Making A Lather

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Wednesday, October 27, 2021

fishing

While I was shopping at Joann fabrics, I ran into an old high school friend. The fact that she was in a fabric store told me why we were friends. haha. We haven't seen each other in 10 years. She is still the the smart, funny, sweet person she was all those years ago.

Connie, me

I have more fish finished as a leader/ender. I don't know how I want to arrange them in a quilt. Right now, I like this one best.

I decided to sew a few hsts for the wedding ring I am doing every now and then. I can trim them in the evening while we watch TV.

and a few more easy breezy 1 1/2 inch size

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Monday, October 25, 2021

5 quilts

It's time for me to plan the week and assess how I have done on my goals. I have 5 quilts I am focusing on right now. I try to work on one task for each quilt at a time working through all five before moving on to the next set of tasks.

1.checkered past -The next step was to make 40 sashings. I sewed 1 1/2 inch creams to 1 1/2 inch shirt strips on the treadle. I pressed and subcut them to the size of the block. tada

But, then, I couldn't help myself, and, I had to try sewing it to the side of the block. That will be the next step. It fit, which when working with shirts, can sometimes be a miracle.

2. fish school - this is a year long project for the quiltville leader/ender challenge. I have made a goal to sew 10 blocks before I can move on to the next quilt. I got this far by using them as leader/ ender working on checkered past.

3. scrappy mountain majesties - I have cut new blocks for an old ufo, so, the next step is to sew the blocks together.

4. boho heart -I finished week 4 of boho heart and I am working on week 5. I sat and made lists and decided how I am going to proceed and made a few kits. The thinking is the hardest part - haha

5. tiger quilt - I added a white border to tiger tiger, I have a polka dot ready to add as the next step.

I made progress on all 5 quilts last week, but, I can't check all the boxes until I add the next border to tiger tiger and finish, make the blocks for scrappy mountain majesties, and finish fish school.

I bumped into a couple of customer quilts I need to do before I can get back to moving my own quilts along.

MY next on the longarm

1. on the go - donation quilt

2. wonky courthouse - hunter

3. hourglass leader ender challenge - hunter

4, end of the rainbow rsc

5. row rainbow rsc

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Sunday, October 24, 2021

stash report 24, 2021

These are so beautiful. I like to add to my reproduction fabrics from time to time, although I don't have any projects in mind for them. And I like charm squares, even though there is an upcost to them for being cut. But, I like the variety.

stash report October 17, 2021

Fabric Used this week: 22 yards I finished rainbow chain quilt

Fabric Used year to Date: 172 yards

Fabric Added this week: 2 yards

Fabric Added Year to Date: 134 yards

net fabric: 37 yards used more than bought

I stitched at least 15 minutes 4 days this week.

I am making slow progress on my sheep chair pad. We are preparing to make a friendship rug at guild, and, there has been a lot of drawing, marking, and getting ready in our rug hooking group. I like to concentrate my time on Sundays to making some wool pull through the rug. And have a lovely little nap. Today it is cold and rainy. a perfect time to get cozy.

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Friday, October 22, 2021

rainbow quilt finish

I took 2 years of sewing with the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy to make the pieces for this single Irish chain by melissa correy. I made the 4 patches in 2019, and the sashings in 2020 according to the color of the month. The top was a top in November 2020. It was an easy, unstressful pattern, and then, it was a great quilt.

I used a light gray sheet for the back, and natural white thread. I made a scrappy binding and attached it by machine. I used a paisley pantograph for the quilting. It's 84 x 84 and used 22 yards of fabric.

I am glad to finally have a finish.

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Wednesday, October 20, 2021

boho heart

I took pictures of our last Friday group - I don't always remember. Linda was missing. I believe we are on week 7 of Boho heart. I have just finished week 4. I am not a big fan of making one block at a time. I prefer chain piecing - start sewing and keep going.

Sue's red and purple version

My rainbow version

We have been harvesting longevity spinach. This is new to us this year. And it is a prolific plant. Nothing killed it. And it didn't bolt like regular spinach. We didn't like it cooked plain like spinach. So we have frozen some for soups and stews. We have dehydrated some. It has more vitamin C than citrus and has a slew of other vitamins, but it tastes very green - if that is a taste. I think we will bring a sprig in and grow it over winter, and, try it again next year. Oh it was yummy cooked with bacon and onions.

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Monday, October 18, 2021

5 quilts

I have 5 quilts I am focusing on right now

1.checkered past

2. fish school - this is a year long project for the quiltville leader/ender challenge. I have made a goal to sew 10 blocks

3. scrappy mountain majesties is an older UFO I want to get to the top stage

4. boho heart is a QAL with my Friday quilting friends

5. tiger quilt

from November 2020. Linda brought a scrap bag to me.... I had found the tiger embroidery at a thrift store...I decided whatever I pulled out of the scrap bag, I would add to the quilt improv style. It has been fun. Some colors, I would not have put together on purpose. But, I like them together here. I think I saw a video on you tube by Beth Shibley from love laugh quilt that made a quilt this way. The last row here of fabric was on the freebie table at the quilt retreat. And I thought it could work.

I did a little cleaning of the bits around my sewing area.

leftovers from frolic mystery

next on the longarm

1. on the go - donation quilt

2. wonky courthouse - hunter

3. hourglass leader ender challenge - hunter

4, end of the rainbow rsc

5. row rainbow rsc

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Sunday, October 17, 2021

stash report October 17, 2021

I added a few pretties to the stash. I spend too much time on the computer buying fabric.

editya sitar jelly roll

stash report October 17, 2021

Fabric Used this week: 0 yards

Fabric Used year to Date: 150 yards

Fabric Added this week: 6 yards

Fabric Added Year to Date: 132 yards

net fabric: 17 yards used more than bought

I stitched at least 15 minutes every day this week.

I have some spinning I want to do today for slow Sunday stitching. I did get last week's yarn "set" and drying this week by soaking it in warm soapy water. And rinsing in two more soaks of plain water. It's important to not agitate or twist but press the water out of the yarn. Then I rolled it in a towel and hung it on a hanger with another hanger at the bottom for weight.

handspun wool

This yarn is one of our sheep to shawl wool yarns. We bought a dirty wool fleece and washed it several times. Combed it, carded it, and spun it. It is more of a white cream than the picture shows. There should be enough in a fleece to make a sweater, but, that is still a long way out for me. Any way, I plan on working on it a little at a time to make progress since there has been so much work invested so far. I think we bought the fleece in 2015.

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Saturday, October 16, 2021

still orange

Somehow this week, I sewed a few orange color blocks for the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy. I have strip sets to sew a couple more blocks. I am just a little behind.

I am thinking about rsc 2022. My plan for 2021 was to work on ufos in the color of the month for the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy. It worked great the first part of the year, but, then, I became bogged down. However, it was a great catalyst to dig out ufos and make decisions to move them forward. But, I really want to keep the the rsc rainbowy ( I'm sure that is a word) next year.

I want to do a stringy project and I thought of razzle dazzle from bonnie hunter. How about you? has fall started you thinking about 2022?

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My rainbow projects for 2021 with links:

tiny houses

postage stamp psp20/21

ice cream

waffle stamp blocks

color blocks quilt along

crumb stars

purple Ufos

zuckerwatte finished

red ufos

aunt Eliza star - finish

blue ufos

floating stars and here and here - finished

green ufos

Christmas sparkle and here

epp stars

yellow ufos

yellow boxy star and here and here and here - finished

florabunda

pink ufos

love pillowcases - finished

2 pink flannel baby quilts and here finished

Friday, October 15, 2021

scraps in the barnyard

I pulled this old ufo out of deep storage to see if I could get the top done in September.

I have the borders pieced and added to the quilt. I used mostly shirts and strips waiting to be trimmed. It will wait it's turn for quilting. I found a back and made the binding as well. I really like the barn raising setting for quilts. It adds a fun twist to ordinary blocks.

Bricks in the barnyard is found in Bonnie Hunter's Book- scraps and shirt tails 2

In an effort to get more of my quilts quilted, I have 3 of them done and waiting to be trimmed and bound. I have never had a pile for binding before. If I quilt it, I bind it. But, I am focusing on the quilting of the back log. It is a bit unnerving having those waiting for me.

It has gotten cold here, the garden is barely hanging on. We still have sweet potatoes, and peppers. We planted brussel sprouts for a fall crop but all we have are giant leaves that look very healthy. We planted garlic and they have little stalks.

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Wednesday, October 13, 2021

checkered past

checkered past is a free pattern from quilted twins. I really like her blog and her free patterns. The patterns look intricate but are really quick and easy compared to others. I have many recycled shirt parts in my stash and I like to have at least one in progress. I started putting 4 patches together at an open sew. I used 2 1/2 inch strips from the yokes.

The next step was to add the checkerboard pieces to frame the squares. I worked on these as a portable project, but, now, we are working on boho heart as a group, so, I was anxious to move it along. There are only 16 blocks which doesn't sound like very many, but there 48 squares around each center. that's 960 squares. The block is 16 1/2.

Now, it's time for sashings.

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Monday, October 11, 2021

scrappy mountain majesties ufo

For my Friday quilt group, I dug out another UFO with the intent to move it along. It is always fun to open the project box and stare at a puzzle. My paper work says I started in 2016 and that all the blocks are sewn. It was planned as a boy donation quilt.

Each individual block was sewn but, I needed to sew them into bigger blocks, which I did.

Somehow I ended up with unmatched extra blocks. I saw two options. Make a smaller quilt with what I had, or, go bigger and cut some more. I didn't have any more of the background fabric, so, I decided to go bigger enough that a plain muslin will look planned if I mix it in with the others. I like bigger quilts anyway.

This is a free Bonnie Hunter pattern available at Quiltville called scrappy mountain majesties.

Judy's new quilt top

I have 5 quilts I am focusing on right now

1. sea swept just needs backing and binding and a turn on the longarm. -done

2. fish school

3. scrappy mountain majesties is an older UFO I want to get to the top stage

4. boho heart is a QAL with my Friday quilting friends

5. and labels and prepping my quilts for the quilt show -done

I have 2 done and can add in 2 more quilts to add to the list - oh the possibilities.

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Sunday, October 10, 2021

stash report 10, 2021

the only changes I am making to my stash report is to add fabric. I really like scrap bags and I added 3 more to my stash. These were an eclectic mix. I should be able to separate them and actually use them.

stash report October 10, 2021

Fabric Used this week: 0 yards

Fabric Used year to Date: 150 yards

Fabric Added this week: 5 yards

Fabric Added Year to Date: 126 yards

net fabric: 23 yards used more than bought

I stitched at least 15 minutes only 3 days this week.

But, I have started spinning again in the evenings on the weekends. This yarn is one of our sheep to shawl wool yarns. We bought a dirty wool fleece and washed it several times. Combed it, carded it, and spun it. It is more of a white cream than the picture shows. There should be enough in a fleece to make a sweater, but, that is still a long way out for me. Any way, I plan on working on it a little at a time to make progress since there has been so much work invested so far. I think we bought the fleece in 2015. Spinning wool is very relaxing and even biblical.

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Saturday, October 9, 2021

green houses

Just a little sewing for the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy. They are not very limey, but, it won't matter in the big picture. I seem to be behind, mentally, on the rainbow sewing.

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My rainbow projects for 2021 with links:

tiny houses

postage stamp psp20/21

ice cream

waffle stamp blocks

color blocks quilt along

crumb stars

purple Ufos

zuckerwatte finished

red ufos

aunt Eliza star - finish

blue ufos

floating stars and here and here - finished

green ufos

Christmas sparkle and here

epp stars

yellow ufos

yellow boxy star and here and here and here - finished

florabunda

pink ufos

love pillowcases - finished

2 pink flannel baby quilts and here finished

Friday, October 8, 2021

sea swept top

woohoo -sea swept is finally a top and I love it. I added the border at an open sew with the guild. I used a made jelly roll to make the borders during the jelly roll race. And I won even adding the borders to the quilt.

I have a great blue wide flannel for the back, leftover jelly roll pieces for the binding. I don't know when it will make it to the longarm, but, it will wait patiently.

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Wednesday, October 6, 2021

waffle stamp blocks progress

I still have waffle blocks in process. I had a bit of extra time at friday group and started putting 4 blocks of 2 together. It will definitely be a busy quilt. I began this quilt as part of the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy. It is a great scrap buster using 1 1/2 inch pieces.

But, There has to be missing blocks somewhere. There isn't as many as I thought I made. Am I going crazy? I thought I had cut for 160 + blocks. I only have half that.

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Monday, October 4, 2021

clarissa quilt block

I saw these blocks first on https://saneandcrazy.blogspot.com/search?q=clarissa who had seen them on Kathy's blog. who saw it as an antique quilt. Each hourglass is 2 inches. I didn't plan on doing anything that intricate, but, I couldn't forget them. And then, I had to try one. My first one was a little wobbly. So I wanted to try for better. And I am getting better with each one. I just really like this block. It isn't on any of my lists, yet. I don't know if I will make another.....

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Sunday, October 3, 2021

stash report October 3, 2021

I came home with 2 pieces of fabric and some precut scrappy squares from the guild donation table at our quilt show over the weekend. The bottom pink was 4 yards and the green was 1 1/2 yards. I'm proud of myself for not going to the half price sale.

stash report October 3, 2021

Fabric Used this week: 0 yards

Fabric Used year to Date: 150 yards

Fabric Added this week: 5 1/2 yards

Fabric Added Year to Date: 121 yards

net fabric: 29 yards used more than bought

I stitched at least 15 minutes every day this week.

I worked a little bit at rug hooking guild on my sheep chair pad. Progress on the rug project is very slow. I really don't like working on it. I go to guild and make myself use at least 10 strips before I can go home. The monks cloth is hard to pull the wool through and it hurts my hands.

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