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Finish line in sight

I made great progress yesterday, during the snow day on my Riley Blake Challenge quilt. We were one of the lucky ones, not to lose power during the snow/ice storm we had in North Carolina.

“A fine day” quilt top is done!!! Cheers and celebrations, as I did not enjoy having a deadline that is for sure.

I changed my original design, as I loved the rectangular improvisational blocks and did not want to take away from them. I have just started using Instagram (ml_wilkie), and loved it as a process/feedback tool during making this quilt. Thank you to all those who offered advice for block color choices and the sashing aspects (or no sashing as it turns out).

Bottom left: Sunrise, Top Left: Midday, Top Right: Sunset, Bottom Right: Dusk

I was so excited to get snow photos too, however we get so much sun in our yard, so it was hard to avoid shadows. In the end, I hope this one in the shadows (indirect light) works.

Here are the links, to my other posts, if you are interested in the progress of this quilt:
Design idea
Fabric Selection
Sunrise Block
Sunrise + Midday Blocks
Sunrise + Midday+ Sunset Blocks

I am trying out spray basting, so this is already basted. Now, onto the quilting and binding!! Linking up with Amanda Jean @ Crazy Mom quilts for Finish it Friday + TGIFF which is being hosted by MR @ Quilt Matters, this week.

Gypsy Wife Quilt Along: Blog hop list

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Wow!!! I am so surprised at all the folks that have joined us for the Gypsy Wife QAL on Flickr. I am so excited, and what a great bunch of blocks that are showing up already!!

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/2517508@N22"><img alt="GypsyWifeQAL" src="https://factotum-of-arts.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/gypsywifeqal.jpg" width="199" height="199" /></a>

It is not to late to come over and join, as we only started sewing this month. The schedule can be found here. Kristel (who is helping me with the QAL) over @ Work in Progress Girl did a wonderful post for February on tips and errata’s for this months blocks.

There will be giveaways (prizes) via link-up party at the end of each month. Thank you to our sponsors that have joined us to supporting the giveaways:

The Fat Quarter Shop

Spoonflower

Aurifil

Hawthorne Threads
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Fresh Modern Fabric

If you are also interested in helping out with giveaways, you can contact me at ml_wilkie (at) hotmail (dot) com.

Each month (1 week before the end of the month), one of the members of the QAL will be hosting the link up party. Here is the schedule:

Feb: Jo @ Riddle and Whimsy
Mar:           Ashley @ Wasn’t Quilt in a Day
Apr: Megan @ Jaffa Quilts
May: Daisy @ Ants to Sugar
Jun:            Paige @ Paper Starfisy
Jul:             Dee Dee @ Chez Denielle
Aug:           Rachel @ Farm Gal Designs
Sep:           Hydee Ann @ Splish Splash Stash
Oct:            Kathy @ I Heart Squishy
Nov:           Sarah @ {no} Hats
Dec:           Michelle @ Factotum of Arts

Come over and join this wonderful group of people, and stop by the link-up parties to check out how folks are doing.

Wintery WiP Wednesday

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I am hoping this is my last work in progress post on my Riley Blake Challenge quilt. I am still on target to get this done by Monday. I have one more block for the front to do – dusk, and one block for the back.

These are my blocks so far….remember this is my quilt that represents the various colors of the sun during a day. This is therefore called “A Fine Day“.

Bottom-left: Sunrise; Top-left: Midday; Top-right: Sunset.

The only thing that will stop me from finishing…..is the weather (picture is the first 20 mins of weather that just came in). North Carolina has issued a state of emergency due to snow and ice. We are expecting power outages, so no power = no sewing, no blogging. I could be hand quilting to get it done by Monday.

Linking up with Lee over @ Freshly Pieced for WiP Wednesday.

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