A Scrappy Quilter

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!

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 :

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Monday, August 26, 2024

The Logs are Piling Up!

The last of the log cabin flimsies are finishing

up so that makes me only 6 months behind.

I have finished many this year but three more

are on the chair waiting for quilting or binding!

A few colors are missing from the

R O Y G B I V

of the rainbow!

The Red is waiting for quilting.

I did not get to an orange log cabin quilt

and I'm a bit sad about it, maybe this winter?!

There was a saucy yellow one and 2 green quilts to

follow it up. One blue and 1 purple quilt finished the

acronym but there were also 3 pink ones and 2 multicolored

that went out the door to Zebra and other good homes.

There are 3 left to finish up so that would make a

baker's dozen of log cabins. I will call 2023 a

log cabin success. You can see them all over on

the right side of the page under 2024 Finishes.

Only 1 yellow quilt didn't get into the photo shoot

It was just captured as a pair.

I haven't completed many of my real UFOs

but I think the crazy log cabins should count.

So, if I am counting those, which I am ,

the UFO count for the year so far is :

3 crazy log cabins,

2 rainbow scraps string,

(1 gifted quilt replaced and a spare made)

the thrifted triangle square was quilted,

bound and donated .

Last but not least the baby

pineapple was complete with its

challenging satin border well before the

baby shower, so the total is 7!

Yay me!

A quick review of the, "What is that?"

pile, yielded a few projects for an

upcoming sewing weekend and possibly

fall retreats.

Here is the list :

~one flannel teddy bear shaped quilt to stitch up

~this lovely 16 patch pile to do something with,

~Square dance blocks to join

~curved nine patch

Some of the items I have as UFOs

are imposters and not really started, just

compiled. They may be getting repurposed to

make way for other things.

There are still lots of months left in the

year to do Irish Chains too.

I may start adding some orphan blocks

into the background areas to change things up.

There are still 5 stash buster Irish Chains

to quilt up and 3 tops languishing on the

workroom quilt station that

would love a stitching good time!!

So this can be my next goal to

get some of these completed!

Looks like I have some retreat items ready to go.

Stay safe and sew on!

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Different is Better Too

It turned out to be a very different weekend for me.

No change in my stash report but lots of interesting

things to do.

One of my quilting groups had a weekend

potluck craft day and we tried

our hand at needle turn applique.

I've done some applique but it usually

ends up one of those projects

that never gets completed.

I don't have the patience for it.

We had a wonderful time learning this new technique

To my surprise it was also new to many of

the other attendees. We all had fun learning together.

It is from a beautiful book by Ari Rossmann.

The blocks will all be combined once we meet again make them even more delightful with embroidery accents.

The weekend also involved some mending.

Many quilters get annoyed when people ask them to mend something because it's not exactly quilting.

A little bit of backstory. We have a passel of children.

As they were growing up we let them or encouraged them to be adventurous by taking them camping, doing DIY projects with them building things, taking things apart and generally having a lot of fun.

So they grew up to be adventurous souls.

One son went biking with a group and unfortunately had an equipment malfunction. He told us he was going 42km/hr and the bike stopped but he didn't.

His outfit took a some damage, as did he.

The cycling uniform is from a ride in Jasper Alberta.

The town site has since had fire damage so I was

asked to mend the uniform

since another ride there may be far in the future.

I sourced some suitable fabric and spent the better

part of the day mending.

It actually turned out well. Not my favorite sewing but I think I salvaged the uniform and it can go on to ride another day.

The uniform does have a beautiful jacket.

Stay safe and ride with caution!

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Monday, August 19, 2024

Midsummer Madness

Well a few weeks of intensity and

a lot of progress on many fronts!

First of all , look at these cherries!

A bumper crop this year even tho the

size is slightly smaller than usual, there

are loads of fruit!

We have removed 13 gallon bags

from this tree and it still looks full!

Over in the workroom,

machines have been humming,

seizing and stalling, pins have been dropped

and needles have been breaking!

Even with this bit of chaos, I have a few finishes.

The wedding quilt was delivered last week, gifted

and spread much delight.

Its twin was finished up today with a lovely scrap binding!

Yes, they are identical in all ways except the quilting and backing.

The wedding quilt has an all over serpentine and the keeper

has this lovely zig zag in each block.

One has a four patch back,

the other a piece in the middle backing.

The second is destined for my Cozy Collection but

as we've seen, those sometimes become gifts for big occasions!

To top everything off, the first of the six Stash Buster Irish chains

has been quilted and... bound! Yes a real win for me!

My organization genie really kicked in and there were many

family visits, meetings and a few lunch dates on top of bright

bursts of sewing ! What a midsummer !

Now here is the show off portion of the post!

Cherries , picked then cleaned and washed.

Some pitted , some

gifted, many eaten and 2 pies!

Tops pinned,

quilting done,

some batting to be removed

(yes, your parents were correct, haste makes waste)

and bindings made.

Finally, quilts bound up and complete!

Here's a little stash report too!

Fabric Purchased: 0 m

Used since last report 6 m

Fabric In to date: 25.5 m

Use to date 2024 : 75 m

Scraps in : 0 m

Scraps out : 0 m

Big Batch donation : 60 m (June)

Net Fabric in YTD: -3 m

Now to work on getting labels on every thing!

Happy stitching!

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Labels

Monday, September 9, 2024

Books , books , books!

Tuesday, September 3, 2024

Yo Yo Binder!!

Monday, August 26, 2024

The Logs are Piling Up!

Different is Better Too

Monday, August 19, 2024

Midsummer Madness