midnight flight finish

Midnight flight is finished. I began piecing the pieces in 2017.   As part of my 5 quilt project, I started making the blocks from the pieced units in September 2024. It was my one monthly goal for December to finish it. This was huge project. But it is beautiful in person. It was huge now but the cutting  and piecing the first units in 2016 and 2017, it was big as well. Sometimes, I forget to be grateful for the past me for getting the tedious parts done. It is also my 41st finish for 2024 and the last finish for the year. I will be excited to start on 2025 ufos that I want to finish. I plan to stick to my 5 quilt project again in 2025. It seems to be working for me.

84 x 84

I had a hard time choosing the backing and just settled

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The top is done for  midnight flight. hooray!

 I finished the borders last week. The borders fit perfectly. I am pleased with how well all the pieces fit together.  Since I have emptied my 'to be quilted' closet, I can put it on the longarm frame immediately. I am on track to finish the quilt this month for my one monthly goal.

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I am inching toward a finish for  midnight flight. These are the cornerstones for the borders. I have two borders made, and, I just finished the last two. So far, every Bonnie Hunter pattern I have made, the pieced borders fit perfectly. Hopefully, I will still make my one monthly goal of a finish by the end of the month. Every day, I try to do some part of the process, in keeping with my energy level. I had not cut the cornerstones, when, I cut and started the pieces for this quilt in 2016, and there wasn't any extra pieces of the fabrics in the box. I knew I could use all the pieces from my stash except the cheddar ( the beauty of a scrappy quilt). It took me a minute to find a suitable replacement for the cheddar since it was a constant.

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My one monthly goal for November was to finish all the star blocks for an older ufo called midnight flight. I did that by the middle of the month.

Then, I moved on to making rows.

Toward the end of the month, all the rows were finished. 

After the rows were assembled, I added the inner border. The outer border is a pieced border. I have all the individual units pieced, I just have to make the borders. Hopefully, next month, I will finish it. The longarm is now empty as I have finished all the quilts in the 'to be quilted' closet.  And then, I will have something else to blog about.

So, in summary, I guess I met my November goal.

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I have been sewing rows for my midnight flight Ufo. I had 1 row done last week from a Friday day with my quilting buddies. Making all the star blocks was my one monthly goal for November, and I have exceeded that to this point. I may still have time to finish the top before the end of the month.

It's that time of year again when our community has the "we care" trees in the mall. Every year, for years, our community has sponsored decorated Christmas trees. The trees are sold at auction, and, the money is donated to We care charity for Christmas charity giving. At this point, mostly only businesses can afford to buy the trees and display them at their businesses. We have visited each year and it is very inspiring for the Christmas spirit. 

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God bless all the brave men and women who have preserved our nation. thank you

All the star blocks are finished for midnight flight Ufo. Last week, I had the star blocks webbed together which made sewing the center seam quick and easy. I just had to try a row and really like how it looks. I am making a 6 x 6 layout. I like the colors coming together. Someone asked me how I get all the points to match. Easy, have so many points in the quilt that no one will notice all the points that don't match - shazam camouflaged

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webbing midnight flight blocks

I had an open sew with my quilt guild, and, I was able to continue work on my midnight flight Ufo. I really want this quilt done by the end of the year. Last week, I had started piecing the stars. This week, I laid out each block, making sure that everything was in the right position. I sewed the top 2 quadrant blocks together, and without breaking the thread, I sewed the bottom 2 quadrant blocks.

I was able to sew all the stars into webbed blocks. Now, all the hard work of lining up the pattern is done. All I have to do now, is sew the center seam of 36 star blocks.

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midnight flight stars

I attended my Friday quilt group and began putting the star blocks together for my midnight flight Ufo. I made four to make sure I could, and then, starting joining the blocks in twosies. At this point, I am excited to see this quilt come together. I can almost see a finish.  I like revisiting all the scraps from 2017.

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My one monthly goal for October was to finish all the quadrant blocks for midnight flight Ufo and I have done that. It is especially fun in that this part of the quilt has seemed to take forever. Yet, it was only the first of September that I pulled this project out of the ufo closet as part of the 5 quilt project. I began this Bonnie Hunter quilt from her book addicted to scraps in 2017.

so cool how a plan comes together

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midnight flight blocks

I finally attended my Friday group sew and was able to work on midnight flight again. It has been awhile. I needed 25 more blocks to finish the red quadrants. I made 10 or so and almost finished the last 10. This has been a project that has been my portable project and I had stopped being portable for a bit since I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I am recovering and doing much better. I have two weeks before treatments begin and I want to quilt again. The hardest part has been getting my head back in the game.

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I have made progress on my midnight flight Ufo

I have 72 required yellow chain blocks done. I started the red chain blocks at my open sew. And I was able to make 10. It was a challenge to re- train my brain for a different placement of the same pieces. There are 22 pre sewn pieces in each quadrant block.

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starting midnight flight

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 made a small start on the cheddar quadrants which include 21pieces.

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fair and square finish

 I had this quilt on the maybe someday list until 2017, when, I decided to really make it. I started the string piecing, off and on, until, I finished the blocks in 2019.  Next, I spent some time making little 4 patches. It is all made with recycled shirt fabric, except the black. I love shirt fabric. It is vibrant and cozy.

The quilt became part of the 5 quilts project in 2022  I don't remember why it was not quilted then, but, instead visited the to be quilted closet, until, now.

Now it is finished - hooray- I chose this as my one monthly goal for October.

82 x 104 = 25 yards

this is my 24th UFo finish for the year

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spool top finish

 hooray - I added the borders to my spoolin around top. It is ready to join the longarm cue. I have a customer quilt to do first. I made the spool blocks along with the quiltville leader/ ender challenge 2012-2013. It became part of the 5 quilt project in August when I opened the ufo project box. Many of the blocks of 4 spools were turned wrong, and, I spent time remaking many of them. I was ready for borders late September.

the free 2012 leader/ ender pattern is here

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I have been working on a big, spool quilt. The center top is finally finished. I found the 4 patches in the ufo box when I opened it, along with spools and instructions. It was the quiltville leader/ender challenge from 2012. That I am making instead of doing this year's leader/ender. 

I made the individual pieces for the border.

And then, had the opportunity to make the long row border pieces. I am getting closer.

Hopefully, I will have a top by the end of the week

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 I lost my domain name for the blog,  and everything has to be changed on my blog. ugh   It's probably a good thing. I have had it since 2013 and every year, the price increases. I am now: makingalather.blogspot.com

I have the spool center done for my 5 quilt project - Spoolin around by Bonnie Hunter. Making 3 inch finished spools was the 2012 leader ender challenge at Quiltville.  Later, she made the quilt and added it to her book more adventures with leaders and enders. It's time for borders.

 I decided when she announced this year's challenge, I would finish an old challenge ufo quilt, instead. I did this last year, too. I finished dotty bow ties from 2011 in January 2023. I realized, that I have started them all, but, have few finishes. imagine that    But.... I like this year's challenge...

pesky lil spools

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Sometimes progress just takes time. A little bit here and there makes a difference over time. I have to remind myself of that often, as I grow impatient. I pressed and trimmed fair and square. And, I cut and added the black inner border. I had hoped to get the final border on the quilt, but, it didn't fit. That will be the next little bit of time I can find. I think it looks great. The end is in sight.

It has been harvest season for our little garden. The tomatoes are starting to ripen and a BLT sandwich is something I look forward to every summer. yum ! We canned a few for the winter.

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4 patch x finish

I began this 4 patch x in  January 2016. It's a bonnie Hunter pattern from her book more adventures with leaders and enders. I enjoyed the piecing, especially the 4 patches. There is something classic about random 4 patches made from scraps. I love yellow as a color, so, I had no trouble going with the same color scheme as Bonnie.

74 x 84

I used a vintage calico for the binding. Using something like that makes me smile. I know it was vintage, as it was only 36 inches wide. I used a left edge foot, and, attached the binding by machine. I had a 100% cotton sheet the right size for the back. I can't seem to quilt up the pile of waiting to be quilted. As soon as I quilt one, I recount, and, there is the same number. sigh.....

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baskets are finished

Lucy's basket is a finished quilt. It has been a long time coming. The basket's themselves were a pattern by Bonnie Hunter at quiltville.blogspot.com in her book more adventures with leader and enders.  My daughter and a scrappy quilter friend, Lucy, swapped the baskets in 2014. We each made 230 baskets. I moved it from ufo status to assemble in October 2019. I put it on my top 10 quilts I want to finish in 2020. I didn't finish it like Bonnie did. I wanted something smaller.

There are about 2,000 pieces in the quilt and 13 1/2 yards of fabric. It is 68 x 75 inches.

It is not put together all that well, but I am in love with it. It has my daughter's blocks in it, and one of my favorite scrappy quilter friend's blocks in it. And some of my favorite scraps as well. It is a treasure trove of quilty memories. We also swapped little houses that is on my list for this year as well.

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I have a dozen of these batting boards to use for block piecing. I never remember to use them, but, they came in handy for preparing my basket blocks. I really enjoyed making the blocks once the hard decision was made about which baskets to put where. It was really easy to chain sew, without the pressure of choosing.

I made a few basket blocks first thing in the mornings, and every chance I had, in between other projects. I was surprised how quickly I had a pile of blocks.

I had enough swap baskets to make 57 blocks of four. Each basket is different and even made by a different quilter. I love them. I tend to be very sentimental about these things.
Here and here is more about my project. My one monthly goal for October was to uncover the project and prepare a plan. I did that, and then, couldn't stop working on them.

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