lozenge finish

My lozenges quilt is finished. Lozenges is the 2014 quiltville leader/ender challenge.  I swapped blocks with my daughter and a quilty buddy, Lucy, who is the fussy cut queen. I chose blue and brown for the colors, since, I had so many scraps in those colors.  I pulled this out in June as part of my 5 quilt project. I had it ready to quilt in July. When I opened the box, all the blocks were pieced. I have really enjoyed making quilts with swapped pieces. Every set of blocks, I received was like Christmas morning. When sewing them together, I had such warm gratitude for the other talented quilters that I know. Quilting has been such a blessing.

72 x 93 = 25 yards

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hourglass QAL

Judy at small quilts and doll quilts was showing a vintage hourglass quilt made with 2 1/2 inch hourglasses that inspired her to make one, too. I remembered I have hourglasses tucked away in the ufo closet. I wasn't sure just what I had, but, I do remember there was some swapping involved.

My original inspiration was found in a book sew scrappy volume 2, and, I started making blocks. I invited 2 others to swap. The other swappers wanted to make a 4 1/2 inch unfinished size. That is why I have 2 sizes. We used mostly scrappy fabrics. It was added to the ufo closet in 2018

Recalculating for my 3 1/2 inch size, I would need 672 - I have 250 - I will definitely need to make more.

or I could make it 15 x 18 and I would need 270. and it would be a small donation quilt.

I don't want to add to the larger size. I have 132- 4 1/2 inch. I could make 11 across and 12 rows = 132 would be 44 x 45 quilt for donation before borders. That could work for me.

Looking at my picture and Judy's picture, I wish I had used reproduction fabrics. That would motivate me to start a new one. Sometimes, when I want to make a quilt, I have to figure out, what about it, is the reason. Is it the color, the block, the challenge, or the availability of fabric ( use up scraps)

The question is how could I join the qal and stick it in with my plans. I have more deciding to do.

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finished hourglass quilt

 I started this leader/ender challenge with quiltville in July of 2016. My friend Lucy, my daughter, and I swapped hourglass blocks all year. The top was done in September 2017. It has been waiting in the 'to be quilted' closet until this year. Now it has a chance to shine as a completed quilt. There are over 3000 pieces in this quilt. It was such fun to get a new package in the mail with new hourglasses. And fun again as they were sewn into the top.

This also completes my one monthly goal at elm street quilts. And is my first finish for the year. hooray.

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to do: brag about my friends

 My Friday group meets at the library. There are 3 of us, that meet regularly, and, we have another 5 that comes many times, but, off and on. They are all very talented, and approach quilting differently. That's why I enjoy it so much. I just like to make quilts. I may not have a reason to make one or a plan on what I am going to do with it. I may have several projects going at the same time, and, I tend to bounce around from project to project. I quilt my own quilts on a longarm. I prefer big quilts with an outdated notion that a quilt is for a bed. Linda is more organized, and just likes to make quilts too. She has a limited number going at the same time, and stays more focused until she finishes them. She doesn't do her own quilting and is not afraid of big quilts. She keeps me busy doing her quilting for her.

 She and I were part of a swap that made these uneven 9 patches.

Linda's circa 1880

Chris still works, and joins us as often as she can. She makes smaller quilts and donates many of them. She quilts some of her own quilting on a domestic machine. This one, she has asked me to quilt for her.

Chris 's universe quilt

Shelley makes one quilt at a time, from start to finish. And, she makes them as gifts for specific young people, nieces and nephews. And sometimes, she doesn't have a project to start. She makes lap size, and quilts them herself on a domestic machine. She doesn't make quilts at home, but just in a group.

Shelley's baby quilt for a great nephew

This is my version of circa 1880, which is not nearly as far along as Linda's, but, it's a start. I am glad Linda and Sue started before me, as, they have worked out the kinks, and been very helpful. I am not working on this at home, yet. It is a project I am saving for group. 

my circa progress

Last week, I mentioned that I needed to clean my cutting table, and I did. But, the piles have already begun. haha

I haven't seen this much table in a long while

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baskets are finished

Lucy's basket is a finished quilt. It has been a long time coming. The basket's themselves were a pattern by Bonnie Hunter at quiltville.blogspot.com in her book more adventures with leader and enders.  My daughter and a scrappy quilter friend, Lucy, swapped the baskets in 2014. We each made 230 baskets. I moved it from ufo status to assemble in October 2019. I put it on my top 10 quilts I want to finish in 2020. I didn't finish it like Bonnie did. I wanted something smaller.

There are about 2,000 pieces in the quilt and 13 1/2 yards of fabric. It is 68 x 75 inches.

It is not put together all that well, but I am in love with it. It has my daughter's blocks in it, and one of my favorite scrappy quilter friend's blocks in it. And some of my favorite scraps as well. It is a treasure trove of quilty memories. We also swapped little houses that is on my list for this year as well.

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this and that

It was a long weekend, I have been slowly cleaning for company and Thanksgiving. Not my favorite thing to do. So, I do it very slowly with as many distractions as I can find. I did dig the Christmas tree out of storage. So far it looks a little pathetic.
I made another sand castle block. This quilt is in the book string frenzy. I started it here and here and here.

...and 2 more florabunda blocks. This is a free quilt at quiltville- more here.

 ...and another row of basket blocks. more here

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more courthouse steps blocks

I am starting to see what this wonky courthouse steps quilt will look like when finished. I am joining squares together in sections to make it easier to assemble. More here.
I have really enjoyed making this quilt in the evening when it is dark and cold. It adds a little bright. It is s free pattern from Bonnie Hunter at quiltvile.

I have November and December swap blocks sewn and ready to trim. Which means I am finished with the swap. It will be a top priority for next year to assemble the quilt. I hope. More here

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basket one monthly goal

I have a dozen of these batting boards to use for block piecing. I never remember to use them, but, they came in handy for preparing my basket blocks. I really enjoyed making the blocks once the hard decision was made about which baskets to put where. It was really easy to chain sew, without the pressure of choosing.

I made a few basket blocks first thing in the mornings, and every chance I had, in between other projects. I was surprised how quickly I had a pile of blocks.

I had enough swap baskets to make 57 blocks of four. Each basket is different and even made by a different quilter. I love them. I tend to be very sentimental about these things.
Here and here is more about my project. My one monthly goal for October was to uncover the project and prepare a plan. I did that, and then, couldn't stop working on them.

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