I have the center finished for my kaleidoscope quilt. I have an idea for the border, I just have to work out the sequence. I wasn't sure I was going to see the magic of the quilt, until, the center was together. I love it so far. I already want to do another, but, I have to remember I started with almost everything done as an older ufo. So, it won't be as easy as it seems now.
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A quilty friend gifted me a little bag of scrappy squares that were so fun to dig through and pet. I like that it is a little glimpse into their quilting world.
stash report September 15, 2024
fabric added this week: 0 yards
fabric added year to date for 2024: 72 yards
fabric used: - 14 yards - dark strings is finished -new
fabric used year to date for 2024: 506 yards
441 yards used more than bought in 2024
I sewed 4 days last week.
Hubby and I attended a quilt show in Pendleton Indiana that was hanging in a museum of history of the that town. The quilts were lovely to look at, but, I am always intrigued by the museum as well. Off the beaten path of the quilt show was a stunning beauty I just had to stop and admire. I can't believe how amazing this quilt was. It was incredible.
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| I didn't touch, but my fingers give perspective of the size of the tiny squares. |
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I haven't had much sewing machine time this week. I did cut gray for Jos checkers. And, I made orange ripple blocks. I will try to sew black this month and brown next month. I have all the 4 patches sewn for the sashings on my baby 30s project. I am not making any more traffic jam blocks this year. I have kept up with the cutting for monkey wrench blocks, but, have fallen behind in the sewing. I'm done with the blocks I needed for the windmill quilt.
Since this quilt was made before I was blogging, I don't have many notes or pictures of the beginning. I know I started it in 2014 and the pattern was in a book called string quilt revival. I added it to the 5 quilt project in July 2024. It was in a project box, but it was ready to be quilted - happy surprise.
I really like string quilts and I know it was pieced on my people powered treadle machine while I was watching tv. I bet the early treadlers couldn't say that. I have a wonderful treadle that sews almost as fast as a powered machine. I haven't used it this year or pieced strings and I am missing it.
I liked the pattern because the picture used black and civil war fabrics. I didn't, and, I really like the bright contrast with black. And it is so nice to make use of the small bits.
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| 66 x80 = 15 yards |
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| finally a use for the animal print😃 |
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I opened a new ufo project box to look ahead to what I might need to do to finish this quilt from 2019.
It was a sampler quilt as a QAL for the rainbow scrap challenge group. It looks like I did not make the blocks from october, november, and december of that year. And, I haven't framed all of the blocks. I look forward to playing with this project. I will have to go back to all the directions to see what I was doing. I am pulling this out since my big piecing project ( midnight flight) is a little boring. The rest of the 5 quilts are either at borders or quilting and waiting their turn.
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oh my! a new puzzle. This is the project box for an older UFO from 2016 called midnight flight from the quiltville book 'more adventures with leaders and enders'. All the pieces to build the blocks are cut and pieced including the border pieces. Which include 218 red 4 patches and 218 cheddar 4 patches, 288 hsts b&w, 288 blade pieces, and 148 border blades ( half leaning right and half leaning left). What was I thinking when I cut this out. The next step is to build 72 cheddar quadrants and 72 red quadrants. It is now part of the 5 quilt project. Let the fun begin.
I've dug some more out of the bag that was gifted to me and found more blocks and a few more scraps. I am thinking, I might want to add orphan blocks to my goals next year, maybe, even for the rainbow scrap challenge.
stash report September 8, 2024
fabric added this week: 0 yards
fabric added year to date for 2024: 72 yards
fabric used: - 4 yards - umbrien fields is finished
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| 25 x25 = 4 yards |
fabric used year to date for 2024: 492 yards
441 yards used more than bought in 2024
I sewed 3 days last week.
I have some binding to do today as I take it slow and enjoy.
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I had to finish the oranges for sugar grove or I would fall way behind, it would only take 1 month to do that.
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| 1s, 2s, 3s |
I didn't make any ripple blocks in orange.. yet
This is a wall hanging pattern from a different box of crayons that is finished. Our guild had her as a speaker and she offered a workshop in 2017 of a beautiful quilt that I also bought, which is still not finished. But, I did finally finish the wall hanging as part of my 5 quilt project. She introduced us to the idea that we could use other fabrics combined with cotton. This wall hanging has silk, velvet, satin, wool and other shiny stuff.
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| 25 x 25 = 4 yards |
Last month I added cheddar jubilee to my 5 quilt project. It has a history of hiding. This month it is my one monthly goal to finish it. On my list, it was listed as ready for quilting. But, it needed borders. I added the inner border, but, I need to piece the outer border before I can add it.
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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. My top priority this year are the quilts in the to be quilted closet.
I was able to finish some oldies but goodies and some that hadn't lived in the to be quilted closet very long. My goal for the year was to seriously make a dent in my quilts that needed to be quilted and I have. I started with 34 and I have 6 ready, now. Of course, as I finish an older ufo it also needs to be quilted.
I finished 6 ufos in August. 29 ufos for 2024
In August, I wanted to finish 2 quilts In the 'to be quilted closet' before I did any other UFOs. I did the two I planned for August. I finished....
1. neutral territory from 2013 is finished
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| 48 x 60 |
2. cathedral stars finished this year My one monthly goal for August
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| 85 x 85 |
I worked on these older Ufos to finish them
1. garlic knots -ready for quilting
2. scrappy twirl new in March -I just can't seem to take this quilt seriously. Maybe I should put it back in the box. But, no, I will not be intimidated, I am leaving it on my design wall and will wait patiently for inspiration.
4. halloween stripe runner from the beginning- top is ready for quilting
5. kaliedescope - mary huey workshop -ready for borders
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6. cheddar jubilee - adding borders
My PHD for August
ufo projects for August:
1. scrappy sandwiches is finished
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| 61 x 74 |
2. the basket quilt is finished
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| 40 x 50 |
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| 76 x 76 |
1. cheddar jubilee on the frame
2. diamond strings needs borders
3. split nine patch
4. dark string - quilted
5. box kite
Looking forward to September:
quilts to be quilted from the closet -top priority
1.cheddar jubilee my one monthly goal for September
2. garlic knots
2. kaliedescope - mary huey workshop -borders
3. midnight flight make blocks
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| all the little parts |
4. diamond string needs borders
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| ribbon border |
5. tiny tuesday -finish blocks - it looks like I didn't finish the end of the year colors and blocks
I had a quilty friend gift me with orphan blocks at our last open sew. It was a pleasure to go through them. I don't know if I will keep any of them, I just like to look.
stash report September 1, 2024
fabric added this week: 0 yards
fabric added year to date for 2024: 72 yards
fabric used: - 35 yards - cathedral stars finish - donated 10 yards to guild
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| 85 x 85 |
fabric used year to date for 2024: 488 yards
437 yards used more than bought in 2024
I sewed 4 days last week.
More progress on my Christmas in New England rug. I haven't set a good routine for working on this at home yet.
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