Terry I love how you found similar colors for your trees in your stash from the exchange. Gosh we've been eating, drinking, sleeping Edyta's patterns since when? February? And I'm still fascinated by them. Looking forward to seeing more of this quilt.

Patti

Oh Carol, I love your idea of a journal with all the triangle papers and pictures of the quilts made. I had scanned all the little papers in the computer but I'm still too sentimental to throw out those little triangles! I know what you mean about keeping those little buggers in the quilt oriented right. I was putting my 4 quadrants together last week and I had to take out Edyta's triangle twice! I enlarged my triangle portion of Edyta's medallion quilt to 920 HSTs and I'm making a sampler with my strips from that exchange putting in the trees in the corners so I made about 500 more myself. I'm at a standstill until 2 fabric orders (Hancocks got inundated with their free shipping offer and I've been waiting 6 weeks for Mary Jo's to get restocked with 1895 fabric - everyone's out of the fabric I want) come in on those tops but am just about to start my ocean waves backing hopefully next weekend.

quilting00 wrote:
Terry, your HST blocks are wonderful!!! It is fun to see the progress as we work on them. So many different ways to use HSTs. It is just amazing!!!! I just had an idea. I think in my S.O.S (Save our Stories) book I would like to add each person's finished quilt. When you get yours done would you send me a picture. I would like pictures of all the quilts if everyone would send me a picture!!!!! It is amazing how one little HST has such powerful impact and has brought so many quilters together from all over the world. This is truly the Power of One. It just keeps growing and it can't be stopped. It is so wonderful!!!! Thank you for sharing your progress.

Hi Patti, Wonderful!!! The only thing I am running into is I have to be very careful of the direction my HST go. It gets a little mind boggling at times. It is going to be so fun to see all of these when they are completed. I think this is the most fun I have had in making a quilt. Since I am new on the quilting front I would appreciate some ideas for the quilting. I was thinking maybe feathered hearts in the open white spaces. I like what Margo did with using the TQS star. Please send any ideas you have to help me start thinking on how to quilt it. I would just love it!!!!

Hi Terrie, It took me a little time to decide what pattern to use. There are so many great HST patterns. I choose ocean waves because of the fact these triangles came from all over the world, across oceans, mountains, from far and wide. It just seemed like the right pattern for this special quilt. It is taking me awhile to make this quilt because I like to stop and look at the names on all the triangles. I am saving the paper in a box and plan to organize them. They will be sorted by country and state. Then they will be placed on acid-free paper and be laminated. I am going to make a book with all the people who had a part in this quilt. I got the idea from reading about S.O.S. (Save our Stories). This quilt is so special, because so many quilters are sharing their love of the art with others. I am going to use all of mine too!!! I did the Batik and the Sisterhood Triangle Exchange. I ended up with 1,000 of them. I also made a couple hundred more to have enough for the design I was going for. It is so fun to have this forum and see what others are doing with their's. It is just so wonderful to share and inspire each other!!!! Glad to hear you have your machine almost fixed. I kept my old one for the times I needed to send mine in to get it serviced. The dealer I purchased my Pfaff from does a real good job of getting them repaired and serviced in a timely manner. Most of the time I am only without it for a week or two. My thread cutter went bad and it had to be replaced. He said it must have been because I was using it too much. LOL!!!! I only wish that were true. Once you decide on your design please post it. We would all love to see it. We are the new age global cyber quilt quild. This is truly the Quilt Life!!!! Take care and have fun with your HSTs!!!!

Carol and Terry, your partial tops both look WONDERFUL!!! Isn't it amazing how versatile these little gems are!

From the Batiks-R-Us exchange, I finished eight tree blocks:

To read more about the placement, check this link:
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Carol I just love it! In fact that's the pattern I'm using with everyone's names on the light side of the HST on the back of my medallion top.
How great to have this be one of the first things quilted on your new baby. I'll bet you're itching to get to loading it.

CMOELLERS wrote: Hi Carol, I really like your quilt. Thanks for posting your progress - it helps to motivate us all. At least, I don't feel that I'm so slow, compared to those who have finished or are already quilting their tops! I just had a 'knob' on my sewing machine break, so I've been without the use of it for about five days. Got the knob today ( $30 - looks like it cost about 65 cents to make it!) But, when you need a knob, you need a knob! Keep up the good work. BTW - I have several of you HSTs and I'm going to use them all!

I just wanted to share with you what I have done so far on my Waves of Friendship. It is a long way from being done but it is so fun working on it when I have a chance. I have 204 HST sew together. I like how it is looking. So very colorful. My goal is to get the top all pieced so I can bring it to Houston with me for show and tell. There will be an interborder, then a pinwheel border, then a nice wide border for some pretty quilting. It will be approx. 90 x 98 when finished. I am going to quilt this one all by myself too. I can't wait to get it done so I can load and start quilting away. Wishing everone a wonderful 4th of July and have a great week!!!

Carol

I'm enjoying looking at all of the different HST quilts. Mine has been put on the back burner (the one on the right that seldom gets used). Maybe I will get to start on it later this year.

Yeah, I finally finished my Garden Path quilt top. I will get a picture posted after vacation. We are visiting DS and DDIL in Michigan and will be gone 2 weeks. Haven't seen them in one and a half years, so really looking forward to our trip. Not leaving for a week, but with the holiday weekend and packing I will be busy. Wishing you all a fun and happy 4th.

fiquilts wrote:
Fi, I'm not sure that the blue I used in the PS view would be an option for me, but it does show what a difference the border color can make.
Personally, I really like the ones you chose!!

Margo,
Of course I don't mind you using my quilt for the example. I had planned on posting it with my message on the forum but didn't want to take the time at that point to figure it out. I had auditioned three colors for the outer border before I decided on the red, and the blue I used for inner border. One was the blue I ended up using in the inner border, another was a green that I already had. I have numerous reds, but not the shade I really wanted so ended up looking at all three local quilt shops and settled for this one. It has a little of the blue in it too, so it worked well, although it's not what I had in mind when I started. Amazing how these things seem to work out, isn't it?
Fi