quilt show entries

Today is our guild quilt show. We have our show every other year. These are the four I decided to show. We were only allowed 3, but, they didn't get enough, so they asked us to bring 4. Many of our older members don't quilt much anymore. 

snow days has a lot of embroidery in the light color in the center. It has a sentimental story. Pictures do not do it justice.

lozenges is a Bonnie Hunter project that I swapped blocks with quilting buddies and my daughter.

strip tease Is a quilt that both my quilting friend Linda and I both made our own versions. We worked on them at the same time. She beat me on finishing, but I quilted hers. She wanted both quilts hanging together at the show.

midnight flight is a Bonnie Hunter quilt from her book More adventures with leaders and enders.

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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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midnight flight finish

Midnight flight is finished. I began piecing the pieces in 2017.   As part of my 5 quilt project, I started making the blocks from the pieced units in September 2024. It was my one monthly goal for December to finish it. This was huge project. But it is beautiful in person. It was huge now but the cutting  and piecing the first units in 2016 and 2017, it was big as well. Sometimes, I forget to be grateful for the past me for getting the tedious parts done. It is also my 41st finish for 2024 and the last finish for the year. I will be excited to start on 2025 ufos that I want to finish. I plan to stick to my 5 quilt project again in 2025. It seems to be working for me.

84 x 84

I had a hard time choosing the backing and just settled

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midnight flight top

The top is done for  midnight flight. hooray!

 I finished the borders last week. The borders fit perfectly. I am pleased with how well all the pieces fit together.  Since I have emptied my 'to be quilted' closet, I can put it on the longarm frame immediately. I am on track to finish the quilt this month for my one monthly goal.

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midnight flight borders

I am inching toward a finish for  midnight flight. These are the cornerstones for the borders. I have two borders made, and, I just finished the last two. So far, every Bonnie Hunter pattern I have made, the pieced borders fit perfectly. Hopefully, I will still make my one monthly goal of a finish by the end of the month. Every day, I try to do some part of the process, in keeping with my energy level. I had not cut the cornerstones, when, I cut and started the pieces for this quilt in 2016, and there wasn't any extra pieces of the fabrics in the box. I knew I could use all the pieces from my stash except the cheddar ( the beauty of a scrappy quilt). It took me a minute to find a suitable replacement for the cheddar since it was a constant.

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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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one monthly goal

one monthly goal for midnight flight

My one monthly goal for November was to finish all the star blocks for an older ufo called midnight flight. I did that by the middle of the month.

Then, I moved on to making rows.

Toward the end of the month, all the rows were finished. 

After the rows were assembled, I added the inner border. The outer border is a pieced border. I have all the individual units pieced, I just have to make the borders. Hopefully, next month, I will finish it. The longarm is now empty as I have finished all the quilts in the 'to be quilted' closet.  And then, I will have something else to blog about.

So, in summary, I guess I met my November goal.

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more midnight flight

I have been sewing rows for my midnight flight Ufo. I had 1 row done last week from a Friday day with my quilting buddies. Making all the star blocks was my one monthly goal for November, and I have exceeded that to this point. I may still have time to finish the top before the end of the month.

It's that time of year again when our community has the "we care" trees in the mall. Every year, for years, our community has sponsored decorated Christmas trees. The trees are sold at auction, and, the money is donated to We care charity for Christmas charity giving. At this point, mostly only businesses can afford to buy the trees and display them at their businesses. We have visited each year and it is very inspiring for the Christmas spirit. 

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one row of midnight flight

God bless all the brave men and women who have preserved our nation. thank you

All the star blocks are finished for midnight flight Ufo. Last week, I had the star blocks webbed together which made sewing the center seam quick and easy. I just had to try a row and really like how it looks. I am making a 6 x 6 layout. I like the colors coming together. Someone asked me how I get all the points to match. Easy, have so many points in the quilt that no one will notice all the points that don't match - shazam camouflaged

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webbing midnight flight blocks

I had an open sew with my quilt guild, and, I was able to continue work on my midnight flight Ufo. I really want this quilt done by the end of the year. Last week, I had started piecing the stars. This week, I laid out each block, making sure that everything was in the right position. I sewed the top 2 quadrant blocks together, and without breaking the thread, I sewed the bottom 2 quadrant blocks.

I was able to sew all the stars into webbed blocks. Now, all the hard work of lining up the pattern is done. All I have to do now, is sew the center seam of 36 star blocks.

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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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midnight flight stars

I attended my Friday quilt group and began putting the star blocks together for my midnight flight Ufo. I made four to make sure I could, and then, starting joining the blocks in twosies. At this point, I am excited to see this quilt come together. I can almost see a finish.  I like revisiting all the scraps from 2017.

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