Wordy Wednesday ~ The Tale of Three Quilts

It is a blustery Wednesday here and I'd love to sit and visit with you, but I have two custom memory quilts to start... and I've been on a roll!

My original title for this post was going to be Wordless Wednesday... but I just can't do it!  LOL.  I've got to "narrate" the photos. ;)

Paper Lanterns is in fine flimsy form, and I am waiting on the backing fabric to be delivered. 

The final Little House block is done.  Listening to the audio book of Little Town on the Prairie as I pieced Paper Lanterns was all I needed for the inspiration.  The center block is a portion of the Kit in the Corner block from the Pieces of the Santa Fe Trail quilt.  I now need to decide if I want sashing strips... or not.  I'm leaning toward "not."  What do you think?  No sashing strips... Narrow neutral border and finished with a "scrappy" wider border like on the Sticks & Stones quilt.  Sneak a peek at that border and let me know your thoughts. ;)

Feeling completely satisfied with all that I had done, I sat down with my Color Wash Hexagons.  Dave was in the house Tuesday afternoon because of an allergic reaction to something that caused hives ALL OVER his body.  I stitched... he talked as we both considered what could have caused it.  My finger finally said, "no more!" and I set it aside.  But this morning, I picked it up and finished it!  All of the pieces fit together just as I had planned.

I need to fix up some franken-batting, select a backing fabric and get it sandwiched.  It will be a great travel project as I quilt with black thread around the hexies.  

I have lingered here long enough... Time to start the memory quilts!  

Keep Piecing,

Melva

Linking with:

To Do Tuesday at Quilt Schmilt

Tuesdays with a Twist at Stone Cottage Adventure

Wednesday Wait Loss at The Inquiring Quilter

Creatively Crafty at Creatively Beth

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PS... whatever it was that was spiking the views on my blog, it is done.  LOL!