Saturday, 23 August 2025
Omygosh.
One of the many reasons so many years ago, when I join RSC yearly colour challenge was to get some of the blocks done for this quilt. I was hoping to use up most of my scraps of fabric? Did it work?
Nope, the scrap bin is still filled to almost the top. Pineapple blocks use a lot of fabric, maybe that will be my next challenge blocks for RSC?
It is not finished yet, it needs trimming and binding. Thank you to RSC colour challenge this quilt became a reality and are scraps no more. A fellow quilter who saw it, thought I was crazy to make it in the first place. Was this an insanity project? Many years ago I saw on at the Quilt Show in Ottawa, which inspired me to want to make one too one day.
All this was possible because it was done with no stress. Make a couple of blocks in the called for colour each month, then put them away in a box. This happened over the course of three years, then it was all laid out and sewn row by row. Those border fabrics did not want to play nice and was unpicked a few times. It is now quilted, one of the projects I got to practiced on the longarm machine. August has been a busy learning curve month, for which I will be grateful for a long time to come.
Michigan, a mystery quilt along with Laundry BasketQuilts a few years back and made with Da Gama quilting cottons from South Africa also got quilted. It has aqua and blues in it too! The binding is on and it is a finished quilt.
The hummingbirds keepcoming to the feeder and they chase each other, as they do not want to share the feeder.
We went for a picnic yesterday not far from where we live.
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Your Ohmygosh is nearly done!! How awesome. and Now you will need to decide on another RSC project. Lucky for us,the choice is unlimited.
ReplyDeleteYour OMG! is lovely! I made a mini several years ago, that was enough but piecing the blocks in conjunction with the RSC is a great idea. Happy stitching!
ReplyDeleteEvery time I see a finished Ohmygosh quilt, I know how it got its name! Ohmygosh, that is beautiful, Maggie. Congratulations on your (almost) finish!
ReplyDeleteWhat a stunning scrap quilt that is!! I'm convinced that our scrap bins multiply in the dark at night.
ReplyDeleteSeems we come to the RSC challenge for similar reasons - to shrink the scrap bin and do some restful piecing. We get the piecing, yet reducing the scraps is elusive. But oh, the projects that emerge. What a stunning quilt you ended up with.
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