Friday, July 4, 2014

Geese Flying in Rows

My Whoop this week is this lovely quilt that was started by a lady who used to be in our quilt ministry.  She passed away and I purchase her started quilt and some other fabric at her estate sale.  She did all the hard work for me.  All the geese were made, and 5 of the 6 rows were sewn together!  I was glad because flying geese are not my favorite to make.  All the fabric was there to finish the quilt (plus a lot of scraps) except the large strip of purple for the back of the quilt.


I was able to find some at my local quilt shop.  I finished the top and bottom in 1 day - so fun and so fast! She was one who ironed her seams to the side, a new thing for me.  I'm an open the seams kinda girl.  New things learned from an old pro. I would have never picked these fabrics either - they're not matchy-matchy.   But they really look nice in this quilt.  I learned I need to stretch outside of my comfort zone sometimes when picking fabric.


I have 2 more quilts using her Hawaiian fabric almost done.  That will be for next week.  

Linking up with Sarah - Can I Get a Whoop Whoop.  She's raising money to help her daughter adopt a little boy from China (his name will be Nathanael).  You can help out by making a donation and get a chance to win a beautiful quilt at the same time!  The details are on this blog post, hop over there and check it out.

Hope you enjoyed stopping by!  


4 comments:

  1. Just popped in from the Whoop whoop linky - flying geese aren't the most fun to make, so you were lucky here - and it's a really lovely quilt.

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  2. Your quilt is beautiful, Shannon - I love quilts where most of the hard work is done for me too! But you did a wonderful job bringing a pile of pieces together and giving them a new life. Whoop whoop! And thanks for the shootout about the giveaway/raffle!!!

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  3. I really like this quilt - good job - love the colors. Perfect way to honor your friend's work in your quilt ministry.

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  4. A lovely idea to finish this quilt. I have a flying geese quilt on my bucket list. I do like making flying geese but that may change for a whole quilt! Visiting from Whoop Whoop.

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