Jazzed!

That's exactly how I'm feeling - Jazzed! - about finishing the 43" X 43" improv quilt I started in Maria Shell's @talesofastitcher September 12-13 virtual workshop: "Linear Blocks: Line into Shape."

Do you know that feeling when during the process of making a quilt, something about it feels extra-right? Well, that's exactly how I felt during all the making of Jazzed. 

I've found my improv sweet spot. 

With Maria's guidance, I pieced various "elements" using the guidelines on my rotary cutting mat and a 60 mm rotary cutter to cut fabric strips. As a block or section was completed, I squared-it with a ruler before attaching it to other pieces. The finished quilt is on the square.

I used leftover bits to make the back wide enough, feeling very satisfied about finding the perfect spot for those cute, tiny cross blocks I'd thought to use on the front. I like this vertical strip between two pieces of Kona aqua.

Quilter's Dream Puff batting is my new favorite batt because it gives a quilt lovely dimension. Quilting is a combination of free motion, ruler work, and walking foot quilting on my Bernina 770QE. 

For the second time, I edge-stitched the whole quilt sandwich before quilting... and the quilting came out perfectly flat, again - no scooching as I quilted. I will definitely be taking this extra step from now on.

Once again, I followed this favorite Easy Quilt Facing instruction at We All Sew, to finish the edges. 

While on another recent label-making binge, I even made the label for this quilt... still adding the phrase "during the Coronavirus pandemic." A few decades from now, people will want to know.

Here's my usual, favorite quilt photos spot - Jazzed clamped to a frond of our front yard Bismarck palm. 

Love the palm; love the quilt! I think I need to rearrange or remove a quilt from a wall to make a spot to hang it. I just want to admire it! Linda