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Monday, April 1, 2024

5 quilts april 1, 2024

Last report February 28, 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 finished 3 ufos in March.

I wanted to finish 2 quilts In the 'to be quilted closet' before I did any other UFOs. I finished....

quilts to be quilted from the closet -top priority

1. strip tease is quilted

2. antique tile is finished

3. falling charms is finished

I worked on these older Ufos to finish them

1. mini churndashes -is a top and sent to the ' to be quilted closet'.

2. glitter - the rows are together and I need to decide about borders. The pattern does not include borders but it is not very big.

5. split 9 patch - This was my one monthly goal for March and The top is finished

And my March PHD report

Looking forward to April:

quilts to be quilted from the closet -top priority - I have 24

1. dart jelly roll

2. gnome layer cake

ufo projects for April:

1. glitter - borders? if not back and binding and to the ' to be quilted closet'

2. split 9 patch -I need a back and binding and then add it to the 'to be quilted closet'

3. box kite -new in March I have all the blocks in foursies and have started the rows. I think this will be my one monthly goal for April to have a top

4. scrappy twirl new in March - I needed another piecing project for retreat and began planning and

sewing blocks together.

5. cathedral stars will be new if I need another piecing project.

If these finish early, I will add an older UFO I called dark strings. My notes say it needs a border.

next on the longarm

1. show off is finished

2. faux table runner is quilted

customer pause

3. scrappy log cabin

customer pause

4. lucky stars

5. scrappy mountain majesties

6. maple leaves

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024

5 quilt report February 28, 2024

Last report January 31, 2024

I finished 3 ufos in February.

I wanted to finish 2 quilts In the 'to be quilted closet' before I did any other UFOs. I finished....

1. carolina chain is finished.

2. peek a boo bunnies is finished

3. Rick rack nines is finished. This was my February One monthly goal to have a finished quilt.

4. falling charms is quilted and I am working on the binding. I can still have it done by the end of February. I have an extra day right?

I worked on these older Ufos to finish them

1. mini churndashes -I have the blocks sewn and in sets of two. I hope to start assembly.

2. glitter - I have started sewing rows and sewing 2 rows together.

5. split 9 patch -This was new for February. I have started the assembly. I am pretty sure all the blocks were finished as leader and enders in 2013. I have 245 of them.

And my February PHD report

Looking forward to March:

quilts to be quilted from the closet -top priority

1.strip tease

80 x 95

2. antique tile

ufo projects for March:

I am still working on February's piecing projects, but all 3 are in the assembly stage

1. glitter - I worked a little with these blocks in January and February, and, will make them a part of my regular piecing projects in March.

2. churn dashes - blocks are ready for assembly

3. split 9 patch -It is ready for assembly I am making this my one monthly goal for March to have it to the top stage

If these finish early, I will add an older UFO I called dark strings. My notes say it needs a border.

next on the longarm

1. show off is on the frame

2. faux table runner

customer pause

3. scrappy log cabin

4. lucky stars

5. dart jelly roll

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Friday, February 2, 2024

carolina chain finish

I have a Friday finish of an older UFO from 2017. I finished the top in 2021. It became part of my 5 quilt projects in January. At that time, it needed a back, binding, and quilted. I had it done in January, but have a hard time getting photos this winter. I cut Carolina chain in 2017. It is from the the book addicted to scraps by Bonnie Hunter. It was also in the quilltmaker magazine, June/ July 2010.

This is the kind of scrappy quilt that makes me so very happy. It looks more difficult than it actually is, and, showcases so many different scraps and color changes. There are happy memories that make me smile.

84 x 84 = 24 yards

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

5 quilt report January 31, 2024

Last report January 3, 2024

I finished 3 ufos in January. I feel like I keep showing the same finishes too many times. But, I want to end the month of January, and, start planning the month of February.

I wanted to finish 2 quilts In the 'to be quilted closet' before I did any other UFOs. I finished....

1. too many circles - finished too many circles

2. carolina chain is finished. But, the weather has not cooperated with photos.

I worked on these older Ufos to finish them

3. assembling rick rack nines was my One monthly goal for january. I made the goal and added it to the quilting list. This will be my February One monthly goal to have a finished quilt.

4. portage lake block of the month - open the box - I really really like this kit and quilt. But, I wonder if it is more than I want to do right now.

5. mini churndashes - assemble -I have found the 6 inch churndashes that I planned to use in the quilt I want to make. I am excited to combine 2 older ufos into one top. I have started the trimming, and, I have sewn a few twosies. It will be one of my regular piecing projects for social sewing and open sews in February.

February quilts to be quilted from the closet -top priority

I have a customer quilt on the frame now, but, soon...

1. falling charms

2. peek a boo bunnies

fun for the season

ufo projects for February

3. glitter - I worked a little with these blocks in January, and, will make them a part of my regular piecing projects in February. I have them all in twosies and a row together. There is a lot of seam matching.

4. churn dashes

5. split 9 patch -This is new for February. I will open the box and see where this older Ufo is in the assembly stages. I am pretty sure all the blocks were finished as leader and enders in 2013. I have 245 of them.

next on the longarm

1. rick rack nines

customer pause

2. show off

3. faux table runner

4. scrappy log cabin

5. lucky stars

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Wednesday, January 3, 2024

5 quilt report Jan 3, 2024

Last 5 quilt report Dec 11, 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 think I started in Ocotber 2021.

This year, I am determined to empty my 'to be quilted closet'. In 2023, my numbers stayed the same as I tried to finish ufos all the way through quilted and bound. I finished quilts, but, didn't get around to reaching into the closet very often. There are some lovely tops in the closet that I want to see finished. My plan is to consider a top first in the quilting cue rather than a finished ufo. Now, to be fair, I have not let anytime on the longarm go lax this year. So, maybe, I can't get anymore quilted than I did in 2023.

I am also thinking I will plan each month separately, or, start over in the new month. I will have to see how January finishes. The new change means that if I have finished quilting number 1 and 2, I will start the new month with another 2 from the to be quilted closet as first priority.

One thing, I haven't decided is the second quilts. Sometimes, when I finish a ufo, there is enough fabric/ pieces for a second quilt. Do I put the new quilt idea into the list, or ugh, add it to the Ufo closet? or, just forget about it and throw the fabric into the scrap bins also ugh.

My one monthly goal for January -rick rack nines assembled into a top ready for quilting. This is a bonnie Hunter quilt project that has languished since 2018. 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.

out of the box

a small start

to be quilted

1. too many circles

2. chunky churndash Lost- this is the 3rd one lost in 2023

new # 2. carolina chain

Ufo to finish

3. rick rack nines assemble

4. portage lake block of the month - open the box

5. mini churndashes from 2023 - assemble

next on the longarm

1. rick rack nines

2. show off

3. faux tablerunner

4. scrappy log cabin

5. lucky stars

February

1. falling charms

2. peek a boo bunnies

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Friday, September 24, 2021

carolina chain top

I have a top finished for Carolina chain. I have had piles of projects just needing a little help to get them ready for quilting. This one I used as my away project only. Eventually, it reached a stage I just wanted to finish it.

oops -silly block turned wrong _ I guess that is why I take pictures

I cut Carolina chain in 2017. It is from the the book addicted to scraps by Bonnie Hunter. It was also in the quilltmaker magazine, June/ July 2010.

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Wednesday, September 15, 2021

half a carolina chain

I have just about reached the long center rows on the top half of carolina chain.

And I am adding the last batch of 3 rows to the bottom part of the quilt. I cut Carolina chain in 2017. It is from the the book addicted to scraps by Bonnie Hunter. It was also in the quilltmaker magazine, June/ July 2010

I used easy breezies and fish school for leader/ enders

I saw this pattern at Joann over the weekend. It looks like a great scrap buster. Although, I am not planning on starting anything new. Nope I am not.

The end of the garden season is bittersweet. It is sad to see it go, but, great to turn our attention somewhere else.

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Monday, September 6, 2021

chain upside down

Something is not right here. I was pinning the next three rows from the bottom of Carolina chain and it didn't look right. I was watching TV so, it must have been a great show, that I bungled the direction of the rows. haha

I knew I was working from the bottom, but, I pinned as though it was from the top. Then, the angles of the setting triangles were off and the lengths were wrong. Such a rookie mistake. Back to the book and diagram and another round of pinning, sewing, and it was finally together.

Jumping back and forth from top and bottom may not be the best idea. But, I am avoiding the longest rows for as long as I can

the smaller row will go to the last row on the bottom - oops I see a block turned wrong too

I cut Carolina chain in 2017. It is from the the book addicted to scraps by Bonnie Hunter. It was also in the quilltmaker magazine, June/ July 2010

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Friday, August 27, 2021

more carolina chaining

I did the top 5 rows of carolina chain earlier. and now, I have assembled the bottom 5 rows. They are the easiest and shortest so of course, I wanted to do them first.

the setting triangles are dark blue

I cut Carolina chain in 2017. It is from the the book addicted to scraps by Bonnie Hunter. It was also in the quilltmaker magazine, June/ July 2010.

I have been using easy breezy 1 1/2 inch squares for the leader/ender project this week. I am having more trouble picking out of a bag of 1 1/2 inch squares to make sets, than I am sewing them.

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Monday, August 9, 2021

chaining

It is time to move Carolina chain along to the next step. I cut the setting triangles from scrappy blues.

And, now, I am going to join the rows a few at a time, and, there is a lot of matching and pinning to be done. I have the rows sewn together. I really like seeing the dark and light chains start to form. This is a Bonnie Hunter pattern from her book addicted to scraps.

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Monday, July 5, 2021

such a blessing

I spent Sunday with this little guy. He is such a blessing. He is our 11th Grandchild, 9 of them are boys. I had 4 boys and 1 girl. So we are used to boys around here. Here is the quilt I made for him.