Pickle Dish (aka Trilobytes) Finished, Double T Star Finished

Pickle Dish (aka Trilobytes) DONE

This was more of a personal challenge than a perfectly finished project.  After a few false starts, paper piecing techniques from long ago kicked in.  My colors/values were good, and piecing skills were better than anticipated, but my machine quilting leaves something to be desired.  I tried to use each and every good color thread/type possible which caused continuous uneven tension issues on the back.  I started with determination and patience to get the tension right after each change of thread, but impatience overwhelmed me and finally had to finish best I could.  It looks good on the top.  It's about 50" x 50". 

And now, a finish to a 2011 UFO!!!!!!!   Piecing was good and due to its size, I was possibly afraid to actually quilt it.   But here it is, finished under pressure for an upcoming Trunk Show, it is DONE.  It's about 84" by 94", and called a Double T Star block.  All those brown vertical zig-zags were done with ruler work, and all MQ'ed on my DSM.   I had apparently learned Eleanor Burns' method for making Flying Geese.  The binding is a faux flange.