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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