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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Focus of a Fig!

 Wow, I am in a high work phase!!

A workroom full of fabric, machines 

humming, programs playing and 

zoom meetings on the screen, 

I am a multitasking queen!

Today I am pulling off the top

of the "to be quilted pile" and 

getting things done!

First up is one of the many log cabins.  

This one will get a cross quilt wave in pale yellow thread. 

Most of the recent tops have been twin sized

or slightly larger.  The gift potential is optimal 

for this size.  Great for a smaller bed but 

definitely perfect for couch sitting too!

Took a break from stitching to go cheer on 

the local team but alas, the boys in blue and 

orange were not successful. 

However, I was, and at the end of a long day of 

stitching, trimming, and thread picking I 

finished up ..... two yellow log cabin quilts!

Here is the second in progress with my 

zoom friends cheering me on in the background!

(More like quietly supportive.)

The second has a linear pattern

repeating across the squares with a 2.5" 

distance between the rows of stitching. 

Yes there are actually two! I had difficulty believing that myself!

 It is a lot of yellow!

The biggest difficulty I have sewing yellow is 

that a few oranges always sneak in and then 

the whole thing starts to look like a sunrise. 

That is not always a bad thing.

I still am enthralled with the 

polka dot center squares. 

 

They just need a good binding and 

then will be tallied up into the stash report.

A great day !

Stay safe and sew on !!

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Finish and go!

July was  a busy month and it looks 

like August will be the same!

The Saskatchewan quilts were 

well received and spread some joy 

and great feelings all around the province.

Now I am finishing up a quilt to take to 

family in Vancouver. 

This is the color block quilt using

white sashing around colored scrap squares. 

Some call them crumb blocks but these

have large pieces and often include parts

of previous projects. 

This one of my go to blocks to use up scraps

and get a great result every time!

You'll notice the parched looking grass. 

We've been under a water ban for

weeks now. A dry hot summer here!

This quilt is so much fun to make. 

It may end up on my remake list !

It resided on the design wall for some time and 

was even part of the design wall pile up for a while!

One difficulty I ran into  was pressing

 to the least amount of seams. 

I turned out to be a problem as 

all the colors showed thru the white sashing!

I had to unpin , aggressively  repress

and re-pin but it was so worth it!

I took advantage of the different colors to 

use a different free motion design for 

each different color of block. 

Part of this busy month is watching 

one of the family dogs (rental dog).

He did help with the photo shoot!

The quilt is bound with a scrappy binding made of 

left over block colors. 

I used 20" squares for the back. 

It really helps pare down the stash!

Doing the label today and then it 

is ready for delivery!

Stay safe and sew on!

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Next to dos!

Remember all these florals?

 Well , I hate to admit it, 

but I found a few more florals !

I managed to gift all the floral quilts 

I made, so these two tops 

will certainly not go to waste!

The first one was made with more

 2 1/2" inch wide strips and the 

square , 2 wide border. 

The final floral (famous last words), 

design got a little different!

There were no more 2 1/2" strips

so I combined 2-  2" strips and 

joined them with a lattice. 

Not sure what the border will be ,

 but it should be fun to find out!

These two are on the list of to dos,

along with labeling 2 quilts.

This wedding quilt needs a label. 

It has been waiting a while 

since restrictions on gathering 

kept changing.

This color block quilt is getting a label

in preparation of traveling west to 

visit family. 

Also some shopping to restock the blender threads. 

Can shopping really be a to do? 

How fun is that!

Stay safe and sew on !

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