And They Lived Happily Ever After

A number of years ago my parents renewed their wedding vows.

Baby sis Joy - Me - Mom* & Dad - Brother Brad - Brother Rob**

Well, ,that's how I feel about Jack (the ripper) right now.  

Like we've just renewed our vows...

There was A LOT of UN-stitching happening 

with this Oregon Duck quilt.

The directions for these Counted Quilts is  very different than any quilt I've ever made and Jack and I spent  A-LOT of quality time together during the assembly process.

 

 

I did not assemble this quilt according to pattern directions, i.e., construct one column at a time and then sew all the columns together.  I assembled sections, starting at the top with the center section, then adding the sections to the left and to the right, moving down the quilt.  The final pieces were the two outside columns.  It did come together fairly easily and quickly. 

I was kind-of amazed.

 

I ordered some University of Oregon fabric from Etsy for the backing.  Once that arrives it will be ready for the LAQ.

 

 

The verdict:  Would I make another quilt using this method?  I can't say I LOVED it (I really love paper piecing.)  But now that I've made one and I have an idea of the process, I would do another.  

(I have a feeling when the littlest babe sees this one he will want one also.) 

*My mom was graduated to heaven almost 4 years ago.

**There must have been a distraction of which half of us had no clue.

Oregon Duck Update

As you know, the Oregon Duck lap quilt for Number One G-Son is underway.  And as you also know by now, it is very challenging.  The directions are, shall we say, different.

Well, I reached out to the author, Lisa Muilenburg at Countedquilts.com at the suggestion of sister Needler, Miss Kate.

Lisa was very gracious and sent a link to instructional videos on YouTube.  I thought I'd pass the link along.

Click HERE

I learned a couple of lessons.

1) Don't be afraid to contact the pattern author with questions, concerns or conundrums.  

AND

2) Aren't quilt folk just the nicest people?  

Maybe the answer to all the current unrest around the country is to get everyone quilting!  Think about it!  It would fix the lagging economy spending all those quilt dollars, put smiles on everyone's face (unless you are having a date with Jack) and this winter no one will be cold!  Win, Win, Win.

Until We Meet Again.....

Tuesday night is Needler's night.  The "on-property" three met last night...obeying the rules.

Miss Kate brought a show-n-tell, her current project,

Running With Scissors by Annie.com

These are not her fabrics.

Running with Scissors

This is going to be such a cute tool case.  For more pictures of this case, click HERE

Miss Nancy is not moving forward on her project.  Man, it's hard to get un-stuck....

I know first hand.  We just keep encouraging her.  She does "show up" and that is half the battle.  She keeps the scrap bucket empty. (We make cat beds with fabric scraps for Cat Adoption Team in Sherwood, OR.)

I am making progress on the Oregon Duck Lap Quilt for my g-son.  The instructions are screwy, that is all I can say.

I've labeled and pinned all the pieces to the design wall.  I'm short white fabric....shucky-darn!  A bunch of fabric left over, but not much white, only scraps...isn't that always the case?!  I might have enough white scraps to piece it...and, after all, the whole thing is pieced so what would it matter, eh?