It’s about that time! Time to review my makes over the last year. I’m sad to say, I didn’t do any longarming for the Stitching Sisters this year. The traveling I’ve done this year has meant something had to give. I did complete four Quilts of Valor start to finish though.
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Having two sewing rooms seems to mean twice the UFOs!
1. This is the infamous Aunt Martha kit. I think I have two big diamonds pieced.
2. The Heather Bailey blocks started last spring.
3. The elephant in the sewing room…🤦🏻♀️
4. I want to take this apart, remove the poly batting, and hand quilt it.
5. I got this taken apart. It really is time I put it back together.
6. And I did bring this with me.
There are probably more I haven’t found yet. I guess you could say I have my work cut out for me……
Have a great day!
I hope you all had an amazing Christmas!
I doubt I’ll finish anything off this list this week, so I decided to share my UFOs. This is the Michigan list. Tomorrow I’ll share the Arizona list.
1. Denise Schmidt Bow Ties. No, I didn’t bring them with me.
2. Scrappy Strips
3. Trip Around the World.
4. I don’t even know what to call this….Jelly Roll Disaster? It’s very boring so far.
5. Yep, this is a finish….but this quilt lives at AccuQuilt HQ. I have pieces cut to make one for myself.
6. I made one of these Cleopatras Fan blocks and quit. It’s such a cool block, I need to get back to it.
7. I started this postcard quilt last winter. I didn’t get far before setting it aside as well.
8. This is a UFO I purchased at a sale. I’d like to finish it into a Quilt of Valor.
9. Speaking of QOVs, I have all these pieces cut from scraps and should do something with them.
10. I bought this amazing quilt top last summer. It deserves to be hand quilted.
I think that’s it. Not really….tomorrow I will share the Arizona UFOs!
Have a great day!
Merrs Christmas Eve! I thought today, I would share with you some of the Christmas quilts I’ve made over the years. The first was given to my daughter in law a couple years ago.
This one was made for Daughter #1 after the famous Christmas Feud.
And here is the quilt that started the feud. It lives with Daughter #3.
This one was given to Daughter #2.
And this one was made for a dear friend.
I wish you all a wonderful Christmas Eve!
We’ve really pared down the amount of decorating we do at Christmas. It’s less stressful and less work. But I hang up stockings as a way to remember those far away as well as those near.
Mr. Wonderful took care of the lights and I added hats to the cacti. I also decorated the tree. I love seeing it from the front window!
Winslow and Willy are ready for Christmas. I hope you are too.
One last thought from a favorite author, Bob Goff.
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Welcome to another edition of Throwback Thursday! This post is from November 2017. This was my attempt at fancy ruler work on the long arm. I need to try this again soon. Have a great day!
This quilt was an adventure I won’t soon forget! You can read about the beginnings of this quilt here. And some of the issues I had here. I’m glad I persevered and finished. I did get sloppy toward the end. I was so over it!
I used two layers of Hobbs 80/20 batting on this little quilt. I’m not sure if you can tell, but I used a slightly darker cream fabric for the binding.
The top is Legacy unbleached muslin. It is the best quality muslin from JoAnns.
This next picture actually shows the back.
I’m pleased now that it is done, but this piece fought me every stitch of the way!
I decided on this Gothic Arch for the border quilting.
Then I did a simple crosshatch on the squares.
I had extra room on the side, so I threw some orphan blocks on and quilted them to make hearts.
I really hope to finish this before Friday.
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A friend on Instagram challenged me to make a teeny tiny quilt. My printer isn’t working, so I used graph paper for my pattern.
That center square finishes at 1/4”.
It reminds me of a peppermint candy!
The paper was already coming off.
The binding looks huge! I cut it 1 1/4” wide.
Ta daaa! It’s a bit wonky, but it’s done.
It is very simply quilted.
I decided to add a bit of perle cotton so I could use it as a tree ornament.
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I mentioned on Saturday that I finally had Carl loaded on the frame.
Then I was stuck on the quilting. I grabbed my Apple Pencil and the YouDoodle app and tried s few things out.
It’s good that I quilt better than I draw!
Have a great day!
