August One Monthly Goal - Great Progress

The goal of working on my quilt rack backlog and 

getting some charity quilting done was a success!

The last of the charity quilts were quilted,

actually only one.

This big beauty proved more than enough 

for my domestic machine.

I graciously bowed out of doing the second 

that was measuring  97"x 97".

The  use of various sizes, widths and changes in direction,

give this quilt a unique eclectic look.

Another success for the charity group!

Two items are off the ladder and on their way  

to the long arm quilter.

One will probably be a keeper for my cozy collection,

and the other is a gift for my DD

 to warm her bed in the winter.

Another cheery twin size quilt,

Hopscotch, is on the table and ready to be pinned.

The top did require an extra bit of work,

as you can see one of the blocks was turned.

I rectified this problem by first 

taking out a block that was correct!

Then I went on to take out the errant block.

Restitching everything and giving it a a press

got it back on the pinning table in a timely fashion.

Two others were finished up

using my favorite quilt binding workhorse machine.

The curved 9 patch was trimmed and bound,

and the last of the Irish chains

was quilted, trimmed and bound.

On to the next challenge! 

Stay Safe and Sew on!

Bind It Up!

 It's binding time!

Finally I've  a goodly stack of quilts to bind.

One is mine, and three are charity quilts.

I don't always get to the charity day,

so I swing by later and pick up,

some quilts that are back from quilting and ready to bind .

I also did quilting on some tied quilts a while back.

I have two more of those to finish up.

The largest ones ended up at the end of the workload,

so I still have those two get started on.

Here are all my binders!

First is the end of the road

for Irish chains from last year's stash buster.

This has all the leftover blocks,

and it really went together in a nice rainbow.

The binding is a medley

of rainbow colors and really pulls it all together.

This is my second finish for the year,

but I many tops close to the quilting stage!

The next one up and done was a smaller, child's quilt 

from the charity committee.

It has a dainty little pattern on the front with loads of blue triangles.

 The back is a beautiful,

fuzzy fabric that sure to delight any child  receives it.

The pale blue binding matches the back and front  

perfectly and frames the design nicely.

Then a beautiful orange white and floral quilt 

from the charity committee

received a beautiful, matching binding.

This one is called , "Flowers on White".

The simple small block is stunning when 

joined with its fellow and the orange border

just enhances it all. 

To finish this wonderful quilt, 

the longarmer used a loftier batt and 

a delightful swirl design to take this to the next level!

The quilting shows up wonderfully in the detail. 

I had a bit of trouble with the black backing 

thread showing up on the back binding but

a little pickin', grinnin' and restitching 

solved that problem.

Last but not least, is a potato chip charity

quilt with pink accents, 

highlighted by a pink binding.

 I wasn't sure about the pink binding

but once complete it really  

bring out  the subtle pinks in the top.

Congratulations to the charity committee members 

 for  their beautiful work. 

Stay safe and sew on !

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One and a Two!

 Finally a quilt  finished!

This is the last of the Irish chains,

and combines all the leftover blocks.

It turned out to be a lovely rainbow,

with lots of interesting things to look at.

The backing on my second quilt for the year 

is a beautiful feather print!

No new yardage came in this week

so that makes my annual total:

50.5  YTD Purchased

Used  5 m, 3 m ( baby quilt)

6m ( twin)

36.5 total Purchased YTD

Yay! I am chiseling away at the total. 

More quilts to quilt and bits to stitch!

Happy Sewing!

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End of The Stack Log Cabin

Remember all those Log Cabin tops from 2 years ago now?

Well here is the last one.

I had combined all my all my log cabin blocks into one pile.

I thought I could make two quilt tops out of them.

Revaluating, it turns out I really only have enough blocks

to make one small quilt.

However, I never really listen to 

what the blocks tell me so

 I'm going to turn it into a larger quilt

by trying to design a border. So here we go!

Now it's on the design wall,

so I'm getting getting ready to sew up blocks 

to finish this center and increase the size. 

There are four blocks that look like

 they have a corner arrangement. 

Those will be moved out to be corners of the bigger quilt.

Here are all the centers for the additional blocks I'll need.

I'm still using the polka dot centers. 

Every time I see a polka dot fabric,

 I cut out some centers!  Needless to say,

 I have a lot of centers.

There may be more polka dot-centered 

Log Cabin quilts in my future!

For now I'm finishing up this Log Cabin.

The center squares are all done.

This is the lovely bag of scraps 

I'm using to make the edging squares. 

Thank you LT!

I wanted an edge looking border so I followed

the court house step pattern,

but used some careful color placement. 

One good evening of stitching should

got them done! 

The voids are filled and the border looks

like a winning plan. 

All pinned to the design wall and 

needing a bit of movement. There are a few colors 

here that could use better friends!

A  New Year's sew along popped up so I was able to finish 

the edging square and stitch up the top. 

Can anyone see the small revolution 

starting near the bottom?

Here is the finished top with a few repositioned blocks. 

The border was quite successful.

The four corner blocks worked perfectly,

 so that makes it even better!

Only 2  blocks left to decorate the back . 

Now to move on to pinning!

It should be a great way to finish out 2024 leftovers!

Stay safe and sew on!

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Finding Things to Finish Up

 We're in the final countdown to 2025

and it is a great time to finish things up.

There was a lovely pile of left over blocks,

waiting in the wings for a solution. 

They are coming together into totally 

new creations. 

The first is a whole sheaf of RSC 

/Stashbuster blocks and squares left

over from the year of Irish Chains.

 There was even one half of an intended

queen size green quilt in the stack. 

I measured and fiddled and sketched and 

erased and came up with a plan.

First, I finished up the center, 

then debated colors for an inner border. 

Settling on black was the easy way out, 

but as the end result shows, a wise choice. 

Then I sorted out the sides and sewed a few.

There was a bit of easing and squeezing going

on as the inner border threw all the figures out 

of wack but it all worth it in the end. 

Ta da!

 

Now there are only a few left over blocks,

and those will find a place on the back.

Next up: left over log cabin blocks!

Good luck with all your year end finishes!

Stay safe and sew on !

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Year End Tally

 Since the finishes are piling up , 

it is time to review my tallies!

I only keep track of fabric bought, 

fabric out and the recent scrap influx. 

If I rid out, donate or pass on some scraps, 

they are in the mix too!

So here we go!

Fabric Purchased: 8  m

Used since last report  6 twin quilts  30 m !

Fabric In to date: 25.5 m

Use to date 2024 : 96

Scraps in : 20 m

Scraps out : 0 m

Big Batch donation : 60 m (June) 70 ( Oct)

Net Fabric in YTD:  48 m

The Irish chains made a big dent in the total.

The last chain bound was this multicolored 

charmer with a scrappy binding. 

The last remaining chain for a while is this color

block top that is waiting to be layered. 

Lots of festivities are planned for the end of the year,

so there wont be a lot of finishing going on.

There is even a New Year's Eve zoom party planned!!

Here is to wishing all

a Merry Christmas, Happy Holiday

and a warm and wonderful time with family!

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Wrapping up the Year!

 Lots of things getting ready and finished. 

Holidays have begun, visits are happening 

and lots of fun is going on. 

Movement in the sewing room is really stacking up.

Things have moved from here,

to blocks sewn, 

to tops made, 

to backs chosen,

to layered and pinned,

to quilted and binding made,

 

to complete!

 Six Irish chain quilts are now complete! 

 The yellow has gone off to a 

Veteran's residence along 

with a blue log cabin.

The remaining complete chains will 

hang out over the holidays and 

may be impromptu gifts should they be needed. 

The last two Irish chains are multicolored. 

One is under the needle today!

 

It is being quilted with diamond pattern. 

I am still a little hesitant about free motion

quilting with my Bernina but I will be 

brave later. I did do some maintenance

yesterday and oiled the bobbin race.  

Every little thing is definitely confidence increasing! 

The diamond pattern will let me vary my 

quilting designs but still keep the 

speed of the straight line. 

 The other is waiting to be layered with 

a beautiful butterfly backing.

If I can get them both completed,

I can close out the year on RSC 2024!!

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Woot woot!

Stay safe and sew on !

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