I finished my white snowball blocks this weekend. All 49 of them. I even messed around and layed some out with my red ones to get an idea of how they would look when assembled.
I'm loving it so far. Tonight, I hope to get my rows sewn together. That step should go pretty quickly. Then I want to start on my January Schnibbles and get it done real quick before we leave on vacation Wednesday. The next few days will be a sewing marathon, and I can't wait to dig in. When we get back from vacation, I want to find a longarm quilter to quilt my snowball quilt with baptist fans. I usually do my own quilting, but I've never done fans and I don't want to use my future favorite quilt as a guinea pig, so I'll leave it up to those who are experienced professionals. Any longarmers out there who fit the bill? Say aye!
Your snowballs look great! I can't wait to see your quilt done with the fans - I'm sure it will look super! Are you planning a border for it?
Posted by: Lesly | 01/04/2010 at 05:06 AM
Allyson...shouldn't you be getting ready for Florida?! j/k Pretty colors! I can't wait to see the finished product! Have a blast at Disneyworld and on the cruise and good luck to you with the 1/2 marathon and Keith with the full one! You guys will ROCK it! Love you!
Posted by: Chamaine | 01/04/2010 at 06:09 AM
From the comments above it sounds like you have a wonderful trip planned. I hope you don't have to rest up from your vacation when you get home - ha! The snowball quilt looks great. I wish I had had the time to sew along.
Posted by: Robin Booth | 01/04/2010 at 08:36 AM
That red and white quilt just sparkles doesn't it? Are you going to be totally random about sewing together the rows, or will you lay them out and fiddle with the blocks?
Posted by: Nicole | 01/04/2010 at 09:31 AM
Love the snowball quilt! I love red and white for a quilt. Have fun on vacation.
Posted by: Donna | 01/05/2010 at 07:34 AM
Baptist fans, new to me, I had to look that one up. Good idea! What fabric are you using for Madeline? Hope you're having a productive sewing marathon.
Posted by: Thelma | 01/05/2010 at 09:12 AM
Your snowballs look awesome! Have a wonderful vacation!
Posted by: Lisa D. | 01/05/2010 at 11:20 AM
I have to get back to my snowballs. The holidays got me off track.
Posted by: Susan Ramey Cleveland | 01/05/2010 at 03:29 PM
I'm going back looking through your old posts and I just love those snowball blocks. I have the exact red fabric I see in the corner of one of those blocks. Scrap quilts are so fun to look at!
Posted by: Angela | 02/09/2010 at 03:46 AM