Flimsies in Waiting

 Lots of flimsies are waiting  to be quilted.

They have all moved to my work room quilt rack.

This post Next Up to Layer from a while ago,

featured  a few tops I finished and their corresponding backs.

Here is a compilation of what needs to be quilted.

The backs being ready 

makes an evening pinning frenzy much more fun.

Here are the five tops that have backs chosen/ready.

                                                                               

These are the tops that need to find  a back!

It always seems to be the part of quilting that takes the longest,

deciding which back to put on which quilt!

It is an agonizing thing for me to find the perfect back.

I don't try to make them match the front,

but I do like them to compliment the front design in some way.

Either picking up a colour, picking up a pattern,

or even picking up the general theme of the front.

Sometimes it's even the recipient that dictates what the back will be.

So this post will be a nice place to keep track of what I have

that is ready for layering.

I went to a guild Zoom presentation recently 

and the presenter was a very vibrant quilter from California.

She quilts under Pride and Joy quilting.

The most important take away for me

was her attitude about the outstanding projects

She moves on to other projects as soon as she wants.

It takes the joy out of things if you make it a job or a task. 

I really embrace  

that take on how to view your UFOs.

So this keeping track of my flimsies 

is only be a pleasurable task  for me and 

not a what I have to do type reminder.

Here are the last two added to the list 

and then on to some stitching!

Stay safe and sew on !

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Sew Much Fun

Well, the first retreat post pan went 

wonderfully and we are almost to 

time!

Here is what I managed to sew up!

The red postage stamp has a bright zinger

of a border and needs only 8 more squares to 

be  a complete flimsy!

The yellow granny square blocks were stitched up 

with borders added to two sides. That makes them 

almost ready for assembly. 

Really fun but confusing were my lovely pineapple blocks. 

After misreading the ruler, it seems my daughter's wedding

quilt was more of a reverse pineapple with the white looking

more like the pineapple portion. So they turned out like this:

They were supposed to be this:

Thank you to my Dr. DIL for the samples. She is doing a 

wonderful pineapple with a dark grey background and may blend the two types of squares. 

After some rework, 

I successfully created quite a few pineapple blocks!

Yay!

Another retreat is coming up so I am packing up projects.  Two tops 

managed to find their way to the longarmer yesterday so I am really 

moving through September with flying fall colours!

Colours mean RSC and my final two colours were 

stitched up over the weekend. 

These will be joining their fellows and be ready for 

a unique border of some sort.  One will definitely 

be remaining in residence. The other is as yet, without a home!?

I am fairly certain an occasion will arise! 

Stay safe and sew on !

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OMG August

 Well, here we are, the last month of summer and 

what are we looking at ? 

 TA DA and whole bunch of stars! 

All four, yes four of the string star tops are complete

and ready for layering and quilting!! 

They are destined 

to grace the homes of our four children. 

I did check with the quilting DILs  and they are not planning on making their own so the coast was clear. 

The first two have great use it up, crumb pieced, not ticker tape,

oh wow it looks great borders.

  I had made them up after being 

overwhelmed by scraps and inspired by the Just Get It Done quilter

Karen Brown.  Not being a big fan of paper on the back anymore, I 

used a favorite ruler as a template for size and sewed like a demon

one snowy winter nite. 

 The pile hung on the wall in the parts department

for months and then were pressed into very successful service.

The next two really had me stumped for the outside add on.  

I had used up all the crumbs strips and 

wanted to use ready made something for the outside. 

 Nine patches wouldn't work and I only had a small pile finished. 

Just strips didn't seem to work with the theme 

so I pulled out the box of half squares and 

a narrow sawtooth border was born. 

The inner crumb beige borders brought each quilt up to a comfortable size so the narrow sawtooth is a great finisher. 

I got so excited I put it on both #3 & #4!

Surprisingly, no 1/2 squares were

created in the making of these borders!

  Many of these were downright historical. 

I segregate the sizes in various boxes, 

so there is always an element of adventure 

ala Indiana Jones when 

I go looking. 

A few 4 inchers were trimmed down to suit 

but that is just resizing so doesn't count. 

We do get to make our own rules in quilting don't we? 

That is why I love it so.

Next up is all the quilting, 

the month to come will certainly be busy! 

Retreats for the first time in almost 3 years,

lots of self imposed goals to hit and healing for everyone.

 Stay safe and sew on ! 

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Serendipity Mystery Solved!

Sometimes we must believe in serendipity.

My latest UFO has turned out to be the design

written on scraps of paper that my quilting buddy (QB)

has been trying to figure out for 2 decades!

This project got a #12 in the Dirty Dozen UFO 

challenge and the August was #12!

So after many 2" squares,

 31-  5 x 10 blocks,

and some assertive trimming to make the edges fit,

the Serendipity Squares top is complete!

My QB has been trying to figure out the pattern for 

a box of pieces for 2 decades.  She came for a visit and 

recognized the shape of the half block in UFO #12 that 

I had laid out on the table,

 mystery solved and a name decided. 

The quilter's fuse used on many of the center squares

is not too stiff. I used some for the outside border also, 

years ago when my confidence in piecing was missing. 

UFOs always seem to be set aside for a reason 

and I found some of the border blocks were narrow. 

 Figuring out an easy fix, I used the narrow

blocks in one of the shorter borders and made that border an 

unnoticeable 3/8" thinner. It is now ready to enter into the vault 

and in line for quilting. September is shaping up to be a major 

"quilt those tops" month!

Meanwhile, August RSC is orange and some lovely stars were

stitched up during a friendly sew day.

 

Very hot here and sewing in the 

cool basement during high heat and humidity was a real treat. 

A few more rainbow scraps blocks to stitch up and August will have 

left the building.  

I also discovered even more lint in the bottom of my machine.

It runs even better now!!

One last picture of a wonderful necklace I was

gifted. I guess I've found a use for those old metal

bobbins I was saving!  Stay safe and sew on !

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Dirty Dozen Challenge

Mary over at  Country Threads

is doing a challenge for motivating

us to get the UFOs out of the closet and

into the finished pile. 

12 projects are numbered 1-12 and 

a number is drawn randomly each month, starting 

with #1 this July.

I may be joining in by labeling most of my flimsies 

and getting them quilted up!  It could 

be a fun challenge and definitely a motivator.

This will keep me busy for many a To Do Tuesday!

So here is a quick review of  all the tops in the vault!

#1 Zipper Bits

 

#2 Kids strings one

#3 Red postage

#4 Border My Scraps

#5 Twinkle Pink , Twinkle Orange

#6 Color Around the Block

#7 Square Dance

#8 Coin Some Red , Twinkle Red

#9 Columns of Pink

#10 Coin Some Blue , Coin Some Pink

#11 Twinkle Blue, Twinkle Yellow

#12 Postage Sixteen

It is already end of July so I had better get something

pinned and ready for quilting this week!

Stay safe and sew on !

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