Tuesday's Tale of Quilting

Finished a quilt yesterday. It's for my neighbor's new grandchild (although Eliza's going on 6 months). They're Jeep fans and I saw a baby quilt made with Jeep fabric by Riley Blake at Katy Quilts. Hers is so cute. Our neighbors are big Jeep fans, so I knew they'd like a quilt for Eliza in that fabric. It's 36" square.

And here's a close-up of the fabric:

I chose to bind it in black as there's a bit of black in the print and and has black border cornerstones.

I like it even though it's hard to work with black.  It has a pink poke-a-dot flannel back.

Grandma loved it.

Friday Finish

Actually it was a Wednesday finish (sorry for the blurry photo):

This is a St. Anne's baby quilt, and another scrap bag creation.  I added the outer border, quilted and bound it. This top was made by another St. Anne's member.

I just love the scrap squares that were in that bag. Such cute novelty fabric.

I'm linking to Can I Have a Whoop, Whoop?, Finished or Not Finished Friday, Let's Make Baby Quilts, and Oh Scrap! Have a great weekend. Remember:  God loves you.

Finished or Not Friday/Friday FMQ

FMQing a baby quilt. Once the blue is done - just have the outer border to do.

I'm linking to Let's Make Baby Quilts, Finished or Not Friday, Can I Get a Whoop, Whoop,and Free Motion Mavericks. See you all there! Blessings,

Some of This; Some of That 5/12

Not much quilting this past week, so let's start with a few things I was able to do and liked. The river bottom one house over from us. It's flowering with wild mustard and the usual sounds we hear. Watch here.

Blooming in my kitchen garden:

While I was quilting the last charity quilt I figured out another way to use my walking foot.  It doesn't have holes on the side to attach a guide for straight lines.  My answer was painter's tape.

 I cut a strip of tape the length of the line I wanted to quilt. I sewed from one corner to the other.

When I got to the spot where I was going to pivot, I pulled back the tape and pivoted.  Pulled off the entire strip and re-positioned it on the next side and did that line.  Worked great.

The only fabric I destashed was the  0.20 yd I used for the binding and the 1.02 used for the back . New YTD total is 42.00 yds.

Here is the quilted top:

All the fabrics for the top and back were from my scrap bags.

The back was a tad small, so I added the last of that flower print from the from.

Quilted and bound:

Lastly, for the 15 Minutes in 2019:

15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
15 minute days/May = 11/11 days
15 minute days/2019 =  122/131 days
Success rate = 93.13%  

And for my design wall - that second medallion quilt is still the same.  No progress there, and I don't think there will be any this coming week as we will have out of state company and a quilt retreat to go to.  I'm linking to Oh, Scrap, Sunday Stash, 15 Minutes to Stitch 2019, and Design Wall Monday Monday Making , and Let's Make Baby Quilts  How did you do - quilty wise - last week?  Blessings!

Sunday's Some of This; Some of That

First the destash - bound a quilt, so there goes .25 yard of fabric out.  Also used 4 fat quarters for a new quilt. It's only the start of this quilt.  So out goes another yard.  Fabric wise, that's it because I've spent most of my time quilting two quilts this past week except for some hand stitching.  YTD total now 28.40 yards.

Here's the quilt I bound today. I showed the whole quilt in my previous post.

Showing the back and binding.

Ready for St. Anne's this Thursday

Here's the new quilt units for my first block of that new quilt:

Not squared up yet. The pattern says to wait till all block units are made.  Will be around 15 1/2" square. 

Here's where I'm at on that UFO I"m quilting. What should I put in that outside border of the one partly done?

Really liking the whole cloth look on the back:

I've started the next round on my Bliss project - the two with green stripes. Hope to do more this week starting tonight during TV time.

Lastly for stitching time:

15 minutes stitching days/week = 7/7 days

15 minutes stitching days/Feb = 9/9 days

15 minutes stitching days/2019 =  39/40 days

Success Rate = 97.50%

That's it for this report. How are you doing. Have any quilty plans for this week?  I'm linking to Oh, Scrap!, Sunday Stash Report, 15 Minutes to Stitch 2019 and Design Wall Monday.  There are more linky parties under my tab Linky Parties.  Blessings, and I leave you with this thought:

Some of This; Some of That

Since I was at retreat two weeks ago and then the funeral the following weekend, I haven't had much time to work on destashing, but I am finally able to report on those two week.  What with  making blocks for my Sweet Land of Liberty, some test geese, creating a medallion, binding a quilt, and working on another medallion, plus three fat quarters for a place mat,  I was able to use 1.62 yds from the stash.  That gives me a YTD total of 35.43 yds toward the 46 yards I need to reach my goal in December. Yes, the difference is greater - such is life.  Just have to keep plugging along - maybe donate some yardage to the guild.  We'll see.

Now something new.  My mom and I are doing a round robin.  Here's what she gave me  - above left.  And here is what I'm sending her.  Have the last row to attach.  We're turning
these into baby quilts.  Just something different for a change.  What would you do with these?
They have to measure around 36" square when done.

I'm linking to Sunday Stash.  How have you done with your destashing?

Finished Block and Top

I have been working on WIPs. In fact this one below is four years old, just hadn't done anything with it.  It was only yardage when I was gifted it. Now it's quilted and bound.

and off to the Mommy & Me Clinic for a newborn.

The yardage was squares serged together. This wouldn't have been a problem except the white squares are chenille and it's very difficult to quilt through those corners.  Thus the simple quilting on this top. The batting said it could be quilted up to 8" apart, so I'm okay there. For a change, the cotton fabric is the back and the flannel is the top, but baby's mom can use whichever side she wants up. Measures 36 by 42".

As for my finished RSC 2018 March block - we were to use green.  I had a green piece with pink and some baby pink print, so that's what I used.

When I got it all done, the pink subdued the center green so much, maybe I should call this the pink block - lol.

I'm linking to Angela's ScrapHappy Saturday, Sarah's Can I Get a Whoop, Whoop?, Amanda's Finish it Up Fridays, Myra's Finished or Not Friday's, Michele's Let's Make Baby Quilts, and Muv's Free Motion Mavericks.

Have a quilty weekend. It's gently raining here. We are blessed.

Some of This; Some of That

What with finishing the NICU quilt top, making my geese for ORL, cutting binding for my quilted baby top, and making a Covered in Love block, plus a little tree, I used 1.64 yds from the stash. That brings me to 73.93 yds destashed YTD.

On my design wall, I've got my Covered in Love block, the binding for the quilted baby quilt, and the tree for my table runner.  Yes, it's not the same size as the other on the right, but then not all the trees in the forest are the same either - hehe.  Fact is I couldn't find my templates to make this last tree the same size as the other three.

Off the watch a new episode of the Crown and hand stitch on my almost complete applique block.

I'm linking to Oh, Scrap and Sunday Stash, Design Wall Monday, BOMs Away and Monday Making. Check out their link parties - so much eye candy and news.   Blessings to all.

Quilted, Bound and Ready

Quilted  this was a "pulling out hair FMQ" as I was trying to FMQ around those squares and it was HARD.  They're better than my last attempt - what with all the ones I've done - but it isn't a cake walk yet.  I can go up or down okay, but turning corners or going right to left or left to right still causes me headaches.  I'll stall in the corners and get a build up in thread in the back which I don't like.  I guess I'll just have to keep practices - I know that helps because after doing 36 of them I could see I was better at it.

Bound

This is the more true color of the back.

Ready to gift

I'm  linking to Amanda Jean's Finish it Up Friday, Sarah's Can I Get a Whoop Whoop?, Myra's Finished Or Not Fridays , and Jennifer's Wednesday Wait Loss. Do go by and see all the lovely postings. Blessings.

Design Wall Monday

Here's where I'm at:

This is not the final layout - just a start on that process.  I'm not sure I want the word spelled as it is. Seems like a lot of white space.  The letters were generated by children of our parish during our 2015 Festival.  They used fabric markers to color the letters as they chose.  Here are some of examples of previous ones:

Maybe I'll make a four square block for the middle with the letters.  What do you think?

I'm linking up with Judy's DWM, Lyn's BOMs Away, Beth's Monday Making, and Em's Moving it Forward. What's on your design wall?

Happy quilting!

Quilted, Bound and Finished

My mod baby quilt is quilted, bound and finished.

It measures 32" square and will be for the NICU unit at our regional hospital. I'd seen the pattern online and thought to try it.  It's a easy and quick pattern.

After quilting the last baby quilt flat with all the FMQ, decided to do just squiggly lines on this one. It'll do.  For speed I like to bring the backing from the back forward to make a quick and easy binding.  Always a bit stressful time for me as the way I'd done it before, I've nipped the back fabric.  Argh!

On the quilt before my mod one, I laid the sandwich right side up and flat on the cutting table once it was quilted.

Then I folded the backing all the way down, out of the way, so that I can trim off the excess batting. The problem was I couldn't see if the back was too close to the cut line due to my quilting.  Before I got any further, I happened to see a quilter online  (so sorry I forgot who posted this) who put the backing side up and folded the backing down then laid the ruler on the sandwich.

This showed me clearly if my quilting was too close to the edge of the backing. I took out a few quilt stitches and thus had a clear line to cut.

Once I'd trimmed off the excess batting, I turned it over and trimmed the back to bring it forward, fold and press ready to stitch it down as the binding. Phew - no more stress!  I now have done two quilts that way and feel a lot better about the process.

What are you up to?  I'm linking to Amanda Jean's Finish it Up Friday, Muv's Free Motion Mavericks, Sarah's Can I Get a Whoop Whoop?, and Myra's Finished Or Not Fridays.  Do go by and see all the lovely postings.

Some of This; Some of That

Finished sandwiching a baby quilt on my kitchen table:

It's 30" square and my fourth enlarged Nearly Insane block.

I use a cardboard fabric cutting board and a clamp to sandwich these smaller quilts.  I like how I can stick the pins into the carboard to anchor the back and be sure I don't get pleats while I"m quilting.

DGS#4 decided he wanted to sew something, too.  He's at my house three days a week and we do a bit each day.  So far he's taken to it like a duck to water.

Did you get to quilt today?  I'm linking to Michelle's Let's Make Baby Quilts and a few other parties you'll find under my so named tab above. Click on more to go to it.

In the Piecing Corner

Got that baby quilt top finished:

Measures 36" square.  Ready to be sandwiched and tied at the next church meeting. The only thing I had to add to the bag contents was the last border. Some scraps left for the next one.

And in the RSC challenge - this month's color is orange! One of my favorites.

Sandwiched, Stitched, Turned and Quilted

This went together fast - a bit over an hour.  Baby quilt for St. Anne's.  Did a wide meander over it. Flannel on back; fabric on front.

The quilting mojo is coming back even though it is 108 outside right now.  Heard from my cousin - no more rain or water in the house.  Harvey is east of them now. Praise be!