Summer Camp Is Over and Done!

Here is my Summer Camp quilt all quilted, bound, and ready for late summer picnics!  I really enjoyed every minute of Gyleen Fitzgerald's online summer camp.  If it wasn't for having to finish projects for my guild's upcoming exhibit I would sign up for the next session, but I better focus on the tasks at hand rather than starting something new!  However, if you are looking for a fun new project sign-ups for the second session of summer camp are happening now!  Find all the details at http://www.colourfulstitches.com/xcart/product.php?productid=64&cat=8&page=1

Can You Spot The Mistake?

 Here's the backing for my summer camp quilt all loaded on the frame and ready to go...or is it?  Wait.  Something doesn't look right.  Can you spot what I almost did?  Right!  The right side of the fabric should be facing down, not up!

Ah...this looks better!  That was indeed a very close call!  I can't imagine what I would have done if I had quilted my quilt with the wrong side out!

On Point!

It never occurred to me that the center might be set on point!  I absolutely LOVE how this mystery quilt turned out!  It's going to make a great picnic quilt!

More Blocks!

I now have 40 more blocks for my summer camp quilt!  I'm really wondering how these are all going to go together.  There are 10 of the bigger blocks leftover from the center, which is 40" x 40"and the finished quilt is only to be 60" x 60"...it just doesn't seem like there will be room for them all.  I wonder if some will be worked into the pieced back?

More Cutting

The next step for the summer camp mystery quilt is to cut more block sets.  Smaller pieces this time around and there are 40 sets instead of 28!  I see lots of sewing coming up in the next step!

So Far, So Good!

Here's the center of my summer camp quilt all together!  I was a little nervous about putting on the outside border because the directions called for a partial seam, but it was easier to do than I expected!  So far, so good!

Blocks!

The second step of of Gyleen X. Fitzgerald's summer camp mystery quilt was to sew some blocks together...28 in all!  On to the next step... 

Ready To Sew!

Fabrics are cut and ready to sew for the first step of Gyleen X. Fitzgerald's summer camp mystery quilt!

Summer Camp!

I'm off to summer camp for the month of June!  Ok, I'm not really going away to summer camp, but I did sign up for Gyleen X. Fitzgerald's online summer camp.  I enjoyed her workshop so much  when she visited the Mountain Laurel Quilt Guild last June that I just couldn't resist the opportunity to join this online workshop.  It's a mystery quilt made entirely with fabrics from your stash, so I think choosing the fabrics will probably be the hardest part of this quilt!  I'm not sure all of these fabrics in the photo will make the final cut, but it's a good start!