progress monday

I have the side borders finished that make them a straight line for my scrappy twirl quilt.

And, this is the  plan for the top and bottom borders. This quilt is my own design and has been a headache from the start. I started out with 2 objectives. Use a seldom used template set - scrap crazy 6, and use up a pile of scraps from another quilt project. I thought I was so clever to combine the two. Geesh. A goal without a plan is a wish. And I wish I had had a plan LOL.

Because I had a long open sew day, I grabbed the easiest project on my ufo list to take, that would definitely last all day. This quilt is a Holy Toledo quiltville pattern from the book shirts and scraptails 2. It was all cut and ready to chain sew. I enjoyed the day sending fabric through the machine.

Last week's photo of my local Joann fabric store. How sad

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progress

 I have a cabinet in my sewing room that I hang all my in progress blocks. Most of the time, I don't even notice them. But, it caught my eye and made me smile. Quilts that I am finishing are usually in their own bag that I can take with me if I travel to social sewing. I keep them near the machine so that I can grab a bit of time with them at home. I enjoy participating in the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy every year.  But those projects are patience projects. I make a few every month for the whole year. I really don't flip them into a finish quilt in my mind, or until the end of the year. Sometimes, I don't think I am getting much done. It was good to see the wall of blocks and remember I am still working forward.

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strip tease finish

 The strip tease pattern from sentimental stitches was a quilt that my friend and I both made.   I started assembly in October of last year. The top was finished in December. Then, it went into the 'to be quilted' closet for a vacation. I was surprised that I drew the number to quilt it so soon for March. I love that it is a wonderful memory of sewing with my quilting buddy. And it was a great stashbuster.

70 x 85 = 18 yards

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teasing a top

My strip tease quilt is a top. I began it in June with a quilting buddy It was part of my 5 quilt project. You can find the strip tease pattern

80 x 95

There were 432 Flying geese and 960 2 inch squares. = which equals a gazillion. I doubted my sanity while making it, but, I do like it, now, that it is done. It deserves a vacation in the to be quilted closet, since it is the end of the year.

5 quilts for 2023 is finished. And a new year to look forward to making.

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strip missing pieces

This is part of my 5 quilt project, I have been slowly building rows for my strip tease quilt. And guess who can't count? The problem with portable projects is that sometimes pieces don't make the transfers. I often find the missing pieces AFTER I finish the quilt, ususally, mixed in with something unrelated. LOL  But, I shall persevere. I can make the 14 missing flying geese and missing 4 patches, again. And, then, magically, I will be ready to assemble the quilt.

last row

so close

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strip tease row

I am slowly matching seams, and, getting my block pieces together in a rows for strip tease quilt. The more I do, the more I like it.

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teasing rows from scraps

I've built all the blocks -12 long x 2 across- for my strip tease quilt

I was able to see what a row will look like. I like the scrappiness. I will have 3 more rows, before, I can start the top.

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strip progress

I have made progress on my strip tease quilt. I started with my quilting buddy, linda. Her quilt is a quilt ready for quilting, and, I am still trying to move it along as part of my 5 quilts project. Instead of sewing the columns vertically, I decided to make blocks that I can make horizontal rows. I have everything sewn into these size blocks. There are nine rows of vertical geese. Next, I will start to combine into something bigger.

There are ALOT of seams to match, yikes

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teasing blocks

I've started assembly for strip tease pattern. It doesn't look like much, I have worked on making twosies with the 4 patch and flying geese. 

I knew I would not like making each row vertically as per instructions. I am trying: making blocks 4 x 3. I think it will help me break it into chunks, and, give me a better chance of keeping it straight. 

strip tease pattern

I played a little bit with bits and pieces and making monkey wrench.

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teasing some progress

All the flying geese are done for strip tease pattern. I am ready for assembly. My quilting buddy has hers ready for quilting, so, I am behind. This is a truly scrappy quilt using 2 inch strips and pieces. I made the 4 patches along with the colors of the rainbow scrap challenge this year.  It is one of my 5 quilts projects. There are 9 vertical rows of flying geese and 10 vertical rows of 4 patches.

My finger is doing much better. The longarm needle went through the middle of the nail. The nail has grown out, so, I am not as worried about catching it and ripping it.

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

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strip tease progress

strip tease pattern from sentimental stitches is a new project with my quilting buddy. I have bits and pieces for this for awhile. I showed it to Linda and she decided to join me getting this done. We both have the pattern and have started sewing the pieces. She is making hers in blues. I am doing all colors scrappy. I am cutting and making by color. I was sure I would be bored cutting it all or sewing it all, so, I do a few in each color and I am happy. I have done blue, red, green, and, brown. I am at least half way to finishing all the pieces.

all the flying geese squares

I enjoy the motivation of sewing with someone else, and the friendly competition. It looks to be a great stashbuster.  I am thinking it might be a little smaller than I thought, so I might want to make it bigger. We will see.

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clarissa centers

you may remember I wrote this about my clarissa quilt.

I saw this quilt on sane,crazy, crumby blog and loved it. She loved it from Kathy quilts. And Kathy loved it from the Shelbourne museum. Quilting is a hobby that links us to the past and to the future, a gift that keeps on giving. Thank you to all the lovely quilters who ply their art. You have enriched my life. And my daughter is an amazing quilter, too.......

I am happy to say all 36 centers are done. And, I thought, I would put it away again for another time. But, I have decided to keep them close. I have the other rounds of cut pieces in baggies by number.

I have all the pieces I would need for 36 blocks rounds with 40 in one bag, and, another baggie for the round of 24. I think I will throw a baggie in with any project I take to open sews and sew a set while I am there.

It will take awhile, but, there is no hurry. I won't notice how tedious they are, if, I am talking and having fun. haha

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more blue patches

I tidied the 1 1/2 inch blue strips and separated light and dark. I pulled shorter pieces for 4 patches.

I don't really have a plan for using these cute little 4 patches. But, when I have made a gazillion, I will think of something.

60 +

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assembling saturday soire

I went with quilty friends to an open sew, and, began putting pieces together for my Block of the month UFO Saturday soire. 

It was great to have room to lay it out on the floor.

I realized here that I had turned a row. It didn't matter if the center blocks were wrong, but, I had the ending pieces wrong.  Which, also meant, the sashing was on the wrong side. The easiest way to fix it was remove the sashing row, switch the ends and keep the blocks wrong. But, it was nearly time to go home after a long day. So, I will tackle it another time.

It is looking very pretty. I am thrilled. I have made this my one monthly goal for June. It bothers me that so many of my UFOs are great quilts that have languished for so long. I think in the beginning, I thought I could do it all. I would lose interest because I was busy. And then, I would "forget" what was out of sight. I think, I would lose interest, because of all the bright and shiny new quilts, I would see, and projects that drew me away from what I was doing. As I am getting older, there are still bright and shiny quilts to distract me, but, not as many that I want to commit.    And, I still " forget", but more from a brain that just leaks.  haha

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blue 4 patches

 I don't need any more blue for my rainbow scrap challenge projects. So, I decided a little tidying was in order. I separated my dark and light blue chunks in the scrap drawer. I added some pieces to the 'cut or get rid' box. And, then, I found a little more room. hooray

I grabbed my blue 2 inch strips, and thought, I would sort through them for dark and light. I also, grabbed smaller pieces of strips for 4 patches and an older ufo called strip tease. I needed to find 2 matching strips in the light, and, 2 in the dark to cut for flying geese, also strip tease. After half of the bag, I was overwhelmed and put it away. There are too many. Even after taking the smaller bits, it weighed 3 pounds 10 ounces. If a pound has 3 yards, then there is nearly 12 yards of fabric in that bag, enough to make a large quilt. And if I have 9 colors of 2 inch strips........ oh my.

I sewed 4 patches forever from the small pieces, and had 75 blocks. That is disproportionally too many for the random colors quilt I plan to make. I will likely have extra.

75

I cut for flying geese - I needed 48- 2 x 3 1/2 inches

they look so innocent 

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clarissa quilt progress

 I rediscovered this project while cleaning up messes. I had a stack of related fabric scraps that I really liked, and, I started a year or so ago to make an old hourglass block quilt. I thought before I put it away in the ufo closet, I would just cut to make sure I would have enough and make 36 centers. sounded easy. the centers only have 4 hourglass blocks.

I cut most of what I had, and, then, took count to see if I would need to add more fabrics. I definitely need more. It was not as easy as it sounded. The outer row needs 40 of each print for that ring of hourglasses. I needed to cut and count and save any that had enough matching QSTS for the outer border, and, then, 24 for the middle border, and, then, I could use what was left for the centers. I was afraid if I broke up the sets to start with the centers, I would not have any left with a large enough number to make the outer ring. sigh

my baggie of sets of 40

I don't know how many I have cut, but I know that there is enough of the original fabrics in each bag, and I can go scrappy from here.

I make a couple of centers each morning as I cut and count.

I took the bag of 40 with me to an open sew, and I could run some through as I worked on my other projects. They are so cute. Each hourglass is 2 1/2 inches and will finish at 2 inches in the quilt.

a few centers

and one gift bag of scraps all cut

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Cutting and sorting does keep a mess going.

 I saw this quilt on sane,crazy, crumby blog and loved it. She loved it from Kathy quilts. And Kathy loved it from the Shelbourne museum. Quilting is a hobby that links us to the past and to the future, a gift that keeps on giving. Thank you to all the lovely quilters who ply their art. You have enriched my life. And my daughter is an amazing quilter, too.......

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june one monthly goal

I have had Saturday soire BOM on my 5 quilts list for most of the year. The blocks were done, previously, and ALL I had to do was finish the top and assemble it to finish it. It has been a bigger project than I anticipated. I found 3 setting kits as part of the block of the month. My one monthly goal for June is to finish it, quilted and bound.

I have  kit 1 finished, and I have the 2nd kit in progress. I think I can start the assembly, 

row 1

June is garden season, not quilting season, but I want to see if I can finish this off the ufo list.

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Saturday soire block of the month progress

I have been working on one of my 5 quilt projects, lately. 

5. Saturday soire block of the month. This an older UFO from 2013. I opened the box, and, all of the blocks are pieced. I have the 3 setting kits to start. I am cutting for kit 1. I remember being in love with this quilt. I don't have a picture in the box, so, now, it will be a mystery. I bought the red kit as a block of the month. There was a blue option, and when the lqs closed, I bought the blue version as part of their closing sale. For now, red is one of my 5 quilts until it is finished.

I discovered 4 setting kits in the box. They all need to be cut and pieced. They are more intensive than the blocks themselves were as the block of the month. LOL I am making progress, though. So far, I can take this as a portable project when I social sew.

these are the alternate blocks to the sampler blocks

these are the setting blocks

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wool runner finish

My Friday finish is a wool runner from 2013. I decided not to quilt it. I finished the floss work and attached the backing. I gave it a good press with a wet towel, and, it is lovely, even if, the grass is not. The wool in the kit was hand dyed in beautiful vibrant colors. 

13 x 48 inches

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