4-Patch On Point

I got this little quilt done and off the frame.  I had one thread break but luckily retreading fixed the issue as in no more breaks.  I was surprised that I needed more than one bobbin to quilt this.  In fact I kick myself because I only partially filled the next bobbin and ran out again with just 3 motifs left to quilt.

It measures about 38x58.  The most expensive part of this quilt was the batting.  The backing was a $2 find at our guild garage sale.  The four patches were from a 50 cent scrap bag from a retreat garage sale.  The blue was a $1 a yard find at Walmart and the thread was free from Freecycle.  How's that for quilting on a budget?

This will be bound with the same blue used in the top.

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Ricci's Quilt

If you go back to my June OMG post here you can read about this quilt.

I took this from a coworker who talked so lovingly about his quilt and repaired it.  It had been tied.  I removed the ties, repaired, added new batting and backing.  Quilted and bound it.  He's seen it on Facebook and seems happy.  I'm going to wash and dry it to make sure there are no issues with it.

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Razzle Dazzle Block Two

I have all the sub units made for the 20 alternate blocks.  I assembled the first block to see how things would go together.

Here it is with one of the first blocks I made.

I now have the 20 pinwheel centers sewn and am sewing the flying geese to those first.  I should be able to get these together pretty quickly.

Hugs!

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On The Frame

Here is the next quilt I plan to get quilted. The four patches are from a 50 cent scrap bag I bought at a retreat last year during their guild garage sale.  The blue fabric is from a $1 a yard sale I found.  The backing is from my guilds garage sale from last year.  I don't remember what I paid but probably just a few dollars.  The thread was free from a huge box of thread I was given on Freecycle.  The most expensive part will be the batting.  I bought a roll from JoAnns when they had a huge batting sale.

I'm using the top thread.

I'm linking to Patchwork Times Design wall Monday.

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Razzle Dazzle Part Deux

I cut the parts for HSTs for the alternate blocks last night.  I lost count and decided to just start seeing them together.  Only need 160 of them so will sew a little, press a little and do something else for a break until they're done.  Once this is done 80 flying geese. Wish me luck!

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Hopscotch

When I posted last time I referred to tha last quilt top I had finished.  When I went looking for a post About it I realized I had not posted here about it.

I give you another 3 yard quilt called Hppscotch from Fabric Cafe by Donna Robertson.  I was a little frustrated with this pattern because I had made so many dumb cutting errors. I wrote to her about the ideas I had and she made changes to the pattern and mailed me a new updated copy.  Wow!  Thanks for listening to me Donna.

I think the quilting will make a big difference.

Hugs,

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Razzle Dazzle

I Here is another Bonnie Hunter UFO that I'm working on.  Razzle Dazzle.  I worked diligently to get the first set of blocks done.  There are 30 and they are all different colors with that gold as a constant.  I need 20 of the alternate blocks but stopped working on this to do a little quilting.

I had made one of the alternate blocks but did not care for the shade of gray that I used.  I found another I like and that will also be a constant with scrappy neutrals.

I don't want the blocks to over power each other.  To me this gray is more subtle.  More after my quilting spree!

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Garden Party

I'm here sewing in the background and not posting either here or on yahoo groups.  For 2.5 months I was intensely piecing my Garden Party UFO by Bonnie Hunter.  I just have to add borders but need to decide if I go with Bonnie's  design or try to find a way to preserve the points on the setting triangles.  If I had the foresight I would have accommodated that idea.  Maybe on a future chain design quilt I will.

Here is the center.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

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Garden Party

But it's no party.  I've been cranking out quilts with pieces in the 2.5 to 3.5 " range.  Because I'm trying to finish UFOs I dug one out and chose Garden Party by Bonnie Hunter.  This quilt has 200 blocks with 17 pieces each.  The strip sizes are all 1.5.  I'm currently working on the 81 sashed nine patch blocks.  Then I'll work on the half blocks that serve as side setting triangles and corners.

For comparison I'm showing an almost complete nine patch block against my last quilt block.  5.5" versus 8.5" with the latter only having 5 pieces.

It's gotta be done eventually so why not now?

Just adding the last piece top and bottom which will have a cornerstone.  I only need 202 of those pieces!

Hugs!

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Tumbler Quilt Topped

There was an impromptu sew-in at Wattafind yesterday in Mesquite.  I had to add borders to a quilt and love going to these events for this activity because I can spread out on their tables rather than crawling on the floor or working on my bed.  

I am always overconfident in what I can accomplish in these short periods of time.  I took three items to work on but my tumbler quilt was my priority.  How long do you think it takes to add two simple borders to a small quilt?  I know about when I got to the store and when I left.  I was there around 3.5 hours.  There was a little time visiting but not that much.  So it took at least three hours.  All my strips were precut too.  Wow!

Well here it is!

I used fabric samples my mother had bought in a garage sale for the colored pieces.  The white or neutrals were all from my scrap bag.  The borders were cut from yardage in my stash.  I bought this fabric last year or earlier this year on a very good sale.  The pieces were all cut on my AccuQuilt GO Cutter.  I enjoyed making this quilt and plan to make another tumbler quilt soon.

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Another Flimsy Finish

II took a class a week ago on machine binding.  I learned a few great tips.  One of which is an app by Robert Kaufman called QuiltingCalc.  It has lots of great calculators in it.  One is figuring number of strips to cut for your binding.  The other is sizes to cut your side and corner setting triangles.  

I misread it and only cut the side triangles in half rather than quarters.  I love how it finished my quilt.  In fact I decided to NOT add a border because I loved how it floated.  I did have to recut my corners to make them larger but I love this top!

The little four patches were purchased at a retreat in Witchita Falls last year.  It was a 50 cent bag of squares.  I sewed the 4 patches last year.  I also had a bolt of this great blue fabric that I bought for $1 a yard.  So far I have about $2 invested in this quilt and I LOVE it!

I was planning to donate it but a fb friend or two commented on it.  It may end up gifted to one of them.

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Vicki Welsh's UFO Challenge

Vicki has us account for our UFOs each month.  I remembered one more.

I finished 3 small quilts so far this year plus 7 of my new starts.  6 were microwave bowls.

Starting UFO 37  + 1 found
Finished YTD 3
Started YTD 12

Finished New Starts 7
Ending UFO 35

How are you doing with your projects?

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June OMG Goal Setting

As I was finishing up my May OMG I began thinking about what I would do for June.  I took a quilt from a coworker wth the intent to repair it.  I have most of the repairs complete so now I'll quilt and bind it.

Where you see the gold that is the inside of the quilt.

The binding was split.

The backing was a sheet and a blanket.

Fiber from the inside breaking down.

This was the "batting".  A sheet, a blanket and what appears to be an embroidered shirt.  I had hope to use this to repair the top but it was too fragile and tore way too easily.

Here is the repair thus far.  I have to replace the lavender piece on the side then layer and quilt it.  I'll square it up once it's quilted.

Click here to head over to Red Letter Quilts to see what everyone else plans to accomplish in June.

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Feedsack Patches - Another Q2 Finish

I finished another little quilt.  This one measures 37x48.  The kit was gifted to me when I had my house fire in 2012.  I sewed it up a year or two later.  I quilted it within the past 6 months.  It's time arrived to be finished!  My current plan is to donate it.  

This was on my list of Q2 finish goals.  Mission accomplished.

More in progress.

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May OMG Complete!

I did it!  I finished my May One Monthly Goal.  I had to finish up the quilting, trim and bind it and attach the label.  

Go visit Red Letter Quilts to see how everyone else did with their goal.

I had a little setback with the binding where I hadn't completely caught the edge at the bottom of the binding but caught it before I hand stitched the binding down.  I washed and dried it and while removing the threads I found a spot that wasn't sewn quite right near the binding.  I opened that up and repaired the spot then reattached the binding.  I rather catch these problems now than have the recipient find them!

Here it is.  A 3 yard quilt from Fabric Cafe called Step Up.  Made in honor of my boyfriends sisters 70th birthday.  I used the invitation to her surprise party as the label.

Making Progress

I've added borders to my Avignon Picnic.  This is a freebie from Moda Bakeshop.

Then I added borders to my Dorothy Young mystery Hugs and Kisses.

I also put the final border on this 3 yard quilt called Awareness Week.  This was a new start this year.

I've also been repairing a quilt for a friend.  Remember the gold in the before picture is the insides.

Before.

After.  Still have to quilt it.

Finally, I finished quilting this 3 yard quilt called Step Up.  Binding is in progress.  Goal to finish before months end for the OMG challenge.

Wow I've gotten a lot more done lately than I realized.

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Hugs and Kisses

This is a Dorothy Young mystery.  It is from 2009 or 2010.  I went with a red and white theme for what I think are obvious reasons.  It is about 38" square.

I am toying with the idea of a border.  The one I had in mind is a twisted ribbon border.  I am not sure I have enough of the red left.  If I do what color would I use for the back of the ribbon?  I was thinking the back of the red fabric but there is not enough contrast.  I could just do a plain narrow red border.

I have a bright pink from that fabric line but that doesn't thrill me.  In fact I have a light pink to go with but still not too sure about that either.

I do have a blue and can go with a red, white and blue theme.  I might even have a dark blue and could do a two tone blue.

This quilt is currently earmarked for charity.  What are your thoughts?

Thanks for your input!

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OMG May

Here I am with no OMG finish for April.  I am going to repeat my goal.  I have a swap getting in the way.  I am almost done with hat now so this lovely should be a slam dunk.

I started this in February as a birthday gift.  I must get it finished!

Hop over to Red Letter Quilts to see what others are up to this month.

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Come check back at the end of the month to see if I met my goals!!

Second Q2 Item Complete

This is the third of a set of supersize nine patches that I made some time ago.  It's a really fun pattern that you can find for free here.  This was also my second attempt at machine binding.

I like this better than the decorative stitch I did on the last one.

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First Q2 Item Complete

I had cut these microwave bowls out to give as a hostess/birthday gift back in March.  With my work schedule I wasn't able to complete them.  In the meantime I came across another fabric and was invited to another party by this person.  I decided to make her a second set.

My contract ended Friday. I've been getting things caught up around the house this week.  One of them was getting in the sewing room.  4 are for my friend and two are for me.  Hers will go in the mail tomorrow.

I've already moved onto the next item on the Q2 list.  Stay tuned for the update.

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