5 quilt November

 last report November 1, 2024 

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 emptied my 'to be quilted' closet this month. I started the year with 34, and they are all quilted. That is such a relief and very freeing. Hopefully, now, I will just be ready to quilt any UFOs I finish, when I finish them. I am still planning on doing the 5 quilt project next year to finish older ufos. I have chosen 24 projects randomly. Seven of them, I will pretend are starting something new, even though, there has been some kind of work on them. Five of them just need assembly of the blocks, and the rest need piecing work. 

 I finished 4 ufos in November

 I wanted to finish 2 quilts In the 'to be quilted closet' before I did any other UFOs.  I did finish both of my goal ufo quilts this month and emptied the closet.

1. Lozenges 11/24

2. split nine patch 11/24

83 x 96

3. country roads is finished 

90 x 90

4. baby 30s is finished

54 x 54

I worked on these older Ufos to finish them

1. midnight flight - was my one monthly goal for November was to finish all the star blocks. This month, I assembled the quilt to the inner border. The outer border is a pieced border, and then, I will finish it this month, fingers crossed, as my  my one monthly goal for December

2. scrappy twirl no new progress and it is still hanging on my design wall.

3. tiny tuesday - finish the blocks and start the rows

yes, a pig

4. charming stars - needs sashing and assembly

5. grandpas star - needs assembly - I am moving this to the new year

6. I have found my kaleidoscope quilt again and will add it in with the others. It needs the borders

My PHD for November 

Looking forward to December:

 quilts to be quilted from the closet -top priority all my quilts are quilted and the closet is empty

ufo projects for December

1. scrappy twirl -cut for the setting triangles

2. midnight flight - outer border

3. tiny tuesday -make rows

4.  charming stars  - needs sashing and assembly

5. kaleidoscope quilt- border

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baby 30s finish

I worked on this quilt as part of the rainbow scrap challenge this year. It was a fun and easy addition to the year. Baby 30s was also a part of my 5 quilt ufo project. I was able to make the blocks and sashings and finish it in one year. I know I could have finished it much quicker, but, carrying it out the whole year made it very relaxing. Before, it went into the ufo closet in 2021, it was all cut out and ready to start. That is one of the blessings of working on older ufos. I usually don't call them an ufo unless they are at least that far along in the process. This quilt played hide and seek with me last year, but I found it.

54 x 54 = 8 yards

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rows for baby30s quilt

Beginning in January, I used my baby 30s quilt as part of the rainbow scrap challenge, and all the blocks were finished by November. It had already been in the ufo closet since 2018. I finished all the sashings and, this week I joined the blocks into rows. I still need to make the 4 patch sashings between rows and as borders.

moving along

We are excited to have the giving machine again in Indianapolis Indiana ( clay terrace). Last year, it was the first year here, and we had so much fun using it. We donated fresh produce to gleaners, sheep and socks to 3rd world countries. There might be a giving machine in your area. There are over 200 world wide. I hope you will check it out at giving machines and light the world.

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baby 30s challenge

This year for the rainbow scrap challenge, I started making an older ufo I called baby 30s. It is a small quilt ( baby size) that I had in the ufo closet since 2018. I found the pattern in sew scrappy magazine. I cut all the pieces then. As each color was called for the months, I made a block and sewed the strips together for the 4 patches. Last month, I made the sashing pieces. I still have November to put it together. I am a big fan of 30s fabrics even though they are not trendy. The idea that those era quilts and fabrics were created to improve a dire time with their pretty colors still works for me.

This is one of my finished quilts that is still a favorite.

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lots of triangles

I am still catching up with purple monkey wrench blocks from March. I started making sugar grove hsts. These are the sets of 5 alike that I need in yellow. Next, I will be finding/cutting sets of 4. I have been through the big bucket of leftover triangles, and didn't find any. Most likely, I will be cutting what I need.

Last month, I didn't need any purple in my baby 30s quilt. It was lovely to make the large shoofly blocks again in yellow. The sashings are 4 patches with 1 1/2 inch squares. I have been sewing strips in preparation for that part of the quilt.

 I spent time at a fiber fair in Greencastle Indiana and enjoyed the colors and talents of fiber artists

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yellow scraps

The color for April and the rainbow scrap challenge is yellow. I dug out my yellow 2 1/2 inch strip bin and started cutting for my projects. The drawer was nearly empty, but, I found enough to cut for windmills, checkers, and this year's stashbuster. The pile on the left is a collection of shorter strips that I can use for sugar grove hsts and monkey wrench hsts. I am ready to sew

I am still using purple monkey wrench blocks as leader/ enders for other projects.

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purple blocks

 I am Just finishing with purple scraps for the rainbow scrap challenge. I made the last of the hen and chicks

I made the last of the strip weave blocks from last year's challenge. I hope to get the quilt top made soon. 

And I have made a few monkey wrench blocks.

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purple zig zag ripple

I made  few zig zag ripple blocks in purple for the rainbow scrap challenge. I am using 1 1/2  inch strips for these blocks. I didn't have that many long enough in my bag of strips. Actually, I don't have many purple scraps in any size.

I added another set of blocks for hen and chicks.

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purple blocks

 Today I am at a sleep in your own bed quilt retreat. Yesterday, I came back from lunch to find Florence the featherweight with a new accessory. She felt much appreciated with the new look, and, I have a new scrap LOL

This week I worked on sugar grove and the purple hsts I need for the rainbow scrap challenge. I made 180 for sets of 5, 4, 3,2,1. I didn't have any purple in the extra hsts drawer. I needed to cut and sew all of them this month.

sets of 5

I made the windmill blocks in purple

I made the new hen and chicks blocks and a lonely monkey wrench

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purple start for march

March is purple for the rainbow scrap challenge. My 2 1/2 inch strip drawer is not very full compared to the red and green we have already used this year. My goal for red and green was to reduce the strips by half, and I did that. This month I may have to find any purple scraps in hiding and cut them to fill the chunks and strip bins.

I cut for windmills, checkers, stashbuster 24, and traffic jam. I pulled the shorter strips for monkey wrench hsts. There is no purple for the baby 30s quilt. And I still have to find some form of purple in my applique for across the wide missourri quilt. 

I made a row of jos checkers

and 2 traffic jam blocks

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still more red

The new color for March has not been announced for me to prepare anything, which is fine, I barely finished the reds I needed for February and the rainbow scrap challenge.

I finished the red blocks for baby 30s quilt,

 and traffic jam

and monkey wrench

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cutting red scraps

I turned my attention to my applique project - across the wide missourri- for the rainbow scrap challenge this month.

The stars were mostly red, so that was my goal.

It seemed that the cabin was red enough, too. I was able to get the big structure attached to the block.

The chinking for the cabin is going to take a bit. There is a red chimney, but, I can't add it until the roof is finished.

 One of my rainbow scrap challenge projects this year is sugar grove pattern by Bonnie Hunter

I didn't have many red hsts in my extras drawer. I needed to cut most of the red sets for sugar grove this month. Last month, I had plenty in green in the drawer.

sets of 5 sugar grove

sets of 3 and 4

I dug through my red 2 1/2 inch bin to cut for my rsc projects this month. I started with 3 pounds and 10 ounces of strips. After sorting and cutting, I reduced the strips to 1 pound 9 ounces. 

I had the equivalent of 1 1/2 jelly rolls in wof strips. I had enough to make a binding for a large quilt - rick rack nines. I cut shorter lengths into hsts for sugar grove and monkey wrench. I sewed odd pieces to a light 2 1/2 inch strip for 4 patches or 25 patches.

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