Quilt a Fall Forest

Wow! I'm not even going to attempt to commit to regular posting AGAIN. I'll try though.

As for right now, I'm in the middle of planning a new quilt, thanks to a quilt-along hosted by The Quilt Tree.
I've wanted to make another version of my Geese in the Forest pattern for a while now and this was just the kick in the butt I needed.

I decided on a Fall version with possibly a few maple leaf blocks scattered here and there.

My chosen fabrics are Moda Bella Solids (of course...).

I've added some kits to the Etsy store but, if you already have a Bella stash, the colors I'm using are as follows:
Hay 9900 104
Leaf Green 9900 192
Clementine 9900 209
Saffron 9900 232
and for the background my current favorite Eggshell 9900 281

I'm planning future blog posts with foundation piecing tips, tools, & techniques, so be sure to pop back in.

Oh and, last but not least, both The Quilt Tree and Twiddletails are sponsoring giveaways for quilt-along participants on Instagram, so be sure to hop on over there for all the details! (just search for #quiltaforest)

To the exclusion

...of everything else, this is what I did yesterday. No cleaning, no cooking, no mowing the lawn, no taking the dog's "you-know-what" to be tested before we leave on vacation, no grocery shopping.
Just this.

The photo sucks. It's kind of dark out there and this thing is HUGE. 7ft x 7ft. I had to get the hubby's photography ladder just to fit it into the shot.
I'll be quilting it in the fall when it cools down a bit. It will be only 69 degrees today though...
But, no - the dog poop awaits.

All caught up - again

I've been a little busy with non-sewing stuff, but I did manage to get caught up on my quilt-along blocks again.

Week 10:

Week 11:

Week 12:

and 12 setting blocks:

Just one more star block to go and I can sew this puppy together, adding to my stack of unfinished quilts.

All caught up!

Star quilt-along

Week 7:

Week 8:

Week 9: (the contrast is not quite right here)

Redo:

And a little preview of what it might look like when I get the setting blocks made.