True Up North

Published on by bramangirlsquilt
On the shore of Lake Superior, August 2023

I found this quilt pattern this summer at my local quilt shop, Seven Sisters Quilt Shop. Had to buy it quick, even though I had three other projects already going at the time. In fact, you can see the pattern in a photo on another post while I was working on chickens.

There’s the pattern in the background.

Lots of three inch blocks cut and and a few half square triangles. I’m ready to put it together.

Trimming blocks at the lake.
Oops, an extra block. Better get my seam ripper out
There is the Keweenaw Peninsula in Lake Superior.
Western U.P.
I had 3/4 of this top done when I remembered these special pins I had. They worked great to keep the seam allowance laying the right way while stitching long seams.
Flimsy finally complete
Free motion quilting on my Simply Sixteen
Hand sewing the binding. Almost done.

I had hoped to get this quilt completed before we got to the Upper Peninsula. Notice the tower in the background of the photo above, we are actually on the Mackinaw Bridge and I still have over a foot to sew. As it turned out, there was a backup at the toll booth on the north side of the bridge and I got the quilt finished just in time.

Now to find places to photograph in the U.P.

First stop was at a rest area on US 2 with Lake Michigan in the background. First photo I had it upside down.😂😂

Bond Falls was an amazing background for more photos

On the shore of Lake Superior
At Camp Quitcherbitching on the shore of Garnet Lake.
On the sandy north shore of Lake Michigan
Windy day on the north side of the Mackinaw Bridge

Our last stop as we head south was the rest stop on the west side of the Mackinaw Bridge. My husband may have thought I was crazy hauling this quilt all over the U.P. and taking photos, but he participated and obviously used it to stay warm.

It’s now boxed up and ready to head back north as a gift to friends that are life long residents of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.