Quiltpiecer

This is my second Y2K 2000 Charm Quilt Top, which  I started in 2006. I hope to have it completed before the end of the year.  Well, that’s the plan, anyway! I completed my first Y2K quilt in 2004 which I gave as a gift.  And, although this top is not technically a "finished" quilt, it has taken so long to complete that I have to count it as a weekly finish. It seems only yesterday that we were at once excited and anxious about the new millennium.  To celebrate this once-in-a-lifetime event, many quilters wanted to create a Y2K quilt with 2000 different squares (“charms”) of fabric.  There were many swapping groups, and I participated in several. I was able to collect enough charms to make THREE quilts, each with 2000 squares!  So, here we are many years later, and I’ve barely finished piecing the second top.  Hopefully, I can get it quilted before the end of the next decade! And, yes, I still have 80 more “squishes” stored away, each with...

Patriotic Roman Stripes String Quilt #213 I signed up for two string challenges, and this is my second string quilt.  I thought Memorial Day weekend was a good time to finish this one up. I’ll be donating this quilt to the Quilts of Valor program. I started it way back in March and posted about it here .  It all began with this pile of strings in patriotic fabrics that I’ve had for years.  I still have a bunch left, so I’ll be making another string quilt to use them all up … finally! I’m linking up again to Amy's Sew and Tell Fridays … and also posting this on Stacie’s It’s a String Thing Challenge and Stephanie’s No Strings Attached challenge . Update 3/21/11 :  Sold on eBay