Working on borders and binding of 1989 quilt

September 1, 2020

In 1989, I began a Sampler Quilt with 12 blocks.  Probably in the early 1990's, I began hand quilting each block.  My hand quilting back then was very nicely done with even stitches.  Over the last 10 days or so, I was able to hand quilt the sashing and cornerstones.  I plan to continue hand quilting the outside borders and then with joy, I will hand stitch the binding and the label to the back.  Who knew it would take over 30 years to complete!

When I get this Sampler Quilt bound and labeled, I will post a picture.  Hopefully, I can accomplish this goal before the end of September 2020.  

May 2020

The Year 2020 arrived and now it is the month of May !! 

How time can fly by so fast is beyond me...
Thunder storms woke us up early this morning with threatening bad weather but within an hour or so, just blew out of town.  It is still cloudy but the sun is trying to break through.

Yesterday, I cut out stacks and stacks of Patriotic fabric into rectangles for a Quilt of Valor.  Each rectangle measures 6" x 10 1/2".  Today, I hope to lay out the rectangles to see what design I can come up with that looks nice.  I do have a Patriotic panel but the colors on the panel do not match with the fabrics I have.  It appears that I haven't made a Quilt of Valor since December 2016.

I did create a spreadsheet that shows the pattern name, who quilted it and the quilter's name and city & state, and the Veteran who received the Quilt of Valor and the date that the quilt was presented.  The spreadsheet was created back in Nov. 2013 and the last QOV that I made was in Dec. 2016 (or at least that was the last entry on my spreadsheet).