Backing it up!

 Motivation is up today!!

Some great Linky parties 

 have gotten the spirit in gear and

 I am looking toward some more finishes.

 The request came in for a few

 more quilts for friends too!  Yay!

So now I have to get to some backings!

I have a sizable stash so I am diving in

for some supplies. 

We all see the quilt backs so I like to

make them interesting.

I was born frugal so I usually 

 use what's on hand.

 A great place for 

orphans and unique blocks

( practice blocks gone wrong too)!

My very first scrap top 

ended up as backing flavor!

I pulled out a stack of yardage but..

decided to make 2 backs patriotic

since they will end up South of our border.

Sewing with friends coming up so let the 

cutting commence! 

Here is what I am going to do for the 

backs. 

These are 20" x 20" and 

a fairly good stash buster. 

No worries I will run out of 

fabric tho!

Always lots of comments from 

family that the quilts are reversible!

I also use  25" blocks but that 

creates more scrap due to WOF.

 

Here are a few more 

backs with flavor. 

                            

Backs should help

decrease the flimsy pile!!

Stay safe and sew on !

Aliens have landed!

 I needed an afternoon project , 

so I pulled out a box .  

It is a spiderweb with 9 webs 

worth of wedges cut 

but no assembly done!

Quickly discovered the reason it was waiting . 

The pattern says to join them with

  diamond shaped pieces. 

I think I just lost confidence 

on joining them and they

 slowed slipped into the UTTTC

 ( under the table time capsule).

When I opened this box, I had one of those

how did this happen, where did it go, moments.

I had actually " reviewed" it last year since 

it had a dated label.  It is in the 

STSF ( star trek stasis field). Yes!  

Too much scifi! Aliens are

leaving their unfinished projects!

I pulled out and counted the wedge piles, 

found the directions and my notes

(hurray for notes), and Viola! came up 

with plan!

Changed the design to square joiners.

There may be some partial or inset seams

here, but it will work itself out .

Inspired by a McCall's quilting article, 

designed by Sandy Klop 2010,

gives a little hint on the age of this project. 

So, assembly started by sewing 

 the wedge bits together

Piecing and joining is 

always good for using up

scrap bobbins, so that was fun.

The circles/octagons went 

together quite quickly!

 I remembered to really watch the center join. 

 Marking the 1/4" join diligently with 

a pin so helped, the result was pretty good. 

Next , my steam iron died!!

 Just started turning off and dripping. 

I finished up using a lovely travel iron my DH 

gifted me at Christmas. 

First five on to the design wall! 

A few more.

Into the sew zone and turned out 

 a bunch more . When I looked up....

The world looked tilted! 

 I had started the design on a slant and 

the blocks look like they 

are ready to roll away!

Then I began auditioning some colors to

put in the square joining spaces. 

Should be an interesting journey!

I am setting this as a one month goal. 

Inspiration and motivation should 

help finish this project! Three

sew days this month should help also!

Linking up to:

Wednesday Wait Loss

OMG (one monthly goal)

 

Bali Knots!

 Woo hoo!  This poor quilt has

been languishing for a while,

pins and all , for over 2 years!

I do get excited and often use quilts

 with the safety pins in just to try them out!

Thank you 

Wednesday Wait Loss  

 for the push!

It is now complete and even has a label!

It was inspired by a magazine cover, 

from APQ magazine,

Sept 2003.

I modified the design to include 

scrappy pieced lattice, scrappy random 

borders and assorted square centers. 

This will now live in our family room!

This darling measure 66" x 68" and 

has a flannel back and a 5oz. poly batt. 

The Inquiring Quilter

Oh Scrap!

Finished or Not Fridays!

Can I get a Whoop Whoop!

This quilt was featured!

More yellows!!

 Wow!  When you think they are all used up...

Pow! You find more yellows!

I do love the cheeriness they bring tho, 

so let's sew! 

I have a scrap bag of yellows 

that was hiding in the closet too!

Don't judge those scrap bags,

 they are a work in progress! 

I tend to be a "zen " quilter,

 what ever falls out of the stash, 

gets sewn up.

  I also like free range scraps ,

 so I don't have a stock pile of shapes and strips.

The leftovers from the Bonus Baby Quilt

(which was made from the 

leftovers from Sunshine in the Winter),

were in nice size strips . 

They sewed up nicely into these color family blocks!

I also found a few 2 1/2" strips and made up a few more

straight strip sets to add to the block stash. 

The color family blocks

 get used to sew up 

quickie quilts like the Cambridge Bay duo!

Linking up to:

RSC 2021 

Friday nite with Friends

Sunshine in the Winter!

 This quilt popped up on the way 

to somewhere else so it needed its 

moment in the sun!

I really enjoy making coin and strip quilts!

This bright yellow beauty was a bit challenging tho!

It was inspired by a picture in a magazine but , 

I didn't save it so I had to start from scratch. 

Needless to say those spirals can get really big , 

really fast!

Collecting the yellows was a surprise too!  

I ended up with a lot of orange and red strips too!

The quilt languished  in the UFO corner for a time, 

but finally came together! 

It seems to be a trend with me. At least 

until I run out of yellows!

      

Stay safe and sew on!

Linking up to;

The Inquiring Quilter

Oh Scrap!

Finished or Not Fridays!

Sew day Inspiration!

 After being so productive

on Saturday and the cold spell

continuing, I got out more projects and just got busy.

I am quilting up my green Big Green Log Cabin

that's off to North Edmonton to

celebrate a new house and a new family.

It matches the green

Log Cabin baby quilt or vice versa.

That one now just needs a

d-stringing and a binding.

Since I'm really into the quilting mode,

I also did approach the batik

Square Cabin in the Woods quilt

that's been living on my couch.

We've been using it to watch movies

with the batting hanging out

for about 2 years now.

The adhesive tape came in handy 

when removing all the pins!

                                     

It was interesting because the quilt

design I chose is straight line quilting

but I wanted to wrap the stitching

around one of the straight lines so

it looks like a knot.

It does involve changing the foot

after I stitched all the diagonal lines.

I couldn't zigzag back and forth across

the quilt like I usually do,

but it still went fairly quickly.

After a quick trim in the morning,

I might be able to get my first pink quilt ever,

ready for a toddler. Just in time for Valentine's Day!

It's hearts and small wonky stars.

I haven't decided how to quilt it 

yet but I'm sure inspiration will hit.

It sure feels great to be incredibly

productive even though,

Baby, It's Cold Outside!

 Stay safe and sew on!

Scraps be Gone!

 

One of my New Year's Resolutions 

is to be more proactive in scrap reduction!

Much easier than normal resolutions and 

you have something to show when your are done!

Soo, I am trying to take care of scraps instead

of putting them in a  bag. 

A small pile of browns ended up 

on the ironing board 

after a recent scrap class.

They were prime candidates 

for some bonus blocks!

They sewed up very quickly!

I ended up with 5 brown bonus blocks.

They will get added to 

the block stash and 

shortly be combined into

 a great, colorful quilt. 

Stay safe and sew on !