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Friday, November 21, 2025

Finished (or Not) Friday

I did finish some binding last weekend.  One side was done in the car on the way to a swim meet Saturday morning - after daylight arrived.  One side was done while sitting in a lawn chair in a noisy gymnasium at the swim meet, in between events and sessions.  And I finished the last little bit on Sunday morning at home.


This is one of the Churn Dash tops that I've made the past couple of years.  It's 48 x 60, so a nice size for kids.  The blocks are 12" finished, and use a novelty print paired with a solid.  Our guild did several baby quilts with this idea, and I just kept making blocks afterward.  There is one block near the center with 6" versions of the bigger blocks.  This is a pattern I'll do over and over again, and the quilts are great for donation.  When shop hopping, I tend to collect cute fat quarters of novelty prints to use in donation quilts for kids.  


The back on this one is fun, and uses up more leftover backing from a previous project. So bright and cheerful.  And the purple binding was cut from more leftover backing. 


When I finish something, it's nice to reward myself with a new START.  I rewarded myself with testing out just ONE new block pattern that our QOV group might use for a block drive in 2026.  This is a free block from http://www.patchworksquare.com called Star On Star.  This site has a whole section with just star blocks, and all of them have 3 finished sizes - 12", 9" and 6".  I've had the QOV scrap bin front and center this week, so it was a quick detour.

Check out more finishes at
https://alyciaquilts.blogspot.com/

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