5 quilt November 1, 2024

last report September 30, 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.

Again, health issues impacted my goals for October. I just didn't focus well or want to sew much. But, I feel better, for now, and I want to finish strong for the year. I never thought in January that I would have finished 36 ufos this year and nearly empty my over burdened 'to be quilted' closet. That is motivating to keep on going.

 I finished 3 ufos in October

 I wanted to finish 2 quilts In the 'to be quilted closet' before I did any other UFOs. I  only finished one. But, the second one is on the frame.

1. box kite is finished

2. lozenges  - I did not finish this one ....yet - It is on the frame

I worked on these older Ufos to finish them

1. halloween stripe runner is finished

2. diamond strings is finished

64 x 64

3. 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. It is embarrassing  how long I have procrastinated this project beyond leaving it in the closet for a few years. But, the plan was once it is out of the closet, I would work on it but I didn't.

4. midnight flight - Finishing all the quadrant blocks was my October one monthly goal. I did - yipee

5. tiny tuesday - finish the blocks - I have black and brown to do.

My PHD for September

Looking forward to November:

 quilts to be quilted from the closet -top priority 

1. split nine patch 

2. lozenges as a repeat

ufo projects for November

1. scrappy twirl -cut for the setting triangles

2. midnight flight -make star blocks -Finishing all the star blocks will be my November one monthly goal.

3. tiny tuesday -finish blocks

4. charming stars - needs sashing and assembly

5. grandpas star - needs assembly

next on the longarm- all that's left in the closet - Soon, I can quilt each ufo quilt when I finish them and continue on.

1. country roads

2. wedding ring

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stash report October 20, 2024

I added a jelly roll to my stash for next year's new project. I loved the tiny prints in these neutrals.

 stash report October 20, 2024 

fabric added this week: 3 yards

 fabric added year to date for 2024: 78 yards    

fabric used:  -  22 yards - box kite finish

fabric used year to date for 2024: 587 yards 

590 yards used more than bought in 2024

I sewed 4 days last week. It's an improvement

I needed to move my rug on the frame and took the opportunity to take a picture of a bigger perspective.

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stash report October 13, 2024

It has been six months since I purchased from Missouri star. But, I started a bundle and gave into temptation. I don't need anything but loved the eye candy. I already have a lovely collection of batiks and hardly ever use them. Especially this year, since, I haven't started any new projects. But, I am itching to start something.

 stash report October 13, 2024 

fabric added this week: 3 yards

 fabric added year to date for 2024: 75 yards    

fabric used:  -  15 yards - diamond string finished

64 x 64 = 15 yards

  fabric used year to date for 2024: 565 yards 

571 yards used more than bought in 2024

I sewed 1 days last week. I did put a quilt on the frame but it took 4 days. LOL

I really do not have any hand stitching this time. Hopefully next week.

I am so grateful my son and daughter in law were fine after the hurricane in Florida. They were in the cone at Fort myers.

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diamond strings finish

I finished diamond strings from my older ufos. This one started in 2017. At least that is when I made the string blocks. It was put away until July of this year when I dug it out for my 5 quilt project. It only needed the border.

64 x64 = 15 yards

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unfinished diamond string quilt

In the same box with my lost cheddar jubilee was another ufo from 2016, diamond string. I'm sure it was abandoned long ago because I am recreating a picture and don't have a pattern. Every decision is a head scratcher. I made string blocks and cut them in half. I have some ideas for the borders that I want to try.

I am not officially adding this to the 5 quilts project yet, but I did pin it to the design board so that I will look at it and be inspired and not forget it. It is early to the list because there were just 2 quilts in the box and I could say I had emptied another box haha

ribbon border

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donation quilt

I have a finish. Planes are flying off to a family services organization as part of our guild's year long donation drive. I started this in September and blogged about it here. I really like this pattern for fabric with a directional print.

I had a chance to try a diamond string block. I am not sure the center is right. But I can get it.

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small world

For the rainbow scrap challenge, I have added the rest of the churndash blocks to the snow days quilt.

This is a "the world is a small place" post. I had been busy adding strings to phone book paper for a string quilt in my living room. True, it makes a mess, but I have gotten many blocks done by switching my thinking to String/crumb piecing on Saturdays and in my living room. I wasn't overly worried about the mess and what company would think, since we rarely have any living room company any more. And with age comes a certain lack of concern of what others think.
I use phone book paper for my foundation. It is so much easier to piece any kind of string, easier to rip off, and easier on the pocket book. Our phone book pages are getting smaller, so I am on the look out for bigger books for bigger pages. While visiting my daughter in Utah, I brought one of her phone books home with me. the pages were bigger and the book was thicker. It takes a long time to use up a phone book, but I am working on it.

Well, you guessed it. we had company. The missionaries from church arrived one evening. I knew right away, I loved one of the missionaries, as he was interested in everything and curious much like my own children. He wanted to know how the treadle worked, and what I was doing, and how I was doing it. He was from Utah, and the other Elder was from Idaho.

As he was closely examining the diamond blocks, he discovered that one of the blocks had the listing of his parents phone number on the back of the block. How incredible is that?! I had 80 blocks and he found near the top the one block with his parents name and number... in Indiana... at my house... in my messy living room...

How could we doubt that God knows each of us and is mindful of each of us and that we are all connected as part of His family. all of us...every single one of us...any color...any place....
I am so grateful.

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8 point star

In a box from the estate sale, I found 2 star blocks. and several sets of cut 45 degree diamonds. The seams and blocks are wonky. I can see why she didn't finish them.

I want to make an 8 pointed star with my string diamonds, so I thought I would use some of the pieces to practice.  This was mine. before the y seams. Aren't these fabrics a blast from the past? I still love them.

This was mine after the y seams. I think I can do it. I think it will be fun. I am thinking the trick is in the pressing and marking that silly dot to stop and backstitch.

I spent 15 minutes cutting up scrap treasures, using the 1 1/2 inch accuquilt strip die.

And yippee- I finished the box. I am sure more will grow in there overnight, but for now it is empty!

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diamonds

My goal for the rainbow scrap challenge this month was to get this quilt to the flimsy stage. I spent my time at small group getting it this far. I need to trim it up and decide on borders. The pattern is a crafty ol' broad pattern called Oh my stars. I think I have been calling it floating stars

I used a very soft blue for the quilt. I took a class with them through our quilt guild.

This is my friend's Linda O's farmer's wife and it is spectacular.She just got it back from her longarmer.

On Saturdays, I am trying to include string piecing into my day with my treadle sewing machine.
I have been working on 45 degree diamond string blocks. I blogged about cutting the papers here and covering the papers here

I've made progress.
I have enough done that I can start to think of creating a quilt with them. But it will have to wait it's turn.

If you are working on a string project, send me a link, I would love to see.


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Stash report July 2 2017

This is bag 2 from the estate sale last week. 26 yards
One of the oldies has Georgia Bonesteel on the selvedge fabric. I remember reading and trying her lap quilting method, which is the 70s version of quilt as you go. I didn't know she designed fabric. What a fun treasure.

For string Saturday, i cut 45 degree diamond shapes for an idea I have. I tried piecing on the paper and it's fiddley so I might just cut the shape after sewing strings together. I did get a few more slabs sewn together.

Stash report

Fabric Used this Week 15 3/4 yards
Fabric Used year to Date: 238 1/2 yards


Fabric Added this Week:26 yards
Fabric Added Year to Date: 223 yards

Net Fabric for 2017: 15 1/2 yards more used than added

The gap is getting smaller and smaller, but I have stayed on the positive side for 1/2 the year. That is better than I expected.

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string piecing magic

Still working on the yellow scraps. I wanted nine yellow for the cutting garden quilt and the Rainbow scrap challenge.

Tu na  quilts asked if the string blocks magically make themselves, since she sees the beginning and the end of the process on my blog. :)  I thought I might try sharing how I make them. This time, I am trying to make straight pieces that will make a piano key type of border for my diamond string quilt.  I pull out a string and if it is bigger than 4 1/2 inches I sew them together. I am not using any foundation for this part. I am just laying right sides together and then pressing open.

This pile is a pile of triangles I am pulling out as I reach into the bag of strings and crumbs. When I am making string blocks that are diagonal on a square, the triangles are wonderful for finishing up the last bit of the edge.

I'm not sure why, but I have delegated my Singer treadle as the string/ crumb piecing machine. It sits in my living room and I can watch TV from the chair while I am treadling. And, generally, on Saturday evenings, my husband and I are tired and we watch tv together. This gives me something to do with my hands ( and feet). Thus, String Saturday. I have lots of wonderful projects for Tv time, but I wanted to devote a regular time to strings and crumbs.

I am not too concerned  about color or shape. I can straighten them up fairly easily when I decide what I will add next.

If I have several pieces together that will match up with another, I can put parts together too.  When I draw a string out of the bag, I look over the made pieces I have on the table, and find a place it will fit. The green piece below was the right size to go down the side of this piece. And the pieces were a batch of strings that were not wide enough for the border. I haven't decided if I will use only straight pieces or will like the look of different directions.

Here are just a few of the sets I have made before they all blew away.

 Ah, but, oh my, I have made a real mess. The idea was to clean up after every Saturday since it is the living room. but I keep just stopping a minute to add one more string and, well, the mess just keeps building.

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