Quilted and bound.
Texture!
To bring a little sunshine to someone at Happy Chemo
Linking up with Friday Finish at Crazy Mom Quilts and Whoop Whoop Friday at Confessions of a Fabric Addict.
Friday, May 15, 2015
H2H Quilt Finished - A Picture Post
Linking up with Friday Finish at Crazy Mom Quilts and Whoop Whoop Friday at Confessions of a Fabric Addict.
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Just meandering along...
...on my H2H quilt.
FMQ in progress
H2H quilt with FMQ in progress
Making good progress. My FMQ skills are pretty limited so it's just an allover meander, but it's relatively even and doesn't look too obnoxious. Plus, finished is better than perfect, right?
This quilt will go to Happy Chemo. It's a good lap quilt size for someone using a wheelchair.
Linking up with WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced and Let's Bee Social at Sew Fresh Quilts.
Monday, May 11, 2015
DWM 5/11/15: Zero, Zilch, Zip, Nada
My design wall today;
since I finished the Plus flimsy, I have nothing on my design wall:
Empty Design Wall, 5/11/2015
On tap for this week: Quilting my H2H quilt.
H2H Top, Pin Basted, Ready for Quilting
H2H Back
I have other stuff going on this week so I won't be able to spend much time in the sewing room. We'll see how far I can get on this; I'd like to get it quilted and bound.
Linking up with Judy at Patchwork Times; check out everyone else's much more inspiring design walls over there.
Sunday, May 10, 2015
Stash Report 5/10/15
Finally I can count some yardage out this week. But hardly enough to make a dent in what I got in Paducah...
IN this week: 0
OUT this week: 5-1/2 yards for Collection Plus top.
I'll tally the total ins and outs for the month and year to date at the end of the month.
The Collection Plus top came out to 57" by 69", a nice sofa throw size. 5-1/2 yards is a good guestimate - It's less than EQ says I need for that size using that many fabrics, based on how many patches I got out of each fat quarter. But since I didn't count actual strips cut, etc. as I was cutting, it may not be 100% accurate, but for me it's good enough. The patches were cut 3-1/2" square, finishing at 3", and I used 19 across by 23 high.
I also exchanged the backing for Gramercy & Friends with the quilter but I won't count that out until it's actually quilted. I originally gave her some generic wide backing, but then I was gifted enough yardage of the most perfect taupe geometric print from my late friend Darlene's stash, so I swapped it out. Thank goodness she hadn't loaded it on the frame yet! Since I'm keeping Gramercy, I'll remember Darlene every time I see it.
Linking up with Judy at Patchwork Times; check out everyone else's stash reports over there.
IN this week: 0
OUT this week: 5-1/2 yards for Collection Plus top.
I'll tally the total ins and outs for the month and year to date at the end of the month.
The Collection Plus top came out to 57" by 69", a nice sofa throw size. 5-1/2 yards is a good guestimate - It's less than EQ says I need for that size using that many fabrics, based on how many patches I got out of each fat quarter. But since I didn't count actual strips cut, etc. as I was cutting, it may not be 100% accurate, but for me it's good enough. The patches were cut 3-1/2" square, finishing at 3", and I used 19 across by 23 high.
Collection Plus Flimsy
I also exchanged the backing for Gramercy & Friends with the quilter but I won't count that out until it's actually quilted. I originally gave her some generic wide backing, but then I was gifted enough yardage of the most perfect taupe geometric print from my late friend Darlene's stash, so I swapped it out. Thank goodness she hadn't loaded it on the frame yet! Since I'm keeping Gramercy, I'll remember Darlene every time I see it.
Linking up with Judy at Patchwork Times; check out everyone else's stash reports over there.
Friday, May 8, 2015
Friday Finish: Collection Challenge Flimsy
So this collection, with a few friends from stash added,
Collection Challenge Fabrics
has evolved...
Layout in Progress
and has become this!
Collection Challenge Flimsy, 57" x 69"
Whoo-Hoo! A finished flimsy!
Linking up with Whoop Whoop Friday at Confessions of a Fabric Addict and Friday Finish at Crazy Mom Quilts.
Monday, May 4, 2015
In work this week: Plus and How Many
I was able to make some progress on my Collection Challenge Plus quilt over the weekend. I continued rearranging the colors until I was satisfied. I removed the teal & white print that read as aqua because that pastel aqua just didn't look right with the rest of these colors. Here's the final layout with the patches sewn into rows. This week I hope to get the rows sewn together into a finished flimsy.
Also scheduled for this week - It's my turn to hand out at Piecing Group. You might remember I've mentioned a very long-term hand-piecing project that I'm calling How Many, and I showed it on the wall last month.
This go-round, I'm having everyone add a few black triangles to each end of a row to create the side borders, plus string together a few black triangles that will become the top and bottom border rows.
Here are the kits, ready to hand out, plus my baggie with my example to show them.
This is the sixth go-round for this project with Piecing Group. One more, in 18 months, when I'll have them join rows into pairs. Then I'll finish it myself. This is definitely a WIVSP - work in very slo-o-o-w progress.
Linking up with Design Wall Monday at Patchwork Times, WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced, and Let's Bee Social at Sew Fresh Quilts. Check out all the other quilty inspiration over there!
Collection Challenge Plus, rows sewn
Also scheduled for this week - It's my turn to hand out at Piecing Group. You might remember I've mentioned a very long-term hand-piecing project that I'm calling How Many, and I showed it on the wall last month.
How Many, rows on the wall April 2015
This go-round, I'm having everyone add a few black triangles to each end of a row to create the side borders, plus string together a few black triangles that will become the top and bottom border rows.
Partial instructions in kit
Here are the kits, ready to hand out, plus my baggie with my example to show them.
Kits ready to hand out
This is the sixth go-round for this project with Piecing Group. One more, in 18 months, when I'll have them join rows into pairs. Then I'll finish it myself. This is definitely a WIVSP - work in very slo-o-o-w progress.
Linking up with Design Wall Monday at Patchwork Times, WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced, and Let's Bee Social at Sew Fresh Quilts. Check out all the other quilty inspiration over there!
Sunday, May 3, 2015
April Stash Report & Goals Update
Stash Report:
Oh, I overdid it in Paducah, big time. I bought over 40 yards of fabric there. All at bargain prices, though.
I was also gifted 8 yards from the stash of a late friend, so that adds to my numbers for April, too.
April IN: 52.7/8 yards
April OUT: 2.5 yards
April Net Change: 50.375 yards in.
Year to Date IN: 89 yards
YTD OUT: 56.5 yards
YTD Net Change: 32.5 yards IN.
I guess I'd better get busy and sew!
I will use the special gifted fabric for the backing of Gramercy since 1) it's perfect in color, print, scale, etc., and 2) I'm keeping Gramercy and the fabric is special to me because of who it came from, so I'll remember my friend each time I use the quilt.
I had already given the Gramercy top and generic backing to the quilter but she hadn't started working on it yet, so I swapped out the special backing and I can use the generic backing for something else later. I won't count the backing out until the quilting is done and the binding is on.
Goals Update:
April Recap:
1. Prep Gramercy & Friends backing; make arrangements with quilter. Done. Then exchanged for different backing, so done twice.
2. Prep piecing group project "How Many" to hand out in May. Done.
3. Work on Hands to Help quilt (UFO from earlier pattern test). Basted & ready for quilting.
4. Keep up with bee blocks. Done
5. Go to Paducah for Quilt Week. Yes, and I had a great time!
Extra: 1. Made twirly skirt for great-niece's b-day, and one for her dolly too.
2. Collated additional fabrics & cut pieces for a Plus quilt from the STLMQG Collection Challenge.
May Goals:
1. Quilt & bind Hands 2 Help quilt.
2. Finish piecing Collection Challenge Plus to a flimsy.
3. Layer, baste, quilt and bind one quilt: boy donation quilt or potential publication project or Collection Challenge.
4. Keep up with bee blocks.
5. Hand piece remaining border pieces for How Many.
6. Make beach bag accessory pouches for vacation. (Our current beach bag's pocket is too small for all of our cell phones, sunglasses, keys, etc. but the bag is waterproof and keeps the sand out.)
Linking up with Judy at Patchwork Times; check out everyone else's fabric management efforts over there. I bet I'm not the only one who splurged in Paducah!
Oh, I overdid it in Paducah, big time. I bought over 40 yards of fabric there. All at bargain prices, though.
I was also gifted 8 yards from the stash of a late friend, so that adds to my numbers for April, too.
April IN: 52.7/8 yards
April OUT: 2.5 yards
April Net Change: 50.375 yards in.
Year to Date IN: 89 yards
YTD OUT: 56.5 yards
YTD Net Change: 32.5 yards IN.
I guess I'd better get busy and sew!
I will use the special gifted fabric for the backing of Gramercy since 1) it's perfect in color, print, scale, etc., and 2) I'm keeping Gramercy and the fabric is special to me because of who it came from, so I'll remember my friend each time I use the quilt.
I had already given the Gramercy top and generic backing to the quilter but she hadn't started working on it yet, so I swapped out the special backing and I can use the generic backing for something else later. I won't count the backing out until the quilting is done and the binding is on.
Goals Update:
April Recap:
1. Prep Gramercy & Friends backing; make arrangements with quilter. Done. Then exchanged for different backing, so done twice.
2. Prep piecing group project "How Many" to hand out in May. Done.
3. Work on Hands to Help quilt (UFO from earlier pattern test). Basted & ready for quilting.
4. Keep up with bee blocks. Done
5. Go to Paducah for Quilt Week. Yes, and I had a great time!
Extra: 1. Made twirly skirt for great-niece's b-day, and one for her dolly too.
2. Collated additional fabrics & cut pieces for a Plus quilt from the STLMQG Collection Challenge.
H2H quilt basted, ready for quilting
STLMQG Collection Challenge Project
May Goals:
1. Quilt & bind Hands 2 Help quilt.
2. Finish piecing Collection Challenge Plus to a flimsy.
3. Layer, baste, quilt and bind one quilt: boy donation quilt or potential publication project or Collection Challenge.
4. Keep up with bee blocks.
5. Hand piece remaining border pieces for How Many.
6. Make beach bag accessory pouches for vacation. (Our current beach bag's pocket is too small for all of our cell phones, sunglasses, keys, etc. but the bag is waterproof and keeps the sand out.)
Linking up with Judy at Patchwork Times; check out everyone else's fabric management efforts over there. I bet I'm not the only one who splurged in Paducah!
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