My monthly goal is to finish up my wheel chair quilts.
Three are left of the original 10 tops I had planned.
It seems that these little quilts lend themselves
so well to spare blocks, I just keep finding
more partial items to turn into tops!
They are a vey fun and rewarding project.
Here is my favorite.
as I clear off my work table!
When it rains, I sew!
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15 minutes to stitch
Finished 7 wheelchair quilts this month!
Three are left of the original 10 tops I had planned.
It seems that these little quilts lend themselves
so well to spare blocks, I just keep finding
more items to turn into tops!
Next month's goal may be the same,
to finish/make more wheelchair quilts!
Each 36" x 45" quilt has a back pocket
and a small holiday stitchery piece since they
will be given at Christmas time.
Two big finishes for me this week.
They don't count unless a binding is on!
All the quilts I make are machine bound.
As the years march on, every moment
becomes more precious and I love
zipping thru binding. A few friends
really enjoy the process of hand stitching
a binding and I envy their patience.
Here are the numbers for this week:
2023 STASH TOTALS
Used last week: 22 m
Used year to date: 86 m
Scraps out 0. m
(1 bag=/.5 k=.5m)
Scraps In 1 m
Added last week: 0 m
Year to date: 111 m bolt 27m, bucket batiks 15m
destash gift 68m
Net added in 2023 15.5 meters
Queen sized quilts really up the usage count.
These two beauties are now complete.
Finally, I have some big finishes thanks to
sewing all day Saturday and a Friday Night Sew In.
All that sewing carried on again solo for
Monday and another big top was stitched up.
This will go into my cozy collection if need
doesn't pop up. The rainbow design makes
such a great wedding or house warming gift,
that I have made this pattern twice before
but gifted it instead of keeping it!
This 86" x 86" is a real RSC quilt with many colored
string squares and a nice black sashing. Having such
large squares makes it get large fast .
Digging thru my bin of large yardage (say that three times fast)
produced some wide width backing and
this quilt enjoys a grey and
black botanical back.
The smaller blue , 62" x 78" was a joy to stitch and moved
easily under my needle. I think ease of quilting on a
domestic really depends on the designs that we choose.
Many starts and stops always take me so much longer
and I get a little frustrated trimming off all the little eyelashes
from the automatic cutter.
A cross-quilt pattern or character
stipple really makes the quilting faster and more enjoyable.
A sew day popped up this weekend and
wow did I get in some stitching!
The big work table was cleared,
walking foot mounted and I was on my way!
The smaller project was started and the
blue log cabin from January was first under
the needle.
This top measures 62" x 78"and has a backing made
of 20" squares from my stash. Making this
type of backing seems to incorporate some fabrics
that are low in supply and clear a bit of room
on the shelves as well.
The log cabin pattern lends itself to almost any
quilting design. I pulled out a completed pink quilt,
and found the quilting followed the color borders.
This blue one is getting a side to side wave.
It covers the area well and is fun to do!
Stitching with a bunch on the Idiot Quilter's
pop up, made the process very entertaining.
Thirty plus quilters joined up and a visitor
from Australia even "popped" in!
Stay stitching the blue right before lunchtime,
let me get to trimming first thing in the afternoon.
So much sewjo was flowing that I jumped right
in to start on a big block string that has been waiting
since the year ended in a zero!!
The 86" x 86" lovely got a horizontal wavy line
treatment and wow does it work!
I seem to have forgotten how
much fun actually quilting a project is!! Ensuring
the weight of the sandwich is supported by a table
or even, yes, an ironing board really impacts the
ease of moving the project under the needle!
The end of the work day at 3:30 CT ,(most participants
are from out East), saw another round of stay stitching!
After a nice trim I could call two tops quilted!!!
If the binding goes smoothly,
next week will see 2 quilts complete. The stash
report will be changing significantly!
Stay safe and sew on!
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Ohh , somehow skipped a week on the reporting!
Anywhoo, I did manage to be very busy and
finished up 4 more wheelchair quilts!!
A goodly pile went off for donation.
These will definitely warrant a number change and
inspire me to jump into the 3 larger quilts that
have been creeping toward the quilting table
the last few weeks.
My daily stitching is very consistent
and it is like a little creative nudge to every day!
2023 STASH TOTALS
Used last week: 0 m
Used year to date: 69 m
Scraps out .5 m brown yardage
(1 bag=/.5 k=.5m)
Scraps In 0 m
Added last week: 0 m
Year to date: 117 m bolt 27m, bucket batiks 15m
destash gift 68m
Net added in 2023 32.5 meters
It really helps that my sewing workroom is cool during
our current hot spot!
Happy Stitching to all and to all a Good Morning!
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Finally getting into RSC halfway thru the month!
Seems I never know how many scraps I have until
I start cutting strips!
So far 19 yellow log cabin blocks are trimmed and
ready to join. Fifty six will make a nice twin sized
so my goal is 37 more.
They are certainly bright and sunny!
Four wheel chair quilts got their pockets and binding
last week too, so I have definitely made progress.
Now, off for more stitching!
Stay safe and sew on !
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Some great finishes today.
They are even bound and labeled.
These are three wheelchair quilts.
Each 36" x 45" quilt has a back pocket
and a small holiday stitchery piece since they
will be given at Christmas time.
