Yesterday was devoted to quilting Vintage Tin for the most part, and I managed to get quite a bit done...which is an accomplishment considering the obstacles in my path. Despite the assistance of Sir Helpsalot, I managed to finish up the Filling Station. Yesterday's job was to finish adding siding to the building, outline some of the main structures, and add more texture to the trees. After that, I moved on to the block directly above. For this one, I added some clouds in the sky, more rumples in the dirt, and texture to the trees. After that, I moved to the oil cans at the top of the quilt. This block extends the entire width of the quilt, minus borders. For this one, I did a sort of loop-de-loop pebbling with large circles. (Warning: Technical Quilting Terms ahead) Here's a little closer shot so that you can see it better. Also, I quilted the pieced strip below the embroidered block. For the friendship stars, I did a sort of pinwheel flourish and then a hexagon around the outside of the stars. Also, a sort of cathedral window thingy in the half square triangles. Recently, I pinned a design that is going to make quilting the flying geese borders of this quilt a breeze. It starts at the bottom center of the middle triangle. Then weaves back and forth to the point, then cathedral windows to the left and then the right, which brings you back to the center for the next flying goose. It will allow me to quilt those flying geese borders from one end to the other without cutting thread, assuming no thread breakage...which happens to be a big assumption. If you didn't follow all of that, here's the numbered diagram for how this is done. (I'm sorry I can't give credit to the person who created this diagram originally. I've done an image search for it, and the only things I can find do not identify the creator. Nevertheless, this quilter thanks you.) So there is one more large embroidered block to quilt, and then I'll move to the smaller blocks on the sides. I haven't yet decided what to do in the black sashing. This morning I started stitching Block #2 of Hocuspocusville. It's a good start, but there are still acres to go on this one. We're coming down the home stretch getting ready to take off for Moab on Thursday morning. Today I'm doing laundry since I'll be driving all over the state tomorrow. I need to go down and pick up my quilts from the Oregon State Fair, and I need to pick up our CSA share from the farmers. Erik will be picking up our share while we're gone. I'm hoping to get in one more batch of diced tomatoes on Wednesday morning, and then I'll be packing food and clothes in preparation for an early start on Thursday.