Making A Lather: phd 2023

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Friday, October 20, 2023

spool top finish

hooray - I added the borders to my spoolin around top. It is ready to join the longarm cue. I have a customer quilt to do first. I made the spool blocks along with the quiltville leader/ ender challenge 2012-2013. It became part of the 5 quilt project in August when I opened the ufo project box. Many of the blocks of 4 spools were turned wrong, and, I spent time remaking many of them. I was ready for borders late September.

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Monday, October 16, 2023

spool border

I have been working on a big, spool quilt. The center top is finally finished. I found the 4 patches in the ufo box when I opened it, along with spools and instructions. It was the quiltville leader/ender challenge from 2012. That I am making instead of doing this year's leader/ender.

I made the individual pieces for the border.

And then, had the opportunity to make the long row border pieces. I am getting closer.

Hopefully, I will have a top by the end of the week

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Friday, September 22, 2023

spoolin around

I lost my domain name for the blog, and everything has to be changed on my blog. ugh It's probably a good thing. I have had it since 2013 and every year, the price increases. I am now: makingalather.blogspot.com

I have the spool center done for my 5 quilt project - Spoolin around by Bonnie Hunter. Making 3 inch finished spools was the 2012 leader ender challenge at Quiltville. Later, she made the quilt and added it to her book more adventures with leaders and enders. It's time for borders.

I decided when she announced this year's challenge, I would finish an old challenge ufo quilt, instead. I did this last year, too. I finished dotty bow ties from 2011 in January 2023. I realized, that I have started them all, but, have few finishes. imagine that But.... I like this year's challenge...

pesky lil spools

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Monday, September 11, 2023

spoolin around progress

All of the spool blocks are restitched, and, I am ready to officially begin the assembly of the quilt. This is an exciting part of quilting. Making an on point quilt one row at a time, is very satisfying....until the center haha. There is seam matching every three inches.

I opened the spoolin around leader/ ender ufo from 2013 this year for the 5 quilts project

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Wednesday, September 6, 2023

little bits

I am just making bits and bobbles while I work on my spools quilt.

9 patch on point - top
monkey wrench - bottom

lil beauty baskets - top
4 patches for strip tease - bottom

wednesday wait loss

midweek makers

My quilt infatuation

Monday, August 28, 2023

more spoolin around

2 weeks ago, I opened the spoolin around leader/ ender ufo from 2013. I discovered that some of the blocks were not pieced right.

first, I took the halves apart, so, I could just switch the direction of the spools, but, then, I realized, that the individual spools needed work too. I took them all apart down to individual spools again. I made these 10 years ago, and, my skills were not as good as they are now. I knew I could do better, and, I did.

Now, that they are blocks, again, I can begin to make rows.

I can't believe it is the end of August.. and summer. This week, hubby and I will celebrate our 49th wedding anniversary. Our tomatoes are busy. This year we have dehydrated them to see if we like it that way. It takes up less room.

I had two quilt finishes this month. One of them was my one monthly goal at elm street quilts. It will be time to report for PHD at quilting gail.

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Friday, August 25, 2023

hand me down finish

Hand me down is finished. This is an older UFo from 2018. I found this pattern in the first Bonnie Hunter book scraps and shirttails. I brought this out of the UFO closet in March of this year, and, it was a top in April. I love this quilt. It is more colorful than it appears on camera. It is made with recycled shirts and a blue from my stash. It was part of my 5 quilts project, but, was late making it to the longarm.

90 x 90 - 21 yards

I quilted it with swirls on the longarm and used scraps of shirts for the binding. I had a gray sheet for the backing. It is soft and cozy. Again, I like making shirt quilts.

This is a finish for my one monthly goal and PHD

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Friday, August 4, 2023

girlie girl finish

I started this older ufo in February as a side project for the rainbow scrap challenge. The color of the month was pink. I made it this far by the end of February, and, decided to use it each month, if I finished the regular color of the month projects. I had rows by the end of March. I had a top by the end of June.

It is finally quilted and bound.

46 x 50 = 7 yards

My July PHD report

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Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Scrap box chevron finish

I finished scrap box chevron in the nick of time for my one monthly goal for May. I put the last stitches in the binding yesterday. I had a few customer quilts that took priority this month, and, I wasn't sure I could make it. I started it in 2013 and it was ready to quilt in 2014. Yes, it has waited that long to be quilted. Many of my quilts that stall at the quilting stage are there because I am not a fancy quilter. I think I save them to do the new modern fancy stuff, but, no, I am not that person. So, it is time to finish these quilts, my way.

58 x 61 = 12 yards

I quilted in free form swirls

I used a scrappy binding

the pattern

At the end of the month( can you believe it), it is time to check on my PHD report. I did better than I thought I did. I finished 4 UFOS in May. I am sure that is a record. But, the best part, I haven't started anything new this year. Even the TAW baby quilt was started as another project 4 years ago, I repurposed the strips for the new quilt.

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Wednesday, May 3, 2023

scrapbox chevron for May

I started this UFO as a workshop in 2013, before, I started blogging. I remember buying the pattern at a quilt show in Bloomington Indiana. It has been ready to finish since 2014. What a patient quilt. I can imagine it waiting in the 'to be closet' cheering every quilt that was chosen and moved on, hoping that it would have it's turn. May is the month. It is my one monthly goal to assess what it needs, and, get it done.

scrapbox chevron

IT is also time to report on my PHD progress.

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Saturday, April 1, 2023

more green

I don't know the color for April, so, I am showing the last of my March green blocks for the rainbow scrap challenge.

I made Lucky star in green.

I lost my fish school blocks last month. I told all my scraps, that, if, they did not rat out the delinquent fish hsts, that, I would burn all of my scraps and start buying new fabric. There was a snitch, and, now, they are back in custody, and the scraps are once again safe.

It is the end of the month and I checked my progress for the PHD and will link with that group. I finished 2 UFOs in March, Which is 6 for the year, so far.

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Friday, March 3, 2023

pinwheels progress

I had a chance to make more scrappy pinwheel blocks, and, check how they will work as a row. I am really liking how easy this pattern is for scraps. When I cut my 2 1/2 inch strips for any other project, I can cut either the 4 1/2 inch or 6 1/2 inch rectangle from the leftover, depending on what is left. If, I can get a 2 1/2 inch square from any leftovers, I can use that, too. The background is a 4 1/2 inch square and 2 1/2 inch squares. I cut for 20 blocks with this older Ufo, which is 80 pieces of each. I don't have a pattern for this. I just saw a picture somewhere, and did the math.

And, now, I have a record of scraps from 2018- haha

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Monday, February 27, 2023

scrappy pinwheels start

I opened another Ufo box for my 5 quilts projects, and, found a fun older project. So, I am sewing scrappy pinwheels at Friday sews. It is easy and portable. It is fun to revisit some oldie but goodie fabrics as I piece the blocks. I found 3 different block pieces cut, and, made, when I opened the box. I needed to sew into block quarters below. This could easily be a jelly roll pattern.

Evidently, I can't count. I needed to cut and add a few more. My goal was 80 blocks.

So, that, I could make 20 pinwheel blocks for the quilt.

1st block- 19 to go

This close to the end of the month, I can check the boxes for my ongoing PHD at quilting gail. I have finished 4 so far this year, and, my goal is 12.

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Friday, February 17, 2023

radiant star finish

May I introduce a very patient quilt that, now, has a chance to shine. I started radiant star quilt in 2012 as a class at a local quilt store.

I wrote the first blog post in 2016, mentioning that it might get a chance for a finish. Nope. not then.

I added it to 5 quilts in January 2023 by random number generator. I am glad I did, I finally could trust that it would get the attention it deserved.

I opened the project box, and realized it wasn't perfect, but, still very nice. I imagine the imperfect center was the reason I had left it undone in the first place.

It became a top by the end of January. and had to wait it's turn on the longarm. I have so many large quilts on my UFO list that is was a pleasure to finish a smaller one.

48 x 48 - 7 yards of fabric

I used the border fabric to bind it and a stripe for the back

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Friday, January 27, 2023

sea swept finish

Sea swept is finished and ready for our Spring guild quilt show. This was my January one monthly goal at elm street quilts. It is a beautiful quilt. I really like the colors, and, snails trail has been on my bucket list for years. All I needed to get started, was my sewing friend deciding she wanted to make one too. I started cutting in May 2021.

86 x 99

25 yards

I used a wide flannel backing and free motion swirls on the longarm. I used leftover scraps for the binding.

This is all we had to make this. Linda had the pamphlet which had paper piecing blocks printed. I didn't want to paper piece, so, I guesstimated the sizes I would need to cut using templates. Linda went with darker blues and teals. I had batik fat quarters that I used. My blocks finished larger than hers.

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Wednesday, January 25, 2023

radiant star progress

I had an open sew Saturday with the guild. I needed a piecing project to take with me, since I mistakenly thought twisted braid( number 2) would not take the whole day. Circa is number one on the 5 quilt list. It is big and needs borders. I did not want to carry that. I opened radiant star ( number 3). It needed borders, too, but, is small enough to carry with me. I pressed it, ate a piece of candy for bravery, and, then, trimmed the edges. I really dread that step. One mistake, and the whole thing blows up. Luckily, it was fine, and I was able to add two borders, easily. I took this quilt as a class at a LQS in 2012.

it will be about 50 x50

Another Ufo ready to quilt

I took another project to cut. And I worked on my twisted braid. It was not close to finishing, even after, I worked the afternoon on it.

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Monday, January 16, 2023

radiant star ufo

I finished one of my 5 quilts, and, I was anxious to choose another for the list, so, that, I can ruminate about it and what needs to be done. This is an older UFO from 2012. I took a class at a local Quilt store. And we completed the top to this point that day. My mind was fried making it, and I let it disappear into the UFO void. I don't think it will intimidate me this time. It is low on the list, but, now, I know I can move it forward on it's turn.

I still like the fabrics and colors. I am glad I left a note for the borders.

Our little kitten rescue has taken over our hearts and surprises us often. He is still is a bit feral and wants to be an outdoor cat, as long as he can take over the house too.

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