Just finished basting Easy Street and have decided how to quilt it. But I won't be starting until I finish basting Melanie's Medallion, Mosaic Tiles baby quilt and maybe half a dozen catnappers. I have to put the large folding table up in the living room for basting, so I like to do as many pieces as I can while it's up.
Easy Street will be my third Bonnie Hunter quilt to be finished. Orca Bay is on the guest room bed and Celtic Solstice was just completed a few weeks ago. Roll Roll Cotton Bowl, Orange Crush, and Grand Illusion are still being pieced. My goal is to get them all to the ready-to-baste stage before Bonnie starts releasing her 2015 mystery quilt the day after Thanksgiving.
Meanwhile I've also been some time garment sewing. I made a pair of calf-length knit pants from Vogue 8929. It has some very unusual piecing and I thought the finished product would probably be going into the charity bag. However, it ended up fitting well and I'm quite comfortable wearing it, although I haven't dared to wear it in public yet.
In fact, I'm thinking of making another view of this pattern in the fall.
I've also made two knit tops and a madras top. The madras top's sleeves were too snug and I ripped out the shoulder seam so I can add a gusset. If that works out I will alter the pattern and make it again because the rest of the garment fits well.
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