Rick rack nines is finished and off of the ufo list. It is one of my 5 quilt projects this year. And my one monthly goal for February. All the blocks were finished in 2018 and have been neglected until January. When I opened the box, I thought the 9 patches were ugly and was tempted to pitch them. But, like many scrappy quilts, they are better together as they play off of each other. The pattern is a Bonnie hunter design from her book adventures with leader and enders.
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| 84 x 88 = 25 yards |
My one monthly goal for January was to make a quilt top from 290 nine patches. I did accomplish this goal. Somehow, I don't have the finished photo. This is the last one, before, I sewed the center seam.
I had an open sew with my guild Saturday, and, I have made progress on rick rack nines. Having a top is my January one monthly goal. I am almost there. The middle rows are daunting. The pattern was a king size quilt, and, I didn't realize that when I made the 9 patches. When I began working on it again, I wanted to make it smaller. But, it is still bigger than I thought it would be. I have enough leftover 9 patches to make another quilt.
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It has been bitterly cold here in central Indiana- in the negatives. Great for staying in and quilting. I am working on rick rack nines, hoping for a top this month. It is the piecing focus for my 5 quilt project. Machine quilting 2 older Ufos is the quilting focus. I have been waiting for our Friday group at the library to lay out the rows. I don't have the room here. I have a guild open sew this week that might be just what I need to finish the top. It is slowly growing.
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My ufo project - rick rack nines - is growing. This is a bonnie Hunter quilt project that has languished since 2018. The pattern is in her book adventures with leaders and enders. I have 290- 9 patches and several yards of background in the box. At first, I did not want to finish it. But, with the new year is new motivation. I have cut some background squares and sewed some sets of 2 for the 9 patches. I do love a scrappy quilt. It also is part of my 5 quilt project, and, it is my one monthly goal for January.
When I did not want to finish this, my daughter gave some sage advice. Just make it simple. She suggested an alternate square with the 9 patches. The idea gave me motivation. Still, I liked the zig zag of the pattern. It couldn't be that much more difficult right? um, yes it can.
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blue ridge beauty is finally a completed quilt. I have tried all year to make this a priority in finishing this huge quilt. It took several days to free motion swirls on my longarm. Binding was delayed because my trusty older bernina that I use for binding, stopped working, and, hubby had to spend a couple of days to uncover the problem. I knew he could do it, and, he did. I made blue ridge beauty my one monthly goal for October...again. And this is my 12th ufo finish for PHD 2022.
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| 98x107 |
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| 27 yards |
It has some great old fabrics and shirts in it, and, was definitely from a time when my piecing was still getting better. But, it is a soothing, lovely quilt that will live on my bed for a long time.
This is a Bonnie Hunter quilt called blue ridge beauty from her book adventures with leader and enders. I took a class with Bonnie Hunter in 2014-2015 in Indiana
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I am going to try making blue ridge beauty quilt my one monthly goal again for October. I really would like to see it done by the end of this year, and October would be better. This a quiltville pattern in her book adventures with leaders and enders. I made mine with shirt fabrics included.
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I need to make a monster back and decide on binding. Surely, I can finish it this month. Most of the garden is willing to wait for me to get to it.
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I am restless about finishing ufos. I am on track with my goals for the month, but, I want to add something more interesting. I have been choosing my ufos by the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy. April is blue. I have an older ufo that keeps being passed over, that, I want to at least make a plan for finishing. This is a Bonnie Hunter quilt called blue ridge beauty from her book adventures with leader enders. It takes a bit to figure out what is still left in the box after I open it. It looks like I have a large piece of fabric for the backing. I have a few leftover blocks from the quilt, and inner border strips, and a top without borders. So close, and, I didn't finish it. Borders used to be my kryptonite. Now, they don't seem such a big deal.
There are a lot of oldie fabrics in here and some recycled shirts. It is truly a beauty to me.
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