I have finally come up with an idea for QOV #19. It started with this:
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I just love those neat little stacks of pieces! They turned into these:
Which are turning into this:
Now, I need to get packing for my trip tomorrow!
I am linking up with Lee at Freshly Pieced for WIP Wednesday.
So yesterday I had my most recent QOV on the design wall. I had my design figured out and had planned to get the top done and ready for the frame.
This plus another two rows of stars across the top was what I had planned. I got all the big parts together but could not commit to sewing it all into one piece. Then I took the top rows and pinned it over the middle.
Hmmmm…. This is something I could live with. I think the different blues in the center and outside stars just bothered me too much. I did end up finishing a top, just not the one I planned or needed!
You see, I am making QOVs for brothers who both served in the Army. I wanted to use the center panel of this star in each quilt.
Finding fabrics that match this panel has been much harder than anticipated. So I like the top I finished very much but it hadn’t gotten me any closer to having these two specific quilts done.
I think I will go back to the medallion idea. Here is where I am so far.
I did buy more fabric that seemed to match better. I need to have these done by early December but there are other things I want to sew by then as well.
I am glad I didn’t forge ahead and sew the big bits together. I would have hated it. I guess the moral here is that you just have to trust your gut sometimes. At the very least, take the time to examine why you are reluctant to move forward with something.
Happy Tuesday!
BTW, I am linking up with Connie at Free Motion by the River for Linky Tuesday.
Last week I decided to make a list of projects I wanted to accomplish for the week. This is how I did:
1. Finish the sailor hat. Finished and mailed!
2. Label, make presentation cases, and ship two QOVs. Done and arrived at their destination!
3. Finish current QOV top. Done!
4. Quilt current QOV top. Done!
5. Quilt and bind my Faithful quilt from the Humble Quilts QAL. Done!
I have a very short week in which to sew but I am going to make another list and see what I can do!
1. Label, make presentation case, and ship QOV to Michigan Coordinator.
2. Finish one QOV top, prepare backing, and load it for quilting.
3. Cut more hexies for Scrapppy Hexie project. I want to cut pieces for another project at the same time so I have to figure out what that other project will be first.
4. Pack for trip. Leaving Thursday!
5. Knit two booties to match the two I have already done.
6. If I have time, finish a second QOV top.
I also have Life Group for church and the day job. I would also like to make some food for hubby for while I am gone.
I predict this week will fly by!
After way too much indecision, I finally started working in the setting for this QOV.
I got the rest of my pieces for the top cut also.
I also got a couple bibs and burp cloths made for the new grand babies.
The one on the right is for my new grandson who is due on Valentines Day. The one on the left is for my new grand baby due to Daughter #1 and dear SIL in June! I can’t believe I get two in one year!
The other night, I cut some of my Denyse Schmidt stash into hexies with my studio cutter.
Don’t they look beautiful all stacked up?
Even the trimmings are beautiful!
I am heading home to Wisconsin later this week to visit my folks. So much to do before I go!
I am linking up with Judy at Patchwork Time for Design Wall Monday.
Just a little bit of stitching to show you today. First, a start on my next QOV.
And starting to think about some baby projects.
I found this pattern online and the quote I found on Pinterest. I still need to add the snap or Velcro closure. Bibs are the perfect thing for machine embroidery! I also found a pattern for flannel burp cloths. I hope to try that out later today.
Church for us doesn’t start until 11 AM so that gives me a few minutes in the morning to stitch a bit.
I love this tree on my backyard!
I probably better do something about this today too:
Yikes!
Have a great day everyone!
Here’s my second entry for the Blogger’s Quilt Festival sponsored by Amy, this time in the art quilt category.
It is so hard to photograph a black quilt! I made this a few years ago. I initially pieced the blocks to look like chairs. When I finished the quilt and asked my son what to call it, he turned the whole thing upside down and said, “Call it, What Four?” Done!
This was machine quilted on my home machine. I matched the thread color in each block to the background.
I hope you enjoyed seeing one of my art quilts. You can see more at the Art Quilt Category at the Blogger’s Quilt Festival here.
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It is that time of year! Amy is again hosting the Blogger’s Quilt Festival for those of us at home while the rest of the quilting world travels to Houston for Quilt Market.
I have had a terrible time deciding what to enter!
This entry will be for the Baby Quilt Category. I made this quilt last year with dress shirts from my husband and my son. It will be a baby quilt for my first grand baby, a boy, to be born in February of next year. I love the idea that my grandson will be wrapped in fabric worn by his daddy and grandpa. I will eventually make a baby quilt for each of my children for their children out of the rest of these fabrics.
It isn’t my finest workmanship, or greatest design, but this one has LOTS of love, hopes, and dreams for this little baby’s life.
It was quilted in randomly placed lines from top to bottom and I quilted this on my home sewing machine before I got my long arm.
You can see the other entrants in the Baby Quilt Category here. And you can find the main posting for the BQF here.
It’s done! Well, except for washing, label, and presentation case….but those are details.
And this is how my little experiments turned out.
Clearly, I need work with pebbling but overall, I am happy with these little bits. They may end up as zippered bags or perhaps foundations to build on.
Linking up with Sarah for:
And Crazy Mom Quilts for Finish it up Friday.
I hoped to show you the finished QOV I was working on yesterday. The quilting is finished. However, I had a bit of extra backing and batting at the end and I decided to take some time today to play with some less traditional bits.
The two orange pieces are hand dyed by me. The ladder was pieced by me and I dyed the fabrics as well. I haven’t quilted many “art” quilts on my Avante yet so this should be fun. I also hope to get the QOV off and bound yet today.
In other news, Daughter #2 received her doggie gifts from me.
She looks so cute in her U of M bandana!
Happy Friday!
The piece on QOVs that aired on NBC the other night has resulted in an explosion of requests for quilts! Our state coordinator is putting out a call and probably every other state coordinator is as well.
You can find out how to help here.
I decided to quilt this top with a panto called Starstruck from Meadowlyon Designs. I am about halfway and hope to finish quilting today. It is a combination of feathers and stars and it is offset. That means it looks more random than a sometimes does. It has a long repeat. Tomorrow it will get bound.
I also got a few more of these pieced yesterday for another QOV.
I work this morning and we have Life Group tonight so we shall see how much actually gets done! I am linking up with Kelly for Needle and Thread Thursday.
I am also linking up with Gemma at Pretty Bobbins. She has a great post today about threads for quilting. Also Cindy at It’s a Colorful Life for Really Random Thursdays.
