First is the Easy Street by Bonnie Hunter that she offered as a mystery quilt over the holidays late in 2012. I finally buckled down to finish it and I put the borders on at my guild's retreat over the St. Patrick's Day weekend. I almost put it in a UFO pile, but decided to persevere and I am so glad I did. After borders, it is 104" square and someone on the Flickr group said there are over 2300 (2700?) pieces in the darn thing. I love the colors and the movement in this one.
I have been working on the Pointing the Way quilt for about a year - the pattern is from the 2012 National Quilting Day. I adapted the pattern some and did not use a Mariner's Compass in the middle of the star. For one thing, I don't think I would do a very good job on that type of applique yet and I did pretty well matching the center points and I don't want to hide them. I worked on this at the retreat, too, by adding the first border. Unfortunately, I had put it on upside down! As I drove us home from the retreat, my friend ripped the seams out and I was able to redo it over the weekend. Yeah for friends who will rip out your mistakes!!
Finally, I started on this quilt at the retreat and got the inner, colorful rectangles done while I was there. I finished this one up just today. It's a very easy pattern from the magazine Simple Quilts and Sewing #125. I had been looking for a pattern to show off the new Snap Pop line from Moda and this fit the bill perfectly.
The next stop for all three is at the long armers. Then, I feel a whole lot of binding coming on!
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