I have all the big blocks for my red and brown pfeffernuesse quilt.
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It is time to start making big blocks for the red and brown pfeffernuesse quilt. All the blocks are either done or redone. I began by sewing twosies and webbing them together with their mates. I am excited to get this ufo this far. I did the red parts during red month for the rainbow scrap challenge. This month is brown, so, I pulled the project out again, since, the string blocks are brown.
When I opened the box of an older ufo for the rainbow scrap challenge. I discovered that many of the hourglass blocks were turned the wrong way..... sigh I unstitched them, and, resewed them correctly. It was an easy fix. I had flipped the top and bottom row of 2. One new seam, and, it was made to right.
I used smaller strips in odd colors to make for the zig zag quilt. I think I have about 500 little units. I've made them over the year, but, I didn't iron them open. I am guessing that was a big mistake. I started ironing this month, and it took forever. haha
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wednesday wait loss
Last month, I restarted an older ufo for the rainbow scrap challenge. It was nearly finished, but needed borders and quilting. I was able to quilt it this week. It is a sweet baby quilt that looks soft and cuddly. Baby x&o is a small quilt, I started in 2015. at a guild workshop. The hsts in the border were cutoffs from the snowball blocks. Fortunately, all the pieces and fabrics were still in the project box.
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Red was the color of the month in April for the rainbow scrap challenge. I worked on an older ufo from 2016 to move it along called pfeffernuuse. By the end of the month, I had all the large HSTS made. I noticed when I put it away, at the end of the month, that all the red hourglass blocks were not the same. This month is brown or black. That means I can revisit this ufo. I am really glad to restart the project in October to correct the problem, and maybe make a top.
I started making the hourglass blocks in 2017.
I started the string blocks in 2016.
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I cut 133 - 1 1/2 inch neutral strips for swingin checkerboard. I wish I had actually made a few of the rail fence blocks, but, this is all the pieces cut. I will gladly appreciate the progress and work on it at a later time. Just a reminder, I made a light blue baby quilt top this month
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I didn't plan on working on my usual projects for the rainbow scrap challenge. But I decided to clean up the 1 1/2 inch strips from my table and make a few zigzag units with scraps.
I am scrapping the bottom of my monkey wrench blocks. I used leftover scraps here as well.
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wednesday wait loss
I was able to finish the top for the rainbow scrap challenge. The color of the month is light blue and light green. Baby x&o is a small quilt, I started in 2015. I pieced all the hsts I had in the box, into sets of 10, in case there was not enough for each side. And there wasn't. But I ended with a number that I could divide well between the 4 sides. I did have to add fabric to the ends to make it large enough for each side. I liked how it looked and added an outer border.
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I worked on my older ufo for the rainbow scrap challenge. The color of the month is light blue and light green. baby x&o is a small quilt, I started in 2015. I added the inner borders with a piece of fabric that was in the project box.
I had made bonus triangles from the cut offs of the snowball corners. The hsts were also in the box. It is my plan to make a border with these.
I did cut my choice of mint green into 17 - 2 1/2 inch strips per the pattern to move along swingin checkerboard. The pattern is for a big quilt, and my cutting is for the big quilt. I may make it smaller.
I didn't work on any of my regular rsc projects this week. I feel like I am busier than usual.
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The color of the month is light blue and green for the rainbow scrap challenge. I have included these colors in my blue and green months. So I am caught up in my regularly scheduled projects.
I found 2 older ufos that will I will work on this month with the new colors of the month.
Baby x and o was started in 2015, when I was the workshop chairman for my guild. It was a quick baby size quilt to piece. I made bonus triangles from the cut offs of the snowball corners. It was my plan to make a border with these. I can work on sewing these together, and maybe finish the quilt this month.
Swingin checkerboard is a quilted twins free pattern that I started in 2019. I have all the 16 patch blocks made. I found scraps in the box, but, I didn't find the mint green constant for the rail fence blocks. That is probably why it was sidelined for so long. I spent some time hunting through my collections of fabric and scraps for the likely candidate. nope. I attended a quilt show in pendleton Indiana and didn't find anything in mint green. I stopped by a quilt store in Noblesville. They had a small range of mint green, but it was too expensive for an almost. On the way home, I thought of hobby lobby. And, I think I found "the one" yay! Otherwise, I was going to put it away for another day.
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I finished just a few last minute aqua scrap projects for the rainbow scrap challenge. I had or made
70-2 inch hsts for my bonnie Hunter basket quilt.
My aqua ufo is a finished quilt.
I am looking forward to a new color and a new ufo for September.
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This is an older ufo that had aqua in it that I added to my rainbow scrap challenge for the month of August. The box had horizontal rows made, and enough scraps for the binding. The label was an incorrect name and no instructions. With a little help, I found the pattern and it was called off track. It's a great jelly roll quilt.
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The off track quilt top is finished. This is an older ufo that had aqua in it that I am making progress on for the rainbow scrap challenge. I added the last of the borders at Friday sew group. I decided not to add any other border. I guess it is time to find a back and get quilting.
The color for the rainbow scrap challenge, in August, is aqua.
The mystery is solved thanks to Jennifer Fulton Inquiring Quilter The pattern is found for my mystery ufo quilt, and my checklist moved from lost to the next step. I am so grateful. I thought I was going crazy.
off track jelly roll 7/15 - LOST
from print 35 jelly roll strips - cut2 - 6 1/2, cut3- 5, cut1 4 1/2
from background 23 2 1/2 wof strips from 9 of the strips cut 70 2 1/2 x 4 1/2
from background strips cut 14 strips into 40 2 1/2 x 13
sew matching pair of 5 in strips to a center press out
sew matching 2 1/2 x 6 1/2 to top and bottom
sew neutral 2 1/2 x 4 1/2 to either side of print same size
randomly sew tops to bottoms
sew 2 1/2 x 13 strip to each side of row and assemble 7 x 5
border?
fix?
piece back
prepare binding
longarm quilt
attach binding
handsew binding
label
sew rows together
The rows are together, and I am deciding on borders.
