This and That this 4/11/21

 Working on my April Color Block QAL quilt:

Needs one more border. Then I can try Debbie's nifty FMQ motif.

Working on a commission quilt.  Here is a couple of the 26 blocks I have to make:

They need a good pressing.  All from stash.

And only have 3 corners of this quilt to quilt to finish my SAHRR, then get it bound - woohoo. 

What are you up to?  I'll be linking to Design Wall Monday. See you there.

Late with Some of This; Some of That

Destashing is going slow this year, but I did pull out a yard ( 10.00 yds is my new YTD ) to make 5 masks - I know that is pitiful compared to others, but I'm persisting. Here is the type I like to make. I find they go faster than making the ones with pleats.  It's the ties that make it so.

I've made 30 total now.  Just finished one for my neighbor as he is going golfing tomorrow and doesn't find the N-95 comfortable.  So many are saying they can't breathe with these home made masks.  What do you recommend for the second layer to make them more breathable?

Oh and I made some more 6 1/2" blocks for my Scrap Snapper quilt.  That's another 0.14 yd of scraps sewn into blocks.  So really that YTD total is 10.14 yds.  This is what they look like.  I've decided I'm going to make a baby quilt and stop at 38 blocks. But I probably will keep making these Scrap Snapper blocks. My problem with scraps is when I don't have a plan, it takes me forever to decide what to sew to what. Kari gives you a plan and her instructions for the 10 blocks are great. If you'd like to learn about them go here.

Not the best photo, but it gives you an idea of what it's like.

Nothing on my Design Wall right now.  I'm still quilting that UFO and binding my No Greater Love.
I must confess I have gotten distracted by a new puzzle, and it is hard! Hubby and I are trying to get to bed earlier now that the mornings come sooner.  It is so nice to work in the morning.  We're aiming for 9:30 PM as night-night, but here it is 9:36 and I'm working on a post.  So you see how that is going.  At least I've done the kitchen already.  Linking to Design Wall Monday

Have a great week and stay safe. Blessings to all.

Design Wall Monday and other stuff

Still making masks using scraps and quilting.  This leader and ender top is done - coming off my design wall and headed for the to be sandwiched pile.

I also made three blocks for Covered in Love:

Covered in Love makes quilts to support grieving families when relatives pass away in a hospital. They are sorely needed during this pandemic.  You can read her latest post here.

Sewed everyday last week and used up 2.6 yds .  This brings me to a YTD totals of 8.67 yds.

I'm linking to Design Wall Monday Sunday Stash, and Oh, Scrap!   Stay safe please, wear a mask when you leave the house.

Some of This; Some of That

Hello, friends.  My top is done! As a pattern tester for Faith and Fabric I was thrilled to make this Lenten quilt top which was just right for my expanding liturgical series of quilts. It really spoke to me. I'm naming it No Greater Love. The on-point blocks remind me of the hymn "O Sacred Head Surrounded" when we sing "yet angel-hosts adore thee, and tremble as they gaze." If you'd like to hear the hymn here is a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XppXi_jZKWk

I am now quilting it and have gotten this far:

Working on Golgotha today.

I quilted every day last week so 15 Minutes to Stitch is on track.  Made 7 blocks for the Scrap Snappers so I'm good with that also and used 2.0 yards for my destashing what with the backs of a quilt and a table runner and those scrap blocks..  I also finished my blog hop entry for 

Starts tomorrow and there will be prizes. My day is March 4th with two others sharing their work.  I'm looking forward to what book the ladies picked and what they made.  Come back Wednesday to see.

I did finally put that Kitty Cucumber baby quilt together, and it now resides on my design wall. I'll be working on the outside border when I take a break from quilting the top.

Just love these kitties!

I'm linking to Oh, Scrap!, 15 Minutes To Stitch 2020,  Design Wall Monday, and Sunday Stash Report.  Have a blessed week.

Some of This Some of That 10/20/19

Made some leader and ender blocks - 0.083 yards used.  Finished two rows of a seedlings block - used 0.030 yds.  Made 6 blocks for the next baby quilt top - 0.30 yds.  Made two Dear Dottie blocks for another 0.01 yds, and lastly 3 My Small World blocks  of 0.05 for  a grand total of destashing this week - 0.43 yards which bring me to my new YTD total is 49.56 yards destashed.  Here is my design wall showing all my current WIP except the My Small World blocks. I'm trying to keep up, however to much to do outside the studio. I probably won't have a finish for some time.

 And this is what I'll be hand  stitching today watching the Great British Baking Show:

This is a section of my current Bliss round.  These hexies are 4"s.  Off to watch Paul and Pru.
I'm linking to Sunday Stash, Design Wall Monday, Can I Get a Whoop, Whoop?, Slow Sunday Stitching, and Let's Make Baby Quilts.

Have a great week!

Some of This; Some of That

Quilting a baby quilt - used a yard for the back.  Made 6 different blocks - used a total of 0.5 yd for those. Fussy cut a hexagon block - that only used 0.03 yd for a total of 1.53 yds. Not much, but that is much more than the zilch of last week - hehe. Net YTD out: 47.34 yards.

Here's that hexi block I made.  It's from Jodi Godfrey's new book, The Seedling Quilts.  She's having a QAL in October.  Here's her blog.  I would like to make all of the quilts, but that would be 11 more UFOs.  Instead, I'm going to make one block of each and make mini quilts out of them or maybe a sample.  I'll see.

After I cut out and prepped the pieces I sewed them together into a donut (as per Karen Howe's method at https://faeriesandfibres.blogspot.com/2014/03/sewing-hexagon-flower-video.html ) It makes it easy to audition centers and sew the pieces to the octagon with a continuous thread. I use Superior invisible thread to sew my EPPs together.

This is what it's going to look like when I've finished sewing in the center. Now to decide on a background.

I'm linking to Slow Sunday Stitching, Can I Get a Whoop, Whoop?!, Oh, Scrap (cuz this was made with two scraps), Sunday Stash , and Design Wall Monday. More parties under my tab above.

Blessings,

On My Design Wall and Etc.

On my design wall is my Feb BOM block - three days late but done - hey, if it had be a 31-day month, I'd have made it -hehe.

For the stash report - used about 0.03 yds of scraps for the applique and 0.04 for the background.

Used  a yard to cut more blocks for my new quilt.  Made 4 more blocks for the baby quilt top, so another 0.05 yards used for sashing.  My YTD total is now 31.47 yds.

I'm linking to Oh, Scrap!, Monday Making, Design Wall Monday, Sunday Stash Report.  See you there.

First Some of This; Some of That Report for 2019

Here it is the 20th of January and I'm finally getting around to posting this.  First up the destashing.

I spent a lot of the first part of the month finishing the quilting on my Sweet Land of Liberty, so not much fabric has been used.  I cut up a panel that came in to St. Anne's so that doesn't count.  I made a few string blocks for Lori's at Humble Quilts Stringalong.  That only took 0.02 yds. Then I made fabric out of strings for another idea.

Not necessarily going to be a hexie project.

I"m thinking about this.

Let's say a fat quarter for that one.  Then DD came stash diving for a back to a quilt she's finishing. A yard walked out the door with her.  And that's it.  YTD total destashed so far is 1.27 yds.  I was able to use up/donate 77 yards last year - 77% of my goal.  This year I'm not setting a goal - just hope to do better than last year.  How are you doing?

Today I'm prepping an applique block of a long ago started UFO that I hope to finish this year.  You can see my list of 2019 UFOs here.  Have you made yourself a list?  Leave me a comment and I'll come by and see yours.

Also here's the first row of a baby quilt that I have on my Design Wall. The fabric was an all over print that had those large animal squares. The previous owner did some fussy cutting - spent about an hour trying to salvage some squares. I hope to add another row today, but haven't figured out what it will be.

Lastly, my week 3 of 2019: Stitching and De-Stashing as seen at Life in Pieces:

15 minutes stitching days/week = 7/7 days

 15 minutes stitching days/Jan = 18/19 days

   15 minutes stitching days/2019 = 18/19 days

Success rate = 94.73%

I'm linking to Sunday Stash, Design Wall Monday, Oh Scrap, and Moving it Forward.  Check out all the goodies there.

Blessings to you and your loved ones.

Some of This; Some of That this Design Wall Monday

Let's start with the destashing:  What with fabric for my last unit on the donut I'm working on for Bliss, a border for the Stars & Stripes sampler, and another baby top, I used 1.3 yards of fabric.  I'm giving 2 yards to St. Anne's, 3 yards to the Guild Friday giving me total of 6.3 yards.  My  new YTD total is  77.04 yds destashed out of the 88 yards needed to meet my goal.  I've passed my 3/4 finish mark!

Here are the last two tops I've made. Second one on my design wall.

Both were made with scrappy blocks using the Bonnie Hunter telephone book paper foundation method. They went together quick and easily. Both are 36" square. Ready to be sandwiched.

I made the first 8 scrap blocks in the first quilt, then taught the ladies of St. Anne's to do them, too.

They made 4 of the second set, and I finished them up.  12 blocks so far for December. Looking at the photos see the second one needs a good 

Lastly, the greetings continue for our 50th.  Look what some friends gave us.  They know I love red.

I'm linking up to Design Wall Monday, Let's make Baby Quilts, Oh, Scrap!, Moving it Forward, and Monday Making.  What are you up to?

On My Design Wall

One side of a border for my something big quilt

For once it's cloudy outside in the morning (a sort of June gloom but in September) so the photo is a bit dark.  The corners are reverse applique.


I'm linking to Design Wall Monday, BOMs Away,  and Monday Making.

What's on your wall?

Some of This; Some of That

Giveaway still open - see last Friday's post.  I haven't shown you my 2nd Design Wall in a long time.  Here are some bits and pieces that reside there. LOL - I'm hoping they won't always reside there.

New-ish are the three new hexagon flowers I machine appliqued to the backgrounds and some more teeny pinwheels for My Small World. The rest is a holding ground for things I"m working on.

The main design wall (as you can see) is empty for a change. I actually haven't started anything recently. I'm still working on quilting my Mod-Mod. I've been held back trying to figure out how to mark a white square and then Barbara at Baltimore Garden Quilts posted the very thing I needed - How to Use a Hera Marker. Perfect!  Learn a new technique and get on with that block.

I went to a quilt show with my Mom [I'll show photos soon], and found some fabric for my primitive quilt from a vendor there - Simply Put Plus. I wasn't having much luck on the Net.

As I'm going to use up these fat quarters, I'm not counting them as adds to my stash.  She has a lot of good stuff and fabric for my primitive Sweet Land of Liberty. If you can't find plaids and such, send her an email. Since she makes kits, she'd be happy to sell fabric, too.  Her business is patterns, etc. I'll be linking to Design Wall Monday and Esther's WOW, and other linky parties under my more tab.  See you there.

We were promised rain, but it never appeared. Now they say by the beginning of next week, the eternal summer will be back.  Stay warm those of you who are really experiencing winter. We're resigned to the return of drought conditions.

Blessings to you all,

On My Design Wall

I pulled another scrap bag of bits from my closet.  Am using only fabric from this bag to make more baby quilts.

Here is the center block I came up with for another NICU quilt based on Nearly Insane block 12.

These partial blocks below were in the bag .  Another center - both centers measure 15 1/2" square.  This one I'm just going to wing it and see what comes of it.

Started my part 2 of On Ringo Lake.  Have a ways to go. My biggest hang-up is finding neutrals as I've used a ton in the past year. May have to go to a LQS - lol.

What are you up to?  Come by and I'll visit to see your work. I'm linking up to Oh, Scrap!, Design Wall Monday, BOMs Away, Moving it Forward, and Monday Making.

Some of This; Some of That

Stash Report:  Used .48 yards in making 17 six inch blocks. Also used .5 yds for my eagle. Donated 1 yd for a giveaway at Guild. New YTD total is  66.18 yds destashed. 

On my design wall for the 17ufosin2017  in Oct is a WIP NOT on the list.  The eagle was sitting on top of one of my bookshelves. I picked it up and started to work on it again at the first of this month, pretty much like the Christmas WIP I worked on in October.

The block settings will change a bit - have three more blocks to make and the background to the eagle to cut. I'm thinking I'm picking up other UFOs and making them WIPs because some of the projects on my list have too much work. Ugh.

What are you up to?  Come by and I'll visit to see your work. I'm linking up to Oh, Scrap!, Design Wall Monday, BOMs Away, Moving it Forward, and Monday Making.

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!

On my Design Floor

Back to this WIP.  I've added 7 more. You can see the first post here.  Don't know what size it will be as I may run out of the tan fabric before I make all the blocks I want to make.  We'll see.

I'm doing some more as leaders and enders and have gotten this far with the next six.

I'm linking up with Judy's DWM, Lyn's BOMs Away, Beth's Monday Making, and Em's Moving it Forward.  Lots of beauties there!

On my Design Wall

is a mess.  Wanted to make another quilt as last week's, but it went awry.  I thought of making each block have a different solid.

Ugh - I didn't like it.  No cohesiveness as before with only one sash color.  So what to do?  I decided to take those blocks I'd made and change them a bit.

This I like.  Need to change out the other blocks to decide for sure.  Has this happened to you?  I see the use of making a color drawing first before one starts to make blocks.

I've finished quilting the blocks on that large commission quilt.  Here's another block:

Have you guessed what's on the other side yet?  The quilting was getting difficult because the quilt is so heavy.  I've never been one to use gloves, but my hands were getting a rough workout. Maybe I should go to the LQS and buy some.  Then I remembered. 

Not long ago, I bought a pair of gardening gloves at the 99 Cent store.  Gave them a try, and they worked! Made moving the quilt around much easier.  With all the blocks quilted on to the sashing.

The mailman delivered a wonderful package! Free Spirit was celebrating National Sewing Month (September) all month long with a big giveaway.  The top prize was a Janome machine.  While I didn't win the Grand Prize, I was one of three winners on day #11.  

Yes, 24 fat quarters of Amy Butler's new collection Soul Mate plus Coats+ thread to quilt what top I make.  I know just the top I want to make.  Ah, WIPs get farther down on the list. Linking up to Design Wall Monday, BOMs Away, and Monday Making.

What are you up to?  It was 98 degrees outside today, so it was a good day for being indoors and quilting.  Blessings,

Some This; Some That

First in destashing:  Had to remake my four-patches for the QAL, so I used another .3 yards of scraps for those. The first set was on my design wall here.  The new YTD total now is 58.64 yards.

On my design wall is the completed top for the Palmateer Point QAL.

You can go to Lori's post and see all the ones shared on her linky party.  They're great!  I had a bit of an issue with my obsessive, compulsive nature and the 2"squares aren't as random as I wanted.  I really like the more scattered look of others for that. Could also be I had so many darker squares. Maybe I'll try again when I find the first set of four-patches.  One frustration I had with this 21" square top is trying to nestle seams when assembling. I'm sure there's a secret to that. Just haven't discovered it, especially with having to turn the four-patches this way and that to get the colors where I wanted them. Live and learn.

What are you up to?  Let me know and I'll come by. I"m linking to Judy's Design Wall Monday and a couple of others.  Check out my more tab to see those. Blessings.

Design Wall Monday

Another baby quilt has been started - this one with a modern twist:

Half way done already.  This may be the fastest baby quilt top.  Will measure 32" square.

And on the other design wall:

These are the four patches we had to make for Lori's Palmateer Point Quiltalong.  We just started last week, so if you're interested, you can join us and be caught up in no time. Quilt will be around 21" square.

I'm linking to Judy Hansen's DWM here. Go by and see all the goodies other quilters are working on. More Monday linkies under tab above.

Have a quilty day!  And please say a prayer for the Leeward Islands who are facing Hurricane Maria in a few hours.

Scrap Bag Quilt Top Done

Coming off my design wall is my scrap bag quilt top.  Made mostly from scraps in a bag left over from other baby quilts.

Lots of scraps left - will probably try another one, but different.  Added the dark outside border because without it I felt as if the pieces were trying to explode or fly away.  Got to use strips, triangles, squares and odd pieces. More of a challenge than I expected.  Measures 36" square and is for St. Anne's. Visit my tab above for the linky parties I will be going to.

Design Wall Monday

My wall hasn't changed much, although I have fixed one problem.  Sunday DGS#3 and I did a bit of sewing.  I cut a 6 1/2" square of fusible interfacing (one sided) and handed a pair of scissors and a bag of scraps to him.  He cut and overlapped them all over the square.  Then with a TEFLON sheet, he fused them together.  Then I showed him how to sew a straight line down the piece to further anchor them.

We then cut out two batting squares same size as the top and had him find a fabric for the back.  We cut that two inches bigger.  Going to the ironing board, we folded two opposite sides in half.  Then I had DGS#3 sew them down folded over the sides.  He worked on each part of the process.

We made a pot holder for Mom.  Today he turns 8!