BOMs Away ~ Flimsy Alert! ~ Swan Island

Welcome to the link-up for BOMs Away Mondays!

Where we share what we're doing on a BOM-type project 

so they don't stall out in UFO-land!

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I didn't want to wait until next month to put my swans together -

So I made stars wait while I did this:

I really rather like them.

Not sure what I want to use for the backing. . . 

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If you have some BOM work to share - this is your turn!  :)

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BOMs Away - A Bevy of Swans

Welcome to the link-up for BOMs Away Mondays!

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I got the remaining swans made this week!

Don't you *love* the black swan? And the white one is so very pretty. . . 

I'm really looking forward to seeing the set assembled.

:)

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If you have some BOM work to share - this is your turn!  :)

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BOMs Away: Swans - From the Heart

Welcome to the link-up for BOMs Away Mondays!

Where we share what we're doing on a BOM-type project 

so they don't stall out in UFO-land!

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The first week of the month is for my Swan Island BOM, so I made two more swans:

I really do love this project! (I don't love trying to get the camera to see the colors properly.)

Also, I realized that I never did share the center of From the Heart when it was assembled in mid-August:

I have the applique border prepped for the hand work, and it's in my applique bag behind the last of the berries for my Dahlia quilt top and Block 6 of my Octopus Garden long-term BOM. It'll be December, at least, before I get to these borders.

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I hope you had a good week. How are your BOMs going?

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BOMs Away - Swan Song

Welcome to the link-up for BOMs Away Mondays!

Where we share what we're doing on a BOM-type project 

so they don't stall out in UFO-land!

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Wow! What a productive week.

All the remaining section sets for Marissa's Dahlia were finished:

2/3 of the border sections for our king-sized Dahlia were finished:

And, this weekend I got the first three swan blocks sewn together:

Those three swans took SEVEN AND A HALF HOURS of work!

I do really love them, though. And I'm glad I don't have to give them attention again until October. . . heh!

It's official, also - I greatly prefer paper piecing to the multi-layered stitch-and-flip technique in these patterns. It's easier to be perfectly accurate, and also uses significantly less fabric.

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Now your turn: How are your BOMs doing lately?

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BOMs Away - King Me

Welcome to the link-up for BOMs Away Mondays!

Where we share what we're doing on a BOM-type project 

so they don't stall out in UFO-land!

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I got a good bit of work finished on three different BOMs since last week!

I cut out all the pieces for my Swan Island quilt. Well, except for the last two fabrics, which aren't available until December. Soooo many little pieces, so I clipped them with labels. I plan on making two swans each month:

Finished several more unit sets for Marissa's Kaffe Fassett Dahlia:

And I finally felt like attacking the king-size extensions that I needed to add to the queen pattern so the quilt would be large enough for our bed:

I had several "waste" sheets from prior Dahlia patterns, so I taped the border units to those and very meticulously extended the sewing lines and the unit edges. 

To keep the pieces lying perfectly flat for an unblemished join of papers, I found it worked fantastic to simply lay a ruler across each sheet. I did tape over the entire edge instead of just putting little pieces of tape here and there. 

That made for a flat, non-puckered join every time. No iron necessary.

There were 24 border units, and here they're all modified and waiting for the next spurt of mental industry to hit, when I feel like attacking the cutting templates so the working fabric pieces are the right sizes when I do the paper piecing. 

Right now: I don't wannu.!!!

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(WIP Wed) Swan Island <~ that happened.

Wow! It's been a long time since I've done a WIP Wed post. I surprised myself yesterday, though.

It was my birthday. I was house-bound ALL day long, because from 7-5 the driveway and all walkways, stoop, and patio were being worked on, and then from 5-11 because the sealer couldn't be driven over, and I foolishly thought I wouldn't need my car out. . .

And then I was looking up some quilting ideas in Instagram, and: BAM!!  Elizabeth Hartman's "Swan Island" pattern smacked me in the eye!

There couldn't be a more perfect lap quilt for my bedroom suite with the swan theme in my remodeled bathroom. I mean, seriously! 

So I went shopping online and put together the fabric pull I want to use for mine.

Pretty, isn't it?

I'll put this in my BOM rotation for two reasons. My piecing and quilting time is already occupied for a good two or three months, leaving Saturdays for whatever-I-want sewing. Also, two of the accent fabrics I want are not available until Nov/Dec. 

:)  

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