2020 Sugaridoo QAL top is done.

All the rows are finally finished.  The last row was released on 1st of October.  It is a bright and happy one, with clean lines. Very eye catching and modern.

Each row has a piece of the accent print or colour fabric. The ruler fabric incorporated into the rows are from my stash. It was originally planned for a pencil case.  Unbeknownst to me,  it is from the same designer of the fat eight bundle fabrics. That pencil case was never meant to be, the ruler fabric of which I only had 20cm of the width of the fabric, was just enough!

The back of this quilt top is very tidy and the new iron is working well and all the seams of the quilt top is pressed flat. Ready for quilting.  Will trim any stray threads, as they will show on the front when quilting, as the background is white.

The front of the top showcases the wonky moons, circles (hubby said they are putting greens?), arrows going down and up...  Triangles, mowing the lawn or not, hastags and Tetris, everything falling into place. This top is a representation of the year 2020, in more ways than one. Letting go and embracing the new.

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Fresh, dainty and soft backing. Perfect for this top, it was in the cupboard and it followed me home from Retreat one year. 

Binding is made for 365 Quilt Challenge, the QAL from Katherine Kerr. The Quilt along was a block a day, for a year. The Quilt went to be longarm quilted, as I knew it would be the best way to get it finished. Both these QAL the patterns was given free, for those who signed up for them, so thank you to the talented ladies who designed and offered them to all of us!

Normally the binding gets made when the top is done, or sometimes when the quilt top is started. Realized yesterday the binding needs making, as the quilted top will need it soon.

Over the summer the chipmunk took sunflower seeds from the birdfeeder and did some gardening in the veggie garden.  We moved them to other parts of the garden, this is the end result.

Autumn is here and all the trees are wearing their fall colours already.  This is Thanks Giving weekend in Canada. We are blessed to be home and grateful for all the abundance and blessings we have received this year.  A year that has been one which none of us expected.  We have grown in ways and have discovered how amazing humankind truly can be. The people who surround us, friends, family and in some cases complete strangers, we wish everyone an amazing Thanks Giving , not just for a weekend but throughout the coming years to come.