This is Illusions, a ‘3-yard’ quilt that I made larger. I don’t remember how much extra fabric I used, and I think I used all of the bubble and the orange. I made the top at the Brandon Quilters retreat last fall, and quilted it November. It’s been sitting in the binding pile since then.
This quilt is on my 2025 Brandon Quilter’s UFO Challenge list.
It’s only Tuesday and I have 3 finishes!
First up is Blue Waters. It’s one of the of my 2024 Brandon Quilters Block of the Month quilts. It’s been waiting to be bound since either August or September. I have 2 different dates in my notes.
Next is one the Brandon Quilters President’s Challenge quilts.
I brought the blocks home after the April meeting. I just assembled, quilted and bound the quilt.
Finally, my Blooming 9-Patch that I’m calling Dragonfly Garden. 
This was a sew along with the Gulf States Quilt Association. I didn’t get the top done before the meeting, but I finished it in less than a month. All the fabric, including the backing came from stash.
Last week I set out just 3 goals for myself.
Would you believe I got it all done and then some?
The Blooming 9 Patch is quilted and needs to be bound.
I finally got the binding on my last Brandon Quilters 2025 Block of the Month.
and I assembled, quilted and bound one of the President’s Challenge quilts for Brandon Quilters.
All in all a great week.
So what’s on task for this week?
I would love to see all of this done by next Monday, as I want to have the Compass Lone Star done by May 18th. Fortunately, the center is already pieced.
This past week was very quilty. A total of 5 quilts were quilted – the 2nd, 3rd & 5th quilt pictured above, plus one for my SIL and one for a customer. But this is the Stash Report. From my stash I pulled the backing for all three of the quilts I quilted and ALL of the fabric for the center quilt. I can put it off no longer. It is time to bind. Two of these quilts have been waiting for binding since before the first of the year.
Fabric Added Since Last Report: 0 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 77.25 yards
Fabric Used Since Last Report: 20.627
Fabric Used to Date: 56.743 yards
Net Fabric Stash: 25.837 yards
I don’t know how much quilting I’ll get done this week, but I absolutely need to get the batik version of this block made this week. These are this quarter’s Gulf States Quilt Association Lotto blocks and the meeting is Saturday. I’m not a big Kaffe fan, but I think I found the way to use the fabric — fussy cut. My fabric now looks like Swiss cheese. I bought 3 different black & white prints the other day, then only used the zebra, pulling the other 2 from my stash. It looks like fingerprints to me.
Next on the list is to get the borders on the dragon shop sample. I really wanted it done to take to the guild meeting tonight, but got distracted.
The 3rd item is the Blooming Nine-Patch. This is this quarters sew along with GSQA. I hope to have all the blocks done, but I don’t know if I’ll get them sewn together. We’ll have to see what this week brings. These are the last 2 fabrics for the quilt.
As for my 2025 master list of UFO projects, nothing has been marked off since the middle of February. I’ve been busy — and now I’ve added 2 new projects! I may count the shop sample as my panel quilt, but that really defeats the purpose of listing a panel quilt. I also want to make another Crazy Eights quilt with the FQ I bought at the AQS show. “It’s not hard and won’t take too long” I think is how I ended up with so many UFOs. So for now this will just be a PIG.
Last night I made a little progress on the Blooming 9-Patch. When I originally sewed the strips for the most recent 9-patches my seam allowance was off and I had to fix it. I was also distracted by the long arm. I thought I’d put a quilt on the frame and while it was stitching I’d be piecing.
I opted for gold thread – specifically Military Gold from Glide on this scrappy red, white and blue quilt. It’s about 60″ wide and the E2E design I picked stitched quickly, so I didn’t have much time between passes.
The gold thread makes the quilting stand out. This E2E design is Calista Stars from My Creative Stitches. It is currently on sale for $5.
The quilt top was finished in April 2011. It was a mystery quilt I wrote for a retreat I attended. It’s been sitting in the box of quilt tops — with the backing and binding strips cut – since then. I wonder how long it will take me to bind it? I’ve got 2 more quilts that need binding.
I got the gold paint on the back of my backsplash.
I need to clean up the edges, but it is ready to be installed when the kitchen gets that far.
It looks like it’s been a couple of months since I set out a list of goals. I think all of my immediate deadlines are done, so it’s time to reflect on my next few goals.
Pictured above is the backsplash that will go behind my stovetop. But Pam, this is not quilting. I agree, but it is fabric, specifically, a piece of Northcott Midas Wide Backing in colorway # 67. This is the wide backing that I bought 9 yards of back in February. I found out the manufacturer of the tile I picked does not recommend it be used behind a stovetop, so it was back to square one to find something just as amazing. I found a number of blog posts where fabric is used and next thing I know I’m ordering a piece of 1/4″ thick tempered glass and more of the backing fabric. I am using Mod Podge Dishwasher Safe-Gloss to decoupage the fabric to the glass. I’ve got either 4 or 5 coats of glue on the fabric and will finish with gold spray paint. Not because it will be seen, but so the thin set doesn’t inadvertently shadow through. I’m going with gold paint so if for some reason I don’t have enough glue on the fabric the gold will look like it belongs. I used white paint on my trial run and I didn’t have enough Mod Podge on the fabric originally.
Next up is my Blooming 9-patch. I want to finish this because if I pull it off the design wall to work on something else, who knows when I’ll get back to it.
Finally I want to work on this pile. I felt so much better after I dealt with the scraps from the Dragon quilt which had gotten piled up on the table I want to keep the momentum going. I’m just going for the table in front of the window.
I will be thrilled to get these 3 things accomplished. I have a few more things queued up, but I’m not going to get a head of myself.
This is Dragons – Emerald Reign by Jason Yenter. My friend asked me if I would make this as a shop sample for her. She gave it to me the day we got back from AQS Branson and she needed it before she left for AQS Paducah. I took every bit of the 5 weeks to make the quilt in between everything else I was doing. This is a big quilt. 89 x 107.
I quilted it using Lorien’s Dragons with Glide thread in Persian.
Apparently working full-time, remodeling a kitchen, quilting, and bunco is not conducive to maintaining a blog, but I’m trying. Two weeks ago I went to Pensacola, Florida for the Gulf States Quilt Association quarterly meeting. At the time I was overwhelmed with everything I needed to get done, but since I needed to turn in my Lotto blocks and it was too late to cancel my hotel reservation, I went to the meeting. Cindy Grisdela was the speaker and I won a door prize!
I stopped in at A&E Fabrics & Crafts “just to look”. I actually was doing quite well until I spotted the dot fabric. I’ve been commissioned to make a quilt in these colors, so off to the races I went. I had 2 or 3 bolts I planned to take the rest of the bolt (less than 3 yards each) and I was going to just get 1/2 of the rest. Then they explained the sales they had going on and most of what I picked was 40% off. Naturally I bought more since it was on sale. I ended up with just shy of 19 yards.
Also added to my stash this week was 1 yard of assorted Jason Yenter fabric from the new Dragons-Emerald Reign collection. This is what was left after I made the Emerald Reign quilt as a shop sample. That and some scraps.
In addition to making the shop sample, I bound 2 panel quilt. When I was shown the floral quilt, I fell in love with it – and had to go get my kitchen samples. I picked up the panel today when I dropped the quilts off. Yes, I’ll be making this to hang in my breakfast room.
Nearly forgot. 2 yards of a wide back came in for me to use in assorted craft projects — such as the backsplash behind my stove. More on that later.
So this week’s Stash Report:
Fabric Added Since Last Report: 28.08 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 77.25 yards
Fabric Used Since Last Report: 0
Fabric Used to Date: 36.116 yards
Net Fabric Stash: 46.464 yards
Wow, it’s been nearly 7 weeks since my last stash busting report – prior to my trip to AQS Branson! I brought home these batiks to make the Cascade quilt larger. I’ve since discovered I do not have to, so I may just make 2 quilts.
I also picked up this panel. Then there was the 3 yards of fabric I purchased to make the GSQA lotto blocks — the ones which only took 1/4 to make all three. What can I say — I bought 1/2 yard of 6 different fabrics.
I have started another quilt completely from my stash, but between the guild meeting, trips to the hardware store and a 7 hour power outage yesterday, not a whole lot of quilting was done this week. On the other hand, I did pull fabric and precuts from my stash to use for prizes at the guild. At the last minute I pulled 4 more charm packs to add to the prize bucket, so they are not pictured.
Fabric Added Since Last Report: 11.5 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 54.5 yards
Fabric Used Since Last Report: 25.291 yards – “used” in this instance is removed from the stash
Fabric Used to Date: 36.116 yards
Net Fabric Stash: 18.384 yards
