I decided to work on these blocks and realized I had made more than I thought.
I pulled some things out of my stash to audition as backgrounds.
The beige-y ones blend too much. I’m leaning toward the green right now.
But of course, that could change!
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I came across this vintage star block recently and pulled it out to ponder what to do with it.
It’s a full inch longer on one side than the other! I thought it would make a good addition to my wall of red, white, and blue minis if I finished it. So I added some strips of vintage fabric around the edges and squared that up. I didn’t want to trim the block at all.
I marked it with this stencil. I will go back and freehand extra lines of quilting once the marked grid is done.
I basted with safety pins since I had something else on the long arm frame. I much prefer thread basting.
I’ll quilt this little one without a hoop. I hope to have it done just in time to baste my pink quilt.
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It took three movies, but the quilt deconstruction is complete! I ordered Quilters Dream batting for it. Now to decide how to quilt it.
I’m still working on my leader/ender 4 patches. I’m up to 225 of 800.
This funky little angel block was made for a collaborative project. I made mine to reflect the fact that I used to be a librarian.
I found a little box in the sewing room this week. It had pieces cut for four of these 8 inch blocks in it. I’ve sewn the first up and will try to finish the other four this week. I have no idea what this will grow up to be, but finished blocks are better than random pieces floating around.
I took the girls to get groomed this week since the weather was finally warming up.
The next day it snowed again. Ugh.
Have a great weekend!
Today I can cross another item off my UFO list! This quilt was made with blocks from the last Fun with a Barb block swap.
You all know my mad love for Baptist fan quilting, so of course I had to do it again! This time though, it is all done on my long arm.
First, I quilted the entire quilt on the long arm using these design boards .
Then I went back and free handed an extra arc between each one that was already quilted. You can see the difference here.
It is far from perfect, but I still love it!
I got rather hooked on the look of the close arcs while hand quilting using the stencil that Barb created.
I’m very happy with this little quilt. It is now hanging in my hallway. I’m also looking forward to receiving my blocks back from the current swap!
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My birthday was last weekend. While visiting Daughter #3 and SIL, we hit up a few antique stores. I found this quilt and had to rescue it, so hubby bought it for my birthday gift!
This gorgeous old top had been finished at a much later date with polyester batting and a poly/cotton blend backing that bearded terribly.
Aren’t the double pinks fabulous? To add insult to injury, this 1970s era pink binding was added.
See that pilling? That’s the poly batting coming through. Ugh.
This lovely top practically begged me to take it home and fix it. I’ll be taking it apart completely and requilting it by hand with 100% cotton batting and a cotton muslin for backing. I will finish with either a vintage fabric for binding or an appropriate reproduction fabric.
I couldn’t wait to rip open a corner, just as I suspected, the hand piecing stitches are tiny and beautiful.
I need to set this aside until my other hand work piece is completed. But I am really looking forward to this one.
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This month has been very productive for me. I attribute that to staying home and saying to heck with housework! Here are the goals I set for myself this past month.
1. Finish my Redwork quilt. Done!
2. Finish my Granny Square quilt. Done!
3. Quilt 5 QOVs. Done! Actually, I only quilted four as that was all they had for me this time.
4. Finish my Broken Dishes quilt made from swap blocks. Done! I’ll share this finish soon!
5. Make one small quilt l pinned from Pinterest. Done!
And I made a tiny quilt from the scraps.
6. Decide on a design for a wedding quilt for my niece. Done! I’m going to do a version of this quilt by Painted Quilts.
7. Finish my hexi quilt. Done!Â
I also completed the quilts for my siblings.
Wow! I can be so productive when I set goals and the weather stinks!
Time to set some goals for March.
1. I want to finish my Scrappy Trips quilt.
2. I want to get back to work on this quilt.
3. And I’ve been wanting to get back to this UFO as well.
4. Quilt 5 QOVs.
5. Make one thing from my Pinterest boards.
6. Finish the little vintage bow tie quilt that I am hand quilting.
I might even start a big tumbler quilt.
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Mr. Wonderful and I went to visit Daughter #3 and SIL this past weekend. I’ve missed them so since they moved to the west side of the state! I needed a car project and had planned to do a bit of knitting. But I really wanted to quilt. So at the last minute, I grabbed this small top and got it basted.
It is only about 29 inches square and far from perfectly pieced! I wanted to use this smaller hoop in the truck.
So I decided to use this stencil without the rope border. I’m also adding an extra arc in between each one marked with the stencil.
I’m using this vintage piece for the back.
I have my next hand quilting project already chosen so I want to hurry and finish this little one. I’ll be sharing that one soon!
Remember when I used my die cutter to cut up all my scraps and emptied my scrap bins? Well, I found that I missed my scrap bins. So I decided to make more scraps! I pulled out this basket that held mostly fat quarters.
I pressed them in piles of ten because I can cut ten layers at a time with my Accuquilt Studio Cutter. Then I cut strips about 6 1/2 inches off one edge of each.
I knew I needed more 1 1/2 inch squares for my leader/enders so I cut 6 from each of the 110 different fabrics I had in the bin.
This is the die I used.
Then I cut two 4 1/2 inch tumblers out of each for another project I want to start.
This is the did I used for that.
I carefully placed my pressed piles back in the bin. It will be easy to grab a stack and cut for another scrappy project and it was high time I started using these FQs.
Scrap quilts really are my favorites. I might start going through some other bins and chopping up more FQs.
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I have most of my Scrappy Trip blocks done. I can see on this photo that I have one block turned wrong.
While watching the Olympics, I took apart a bunch of hubby’s shirts that he had cleaned out of his closet.
Big E spent the night and after he left the next day, I found his buddy, Stinky in the sewing room. He is well loved!
The weather improved enough this week that the snow melted and roads were clear enough to walk the grand dogs.
Last weekend, we hit up a few antique shops. I loved this top, but it was over my budget.
We stopped at an army surplus store also. I loved this Jeep they had inside the store!
Don’t you think I need one like this?
And this quilt is heading back to my friend that gifted the top to me. Her grandmother made the top. I loved working on it, but I’m more than happy to send it home where it belongs.
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Here is my last February QOV. This top was pieced by Kathy.
The panto used is shown above. It is available from Urban Elementz .
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