Completed GB Packer Solstice...Abigail

Actually finished rows and a few borders last weekend.

Here is the final product! Had to find an area that was not windy. Plan to quilt footballs and Packer player numbers.

Completed 22 hand quilted blocks in the "king".

Today reached end if two rows with total of 22 blocks hand quilted during watching/listening to Olympics. 99 blocks to go. Quilting 2 rows at a time.using 4 interlocking circles in each block. Fun to do and fast. About 1 hour to complete a block.

So what will the Packer Solstice look like?

So here is what the blocks will look like. Changed the direction of the half square triangles on the corner blocks so the green would not blend into the other green.

You cans see that the yellow- orange looks like cheddar cheese.

I just need to finish the corner block construction.  Very happy with the progress and the look of the quilt.
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Progress on Packer Solstice...clue 2 Chevrons!!!

Here is this weekends progress. I have them in pairs and now will do some pinning during the Super Bowl. I love how these colors turned out!

The hearts are very cute! The gold material was a last minute pick up and sure looks and feels Packers! Very excited to see this come together. Probably will be delayed due to the Olympics watching and some planned events with my husband.

Celtic Solstice.."king".. Quilting

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Here is the quilting design I settled on. Something easy and quick due to the size of the quilt. I will have time to think about border design later. Olympics on later this week so will do some hand quilting at this time.

Tried to fill out the block. Quilting using wool batting, so great to quilt with. I am using green for the quilting, possibly yellow to outline the blocks, but still think about it. Sure is a big heavy quilt to move around, very warm as our weather has been quilt cold.

Here is the back.  I  not picky about my stitches, I do the best. I want to be successful in completing the quilt.

Packer Solstice...clue one done

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Clue one is done. Triangles are better than the first go round.  You can see the triangles used for the block...stars. That way the packer material is more prominent. The black/packer  triangles will be for the side border. I am thinking that I may point them toward or away from the main quilt. I will have to see once the blocks come together.

Now here is clue. 2. These are the beginnings for the chevrons. Green will be the base with off whilst and gold the other two colors. Today I finished adding the off while. Just finished marking the gold squares to add to green ones. Actually had to cut 3 more rows of green, so total should be 20. I decided to add these to pictures incase I want to do this quilt again. I really love the different parts of it and how it comes together and the final effects. Maybe a future Badger quilt? We'll see. So far I am pleased how the fabrics play nice together!

Celtic Solstice completed top ready for quilting!

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Final green border on the quilt. Looks great! I would not change a thing,

Laying it out so I can put batting and backing on it.

Whiskers is inspecting the whole process.

Quite an undertaking. It is a very heavy quilt but so worth the effort!