Showing posts with label Two Color Quilts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Two Color Quilts. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 7, 2025

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!

Linking up with :

Design Wall Monday

Monday Musings

To Do Tuesday

Sew & Tell

Wait Loss Wednesday

Free Motion Mavericks

Needle & Thread Thursday

Finished or Not Friday

Off the Wall Friday

Beauty Pageant

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Patchwork & Quilting

Oh Scrap!

Show & Tell



Tuesday, December 31, 2024

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 !

Linking up with :

Design Wall Monday 

Monday Musing

Sew & Tell

Wednesday Wait Loss

Put Your Foot Down

To Do Tuesday

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Design Wall Friday

Finished Or Not Friday

TGIFF

Patchwork & Quilts

Oh Scrap!

Monday, December 23, 2024

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!

Linking up with :

Design Wall Monday

Monday Musings

Sew & Tell





Monday, September 9, 2024

Books , books , books!

 It is holiday week for us so not a lot of stitching is getting done. 

I did have a minute to look at some quilting books!

We all have our favorites for lots of different reasons. 

Here are some of mine!


My BB gifted me this and it has been well loved. 

The spiral binding is nice and the best pages ever are:


The oiling instructions!

The remainder of the book is great too. 

David McCallum really knows his stuff and 

encourages Featherweight owners to be adventurous and 

repair their machines. Fun if you are brave but I am still 

not removing the tension knob!

Next favorite is this goody.  



I must say that this book really inspired me. 

I've made three out of this book and 2 actually

looked like the picture (more or less). 

The cover photo morphs into a completely different 

quilt if you make 150 subunits with the wrong color placement. 

Not sure how I managed but it turned out like this!


Also in this book are curved 9-patches. 

I cannot (will not, don't want to) sew

melon shapes so I waited until the 

Quick Curve ruler came out. 

I have 37 blocks made and still 

am not thrilled with the process. 

See the ruler lurking in the bag?




Then I saw a curved look one on MSQ.  I will 

post a link when I find it. They have so many tutorials. 

Here is a picture of another 'looks like a curved 9 patch'

 quilt I may try.  Always looking for a short cut!


One last thing about these books.

Some came coiled and some I did. 

We found this old relic at a sale years ago.
 


Anyone recognize these?



A box of spines!!

We had fun doing up a few books but it is a process.

You have to trim out the book, keep the pages 

in order and secure the cover. A bit tricky to do.

A business store made me one, and even

their experienced clerk put the holes on the 

wrong edge of the cover!

More about books in another post, 

I could go on and on!

The stash report number stayed the same, 

no completions this week.  

Stay safe and sew on .

Linking up with:

Monday Musing 

Stash Report

Design Wall Monday

Sew & Tell

Wednesday Wait Loss

Midweek Makers 

To do Tuesday

Needle & Thread Thursday

Put Your Foot Down

Free Motion Mavericks

Finished or Not Friday

Off the Wall Friday

Beauty Pageant

Oh Scrap!

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Tuesday, September 3, 2024

Yo Yo Binder!!

 Great fun at a guild picnic including funny names for all. 

I was called Yo Yo Binder for the evening!

 Our guild is 45 years old and still going strong so that's

very affirmative and delightful. We had some technophilic 

members at the helm when the virus hit and the 

zoom meetings and bee groups really kept us all 

going. We all appreciate our guilds don't we!!


Anywho,  this week was productive in finishes 

but not a lot of beginnings.  Two, yes two more 

log cabins were finished up. One was quilted and 

bound and the other just needed the multicolored 

binding to make it complete.

The red one is a honey and there is just something

about a 2 color quilt that warms my color center.



The sun cooperated and provided  

lots of good lighting for lawn pictures.


Quilts always look wonderful with natural items

behind them. 



We even gave the red quilt a test run in yard this weekend while 

enjoying temperatures in the 30s (celcius) with family. 

The second finish up  also turned out very well.

This multicolored quilt got a scrappy binding.

There are possibly more of these in my future

as it is a real scrap buster. 


They are both large twin sized.



Everything came from the stash, so great 

for the numbers!!

Fabric Purchased: 0 m

Used since last report  39 m 

Fabric In to date: 25.5 m

Use to date 2024 : 69 m

Scraps in : 0 m

Scraps out : 0 m

Big Batch donation : 60 m (June) 

Net Fabric in YTD:  -9 m

That is lovely site to see!

Only one more log cabin to complete! 

Backing is in the works for some 

Irish Chains so there may be some

late night pinning!

Have a great week !

Stay safe and sew on!

Linking up with :

Stash Reporting

Monday Design Wall

Wednesday Wait Loss

 Sew & Tell

Monday Musings

To Do Tuesday

Sr. Salon Pit Stop

Midweek Makers

Free Motion Mavericks

Put Your Foot Down

Needle & Thread Thursday

Finished or Not Friday

Gone Stitchin

Design Wall Friday

Stitching Stuff

Show & Tell

Oh Scrap!

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