Sewing Strips for the Atlantic Beach Path Quilt

Five strips together, 33 more to go.

Stack of strips

One More Row...

The kaleidoscopes for the Atlantic Beach Path are all arranged (and rearranged) and ready to be sewn together, one vertical row after another.  I have one more row to add at the top; but there's no more space at the top of the design wall, fabric hexagons don't still to walls.  😏

Kaleidoscopes on Design Wall

Tonight I put all the hexagon kaleidoscopes I have made so far onto the design wall.  Tomorrow I need to remove a row from each side, add them to the top and bottom (with a bit of rearranging), and cut and sew another 50 or so hexagons.  Then I can start sewing it all together.  I have about 435 hexies done.

Here's the design wall and a couple of the fabrics I've cut for the kaleidoscopes.  I also cut six Atlantic Beach Path panels.  The last picture is a long-handled grabber that Larry got for me at Menards.  I use it to place (or retrieve) hexagons on the design wall where I would not otherwise be able to reach.  The design wall is 8 feet high, and it tilts back, the better to keep all the pieces on the flannel.  But because it tilts, a chair or step stool isn't much good.  The grabber solved the problem.

Hexagon Kaleidoscopes from Floral Fabric

These kaleidoscopes were cut from all-over floral fabric (as opposed to the border stripe of the previous kaleidoscopes) in the Countryside Floral line by Maywood Studio. Final photo shows original fabric. They are for the Atlantic Beach Path quilt.

Kaleidoscopes

Tuesday and Wednesday, I got dozens and dozens of hexagon kaleidoscopes done (all but the center seam, which will be sewn later) for the Atlantic Beach Path. These are cut from the border fabric called Countryside Floral, from Maywood Studio. I have only a handful more to do before I can start arranging them all on my design wall. 

But not today! -- we're on our way to Lincoln, so Larry can see his dentist and have his dentures refitted. It's a dark, cloudy morning (last 2 photos: #1, the corner at the bottom of our hill; #2, crossing the Platte River).

Major Road Block!

Lookie, lookie this!  Larry put together a design wall for me -- a real necessity, when trying to arrange the kaleidoscope hexagon blocks of a One-Block Wonder.  It consists of three 8-foot x 4-foot pieces of foam insulation, with flannel attached to the front.  One piece of flannel has pink flowers printed on it (and the insulation itself is pink, too), which is a bit jarring; but it's the lightest color of flannel I have, so that's what I used.  Now I need to hurry, hurry and get these pieces put together, because this big 8x12-foot wall is blocking our way into the music room/living room!  I started to trot in there to play the piano a few minutes ago -- and was rudely brought to a halt when I rounded the corner and came upon the design wall. 😮

Kaleidoscopes from the Panel Itself

Yesterday, six more Atlantic Beach Path panels arrived.  They are all cut into triangles now, and about 75% of the triangles are sewn into kaleidoscopes (except for the middle seam, of course, which will not be done until the long rows are sewn together, so there will be no y-seams).  These hexagons will blend the center panel into the rest of the quilt.

Meanwhile, under my quilting frame, Tiger got into his almost-too-small bed with a bit too much vigor, and nearly tipped himself right out the other side of it.  😂

Kaleidoscopes for the Atlantic Beach Path Quilt

Today I got a couple dozen more kaleidoscopes done for the Atlantic Beach Path quilt.