First Flimsy Finish of '26

Here is the first flimsy finish of 2026, the 2025 Laundry Basket Mystery quilt which has been renamed Tennessee by the designer, Edyta Sitar.

If you remember, I had made a start with this quilt in September and kept up for several rounds until I decided I didn't like the fabrics I was using.

I started over again in late November using other fabrics that had also been purchased for another quilt that didn't happen. I showed you that in another post.

Now the flimsy is completely finished and has been delivered to the long arm quilter.

Here are multiple picture in various displays for you to peruse. 

This was a fun quilt to make, it actually sewed together fairly quickly. The blocks all finish at 6" and there are a lot of them but making a round at a time didn't seem to take that long.

The outside gray border is the same background fabric used in the chain 'round'. The binding is a striped light blue fabric. I had thought about using it for the outside border but didn't think it would look right so I went with the gray.

Here is a picture on the display floor in the sewing studio. 

And another picture with the flimsy displayed on our king sized bed.

I made a change to the pattern. The outside pieced border has a light background triangle in the block. You are supposed to use the same block in the corner but I didn't think the light triangle looked right, at least I didn't like it.

Anyway this is what I came up with.

The lighter blue square doesn't look quite right since it's not centered in the corner but I didn't want to spend the time figuring out how to make that change. I still think this is better than having a light triangle in the corner. Here is a link to the Tennessee pattern, look at the corner and see the light triangle, what do you think?

My flimsy measures 98" square. In the online sew-along, Edyta had an option to add applique to the outside border. The appliques she had were coordinated to match the fabrics she is selling. I already have an applique project in progress and I was ready to be finished with this quilt.

After finishing the flimsy, there are all the scraps left from cutting the pieces. I was so tempted to just set those aside and start on the next quilt but we all know what happens when we do that. Instead I sorted them into piles and cut the smaller pieces into usable sizes and put larger pieces into their appropriate box. It really didn't take very long to cut into smaller pieces and now the cutting table is clean! Hopefully I'll keep that practice up throughout 2026.

Linking to To Do Tuesday, Wednesday Wait Loss, Needle & Thread Thursday, Put Your Foot Down, Free Motion Mavericks, TGIFF!, Finished or Not Friday, Off the Wall Friday, Beauty Pageant, Patchwork & Quilts