WIPs Be Gone Week 43 and a Winner

Our winner of last week's giveaway is Quiltsmiles who lives in NY.  Congrats.  I'll send you your papers as soon as I hear from you.

The Duarte family is now the Portland, OR family - they got there yesterday early afternoon after a two and a half day journey north.  Here they are the night before they headed out - the four right of center (ps - Lily is standing on a block so she wouldn't look so small):

I miss them already! It will be  a long while before I get use to this.  Now I have two adult children far away.

After roaming the house feeling lost for two days, today I finally got my quilting urge back and began working on a WIP.  WIP #5 to be exact.

I can see right away I'm going to have to get myself a bigger design wall - here is just some parts of the center and it's already bigger than my puny DW.  I started this WIP in 2011. The pattern is from Fons and Porter published in 2003.  It has 12 blocks - mine has only 4 as I have no place for such a large quilt. Those blocks are 14" finished.  My plan was to try different applique methods with each block and see how I liked them.  I can tell you that I like needle turn applique best, but I'm too slow at it. My next favorite method is Esther Aliu's one.  She has a great tutorial on her blog.  Give it a look see.

Okay, what are you up to?  Whatever it is I'd love to see it.  Linky below and it ends next Wednesday, midnight.  I'm linking to the parties on my sidebar and also Amanda's as I did finish machine appliqueing the fourth Jubilee block yesterday.

An InLinkz Link-up

Some of This, Some of That Week 43

Coming off the wall - again I just assembled the blocks.

 This VA lap quilt has gone to another guild member to be quilted.  And back on my design wall:

made a few more brown/pink chunkies and added a center. Now to come up with an outer border.

Linking to parties on sidebar.  Visit them for inspiration.  Oh,  and I've used another 1/2 yd so my new YTD total is 90.70 yards  de-stashed.  Bye for now - have to go catch up on all that was on hold while I saw off my son and family to Oregon.  They should be in Portland today - end of travels for now. Yeah.

RSC Challenge - Brown Update

First, the giveaway for 100 hexagon papers (3/4") is still on.  Just go to my 10/15 post.

Second, I use about 1/4 yard for my three chunky churndash blocks I made and the four I cut.

Here's what they look like - at least the ones I've sewn:

They're not quite as dark as they appear.  I needed more light when I took this photo.  Also that's not how they will be laid.  They are 6 1/2" square.

Third, I used 1 3/4 yard to make a baby quilt.  Another B3 quilt for a preemie. So my new YTD total is 90.20 yards  de-stashed.  In this one I used the Milky Way block.

See how wrinkled it looks.  It isn't pleatted or anything.  After much experimentation I think it was I used two different threads and the machine didn't like it. I did lighten the pressure foot tension, but it didn't seem to make a bit of difference.  If you have any ideas to share about this problem, please let me know.

I sewed little bears in the full blocks as the background fabric was bears.

Bye for now - have a housefull of family to interact with.