The top is finished

I didn't post yesterday because I didn't want to show yet another photo of this quilt in process. I decided to wait a day until the whole top was done. I got the borders and sashing done yesterday. I think the family will love it. Now I need to work on the back.
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Because the baby receiving this is a family member, I want to incorporate one of the blocks made by my Great Grandmother on the back. My original was simply to have one star floating on the back. The problem is that these blocks are incredibly wonky and the centers are very, very thick. Each diamond is foundation pieced so there are, at minimum, 16 layers in the center. With that on the back of the longarm I'm guaranteed to break a needle and get the machine out of timing. So I'm giving myself a day to ponder other ideas of how to use one or more of these blocks but I feel like it's got to mean that I'm taking them apart. We'll see.
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I also got all of my dyed fabrics processed and ironed. These are the veterans quilt backs.
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These are the parfait dyed fat quarters. Three fabrics are dyed in one container so I did 4 groups. The basic process is to put a fabric in the bottom of the container, add dye, then soda ash solution, then layer in the second fabric, dye, soda ash, and then the third fabric, dye and soda ash. I usually wait 10 - 15 minutes between adding dye and soda ash. 

In these sets, the fabric on the left was the first fabric, the middle is the second and the right one is the third. In the case of the blue I used a navy for the top fabric and that just over took all 3 fabrics. I still got some nice textures and I really needed some golds, oranges and browns for the stash. I like to do this technique when I have leftover or old dyes. It's always a nice surprise.