More road tripping and quilting

I have made some progress on the 30s quilt. I finished a load of blocks, but I didn't need them all for the size quilt I intend to have in the end. I'll have nine blocks left over to make a child's quilt with. Yippee!

All the blocks together on the design wall

I took this so you could see the different fabrics better

The pattern said to sew the blocks together and then cut them off on all sides to make the usual rectangle shape. I didn't want to cut my pretty blocks, so I made setting and corner triangles from another 30s fabric from my stash. I'll work on it over the weekend.

Later in the week, I was on a spontaneous road trip with a friend to deliver some of her quilts to a longarm quilter in Franklin, NC. Its a pretty drive there, so I went along. After all the quilts were safely dropped off, we moseyed  next door to the fabric shop where my friend picked up next month's block-of-the-month, and I bought a jelly roll, some glue stick refills, and two pieces of fabric.

We had some lunch and stopped on the way home at the shop in Hayesville, but I didn't get anything there. My back was really hurting by now, so the fabric wasn't appealing to me.

My friend also needed to stop briefly and pick something up at a fellow quilter's home. It was one of the most beautiful properties I have seen. While admiring the yard, I was surprised to see a small graveyard in one corner! I thought that was a real novelty, and had to go take a closer look.

While admiring the two tiered tree house, I spied the graves

Most of the graves were so old and worn down, it was impossible to see any names or dates.

The tall grave stone was the best preserved one

William F Davis

Born: 1858, Died: 1907

Under a nearby tree was the oldest legible grave.

Andrew Barnard; Born: 1799, Died:1869

Wow! Too cool to have this in your yard. It was part of the property, so the homeowners keep it maintained. It must be an old family plot, long abandoned by the remaining family members.Kudos to these people for respecting the resting place of people they don't know.

On the property they have the wonderful barn, where the husband has his workshop and the wife (quilter) has her sewing studio.

The view from the house in all directions is stunning. Prairie grasses roll down the slope in the front with mountains in the distance. In the back, is a lovely wooded valley with more mountain views.

It was worth the stop just to see this.

Back at home, I added the binding to a quilt from the day before, and did the hand sewing before retiring for the night.

I made this BQ2 quilt in Texas, and quilted it with a swirly water pattern

I've had this koi fabric for years and am happy to finally use it in a quilt that shows off the print

On the back is the star Grunge. I used the green batik from the top for the binding.

Today, I quilted this cheerful lap quilt

The panto is Funky Fans

The backing is one of the prints from the top. I bound it in this happy stripe.

I'm making slow progress on all the tops I made in Texas. As long as my back holds out, I should be able to get them all done in a month or so and take a rest.

Have a happy and safe Labor Day weekend!