Finished.....Kind Of......

OK. I saved the closet and the floor in front of it for last. I haven't gone through every drawer and box yet. I figure that I can do that, one drawer at a time, in the next week/month/year....I will do it. Honest.

All I have left is this. It is a stack of baskets full of refuse that was left on the floor yesterday.
Amazingly enough, it didn't seem to grow while I was at the mini meeting!

My daughter always accuses me of saving some stuff for "seed". The first thing she always asks when I finish one of these cleaning sprees is...."What did you leave in the laundry basket?" It used to be "What's left in the garbage bag?" I changed to the basket because even if it's full of miscellaneous items, it looks so much better than the bag until I finish putting it all away.

I promise that I will get it all stowed away, maybe tomorrow....

I did find the "folded pieces" quilt. I wanted you to see it. If you click on it, you can see how it is put together. There are no actual seams in it. The pieces are all folded to size and put in with tiny stitches. Each square starts in the center with the black piece. Then four white, folded strips are stitched down to that with tiny stitches. After that, the fabric that forms the X is put down in four pieces then the diamonds at the edge of the black. Next the pieces that form the star itself are laid on and last the folded squares and triangles that form the background of the star. They are actually the closest to the top. The last step is adding the large corner triangles to make it look like a large block. The boarders are done in the same way. Then it is edged with a wrap around binding.

Here's the back of the piece. They definitely are not worried about neatness counting! Since they didn't trim any of the layers, it is quite thick in spots.

I have always planned to try this technique. I do believe that, if you trimmed it more than they did, it would make a nice mini quilt. As it is, I love it, but it is hard to get it to drape well on a bed. All of the stitches are by hand.

I guess that I should go rescue Tessie now. I asked her to hold the quilt up so that you could see the back. I think she is still under there somewhere. Gotta go before she starts yelling.

See you tomorrow.