Making A Lather: shirt quilt

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Friday, May 23, 2025

fancy fox finish

Fancy fox is finished. I began this quilt in 2016 with my daughter during her visit home. This is an Elizabeth Hartman pattern. At the time I was also working on the fancy forest quilt. This year I pulled it from the deep ufo closet to add it to my 5 quilt project. All the blocks were already made, and, I needed to assemble the top and quilt it. I do adore the little foxes made from recycled shirts. This is also my one monthly goal for May. Finishing an older UFo is such an unexpected pleasure. It has a history, a promise, and a surprise.

52 x 62 = 10 yards

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Friday, May 16, 2025

fox top

I've made progress on my fox quilt . This is my one monthly goal for May. I worked on the vertical sashings, adding rows of foxes. The sashing is a vintage gray chambray fabric that I thought was perfect for the shirtings. I used the whole piece of fabric with just scraps left.

It needed a good pressing before I could measure the top and bottom border. It is ready for the longarm. I found a great backing. I hope to quilt it next week.

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Monday, May 12, 2025

fancy foxes progress

I have the vertical rows sewn and have started adding sashing for my fox quilt . This my one monthly goal for May. So I need to move it along to be done in time. I really enjoy meeting each fox, they make me smile. I haven't had a quilt on the longarm for awhile and it is getting restless. It was a brave man to wear the orange paisley shirt. haha

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Wednesday, October 9, 2024

mindless sewing

I finished the last 2 blocks from yesterdays post about my zig zag ripple blocks. I decided to finish with gray for the blocks.

I did a little sewing on snails trail blocks made from recycled shirt fabric. and finished 5 blocks. These are my go to 'comfort' blocks for mindless sewing.

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Friday, September 27, 2024

cheddar jubillee finish

cheddar jubilee is finished and is my one monthly goal for September.

This is an older ufo from 2017. I made many of the sampler blocks in that year. After I assembled the top, I lost it until I found it misplaced in 2024. I was finally able to add it to the 5 quilt project, and work on it until it is finished. This combines my favorite color - yellow, my favorite kind of scrappy, my favorite recycled shirts, and my favorite string piecing. And I was a big fan of Bonnie Hunter. Thinking I had lost this forever has made this a very satisfying finish.

71 x 80 = 17 yards

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Wednesday, September 18, 2024

just a little piecing

Sometimes I just play. It seems to start with a frustrated clean up around my sewing room. But, then, it is so fun that I start wandering from little project to little project. I have been really concentrating on finishing ufos this year with an emphasis on emptying my 'to be quilted' closet. I haven't just played with scrap pieces.

I found a baggy of of 2 1/2 inch squares in sewn sets of 2.

I hadn't sewn any shirt snails trail in a while, so I started 5 more.

I found enough scraps to make 2 5 1/2 inch monkey wrench blocks from odd colors. And 2 little beauty baskets.

The room is still a mess, but, I had a few moments of soothing piecing. I am pondering next year and how to downsize my quilting stash. I like to piece, but, I don't really need to start anything new. Yet, I miss the enthusiasm of a new project. Luckily, I still have ufos that will be interesting.

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Wednesday, September 4, 2024

cheddar jubilee borders

Last month I added cheddar jubilee to my 5 quilt project. It has a history of hiding. This month it is my one monthly goal to finish it. On my list, it was listed as ready for quilting. But, it needed borders. I added the inner border, but, I need to piece the outer border before I can add it.

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Monday, August 12, 2024

cheddar jubilee

This poor quilt was declared lost and I had given up hope. It was on my list as ready to be quilted. I looked everywhere. It had been on the 5 quilt project list, and when it's time came... lost. I mourned and moved on. Recently, I was looking for another ufo to piece and I found this quilt in a box unfinished. Hooray but, I was looking everywhere else than a project box. I had started it in 2017. It started on quiltville as a QAL until it was shut down by the farmer's wife people. The center is finished. What it needs are an inner border and the string blocks outer border.

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Friday, August 2, 2024

scrappy sandwiches is finished

I was able to quilt an older UFO in July and I just finished the binding. I made the shirt blocks in 2020 with an overly large bag of shirt crumbs and strings. I do love strings and crumbs and recycled shirt fabrics. I haven't made anything this year with strings and crumbs in an attempt to finish ufos- I sure do miss it. I finished the blocks in 2021 and I added borders that year . I believe it is a free pattern on quiltville called string x

61 x 74 = 14 yards

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Friday, May 24, 2024

anvil finish

I began my shirt anvil quilt in 2020 after watching Beth Shibley's video on the anvil block. It was a top in 2023. As part of my 5 quilt project, I have been moving it along. I really enjoyed sewing and working with recycled shirt fabrics from my stash. the shirts are soft and stable and cozy and hold their shape so well.

Now, it is a finished quilt. This was my one monthly goal for May and my 3rd ufo finish for May.

It started as recreational sewing with no plans for a quilt. I would just sew a few when I needed to unwind. I enjoyed making them so much, that eventually, I had so many it had to become a quilt.

74 x 94 = 25 yards

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Friday, December 29, 2023

anvil top finish

I finished all the blocks for my anvil quilt as my November One monthly goal. My December goal was to finish it as a top.

I really love the shirting fabrics. This block has been a favorite. I can cut the hsts with my accuquilt. I can sew in short bursts. And, it comes out very nicely with an aha while pressing it. I think it looks classic and has a hint to an old vintage quilt.

Now, that my goal is finished, I will add it to the to be quilted closet. This quilt has been part of my 5 quilt project, which will start 2024 with all new Ufos to complete. I am itching to get started.

I started in 2020

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Wednesday, December 13, 2023

anvil rows

I had time at an open sew to work on assembling my anvil quilt. I still have some sashings that I am building in between other sewing. This is the last of my 5 quilts for the year, and, my one monthly goal is to finish the top by the end of December. I think I am on track to do that.

1st there were 2

and then there were 4

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Monday, December 4, 2023

anvil again for one monthly goal

I finished all of the blocks for my anvil quilt last month for my November one monthly goal. I needed 80. This is an older UFO and I had 50+ done when I opened the box. It is part of my 5 quilt project

This month I want to assemble the blocks into a top ready to be quilted. I have sashed some of the blocks and started the rows. I love the shirt fabrics.

small sewing room at the library

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Monday, November 27, 2023

anvil monthly goal finish

My one monthly goal for November was to make the 80 blocks I needed for an older ufo - anvil blocks. When I opened the project box, I had complete 50 blocks. I spent November trying to do a massive cleanup for my daughter's visit, so, I went easy on the choice of my goal. And, I made it.

80 blocks

While, I was auditioning sashing fabrics. I decided on this vintage print. I've changed my mind twice. And this is as far as I went with that. I have decided to finish it, and hope, I will have it done by the end of the year. This is part of my 5 quilt projects.

some of the blocks have sashings added to them as well.

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Monday, November 6, 2023

anvil blocks and one monthly goal

A new addition to the 5 quilts project is an UFO from not so long ago. I like making these blocks. I saw these blocks on Beth Shibley's youtube channel, and, wanted to make them with my shirting fabric.

When I opened the box, I found 50 blocks are complete, and, I wanted to have 80. I have 10 or more blocks cut and ready to piece. So, this month, as my one monthly goal, I want to cut and make the 30 more blocks I will need for a quilt. Here is where it gets tricky. I don't have a plan for a finished quilt. I was just happily sewing blocks.

off hand, here are some options for plain sashings

I don't know, yet.

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Wednesday, September 13, 2023

snails trail again

Oh, how I love making these. They are just a project that I keep for comfort and happiness sewing. Someday, there will be a quilt. But, for now, I just love making these.

As we traveled to 2 great quilt shows last week, I noticed our lovely Indiana farmland. I live in a flat portion of Indiana, I sure think it pretty every season of the year. On the way to Lafayette, there are more rolling fields with corn ready to harvest. We saw amber waves of corn. How nice....

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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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Wednesday, August 2, 2023

goal - hand me down quilt

I finished one of my 5 quilts a little bit ago, but, couldn't get it on the longarm. I think it is time to dig it out again, and, finish it for August's one monthly goal.

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