Starting the Atlantic Beach Path Quilt

The Atlantic Beach Path quilt has been started!  I'm making the kaleidoscopes, and decided to start with the fabric I like least, so as not to feel quite so bad if I mess some up.  But these kaleidoscopes are just as easy as the ones I did several years ago, and certainly not as difficult as the instructions in my book would have one believe.  A dozen hexagons are done, except for the middle seam, of course, which is saved until one is putting together the long rows of hexagon halves.  Tomorrow I'll make kaleidoscopes of some of the other fabrics.  Now, if only I had a design wall!  But in order to have a design wall, one must first have a place to put it.  So... I shall make do with a bed or the floor and a camera.  Cameras often show one what one's eyes do not see.

The Quilt Show at the Nebraska State Fair

The Quilt Show in the Pinnacle Bank Expo Center

Photos posted here:

Quilt Show, Pinnacle Bank Expo Center

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Quilt Show at Nebraska State Fair (Facebook)

Label for Bear Paw Quilt

Here is the label for the Bear Paw quilt. We took the quilt to Kenny tonight, and he loved it.

Bear Paw Quilt Completed

I finished the Bear Paw quilt very early this morning -- 4:45 a.m., to be exact.  It measures 94" x 94".  Now to make a label for it.  Hopefully, we can deliver it to Larry's brother Kenny this evening.

I tossed in a few flowers and a butterfly, for good measure.

Clematis

This window faces east.

Painted lady on Autumn Joy sedum

View from the second-floor window of my quilting studio, looking north.

Quilt back

White hostas and tall lavender phlox blooming profusely in our front yard.

New York Beauty Highlights

Several have requested... so I have complied.  Here are a couple dozen highlight photos from the construction and completion of the New York Beauty quilt.  

It measures 115" x 115", and is comprised of  32 whites-on-cream and 25 whites-on-white 100% cotton fabrics.  I designed it in EQ8 (Electric Quilt computer software) October 21, 2018; started working on it November 17, 2018; and completed the quilt and two matching king-sized pillow shams June 13, 2019.  

It took a Grand Total of 639.5 hours.  Here's a breakdown of some the lengthier processes:  piecing, 106.5; quilting, 168.5; making the beaded piping, 42; attaching beaded piping and binding (binding was done all by hand, front and back), 63.5; sewing on the approximately 3,500 pearls, 109.

I used cream and white cotton 40# Signature thread on top and Superior's cream 60# Bottom Line in the bobbin.  The batting is extra-loft poly.  There are about 25 yards of Venice lace sewn into this quilt.

It won Best in County at our Platte County Fair, and Best of Show at the Nebraska State Fair.  Now to try for a few big quilt shows somewhere or other!

New York Beauty, completed, 06-03-19

New York Beauty block, 1-11-19

Borders, 02-02-19

Outer border, 02-08-19

Outer pieced border, 02-09-19

Corner, 02-12-19

Outer pieced border, 02-12-19

Border #3, 02-16-19

Venice lace, 02-19-19

Rays, 02-19-19

Rays, 02-20-19

Block corner, 02-21-19

Ray, 02-21-19

Quarter circle, 02-21-19

Half circle, 02-26-19

Half circle, 03-19-19

Circle, 03-22-19

Last border, 04-06-19

Quilt back, 04-06-19

Beaded piping, 04-13-19

Beaded piping, 04-18-19

Beaded piping, 05-01-19

Sewing pearls on Venice lace, 05-03-19

Center medallion, 05-23-19

Center medallion, 05-23-19

Binding, hand-sewn top and bottom, 05-30-19

New York Beauty, completed, 06-03-19

Ribbons at the Nebraska State Fair, 08-24-19