Making A Lather: kaleidoscope quilt

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Monday, April 28, 2025

5 quilt April 28, 2025

last report March 31, 2025

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 finished 1 ufo in April

I worked on these older Ufos to finish them

1. peppermint candy - This was my one monthly goal for April it is finished

60 x 70 = 14 yards

1. kaleidoscope - I am ready to quilt this.

2. scrappy twirl - I need to join the blocks with the border

3. fancy fox - a new older ufo on the list and it needs sashings and assembly

4. hollow nine - rainbow scrap challenge from 2023 that needs the border Which intend to applique. fingers crossed.

5. broken dishes made with civil war fabrics

My April PHD report

scrap cutting

I have added another goal to the 5 quilts project. I want to take one day a month and cut scraps. I will have plenty to choose from since I really didn't cut any for 2024, and the bags of uncut scraps are piling up, all over the fabric room.

I cut a big scrap bag for April. And it weighed 9 pounds 13 ounces of shirtings scraps. The cut pieces weighed 1 pound 5 ounces which is 4 yards of useable fabric. 2025 totals so far 12 1/2 yards useable fabric

quilts to be quilted:

1. wedding ring I have had this ready for a few years, but, I am afraid to quilt it myself. I want it to be special and I don't do special. So I will work to talk my self into it..... some day

Looking forward to April - finally adding a few new ufos to the list

1.kaleidoscope

2. scrappy twirl

3. fancy fox

4. hollow nine

5.broken dishes civil war

PHD in 2025 Project List

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Monday, March 31, 2025

5 quilt march

last report February 28, 2025

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. PHD in 2025 Project List

I finished 3 ufos in March

I worked on these older Ufos to finish them

squared away - is finished

72 x72

strip joint- I took this with me to Florida as a back up project. It is finished

66 x80

tiny tuesday - My March monthly goal is finished

60 x 63

1. kaleidoscope - I have all the borders made and ready to attach to the top

2. peppermint candy - I made all the blocks and I am deciding on sashing. I have a fabric precut and ready to use, but, so far, I am not thrilled with it. This will be my one monthly goal for April

3. scrappy twirl - I need to join the blocks with the border

4. fancy fox - a new older ufo on the list and it needs sashings and assembly

5. hollow nine - rainbow scrap challenge that needs the border.

My PHD report

scrap cutting

I cut a big scrap bag for March and it weighed 2 pounds and 13 ounces which = 8 1/2 yards of useable scrappy fabric.

quilts to be quilted:

Looking forward to April

1. peppermint candy

2.kaleidoscope

3. scrappy twirl

4. fancy fox

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Friday, February 28, 2025

5 quilt February 2025

last report February 2, 2025

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. PHD in 2025 Project List

I finished 0 ufo in January But, I am starting over for the new year. I was away from home for 6 weeks.

I worked on these older Ufos to finish them

1. squared away - This was my one monthly goal for January. I have the flimsy ready for borders. I will also make this my one monthly goal for February to finish the quilt. The top is finished

2. peppermint candy - I made all the blocks and I am deciding on sashing. I have a fabric precut and ready to use, but, so far, I am not thrilled with it.

3. kaleidoscope - I need to make the outer border - I didn't take it with me on vacation

4. scrappy twirl - I need to join the blocks with the border I didn't bring this project with me either.

5. tiny tuesday - almost assembled and making the border

6. strip joint- I brought this with me to Florida as a back up project. The top is ready for quilting

quilts to be quilted: While I was away, I couldn't quilt But I home now. I am hoping to get back on track.

1. squared away it's on the frame

2. strip joint waiting it's turn

Looking forward to March

1. peppermint candy

2.kaleidoscope

3. scrappy twirl

4. tiny tuesday

5. squared away

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Monday, February 3, 2025

5 quilt January 2025

last report December 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. PHD in 2025 Project List

I finished 0 ufo in January But, I am starting over for the new year

I worked on these older Ufos to finish them

1. squared away - This was my one monthly goal for January. I have the flimsy ready for borders. I will also make this my one monthly goal for February to finish the quilt.

2. peppermint candy - I made 4 blocks this month

3. kaleidoscope - I need to make the outer border - I didn't take it with me on vacation

4. scrappy twirl - I need to join the blocks with the border I didn't bring this project with me either.

5. tiny tuesday - almost assembled and making the border

quilts to be quilted: I was away and couldn't quilt

1. squared away

Looking forward to February:

1. peppermint candy

2.kaleidoscope

3. scrappy twirl

4. tiny tuesday

5. squared away

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Monday, December 30, 2024

5 quilt December 30, 2024

last report December 2, 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.

This report finishes 2024. I will have 3 quilts I will carry over into 2025. But, I will rearrange them to feel like I am starting fresh with the new year. My goal is to quilt each finish each ufo - quilted and bound before I move to the next quilt. But, I will have 5 quilts again that I can work on as I have opportunity. The variety helps keep it interesting while not overwhelming.

I finished 1 ufo in December for a total of 41 for the year -I have a page at the top of the blog for 2024 finishes.

I worked on these older Ufos to finish them

1. midnight flight - my one monthly goal for December was to finish and I barely made it.

84 x 84

2. scrappy twirl -assemble rows -I cut the border pieces

3. tiny tuesday -I am making 8 rows

4. charming stars - I gave the blocks away to guild

5. kaleidoscope quilt- border- This was missing and is now found again

I am ready to start fresh with all new projects for 2025. I used a random number generator and chose 26 ufos from my list. I added the last 3 of 2024 ufos that were not finished to list as well.

28 over my goal of 12 for the year

Looking forward to January:

1. squared away - This is my one monthly goal for January. I want to assemble the top.

2. peppermint candy - I need to make the blocks

3. kaleidoscope - I need to make the outer border

4. scrappy twirl - I need to join the blocks with the border

5. tiny tuesday - finish the rows

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Saturday, April 22, 2023

lucky star

This week I worked on my lucky star blocks in purple for the rainbow scrap challenge this month. I still have a week to go before the end of the month. I may still get to work on my girlie girl.

I have had fabrics pulled for a quilt for a while now. I was not in the mood for piecing, so, I started cutting. I am using recycled shirts, and making a kaliedescope quilt found in this older book. I just needed to cut 4 1/2 inch strips. I have other colors that I still need to cut. I may be cutting enough for 100 quilts, but, it was therapuetic. The book still has templates, and, no rotary cutting instructions. I can remember my first quilts were made that way. Thank goodness for the invention of rotary cutting.

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Monday, December 6, 2021

5 quilts December 6, 2021

My 5 quilts progress report.

I am happy for a new week and a new start on my quilts.

1. boho heart -I finished one block this week - very slow going

2..full stop quilt that Angela is doing for the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy. I decided I wanted to add a little something to my full stop quilt - words of explanation

3. rhododendren mystery - hunter -clue one is finished - I have started cutting for clue 2

4. fish school - this is a year long project for the quiltville leader/ender challenge. After a big push of cutting, I have started putting a few blocks together.

I used a random number generator , and this is the project that came up for my empty 5th spot.

5. kaleidoscope paper pieced - I found this at a guild rummage sale a few years ago. Usually, I don't like paper piecing. But it looked simple enough. I pulled it out and sorted through it. There were 6 blocks finished and enough paper patterns for a nice quilt. I left it out for a bit as I made my decisions. I would walk by it and think. I decided I am keeping the finished blocks, but I am passing the project on to guild. Maybe someone will want to do it. I just found the quickest way to "finish" an old ufo.

I have a donation quilt listed on etsy - money to be donated to the rescue mission food bank

front

back

MY next on the longarm of my own quilts in the 'to be quilted' closet

1. wonky courthouse - hunter - need to piece a back and prepare the binding - on the frame - quilted - needs bound

2. hourglass leader ender challenge - hunter - on the frame

3, end of the rainbow rsc - has been found

4. row rainbow rsc

5. gray baby flannel

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Monday, October 24, 2016

4 patch posie workshop

Our guild's resident expert, has decided to officially retire from teaching. So she did a reprisal of everyone's favorite class, the 4 patch posie. I have one started from a few years ago, but I have not finished it. Still I couldn't miss Sharon's last class. I had made a bad fabric choice with the last posie class which is why I have not wanted to finish. The fabric had too much empty space. This is my attempt to fix that.... no empty space.

My repeat was just 8 inches, so I was advised to cut 3 1/2 inch squares. It is an amazing quilt. So many different fabric choices, and no idea how they will sew together .
Cindy's...

Julie's...

Linda's...

Wanda's...

These are mine. I really love them.

And just for fun, we had special cookies to celebrate this great event.

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Monday, October 17, 2016

Kirklin

Over the weekend, we found a quaint little town promoting fall and antique shops. We love digging around in antique shops, even though we really can't afford the real deals. But we love seeing new to us stuff. It's a bit like visiting a museum without an entrance fee. This spot in Indiana is Kirklin and it became a town in 1900. One of the antique stores is actually in an old bank building with one of the rooms inside the vault. The streets were pumpkin, haybale,gourd, and mum..ified LOL

My pictures don't do it justice.

I loved looking at old quilts - these were my favorites

Both were over $300.00 which is way too much in this economy. Lovely work.

My quilting involved working on Kaleidoscope blocks from my Mary Huey workshop- more here. I am making 40 blocks of light in the corner.

I have tried several options for pressing and nesting the center, so far this is the one I like the best and gives a flatter seam. I am doing most of the piecing on my featherweight.

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