The finished quilt top for Emma's Hope!

The quilt top for the Emma's Hope fundraiser is finished! I used every single block that was sent to me! I bought a blue fabric and cut it into 1-1/4" strips and used that to set each block apart. I really love the end result! When it was finished, I could hardly wait to take a picture. I took several shots to get the best photo I could. In fact, I took several shots before I noticed the problem in the upper right hand corner. See that?

Yep, I managed to sew the fan block in the wrong direction. It took only a few minutes to rip it out and sew it in correctly, but I marveled at the fact that I took so many photos and it took me so long to notice my error! LOL!! Here it is after I fixed my mistake.

This afternoon, I took the quilt top to Connie, my Postlady, who will deliver it to the church ladies in Plato for the hand-quilting. She was so pleased with the finished quilt top. After the quilting is done, Connie will do the binding. The corners will be rounded and I think it will look awesome. I loved the variety of blocks that came in and I was amazed at how well they all complemented each other. As previously posted, I chose to make one large quilt from the blocks and a smaller quilt that will be a memento for the family. I got that top sewn together, too. I am going to do some embroidery and some other embellishment to the top and then I'll finish this one. When that's all done, I'll tell you why I selected and positioned blocks as I did. I'll also tell you exactly who made each block.

I kept almost every envelope and can tell you that blocks came from England, Australia, Canada and the states of Texas, California, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Delaware, North Dakota, Alabama, Missouri, Ohio, New Jersey, Oregon, Utah, and Minnesota!!! That's a photo of my "filing system". In addition, I took a photo of each block with the envelope from the sender so that I would be able to accurately identify who made what block(s). The newspaper article was one that was published a few weeks ago in our local paper. You can see Emma's photo and you can also go to http://www.hopeforsweetemma.com/ for further information.

I thought I'd also include a picture of Connie, Emma's grandma, and my Postlady. This was taken last summer when my grandson, Jacob, and I were taking Brown Bear for a visit around Henderson and photo-taking ops. :-)

SO, with the Emma's quilt off to be hand-quilted, I will move on to the next project - getting caught up on posting and loading photos to my blog!!!

Here's a peek at a quilt top that I was "gifted" with on my visit to Iowa last week. You'll find out it's origin and I'll take a full view photo to share in my next post. Til then.........it's lights out and off to bed.

I'm beginning to think I should sign my posts.........

The NightOwl!

Sandi