The garlic was hung in the kitchen till it cured enough to trim off the leaves... ...that's a "Cat Tree" over on the left... a branch fell off a maple and we attached it to a beam ~ the cats love it 
... good bird viewing spot and escape from the dog 
1st finished block... 18" square
This is the process of designing the Flying Geese and 8 Pointed Star quilt... from the Start of thinking up the design to making templates, marking the pieces, cutting, sewing, making the blocks and hoping the whole project would turn out the way I hoped. It was pieced on several vintage and antique sewing machines and hand-quilted and bound.
overall if my figuring is correct I will need 2,088 cut pieces.... all scrappy pieces from my odds and ends of fabric gathered from here and there over the years..
loved using the old 1936 treadle in part of the process. The amazing oil painting on the back wall was created by my talented partner John Ackerson
small and fully packed and stacked sewing room .. tiny but mighty
"Inky" the inspector at work... she must inspect everything I make very closely
the back is always cool to see ... never to be seen again once the layers are put together
into my grandmother's quilt frames goes the backing..
the batting needs trimmed a bit... lots left for another quilt
Ready to begin hand quilting.... I just absolutely love it
the quilt was hand quilted from the outsides to the middle.. the last stitches are being put in here... next it will be ready to remove from the frames... next is the binding phase with mitered corners. machine sewn to the front of the quilt and then it is wrapped around the raw edge to the back and hand-stitched down.
"Baby Girl" kept distracting me as I stitched the binding by digging into a fluffy clean bag of sheep fleece... leave it to kitty to inspect everything and usually make a mess
