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A weekend stitching produced this charmer 

and it was loads of fun!

This blue top ended up a small queen size

at 73" x 80".

I used 2" strips for the columns with

a 5" pieced sashing between. 

The film strip top and bottom borders are

one of my favorite treatments.  

The finishing on this quilt is planned to be a wide

binding. This will re-enforce the pieced

sashing strip a bit and define the lighter squares so they

are not lost in the binding.

  This is not in my repertoire so 

it will be a  new experience for me. 

 

This top will go to the waiting room with 

the current batch of flimsies. 

Detailed notes will have to provide

me with direction when it is time quilt

and finish this lovely top. 

The white squares are 2" cut and centered 

in the column of mixed of blues and grays.

 A bit of comparison shows that the

pattern was almost followed!

The side borders were made up of 2" squares

instead of strips. 

All the strips were 2" as there 

were more blue 2" strips cut in the sewing room stash.

This was such a fun project that I may make 

another!  Stay tuned for an update!

Stay safe and sew on!

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Stitching Stuff

 

What, More Blues ?

 We all seem to have more of  one 

color and mine appears to be blue!

Here are more scraps waiting for a purpose. 

This is what I am trying to recreate:

Designed by Elle Brown, mine will

be similar, with different sized strips,

different color placement and possibly 

side borders.

There is a good bunch 

of units done up already just waiting for

me to return from the tropics!

So far I have this lovely box of strips done up. 

This evening's sew night should help 

get a good start on the top!

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First of the strings question

 The new year is starting off with a bang. 

I'm still working on finishing up things from 

last year and since my goal this year is to sew up 

strips and strings, I'm working on strips and strings.

I'm trying to whittle down my box of leftovers and 

bits of blocks and quilt.

There are an assortment of squares made of strings and strips. 

The next step is planning out what to make with them.

I took some figuring, but I have 2 good size

twin quilts planned and it should use up 

some good bunches of strips.

The first plan is utilizing twelve and a half inch 

cut blocks out of color family strips.

There are some red, purple and blue

in the scrap box. 

So I decided to make full length strip sets 

divided a vertical zinger.

I made fairly good progress on the 

blue the first day of stitching.

Let's see how far I get with this plan.

 The next evening really turned up the 

strips.  I found more blue already 

pieced so I was able to string all

the columns together.

 The design wall is getting layered up, 

and the log cabin top is peaking thru!

 A few colors are hanging out looking

for a spot to participate. 

An old favorite was chosen and 

here is the result!

One more top for the quilt rack. 

All are waiting for a layer and quilting!

Happy new year and happy stitching !

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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!

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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 !

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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!

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Prepping Complete

 The stockings are all nearly hung, 

the turkey almost cooked.

The cookies are all frosted , 

and a decoration's in each nook. 

Gifts are done and packaged, 

cards and calls are made. 

The quilts are stacked and threaded, 

and some just need a name. 

The year is almost over,

and the days will get more light, 

More things to do and plans to make,

For a glorious new year's night!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year