Friday, February 25, 2022

Family Day Fun

 Here in Canada we have a newer holiday

called Family day.  We contact distant 

family and spend time with those 

nearby.  It is a great time midwinter 

to delight in the joy of belonging!

We connected with 3 of 4 offspring sets

and really enjoyed the day!

The quilt vault is getting crowded and there 

are occasions that need to be noted so a bunch of 

backs need to be stitched up pronto!



I  pulled out fabrics and started cutting

20" squares.  A grid of 5 x 5 gives a 

nice sized 100" back. Unfortunately,

I had one of those evenings where my 

color sense failed me and I ended up 

with an incohesive mess, so back to 

the drawing board. Here is my

pile of rejects!



Refocusing and some thought later and I now 

have one complete back and 2 more stacks

of 25 squares ready to stitch.





Learning from the the failure:

pick saturated colors, avoid large 

novelty prints and if I like it , use it!

A weekend pinning party should get 

at least 2 flimsies pinned up for 

quilting in March. 

The pile of teals for February , had 

me sewing up some 25 patches for the block bank. 



They match size-wise with a goodly 

pile of wonky stars I have. 

see another top ready to create in there!




Of course with the backs being pulled out, 

I want to finish up another top. The center 

portion for the APQ sew along has been 

in the vault since last summer. 



Like many UFOs I have, it was missing some 

blocks. It appears I failed to cut the strips 

for the border! 



 A dedicated few hours of 

cutting and two zoom meetings stitching, 

has only netted enough border for one side!



It is a doozy of a top tho! I did expand 

the border by a few inches to make it more

suitable for the modern trend of king sized 

beds. After a morning walk it will be 

back to the mat to cut/trim out some 

additional border strips. Some of the 

reject pile will make perfect additions to the border!


I have a wonderful quilt card at a local shop for 

longarm quilting and used it to finish up 

my Aliens Have Landed quilt!


This quilt finishes up at a comfortable 84" X 85" 
and will soon be gifted out for a house warming gift. 



It does have one of my favorite border treatments, a 
great piano key. 

I am still amazed that I had this much grey fabric!
This quilt was inspired by a magazine article
but looks entirely different than the design. 
I rarely follow directions but I do play well with others!

The corner treatment worked very well and 
almost designed itself from leftover bits. 








  



February OMG Progress Made!

 Well not exactly the finishes proposed 

but lots of progress made!

First up, I have three backs in the works!

One is complete and just needs a pressing .



The other two are ready to stitch up tomorrow 

during a family sew day. 




Next up , one top is out of the vault, quilted, 

trimmed and bound!  I used a quilt card I 

purchased during a great sale at a local shop, 

and had it done up as a treat for myself. 

The result is fabulous!  



It will be a housewarming gift to go out 

during an upcoming party. 

I've also made good progress on the border for 

my APQ sew along top. 




I misplaced or miscut the 

fabrics so the border pieces are MIA. I have cut and 

pieced one side and will start on the next sides during 

the upcoming  sew time. 


Lots of progress on my WIP and goodly 
work on RSC items too!

Stay safe ands sew on ! 

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Friday, February 18, 2022

Just big enough!

 Well another productive few days. 

This retirement life is good for 

UFOs! Cold, icy weather doesn't hurt either!  

Quite a few projects have moved forward 

and a few squirrels have even gotten 

moved to flimsy stage!

First up is a RSC item that 

was just a bit too small.  


found some remaining red 

bits and increased the length. 

It still seemed too narrow, 

so I added  some light strings to each side. 



 It ended up a comfortable 

43" x 54" ,  perfect for baby and child gifts. 

This months RSC projects needed

some work also.  I stitched and listened

to a few good movies and moved 

a baby quilt top to the flimsy stage. 







This time I actually made it the 

correct size!  Who knew The Princess 

Bride would be as much fun to listen 

to as to watch!!

A squirrel ran by in the form of a 

beautiful little baby 3 weeks ago, 

so I stitched up the matching baby quilt blocks 

during last week's sew day. 


The blocks were arranged and joined. 



I finished it off with a pieced white frame and 

used the leftover strips from the blocks

for a sassy final border. 


A great compliment to the wedding quilt!



It was a very fun block 

made super easy with the specialty 

ruler for curvy log cabins. 

Great progress there, now on to 

make backing for all these flimsies! 

Stay safe and sew on !


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Sunday, February 13, 2022

Productive day and projects aplenty.

 Great day sewing with friends 

from my local guild. Zoom is really keeping 

us connected and providing great space for catching up!

I made good progress on my projects!

Two big stars started off the day and will 

be a base for a string star bed quilt with 

colored stars! Great place for Rainbow Scraps too. 




It was time for a morning break and my 

unsorted scraps need a bit of attention. 



Sharing tips and sorting was a great break 

from stitching. 

The afternoon saw a good start on a circular

log cabin baby quilt. It seems I was playing

that old game disappearing trolls! When 

I trimmed up the first round of strips, it seems

one set had completely disappeared! 

 Who knew I was a wizard!

This little quilt will match a wedding 

quilt. I found the errant unit in the scrap bin! 

 Hopefully it will be done before the

new baby is walking!




There was also a bit of time to stitch up 

some blocks for a baby quilt. These were 

found squares I sewed up a while ago

 that were waiting to be joined.


I even time to sew up a few more
postage stamps units for a border!





It was indeed a great day and I can't wait 
for the next sew day!

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Sunday, February 6, 2022

Ahhhh Aqua!

 What a color to work with!

A big pile of teals/pale blues

have been sorted out and 

work on the hourglass scrapper is moving along. 

I had to relocate from my cozy sewing

desk out to the main workroom since 

my project is getting larger fast!





The top increases rapidly when you 

add all around! Can you find the

errors ? I corrected them after the photo!



I have always loved the broken dishes block 


The teal/ pale blue pile is so large that it needed 

an additional sort. 


Some yardage and fat quarter size pieces
can return to the stash . 

Organizing projects for the week
should help me keep direction. 
I do tend to flit from one to the next a bit. 

First off, stitch  up the hourglass
center. The alternate neutral blocks 
can be sewn up and added too!
Three more months of colors and the 
top will be complete!

Next ,a tiny little block for a new
arrival needs to be started. Time to 
put my curvy log cabin ruler to work!

This should keep me busy all week 
along with some ongoing scrap sorting 
and any squirrels that run by !!

Stay safe and sew on!
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