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.

UFO Busting Report

September 4, 2015 11:49 am ⋅

It’s time to report on my UFO Busting progress. No finishes in August — but progress was made. I completed one quilt top and two pieced backings. I’ve started quilting one of the Disappearing 9-patches and have identified a dozen quilts that I want/need to finish by the end of the year.

  • Projects In Process August 1 – 63
  • Projects Completed – 0
  • New Projects started – 0
  • UFOs re-purposed – 0
  • Projects in Process August 31 – 63

See how others are doing by following the links over at Field Trips in Fiber.

Posted in: UFO Busting - 2015

The Quilting Has Begun

September 3, 2015 11:49 pm ⋅

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Posted in: Challenges, DP9

Backing #2 Is Complete

September 3, 2015 12:39 am ⋅

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Two more shirting backings to go.

Posted in: Challenges

September Goals

September 1, 2015 6:27 am ⋅

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For September I would like to get these four shirting quilts quilted. But before I can do that I need to finish piecing 3 backings. I hope, given that I have two 4 day weekends this month, I can pull this off. If I get it all done, there is more to do as the quilts pictured below are on my list to finish by the end of the year as well.

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I did mention I set a crazy challenge for myself, didn’t I?

Posted in: Challenges

What’s On My Design Wall

August 31, 2015 12:16 am ⋅

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Over the weekend I finished cutting the shirt squares. Then I started stitching them into quilt backs. The one pictured above will go with the Orange Disappearing 9-Patch. Pictured below is half of the backing for one of the other Disappearing 9-Patch quilts.

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In the bottom left corner is the stack of quilt tops which I’m planning on quilting. I hope to get all of these backs knocked out this week, then I’ll start a marathon quilting session. I’ve got a 4-day weekend coming up.

Hop over to Patchwork Times to see what others are working on.

Posted in: designwall, DP9, goals

Stash Report

August 30, 2015 6:17 am ⋅

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It was a long day Saturday — I finished cutting the rest of the squares for the quilt backs — and the first 80 are sewn into groups of 4. But I simply ran out of steam before I could finish the back, so no fabric counted as out this week.

Fabric Added Since Last Report 0.0 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 185.805 yards

Fabric Used Since Last Report: 0.0 yards
Fabric Used to Date: 61.785 yards

INCREASE in Stash to Date:  124.02 yards

See how others are doing over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: Stash Busting Report

Past the Halfway Point

August 26, 2015 10:32 pm ⋅

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229 squares cut, another 181 squares to go to hit 410. I’ve emptied one shirt box, although I am filling it up with bits and pieces which need to be cut up into the Scrap Users System. But that’s for another day perhaps in January after I get past my latest crazy challenge of finishing 12 quilts in 4 months.

I had high hopes for this week.  Get all the squares cut and the smallest backing made so I could quilt the Orange Disappearing 9-patch next week.  However, I had a vicious attack of hives and it knocked me for a loop for a couple of days. I don’t ever recall having hives before and have no idea what set them off. Tomorrow is another day, so perhaps I’ll get more knocked out then than I have the last couple of days.

 

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What’s On My Design Wall

August 24, 2015 6:20 am ⋅

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I’ve been cutting up my shirts into 9-inch squares to make the backings for 4 quilts made from shirts. So far I’ve cut 183 squares and I need 410 for the 4 backings. The count should have been 187, but I cut the last shirt back wrong, not once, but twice, resulting in just 2 squares instead of 6. At that point I called it a day.

That pile of strips in the back will eventually become tumblers.

Check out the links over at Patchwork Times to see what others are working on.

Posted in: designwall

Stash Report

August 23, 2015 6:30 am ⋅

I finished the Green Disappearing 9-Patch top so that’s nearly 6-7/8 yards of countable fabric used.

Fabric Added Since Last Report 0.0 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 185.805 yards

Fabric Used Since Last Report: 6.806 yards
Fabric Used to Date: 61.785 yards

INCREASE in Stash to Date:  124.02 yards

See how others are doing over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: Stash Busting Report

Disappearing 9-Patch #3

August 21, 2015 12:30 am ⋅

greendp9topThe Green Disappearing 9-Patch is now a top. That makes 3 I’ve made this summer. Now it’s on to the quilt backs. I have 50 squares cut from the shirts and I need 410. That number is up from the original 320 as I will be finishing Nifty Thrifty this fall as well.

I’ll cut all the squares for the backings, then alternate piecing a backing with quilting a top.  That should give my shoulders and neck a break.

 

Posted in: DP9