I have a finish for Friday. My trip a around the world baby quilt for charity is quilted and bound. I taught a workshop for this quilt for my guild.
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| 45 x 64 = 12 yards |
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Friday, June 30, 2023
baby quilt finish
Wednesday, June 28, 2023
clarissa centers
you may remember I wrote this about my clarissa quilt.
I saw this quilt on sane,crazy, crumby blog and loved it. She loved it from Kathy quilts. And Kathy loved it from the Shelbourne museum. Quilting is a hobby that links us to the past and to the future, a gift that keeps on giving. Thank you to all the lovely quilters who ply their art. You have enriched my life. And my daughter is an amazing quilter, too.......
I have all the pieces I would need for 36 blocks rounds with 40 in one bag, and, another baggie for the round of 24. I think I will throw a baggie in with any project I take to open sews and sew a set while I am there.
It will take awhile, but, there is no hurry. I won't notice how tedious they are, if, I am talking and having fun. haha
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Monday, June 26, 2023
wensleydale quilt blocks
I have a love/ hate relationship with Jen kingwell patterns. I fall in love with the quilts, but, agonize over the patterns and execution. My quilting buddies decided to make wensleydale found in kingwell's book. I started gathering scraps and colors for it. The templates and book was pricey, so I waited for a cheaper alternative. I ended up buying the paper piecing papers over the templates. But, I waited until I wanted to paper piece the blocks, which didn't happen. So, I bought the templates, anyway. They are fiddley to cut. My cut pieces don't match up like I would like, at all. I think I figured out why. I set my seams to a scant 1/4 inch. I think jen uses a true 1/4 inch and with 7 sets of blocks in each block that can make a difference. I am having better luck by increasing my seam allowance.
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| a little debbie mumm and calico |
Sunday, June 25, 2023
stash report June 25, 2023
I found another batch of neutrals hidden in a box. geesh I did cut several shirt quilts awhile back that will need a background. I expect I will start mass cutting those soon. But, I am not sure why the fabric plays hide and seek in boxes.
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stash report June 25, 2023
fabric added: 4 yards
fabric added year to date: 86 yards
fabric used: 0 yards
fabric used year to date: 221 1/2 yards
135 1/ 2 yards used more than bought
I sewed 6 days last week.
I took a picture of my border work on my village rug, and compared it to the start of rug hooking the border. I have made progress.
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I am color planning my next project. I think it will motivate me to keep going. I have neglected my hexie quilt, and, want to work on that a bit today.
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Saturday, June 24, 2023
girlie garden quilt
I had time this week to raw edge applique the daisies for girlie garden, and, assemble the quilt top. I had added it to my rainbow scrap challenge list in February, when, I had extra time from my other projects and the color was pink. It is an older ufo in pink, that, I could finish, if, I had time each month. It is June, and, I am almost ready to quilt it. It has been slow going, since I have stayed busy with my regular rsc projects.
Is it just me, or has blogging changed? I don't see much 'how to s' and progress reports, but, mostly finishes and promoting. Is it that quilting has changed? I don't see many traditional projects. Just small quilts with large fabric pieces. what do you think quilters? I would really like to know.
I know I am not as chatty as I used to be.
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Friday, June 23, 2023
5 quilts june 23, 2023
last report May 29 2023
I try to work on these 5 quilts until they are done. Their turn in the UFO closet is over, and, they need to be finished one way or another. I decided that for 2023, rather than work a little on each one at a time, I would concentrate on just one. I still use the list to plan and look ahead.
I have made more progress than I thought I had this last month on my 5 quilts. Progress seems small, as there are so many steps to each one, and I may only do part of one at a time, but, overall, I am seeing some finishing.
1. wensleydale a jen kingwell pattern - I have made 30 or so. I need 60. I try to make 2 every morning. It surprised me, when I counted, that I am over half way done with the blocks. They seem to take forever.
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2. Block of the month UFO Saturday soire. This an older UFO from 2013. I have been able to start assembly. It is my one monthly goal for June, so, I hope to see a finish. I worked and worked to get all the assembly pieces together and then, poof, it was almost together.
3. plaid kaliedescope - I have cut many , many wedges, and need to sort them into block combos to see how many I have, and how many I still need to cut.
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4. rectangle wrangle quilt.-I thought this would make a good portable project, But, I mostly sew a couple blocks every morning. I have all ( 42) uphill blocks finished. Next are the downhill blocks. It will take a few to break my groove and start another groove.
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5. wonky wishes is a new ufo project added in June. It was surprising how quickly I was able to quilt and finish.
MY next on the longarm of my own quilts in the 'to be quilted' closet.
1.. scrapbox chevron is finished
2. wonky wishes 2017 is finished
customer pause
3. checkered past is finished
customer pause
4. taw baby quilt
5. ubi
remember:
hand me down
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Wednesday, June 21, 2023
room cleaning
I am still working on the room next to my sewing room. I have unearthed more mess, and, I can see some progress. I do the cleaning dance - go through messes on the floor and sort them onto a bed or ironing board, then, go through those messes, and put them back on the floor, and repeat. Eventually, the messes finally shrink and the spot is empty.
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| bed |
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| ironing board |
These were built in 2019 and, now, I can reach them again.
Monday, June 19, 2023
snailing along
Over time, as I work on this fun side project, I need to cut a few more pieces. I bit the bullet and spent some time cutting the rest of what I needed for 120 blocks. I didn't cut all the background, but, the shirts are all cut and ready for when I need a snails trail fix. This is one of my favorite blocks to sneak in between my "real" projects. I love the look and feel and the way the blocks just fit together. bliss
I will work on 5 at a time, adding a ring when I get a chance.
There will be no 2 exactly alike.
Sunday, June 18, 2023
stash report June 18, 2023
I am adding purple, orange and yellow to my stash in anticipation of a projects I want to make. I have a much smaller stash of these colors. I noticed my green scrap drawer is almost impossible to close. I am guessing, I will start a green project soon to use the scraps. It is, after all, a see saw balance of adding and subtracting fabrics. Next week, our guild is having a garage sale. All bets are off, when shopping there - anything could jump into my bag. haha
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stash report June 18, 2023
fabric added: 6 yards
fabric added year to date: 82 yards
fabric used: 0 yards
fabric used year to date: 221 1/2 yards
139 1/ 2 yards used more than bought
I sewed 7 days last week.
I still have a few spots that need filling in on the background of my village rug.
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| watch your Ps and Qs |
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Saturday, June 17, 2023
more blue patches
I tidied the 1 1/2 inch blue strips and separated light and dark. I pulled shorter pieces for 4 patches.
Friday, June 16, 2023
assembling saturday soire
I went with quilty friends to an open sew, and, began putting pieces together for my Block of the month UFO Saturday soire.
I realized here that I had turned a row. It didn't matter if the center blocks were wrong, but, I had the ending pieces wrong. Which, also meant, the sashing was on the wrong side. The easiest way to fix it was remove the sashing row, switch the ends and keep the blocks wrong. But, it was nearly time to go home after a long day. So, I will tackle it another time.
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Wednesday, June 14, 2023
wrangle progress
I have made progress on my rectangle wrangle quilt. I try to make 2 blocks every day. There are 84 blocks, so slow and steady wins the race. I tried to take it with me for a portable project, but, made too many mistakes. It has to stay home. poor baby
With some of the leftover tiny pieces I sewed a little extra to my denim dress.
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Monday, June 12, 2023
may goal - clean fabric room
This is supposed to be a guest room. But, since, I don't have guests, I have stuffed everything, I don't know where to put, in there. I have an ironing board set up for ironing bigger pieces and quilts. To the right, is a thigh high pile of fabric and projects going back about 3 feet. I have 3 billy bookcases( ikea) of fabric that I can't open the doors. which means I can't put fabric away, either, which has contributed to the pile.
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| from the door |
When I trim a quilt on the ironing board, a pile grows of the batting and excess backing. I can tell there are at least 10 different quilt trimmings in that pile. There is a container there, somewhere. I dislike cutting off the batting and cutting the large pieces into something useable. Obviously, it is time to bribe myself into conquering this job.
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| quilt cut offs |
I made this room my May cleaning project from the, enough is enough, category.
Sunday, June 11, 2023
stash report June 11, 2023
I found more hidden treasures in my cleaning adventures. I can always use neutrals and I like to have different prints in my scrappy quilts.
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fabric added: 4 yards
fabric added year to date: 76 yards
fabric used: 23 yards wonky wishes finish
fabric used year to date: 221 1/2 yards
145 1/ 2 yards used more than bought
I sewed 5 days last week.
New Grand baby time - He is perfect
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| so small and sweet |
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Saturday, June 10, 2023
blue 4 patches
I don't need any more blue for my rainbow scrap challenge projects. So, I decided a little tidying was in order. I separated my dark and light blue chunks in the scrap drawer. I added some pieces to the 'cut or get rid' box. And, then, I found a little more room. hooray
I grabbed my blue 2 inch strips, and thought, I would sort through them for dark and light. I also, grabbed smaller pieces of strips for 4 patches and an older ufo called strip tease. I needed to find 2 matching strips in the light, and, 2 in the dark to cut for flying geese, also strip tease. After half of the bag, I was overwhelmed and put it away. There are too many. Even after taking the smaller bits, it weighed 3 pounds 10 ounces. If a pound has 3 yards, then there is nearly 12 yards of fabric in that bag, enough to make a large quilt. And if I have 9 colors of 2 inch strips........ oh my.
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| 75 |
I cut for flying geese - I needed 48- 2 x 3 1/2 inches
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| they look so innocent |
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Friday, June 9, 2023
wonky wishes finish
When Bonnie Hunter was doing quiltcams, she introduced this quilt, as she was working on it. I really liked it, and, started making a few blocks along with her in 2012. It languished in the ufo closet for awhile and then I managed to complete the top in 2017. Then it languished in the "to be quilted" closet until It had a turn as one of my 5 quilts project. I had an empty longarm for a moment, and, now, I have a wonky wishes finish.
It was fun to revisit it, and, all the scrappy fabrics, I used to make the top. The blocks are made of 2 1/2 inch squares. The stars use cast off triangles. The sashings are strings and crumbs.
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| 80 x 93 = 23 yards |
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| I used scrappy red strips for the binding |
This is my 13th UFO finish for the year
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