Mail Call! Send and Deliver!

 Finally , I have a complete item!

This little postage stamp quilt is on 

its way to Montreal to welcome a 

new baby boy!

The blocks used were from my

block bank and made the construction 

much faster since the center was 

almost complete. 

The outer border was made

from scrap strips and really 

pops against the white border. 

I used a flannel back with a 

crumb quilt strip to made the 

yardage wide enough.  

Diagonal quilting across the 

blocks was fun to do. 

A pieced binding really 

finished it off. 

So glad this can ship out , its owner is

due to arrive soon!

TGIFF

Finishied or Not Fridays!

Quiltathon is in full swing!

The Quiltathon is coming along well, 

with only a few distractions!

I even made a brave move and

posted my list in the sidebar!

To Do!

Alien Landed Quilt

Garden Quilt #1 Indoor Garden Pinned!

Garden Quilt #2 Winter Garden

Blue Quilt #1 Sail Away Pinned!

Blue Quilt #2 Baby Blue Quilted!

Blue Quilt #3 Berries and Cream

Family Quilt #1 Stars Above

Family Quilt #2 Colour My Bricks

Family Quilt #3 Square Up the Colours

Family Quilt #4 Summer Strings

So here are my distractions!

My scrap bag contained a big stash of 

floral strips. Most consisted of 

chunks ( 2 1/2" x 6 1/2")

sewn together. Enough for 4 quilt tops!

So there are  2 more Garden quilts 

to be added to the list. 

The local bee group I belong to 

donates to the Zebra foundation for 

children so the extra two quilts will 

not be waiting for homes. 

Most of the backs are made and 

2 rolls of blue binding are ready to go!

I also have 2 projects for the RSC 2021.

They look very exciting and 

I can't wait to get started!

Tomorrow is predicted to be a grey and rainy day,

so there will lots of quilting time ahead!

Stay safe and sew on !

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Off The Wall Friday!

Get Started on Red!

 Oh red!  I've got lots of red scraps and

 recently came across 2 projects that 

will be perfect additions to this months sewing!

This Red 25 patch will be a great Stop and Go

project while I work on the To Do list!

The red triangles in this

 scrappy number, Double Pinwheel , 

will tame a lot of scraps too.  

It will be a great month

 the summer sewing room!

There are few special quilted red pieces

in my quilt stack.

 These two little flags are 

my go to projects for gifts for visiting colleges,

 family or friends.

This big family favorite comes

out to the railing every winter. 

Long in the making, Big Red is 

2/3 hand quilted . I wanted it finished

so I machine quilted the remainder. 

I can't wait to get started on my red projects 

and see what everyone creates!

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How many quilts can a quilter quilt?

Looks like it is almost time for a quiltathon!  

I was avoiding cleaning my sewing workspace again

so I counted the flimsies, yikes!

1 Alien landing 

2 Strippy Gardens

3 blue quilts

4 quilts for family

I think I am channeling the 12 days of Christmas !

The family quilts are all queen size!

There is a lot more members of the quilts in waiting

club but they chose to remain anonymous!

These are the quilts with loose deadlines and 

homes to go to. 

Quiltathon here I come!

I have a quite a few backs made so once the work table is

cleared off , batting can be cut and pinning can commence!

I think this will be a great To-Do! and monthly 

goal too. I will just have to watch for 

those Distractions! A room full of endless 

possibilities can be a real Siren call.

Stay safe and sew on!

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UFO Busting

OMG

Blast from the past!

 Anybody else like sampler quilts?

When I first started quilting, I bought a lot of sampler patterns. 

They seemed like good value since they included 

multiple block patterns.  

This is one that was completed back in 2014!

I sent it to a recent empty nester. The blocks are 

a combination of hand and machine quilted. 

All are machine pieced.  It was a UFO , partially complete

that was anonymously gifted to me. 

Sampler quilts always seem to hold a surprise or two.

Notice this block?

Quite different than all the current " disappearing " 

patterns in use now!

Like many of my UFOs , this one had a few

challenges but they were all size related. 

I solved them with careful trimming and 

a narrow variable width sashing!

The next time I get stateside, I will have to 

check its condition!

Samplers appeal to me since they are 

basically a technique and pattern tester. 

If you discover you really like one block , 

you can make a whole quilt of it and 

already have the pattern! 

I am not sure if I ever did that!

A few more sampler quilts showed up 

in my dig thru photos. Thank you big brother 

google for making me explore

 ( you are out of space, archive ~~archive!) 

They may get even their own posts one day! 

Way back in the last century!

1999!

This one is a group wedding quilt

for a co-worker.  I did demos for 

a few of the blocks and other contributors 

found their own patterns.

Gifted in 2012.  

 

One more co-worker quilt.

 I must have really liked them to 

keep making them quilts!

Circa 1996!

Stay safe and sew on !

Steady on Folks!

 Friday already! 

Who is the person who first said,

"Days go slowly, years go fast!"?

Well my days are going quickly too!

Sewing, exam help, social help and 

some distanced fun made this past 

week fly by !

Saw some spring wildlife this morning too!

A cute little muskrat and a crested duck!

A few things are well on their way!

Blues for Baby top is complete .

The back just needs a press, this 

lovely widening crumb piece and 

it is ready for my next 

"Get Quilting!" week!

The Block Bank is holding on to 18 - 5 x10 blocks made

of 2 1/2" squares .  This baby quilt make get an

accompanying queen sized parent quilt !

The Out in the Garden duo is coming along. 

Both tops have their inner borders and 

the outside squares are almost ready to add!

They have been really fun and speedy to do!

One zoom sew meeting and a long 

phone call let me get a few more bit blocks done. 

It has been a busy week!  I even found time to

 sort out a bookshelf in light of an upcoming reno.  

I feel lighter and even more 

productive!

Stay safe and sew on !

Linking up with 

all the Friday Friends!

Off the wall Friday!

Can I get a Whoop Whoop!

RSC2021

Finished (or not) Fridays!

UFO Busting

Oh Scrap!

To do #5

 

The weather is beautiful today so 

the summer sewing room is on call 

for an afternoon of sewing !

Last week's list was well looked after !

~Finish up Blues for Baby  quilt~ Got the top done!

and the flannel back is in the laundry!

~More Cobblestone blocks and scrap taming~

Made a big pile of these .

Even filed them in the corner of leftover items!

I need to find a better plan for my Block Bank. 

Right now it is spread out everywhere! It is 

 more like a treasure hunt than a 

vault when I go looking for blocks!

Fun but inefficient!

Made  some Bit blocks too!

~Trim square dance blocks~ no progress

~Finish planning 2 bluesy quilts for the teal ladies~

Changed plan! I will keep striving for blue

quilts for them but found some florals and have 

two strip summer tops in the works. 

This week's list :

~Summer tops - finish , find backs~

~More scrap taming~

~Make back for Blues for Baby~

~Organize workroom!~

Hope this week is as fun as the last!

Stay safe and sew on !

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