I am so grateful to be an American living in this great country. I enjoy celebrating the holiday with family and friends, but must admit, takes me Saturday and today to recoup and rest up after the holiday. Progress has been made this week on at least three of my APIP projects:
APIP#1; Meryton - The hand quilting continues and I managed to get 19 hours and 21 minutes quilting this past week. My total for the period 5/23 - 7/06/25 is now 129 hours. I am working on the outside border of 16 rather large blocks - have completed 10 and 6 to go.
APIP#17; Insanity Quilt - Fred and I managed to cut out 1,380 1/2" hexies. He enjoys helping me cut out the paper pieces and I certainly enjoy letting him help. I can usually use each hexie between 8 and 10 times, so I am thinking this 1,380 hexies will be enough to complete the 10,350 pieces needed to complete the quilt.
Today I completed Diagonal Row 1 of the quilt top center and have it up on my design wall. It looks so lonely up there, but I will be adding a little to it each week, I hope. I do punch holes in my paper pieces to make it easier to remove the papers. All of the hexies that are on the outside edge of this block still have the papers in them. I remove the paper only after something is sewn to each side of the hexie. That is why you see the little grey like dots on the white hexies.
The outer border of this quilt is made up of random hexies so I have been accumulating small scraps from other projects and cutting them into 1 5/8" squares. Its gonna take a whole bunch to get this done, but it is also a great way to use up small pieces of fabric in my stash.
