Monday, September 30, 2019

September Monthly Goal Finished

I'm thrilled that I've finished my September project for OMG - One Monthly Goal. YAY! That means I get to link up to Patty at Elm Street Quilt's finished goal link-up post. This makes the ninth month running that I've completed my goal.

My September goal was to finish up the two-sided wall hanging made of African fabrics. It will go to Harambe Humanitarian as a fundraising item. We're working toward getting the books we've collected over the last 2 years in the US send over to Kenya. They are going specifically to Tenkes, where we are building a library in the Mau Forest region of the Maasai highlands. 

Anyway, here is one side of the wall hanging. It is made with African fabrics (except the white background and complexion fabrics) using the International Sisters pattern adaptation by my friend Preeti.  Because the blocks finish at 10" and are set on point, it only takes 8 of them with setting triangles to make up one side.  The quilt measures 28.5" x 42x5".


Here is a close-up of some of the quilting. I wanted the Sisters and their dresses to pop, so the quilting was basic stitch in the ditch, some outline quilting in the setting triangles (fabric courtesy of my friend Sally), and then some micro-stippling in the white background areas.


The hanging sleeve was made to come out on top so that the quilt could be hung from either direction. The second side is an African mandala-style panel. Sorry it looks wonky; you can see it is just pinned up to my design board for these pictures.


And a close-up of some of the quilting as it shows up on this side.


Over the course of the next year, I plan to make another half dozen of these 2-sided wall hangings. All will have an African mandala fabric side and an International Sisters/African Queen size. However, the dresses of the ladies may not all be authentic African fabric. We'll see how that plays out.  This wall hanging was also Goal #10 on my Finish-Along List, which you can see HERE.

I've got most of the cutting done for Punkin' Patch, using Bonnie Hunter's pattern from her book String Frenzy.  I'm only doing 16 pumpkins (a 4x4 setting with a green postage stamp border) so it will be a fall wall hanging instead of a quilt.  I'd like to get this one done and hung up within the next week or so. I'm itching to get out all my autumn decorations!




13 comments:

  1. That looks awesome! Thanks for linking up with Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal and congrats on your finish.

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  2. It takes confidence to make a two-sided quilt! The sisters block is so appealing and a great way to use bits of wonderful prints. How many mandala panels do you have? Are they all different?

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  3. I love the Mandala backing and the match the colors and the mood perfectly. You are a really generous person, Cathy.

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  4. Hi Cathy! What a lovely finish for your September OMG project. I just LOVE the International Sisters and how special to use African fabric to complete it. Your string pumpkins look fun as well. Are you using a gray background like the picture shows? ~smile~ Roseanne

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  5. Your wall hanging turned out really beautifully! I love those rich African fabrics. Fabulous!

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  6. Lovely quilt finish and i think your pumpkins will be so cute hugs, Julierose

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  7. Congrats on attaining your goal for September and have fun with those pumpkins!!

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  8. Really love your International Sister’s wall hanging, well done,
    I’ve been eyeing BH Punkin Patch for awhile now...I just need to bite the bullet and purchase her book.

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  9. Beautiful sisters, lovely dresses and happiness all around. I love them so much!!! May they spread peace, love and joy wherever they go. And you made it two-sided - you ARE crazy!!! But please stay that way - cause you are perfect!!! Big hugs to you.

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  10. Wonderful! And you definitely make punkin patch look like fun. And knowing you, they will be harvested very soon!

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  11. A perfect quilt for a good cause made even better with the use of African fabrics throughout. This one should raise some cash for sure! Looking forward to seeing the punkins evolve too!

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  12. Lovely finish of your African Sisters! Those pumpkins will be amazing!!! I love all your oranges. Orange has always been a least favorite for me so I don't have much variety, but lately it's been growing on me.

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  13. Congrats on a lovely finish! On behalf of the 2019 FAL hosts, thank you so much for playing along with us this quarter!

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