Quilting and Stuff by Knitnoid

Author Archives: Pam

I made my first quilted item as a visual aid for a math project in 7th grade. Over the next 25 years quilting was hit or miss, but quilting took over all the other crafts I've done in 2003.

Stash Report

December 26, 2010 10:46 am ⋅

Last stash report of the year. All in all I’m pleased with my results.  I used in excess of 100 yards of fabric.  My fabric purchases were kept to a minimum – 94 yards, although  I inherited or was gifted another 81 yards.

The pincushions above are the results of my last-minute sewing.  I read about the pincushions on The Cozy Quilter’s blog, which in turn led me to the Moda Bake Shop.  The pink, black and white pincushion at the top is HUGE.  It really needs some more stuffing.  I ended up using 45-degree diamonds cut from 2 1/2 inch strips.  They finished at about 4 1/2″ in diameter.  I stuffed my pincushions with about 1 1/4 cup of crushed walnut shells.  I finished it off with button from my button box.

Now the final numbers:

Fabric Added this Week:  0 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 175.955 yards

Fabric Used this Week: 1.14 yards
Fabric Used to Date: 103.593 yards

Net Stash for 2010: 72.362 yards

Check out other results by following the links over at Patchwork Times.

 

 

Posted in: Stash Busting Report

Last-Minute Sewing

December 22, 2010 8:00 am ⋅

 

I’ve managed to stir up my 2 1/2 strip boxes while doing a bit of last-minute sewing.

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Pillowcases

December 21, 2010 11:56 pm ⋅

Finished two pillowcases today.  These go with this quilt.

Posted in: pillowcase

What is on my Design Wall

December 20, 2010 9:12 am ⋅

The fabric is just laying on my ironing board, but I’ve got to get this fabric made into two pillowcases this week.

See if anyone else has anything on their design wall by following the links over at Patchwork Times.

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Stash Report

December 20, 2010 9:09 am ⋅

I’m running behind on the stash report.  Originally didn’t think I had anything to report, but there was one stop looking for fabric for a couple of pillowcases.

Fabric Added this Week:  .444 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 175.955 yards

Fabric Used this Week: 0 yards
Fabric Used to Date: 102.453 yards

Net Stash for 2010: 73.502 yards

Links to more Stash Reports can be found at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: Uncategorized

Judy’s UFO Challenge 2011

December 16, 2010 11:06 pm ⋅

I’m not doing so well with Finn’s New Year’s Eve UFO Challenge. I had great hopes to finish 3 pretty good size projects, but as usual when I make plans like that life gets in the way.  I don’t see myself finishing anything else this year – not that I’m not still plugging away on various projects.  They are just going slower than I anticipated.

That’s not to say I’ve given completely up on my UFOs.  One day (in a time far, far, away) they will become finished quilts to be used.   To help me whittle down my extremely long list (see the Tops To Be Quilted and Quilts In Progress tabs above), I’m going to play along with Judy and her UFO Challenge next year.  Instead of listing quilts I’ve “got” to finish, I’ve picked quilts that I’ve passed over in the past to work on something “more important” or “more fun” (i.e. a new quilt).    My list of quilts and the rules which I’ve tweaked (Judy said we could :-)) are on the UFO Challenge 2011 tab.

If you have UFOs which need to be completed come join us over at Patchwork Times.  Sign ups begin Friday.

Posted in: UFO Challenge 2011, UFOs

What’s on my Design Wall

December 6, 2010 6:27 am ⋅

Thanksgiving weekend I discovered I didn’t have anything really portable to take to a sew in.  I’m working on the Cream & Green quilt, the Double Wedding Ring and No Blue Geese — but currently it’s all in the hand work stage and rather large to tote around.  Not wanting to start anything new, I pulled down my box containing this quilt –well really just the letters and prepped about 1/2 of my letters.    This project can’t be completed until sometime in May, so I’m sporadically working on it.

In the meantime, I’m still working on my Double Wedding Ring —  Started the 6th row last night.  I’m also working on No Blue Geese.  I quilted a large pleat into the backing, so I’m having to stitch it down by hand.  Once I get that done, I’ll put the binding on and post a photo.  The Cream and Green quilt is still waiting on some handwork as well.

Check out other design walls for more inspiration by following the links over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: Cream & Green Swap Sampler, crossword, designwall, dwr, No Blue Geese

As Seen Out and About

December 5, 2010 8:45 pm ⋅

 

Click on the picture to enlarge it.

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Stash Report

December 5, 2010 9:48 am ⋅

I’ve hit 100 yards used!  The backing for No Blue Geese pushed me over the mark.  No new fabric was purchased in this week – even though I was in 4 different quilt shops over the week.  Oh, but the thread!  I also bought Judy’s books Weekend Quilts. Pictured above is a quilt block and two FQs I received in the mail.  There was no return address on the envelope, just a Hope Mills, NC postmark.

Here’s my report:

Fabric Added this Week: .5 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 175.511 yards

Fabric Used this Week: 5.865 yards
Fabric Used to Date: 102.453 yards

Net Stash for 2010: 73.058 yards

Between now and the end of the year I don’t see much more fabric going out — maybe a binding or two — but we’ll see.

Check out other stash reports by following the links over at Patchwork Times.

 

Posted in: Stash Busting Report

November Recap/December Goals

December 2, 2010 12:59 pm ⋅

This past month I  had 4 quilting goals:

  • Continue quilting the Double Wedding Ring
  • Make progress on Cream & Green quilt
  • Complete center of Blue Ridge Beauty
  • Finish quilting center of Compass Lone Star

The only one that I missed completely was finishing the center of the Compass Lone Star.  I started quilting on it, but discovered my tension was off.  I’ve got ripping to do before I can work on it again.

I made progress on the  DWR, but not as much as I hoped.  At this point, I’m still 7-8 weeks from completing the quilt. I figure 2 weeks per row for 3 more rows and then another week or two for the binding.

I definitely made progress on the Cream & Green quilt – I finished quilting 12 blocks and have two rows together — although I’m still working on the hand work on the last seam I completed.  We’ll see if I get this done by the end of the year.

Complete the center of Blue Ridge Beauty.  That I got done.  One of these days I’m going to have to see about getting fabric for the border.

Additionally, I quilted and bound my Red, White & Blue Chain of Stars and made two pillowcases to go with it.  I made a cute little bag, and 4 string blocks.  Finally, I quilted No Blue Geese in my Tropical Garden.  Alas, about the time I ran out of bobbin thread I discovered I managed to quilt pleats into the backing.  The good news is since the backing is so busy, I’m going to be able to stitch the pleats in place and call it good.

Now on to December’s goals.  They suspiciously look like November’s goals.

  • Continue quilting the Double Wedding Ring
  • Make progress on Cream & Green quilt
  • Finish quilting center of Compass Lone Star
  • Fix the pleat and bind  No Blue Geese

The first three quilts are on my list for Finn’s NYE UFO Challenge.  The DWR is on two other challenge lists and the Cream & Green quilt is on one other challenge list.    We’ll see how much I get done by the end of the year.  I’m not tossing in the towel, but I am realistic enough to realize that I’m not going to finish all of these quilts.  Fortunately these are just goals.

Now, if I can just stop starting new stuff or working on quilts not listed.

I’m off to put in another Harry Potter DVD and do some hand quilting.

 

Posted in: goals