Design Wall Monday

After finishing the tumbler quilt last week,

I am in the mood to quilt!

Problem was I need to cut batting and make a couple backs.

During the week, I made 2 backs so

yesterday was the day to cut batting. 

I lugged out the big roll of batting and dropped it on my bed.

Before too long, I had 4 quilts cuddling with their batting and backs.

Most of the binding is already made,

I just have 1 that has the strips cut but not sewn or pressed.

This quilt is big. and will use up most of the 98" width of the backing.

I used a sharpie to mark the top of each piece.

I don't want to get it almost all pinned and notice that something is turned wrong.

Been there, done that, don't want to do it again.

Funny thing about basting Millifiore is that she was the August UFO.

I did nothing to her except get her off Mt. ToBeQuilted.

Same with Grandmother's Choice Sampler -she was July's UFO.

That sweet little 30's sampler, she was included in my grand plan

with these other 2 on August 1!

Sometimes my grand plans go south on me! 

So what if it takes me 2 months to get my plans back home,

they are here now and each has taken a step forward.

They are all off Mr ToBeQuilted and ready for the finish line.

Judy L chose #9 for this month's UFO.

I thought that was last month but her list says #4.

So I guess mine for this month will be #4 which is my On The Road Quilt.

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I finished the Warm Wishes quilt except for about 36" of binding.

It was a super nice day yesterday so I layed it out on the deck for a picture.

Last night when I looked at the pictures I laughed at the shadows. 

I think we are headed back to rain today so I'm glad I got the shadowy picture.

When I was talking to a friend about this quilt,

she said I should make one for the brother.

So that is my project I'll start today.

There is still enough gifted cowboy fabric that includes some panel pieces

that I can come up with a great quilt for brother.

This week at Binding Friends group, I showed off my

On The Road Quilt.

It's nice to have a full picture.

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Design Wall Monday

It's been a tough week here.

My dad passed last week after a battle with cancer.

My mind has been a jumbled mess and I find it hard to concentrate on much of anything.

So lots of things got worked on a little.

I thought I had finished with my On The Road Quilt.

After it was dog approved, I started to fold it up.

Then I noticed I need to add 2 hexies to one side!

I'll get to that this week.

The backing arrived and I'm anxious to quilt it.

I pulled out some panels from the bag my friend gave me.

Ran them through the washer and dryer and pieced a back for the January UFO top.

I've had this table runner basted for a while so I decided to try to quilt it.

Threads were chosen, 

quilting started,

interest lost.

This happened all week!

When we thought it was over,

we woke up to 4 more inches!

Winter is not over!!

These 2 needed to cuddle so to the couch we went with our favorite quilt and a book.

There may have been a Sunday morning nap.

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The sewing mojo has returned home! 

On Ringo Lake is a finished quilt top!

Even that one sashing block has been turned the right direction.

I'm waiting on the backing to arrive this week and the basting will begin.

After ORL, I grabbed the board the had these cute 6" calendar blocks layed out on it.

These were our Christmas Club exchange blocks for 2017.

I knew all last year how I was going to sash them!

This will hang in the bus at the beach when it's completed.

Then I started sewing Oklahoma Backroads blocks into a top.

I've been making these blocks as leader/enders for a while.

The pattern is at Quiltville in the free patterns tab.

Sorry for the horrible picture.

It needs a good pressing and then the sashing will go on.

Lots of tv time with the Olympics and then yesterday was the Daytona 500.

We have really missed watching NASCAR the past couple years.

I sat down thinking I could get the last row finished on The On The Road Quilt

(found at MDQuilts)

but I was wrong.

I had one yellow/orange rosette stitched wrong so unsewing and resewing had to happen

before anything else.

I have the final 4 finishing rosettes and 1 little edge section left.

Today? Maybe~

Snow and ice and freezing temps are here again.

Spring tried to show herself around here.

Daffodils are up with buds ready to open, trees are starting to grow their buds,

then WHAM!! Winter tells us who is still boss.

These days are perfect sew days. 

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Slow Stitching Sunday

 I haven't done a Slow Stitching post in quite a while. Believe me, there has been some SLOW stitching happening around here.

Case in point is my On The Road Quilt that only happens on the couch.  I am so close to having it complete. The final half hexi row of yellow/orange rosettes are prepared. The final blue hexi and the surrounding neutrals are ready. The side fill in pieces are ready.

I started this August of 2016 and have worked on in off and on since.
I am so excited to have his one so close to complete. I've got a plan in my head for the borders and the quilting. The backing fabric will be here this week. It is #4 on my UFO list for the year. When that number is called, I'm hoping to have it marked off the list already.

NASCAR Daytona 500 is today. I predict I will be sitting on the couch with this in my lap stitching and stitching until the final stitch is in.

Of course sometimes I predict wrong but I have have high hopes.

I can't wait to pull out the rest of the papers!

Check all the Slow Sunday Stitching posts at Kathy's Quilts.

So many fabulous projects! 

Design Wall Monday

On Ringo Lake is becoming a quilt top.

Slowly but surely!

3 long center rows are sewn together.

The 4th row blocks are stacked and ready to assemble.

Eating the elephant one bite at a time.

The Olympics have taken over my TV.

Now I wish I had a TV in my sewing room.

I am soooo very close to working the bottom row of my On The Road Quilt.

I'm only 2 rosettes away from finishing  the last blue row

but I got stalled when I needed more piece neutral hexies.

So I grabbed my neutral scrap bucket and went to work.

I'm not sure how many I have but I'm thinking more than enough.

You know how that works, right!!

Last night I basted all the remaining hexies.

I hope, I might need to make a few more grays and a couple of lavenders 

 but they are easy, 

just cut fabric and baste to the paper.

I'm ready to finish this top!

Bring on the Monday evening Olympics.

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When my mind is full, 

my hands need to be busy.

I tried sewing at the machine but that was a fail.

I can work on my Pieced Hexies,

stop when I need to just think.

There's something very comforting about pulling the needle through fabric.

This is the start of the final blue row. 

I might need to make a few more neutral and gray hexies

but the major parts are ready to sew.

(I just noticed that my purple by the blue is the wrong purple!) 

(Easy fix!!)

As I was working on it last night, 

all of the sudden it was very heavy.

Time to pull out more of the papers. 

Only the hexies that are not surrounded by other hexies

need to have the papers left in them.

When all the pieces are stitched,

I will work on a border to make it a straight edge. 

I plan a solid neutral border (solid as in tone on tone)

and then the blue fabric used in the center of the blue rosettes will be the outer border.

I am so close

and so excited!

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Design Wall Monday

My mojo went missing for a while, but I found it again.

Yesterday I spent most of the day with On Ringo Lake.

If you want it, you'd better head over to Quiltville and get your clues.

It will be gone shortly!

As I'm sewing more blocks together, I see a pair of geese flying backwards.

I'm surprised I only found 1 pair like that.

All blocks are complete! 

Next is to finish sewing the sashings together.

You know neutrals are my favorite colors!

Quilt inspector Polly needed some serious attention.

So we headed to the couch to work on hexies.

On The Road is so close to being a quilt top!

Only a 3 more major rows! 

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Almost Mid Month UFO Progress Report

Normally, at the first of the year, I'm all gung ho on my UFO project.

This month it is Strings and Stars.

The only thing I have done is measure it and decided not to add a border. 

I'm going to use it at the beach for a sit outside cover up.

I ordered a baptist fan stencil and it came the other day.

I need to decide how to mark it so the marks stay on while quilting 

but come off when I'm finished.

I'll probably just mark one row at a time. 

How will that work with my pin basting?

I don't know.

 I'm not a spray baster,

I might have to convert and become one.

I have been working on my #4 UFO in the evenings while watching TV 

This is the zip bag of parts and pieces.

I decided today it was time to lay it on the bed and decided exactly what I need to do to finish it.

I knew I needed more full rosettes to get it to the size I want.

So here's my chicken scratch list on top of my box of more parts, pieces and papers.

For a minute I thought I might call the blue row my last and finish filling in the top with half yellow/orange rosettes.

Then I told myself to not wimp out and finish it like I originally wanted.

This is an awesome design my Mickey Depre of Pieced Hexies fame.

This is her free On The Road Project for 2016-1017.

I started mine August 2016.

I'm hoping to have it ready to quilt when #4 is called for Judy L's UFO Challenge.

Design Wall Monday

What a week! Most of it was spent in the kitchen as I added to our winter pantry.

I don't think I turned on the sewing machine once!!

This little quilt is from the latest QAL at Humble Quilts.

It's called Palmateer Point.

I finished it the day the last clue was released but only hung it up yesterday.

It now lives on my sewing room door.

(I really need to change out the hooks for that quilt holder. 😉)

I also did some kitting up for the next retreat.

I have 3 small projects to work on,

plus I'll take along Garden Party #2.

A few evenings I worked on the Mischief Quilt rosettes.

I added 4 more to the pile.

I love batiks but this is the only batik quilt I will ever hand stitch!

And it might just turn into a wall hanging.

My fingers do not like that dense fabric!

So yesterday I got out the On The  Road Quilt.

(This is an old picture.)

I stitched a few more sections on and did an inventory of parts.

I need to make several more neutral scrappy blocks.

Those are so much fun to make.

Netflix and the neutral scrap bin=pure happiness!

I think I'm just over half way on this project.

Time to get super serious! 

The weather has turned typical for the Pacific Northwest.

That means serious sewing for me.

Unless of course a beach trip happens like I'm hoping it will.

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We spent some time at the beach last week.

Finally, for the first time this year, we could dig clams on Long Beach.

Something about toxins, blah, blah, blah.

I love spending time at the beach!

My beach sewing project is Wild & Goosey.

I added these little blocks to my pile.

I've decided to just keep making the littles so I'll have a good variety 

when it's time to make them into bigs.

I need to add to my little fabric stash for the next trip.

I basted more gray hexies for the On The Road Quilt.

Half the blue rosettes are each surrounded by 12 gray hexies.

Then other half are surrounded by neutral scrappy pieced hexies.

I need to make more of those too.

I glue basted several more Mischief pieces.

Here is my new little sewing set up.

The kitchen table is too high or

my chair is too low. 

This is just right!

We are headed back next week.

Today I'm going to visit the other design wall blog posts that are linking to

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It's time to make some decisions on the On The Road Project.

Like exactly how big I'm going to make it. 

What am I going to do for the sides and the corners.

How many more blue pieced hexie do I need.

How many yellows.

I love how it's looking! 

Sometimes this is all I want to work on.

I went on a hunt for a complete picture of this quilt and didn't find any.

I did find a few of this in progress and labeled them.

And I found pictures of the mini sister quilt called Trees Left Standing and labeled those also.

That will be quilted next.

The pattern is from Bonnie Hunter's Adventures with Leaders and Enders.

If you don't own this book, you should order your own autographed copy.  😉

Leaders and Enders has changed my quilting life!

Anyhow, the basting will begin today!

I'm pretty excited that I have the binding ready, 

the thread is picked out,

I even know the quilt design I'm going to try.

Quiltathon Day 4 begins now!

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Quiltathon Day 3

I feel like I've had a pretty productive day.

I hemmed my shirt and top stitched the neck of another.

I decided to not cut out shirts but to work on something quilty today.

I pulled out an assortment of greens to make the back for the Crabapple top.

One of our retreat classes in May is for Bonnie's Garden Party.

Since I'm already working on one, I decided to make this one a different colorway.

Green.

So I cut a strip from each of my green fabrics before prepping them to become a back.

The pieces were all sewn together and the back is made.

When it was time for lunch, Ernie turned on the TV.

Netflix has a new series called Marvel Iron Fist.

Yes, I got sucked in on this rainy afternoon.

Time to work on some hexies for On The Road Quilt.

These partials are for the top. 

It's early enough in the day that I might get one or 2 attached before I'm done for the day.

Tomorrow is basting day.

I swear!

Since the next Quiltathon is next week, 

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We spent a few days at the beach so I took along some Mischief Quilt block parts.

I have 4 more to add to the ones below.

These are the blocks I had finished before the weekend. 

Except that one on the bottom left and now it's finished.

I sewed a bit on my beach sewing project.

Quiltville's Wild and Goosey.

I added 5 more little blocks.

I have a long ways to go.

10 big blocks done already.

Slow and steady, taking a few more scrap pieces each time we go.

During the week, I worked on my On The Road Project.

The blue row is complete,

including the gray and neutrals.

Yellow and orange, here I come!

I think I'll work on the top row yellow/orange 

and the sides

before doing another blue section.

It's as wide as I want it at the widest point.

I plan to use it on a twin sized bed.

I'll try to remember to get a picture for next week.

Now I need to go catch up with Patchwork Times Design Wall Monday. 

The Mischief Quilt

The Mischief Quilt

Or as I am calling it, Squirrel!

I follow Karen TheDIYAddict on Instagram.

She's been sharing these awesome epp blocks.

I fell in love and had to check them out.

Variation #3 is my favorite.

I ordered the kit.

It came a few days later.

I watched the videos and

started pulling batik strips that I have accumulated from strip swaps.

The aqua is for my center octagons and the pale green is for the neutral kite shapes.

Honestly I was only going to make one block to see if I liked it.

Originally I cut enough pieces for 7.

I sewed up one block and immediately started on number 2.

I know I'm weak.

I went back in and kitted up 18 more blocks.

And have the papers kitted up for the next 25.

I can rationalize all of this.

Of course I can. 😃

My On The Road Project is getting pretty good sized.

I need a small project to take to my Binding Friends group on Wednesdays

or to the beach.

This will be perfect.

I hope I don't finish it before the 15th when we meet again.