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Friday, October 31, 2025

toledo top finish

It has taken a bit of time to make the borders. I needed pinwheels for the corners. And, there were the 328 hsts. Not to mention the gazillion hsts in the blocks.

It was so good to see Holy Toledo, as a top. I chose this as my one monthly goal for October. And, I really like it. I usually do, when I make a Bonnie Hunter quilt. It can be found in scraps and shirttails 2 book. I started it in 2016. Making the borders was my one monthly goal for October, but now, I have a top.

Oh and this was on the road with us this week. Boo

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Monday, October 6, 2025

holy toledo progress

I cut and sewed a few more border pieces for Holy Toledo, an older ufo in my 5 quilt projects. I will need 36 border sections to complete the border. I finished these at a Friday sew group. I was using this project as leader/enders for correcting my hourglass blocks for pfeffernuuse.

I had discovered many of the hourglass blocks were sewn wrong. I spent a few evening times to unpick them, and had a chance to resew them Friday. It was an easy fix. In between sewing, I made hsts and blocks for Holy Toledo. It made both, somewhat boring jobs, a little more fun.

blocks in halves again

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Monday, September 29, 2025

holy toledo

In May, I began working on an older ufo, Holy Toledo is a quiltville pattern from the book shirts and scraptails 2. The top is finished and it is time to work on the borders. I had a chance to cut some of the hsts I need before my Friday sew group. I chain pieced the ones I had, and, started making the block pieces. I need 36. I see more cutting and sewing in my future. I have tried matching the shirt fabric combos before I cut. That might be slowing me. I am just afraid, if I go willy nilly cutting, I might not like the end result. Making the borders, will be my one monthly goal for October.

this is what I am hoping to make in my version

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Monday, September 8, 2025

cutting scraps for August

One of my monthly goals for the 5 quilt project is to spend one day a month cutting scraps.

One of my monthly goals for the 5 quilt project is to spend one day a month cutting scraps. I cut a bag of scraps into useable pieces in August. The bag weighed 1 pound 4 ounces. When I was done, the parts weighed 9 ounces = 1 1/2 yards of useable fabric. + strings. I still have a bit left to cut.

For the year, the total is 36 1/2 yards of useable fabric.

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Friday, August 15, 2025

progress

I have half of my holy toledo blocks assembled. There is a lot of matching. I try to pin a couple of rows at night while watching tv. I really like the secondary patterns. I haven't spent much time in my sewing room. I hope I can get back there soon.

I have another top that is nearly finished. The sides are naturally finished with the design of the block, but, the top and bottom borders look unfinished. I hope to get them added today at Friday sew group.

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Monday, July 7, 2025

webbing holy toledo

I began with my holy toledo blocks in foursies and joined rows together by webbing them in the middle. It was too floppy to work with and easy to turn the rows the wrong way. I will need to make a few snips, and then, make rows. I like how this looks and hope to finish it soon.

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cheddar jubilee was finished last year.

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Monday, June 23, 2025

another shirt quilt

holy toledo is a quiltville pattern from the book scraps and shirttails 2. All the blocks are finished and I have sewn them into twosies. I added this to my 5 quilt ufo projects this year. All the pieces were cut a long time ago. All I had to do was sew the pieces together. It is a great social sewing project. I really like working with recycled shirt fabric.

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Monday, June 9, 2025

cutting scraps for June

One of my monthly goals for the 5 quilt project is to spend one day a month cutting scraps. This is the 4th month in a row. three of those months have been this box of shirts.

I found a box of scrappy leftovers of shirt fabric, that is my next project for scrap cutting. It weighed 9 pounds 13 ounces. I am trying to spend my time at Friday sew, once a month, to cut scraps.

I saw the bottom of the box this time. I had big pieces that I replaced in the box that I will cut with my accu-cut at home. There was an uncut shirt at the bottom of the box which is on it's way to the rescue mission.

This time the cut pieces weighed 3 pounds 6 ounces which is 10 1/2 yards of useable fabric. The total yardage for the box was 26 1/2 yards of useable fabric. For the year, the total is 35 yards of useable fabric. And I had fun socializing while I was doing it -bonus.

All the rest are cut into 10, 5, 3 1/2, 2 1/2, 2, 1 1/2 inches or strips

This is the trash I made.

And these are the string pieces for another day. By this time, I admit the strings are much bigger than usual. I was tired of cutting haha

I have made several shirt quilts from recycled shirts over the years. They are some of my favorirtes, and that keeps me motivated to keep cutting this huge box of shirt pieces.

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Friday, April 4, 2025

kaleidoscope borders

I finally figured out how I want to make the borders for kaleidoscope using Marti Micell's template. I needed to take apart the border pieces that were already sewn and add the top triangle before sewing the unit together. When I made a new row, I could do it right in the first place.

I added the top border.

altogether, I added 3 borders and I have one to go before it was time to leave the open sew. I really like how this one looks. I have decided that I don't want a darker outer border.

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Friday, March 28, 2025

Tiny Tuesday sampler finish

I decided to make tiny Tuesday quilt my one monthly goal for March. It was part of the 5 quilt project last year. I didn't get it done in 2024, so I added it to this year's ufo projects. This was a QAL with the rainbow scrap challenge in 2019. It was so much fun to make the the blocks each week and use up the scraps at the same time. The blocks were designed by the academic quilter. After the blocks were done, those participating were on their own for how to finish it. I used a few orphan blocks to make it a little bigger and to fill out the rows. I used a scrappy white with pink rosebuds for the backing and the background fabric for the binding.

60 x 63 =14 yards

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Monday, March 24, 2025

tiny tuesday borders

I have added the first border and I am prepping the rest. It was scarey, but they are all cut, and so far, nothing bad has happened to them. The border fit, and, I have decided to do square in a square corners. I am happy to see the end of this older ufo. I may meet my one monthly goal of a finish for March. Tulips are up and the forsythia is starting to bloom, We've had a lot of wind here lately. The top half of a tall pine tree broke off and landed in 1 piece. I've seen the whole tree fall many times but not just the whole top.

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Monday, March 17, 2025

tiny tuesday borders

I have made 4 long enough borders for tiny Tuesday. Now, I have to figure how I want to do the corners. I plan on trimming the long sides to 1/4 inch which is scary. I think that will leave a 3 1/2 inch strip. This is my one monthly goal for March, and if, I don't move along, it won't be finished in time. If this wasn't one of my 5 quilt projects, this is where I would have stopped and put it aside. That is the reason, I have so many older ufos

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Friday, March 7, 2025

squared away quilt finish

I have my first finish for the year.

I was excited to start the year with a new Ufo called squared away. The blocks were already done in

2018 as part of the rainbow scrap challenge BOM. I like everything about this finish. The lovely scrappy rainbow colors, the on point settting, the borders, and especially the location of my sewing on vacation. I quilted it when I got home. Now, I am officially ready to work through my ufos for the year with my 5 quilt challenge. It is great to get the first one done. I am out of practice taking pictures.

72 x 72 = 14 yards

I used a flannel backing and a bubble free form quilting.

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Monday, March 3, 2025

tiny tuesday sampler one monthly goal

I have decided to make tiny Tuesday quilt my one monthly goal for March. The top is together, and I am making the borders. I started this in 2019 as a QAL for the rainbow scrap challenge. I made all the blocks and put it away in the ufo closet. As part of the 5 quilt project last year, I brought it out to finish it. I added more blocks to make it bigger. I decided on a border that I am currently working to complete. I hope by the end of March, I will have it finished. I'm sorry these are not new pictures but there has not been any new other than the mess I am making LOL. Wish me luck

borders

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Friday, February 7, 2025

squared away top

I added an inner border to squared away. We changed locations, so, I wasn't sure I would get the border finished. but I did.

We found a park and were able to lay it flat -ish. I look forward to quilting it when I get home.

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