On Ringo Lake is serving as my leader/ender for the moment.
This means that components for it are stacking up, with the occasional finished block, but it also means no progress is being made on my real leader/ender projects - like the 4-patches I've been making for years, or the hourglasses I started year before last, or the checkerboard rails that I started last summer.
(Hmm... I seem to have a whole lot of leader/endering going on. I should probably make a push on one or the other of these projects, but in that case I'd probably just start another leader/ender to work on while I finish those blocks, so maybe I should just leave it alone and see what happens...)
One of the things I want to really move along is my Burgoyne Surrounded quilt. I've started laying out blocks with sashings and cornerstones, but I have to work on it in short bursts. Despite the carpet on my design floor, there's only so much these bony old knees can take before they start getting grumpy. Grumpy knees are not easily placated.
Me and my grumpy knees are headed over to Cynthia's Quilting is more Fun than Housework for some Oh Scrap fun. Come on along and see what everyone's up to!
Your blocks look great out on the design floor!! Looking forward to seeing them sewn into a quilt. As I'm sure you are, too!
ReplyDeleteYour Burgoyne blocks look so nice in the colors, something different. I feel for your knees, Gayle. Mine are long past the kneeling stage. What we won't do for our Quilting!
ReplyDeletethe Burgoyne Surrounded looks like a complicated quilt you have a lot of blocks done
ReplyDeleteBoth of these are looking really good! I have really liked the color scheme of the Ringo Lake quilts, and your Burgoyne blocks also have lots of pretty color! Maybe your leader/ender blocks can all be leaders and enders for each other...:)
ReplyDeleteAt least you have carpet! My design floor is cold hard tile... and it's full of nosy cats!
ReplyDeleteI need you to get that BS sewn up and quilted so I get some inspiration on how to finish mine. I love your multi coloured blocks. Thanks for sharing with Oh Scrap!
ReplyDeleteNo grumpy knees here...I just sew stuff together randomly! And you reminded me I need to find some kind of backing for mine. Then I will get grumpy moving around on the floor to pin baste. No grumpy knees even then, though, since I sit on my quilt to pin baste!
ReplyDeleteRingo is looking spectacular!
On Ringo Lake is going to be beautiful! I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one with multiple piecing projects--I also feel like I should just pick at least one and get it done-lol!
ReplyDeleteTwo wonderful projects! Love the colour combo of your 'ringo lake' and all that scrappy goodness in your BS is delightful!
ReplyDeleteLove your projects and I will definitely be using your "grumpy knees" phrase in the future! Do you have one for hips???
ReplyDeleteI finally decided I needed to finish the split nine patch L&E from who knows how many years ago, so I picked out alayout, determined how many more blocks I needed, and just got them done. Now to sew the flimsy together which will have to wait until I get back from FL in late March.
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These are both such lovely projects that I hope you finish soon. I have several leader/ender projects going, too... with no idea how to use them.
ReplyDeleteYeah, leader-endering can take on a life of its own! Your Burgoynes look great; I know what you mean about grumpy knees!
ReplyDeleteYour Burgoyne is particularly pretty! It's the first one I've seen where there is a different color inside, so now the "surrounded" part makes more sense to me :)
ReplyDeleteLove your Burgoyne Surrounded blocks too. I'm happy to see that I am not the only who has a leader/ender project for my leader/ender blocks which I make with the leader/ender strings ... yes, I know. My name is Chantal and I am a leader/ender-holic. Bwahahaha! ;^)
ReplyDeleteYes, having two projects on the design floor is definitely a challenge. It may be time to start a new project.
ReplyDeleteProjects at your place are moving along at a good pace! Both lovely quilts in the making.
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