Category Archives: 2023 Brandon Quilters Ufo

Athena is Finished

October 2, 2023 9:11 am ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅ Pam

It’s been a busy few days. Saturday I made an appointment to go to Ritzy Quilting Company with Ruby, my SIL. The shop is owned by a friend and we were looking at her website when Ruby spotted some fabric that she thought would work well with s floral she got from an estate a few weeks ago. I needed a green to go with my lily fabric for a 2nd quilt from the fabric, and while I was there I picked up some additional fabrics to go with it for a 3rd quilt.

I used the 2nd green from the left in my Chain Link quilt and will bind it with this fabric as well. I have plans for 2 more of these quilts. They go together quickly, but I found it hard to ‘square the quilt’ when it was quilted.

While this quilt was being quilted, I made binding.

One of these days I’m going to learn that I plan to get more done that I have time for. I’m going to try to get the Auction String IV bound today, but the Orange Lily quilts will have to wait until later. After I get back from the Quilt Guild meeting tonight, I have to go into cleaning mode as I’m hosting Bunco next Monday. After Bunco, I have the President’s Challenge to get done by the following week for my other guild. At that point, I have a sweater sleeve to knit so I can get my sister’s sweater finished. Hopefully that won’t take more than a week or 2 so I can get back to quilting. I have 2 more UFOs to finish by December 4th, and I’d like to get one more quilt made from the Lily Fabric. I think I still have 6 1/2 yards left.

So back to Athena.

It is quilted using Glide in Buttercup. The quilting motif is “Sports”. I enlarged the E2E design to 20″ tall. There is less than 2 bobbins of thread in this 57 x 71 quilt. I started the quilt on 1/26/22 and finished it 10/1/23. The quilt pattern is Athena from GE Designs Stripology 2, but I switched up the colors a bit. Instead of a 2 color quilt, I made mine 3. I had purple strips and squares, neutral strips and yellow squares.

Posted in: 2023 Brandon Quilters UFO, Athena, Chain Link

Keeping the Momentum Going

September 28, 2023 12:33 am ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅ Pam

Since I’ve gotten back from the retreat, I’ve kept the momentum going. There are 4 more quilts on my 2023 Brandon Quilters UFO list and 2 of them are one step closer. My goal is to show them Monday night at the meeting. First up is Auction Strings IV. For this one I used Strawberry Blond thread and Overlapping Crop Circles. The backing is a wide back I picked up in April. The binding is cut (turquois with a cheddar flange) and needs to be made.

LSU Athena is next on the list. For this quilt i used Buttercup thread and a sports motif quilting design. Originally I planned to use the LSU fabric as the outer border, but I like the tiger stripe better, so the LSU fabric ended up on the back. I have enough fabric to make a pillowcase to go with this quilt. The binding will be in the tiger stripe with a purple flange, just to make it easer to stitch down.

The most recent top is the Orange Lily Garden Lattice.

It is ready to load on the longarm as soon as I get the backing pieced. Since I have so much of the lily fabric, the backing will be the same as the main fabric. After cutting the backing, I counted folds. I think I still have 7 1/2 – 8 yards of fabric left. I have another quick quilt in mind, but before I can start it, I need to get the bindings on all of these quilts.

And because I sat down to write this post on the 27th, a picture of my babies. Butterscotch (R) and Gracie (L). Today was their ‘gotcha day’ anniversary. I can’t believe it’s been 9 years.

Posted in: 2023 Brandon Quilters UFO, Athena, Auction Strings, Butterscotch, Garden Lattice, Gracie

I Finished a UFO

September 18, 2023 2:54 pm ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅ Pam

Oh so many years ago — 16 years, 9 months and 2 days to be exact – December 15, 2006, I walked into a quilt shop and saw a “quilted” jacket made from a sweatshirt. The class was full, but I thought I could make it on my own – and in time to give it to my mom for Christmas. As with many last minute projects, Christmas came and went without it being finished, so it got set aside.

I pulled it out in 2020 to finish as my quilt guild wanted me to do a presentation on quilted sweatshirt jackets. I even purchased a couple of additional sweatshirts to make a few more jackets. But the meetings were cancelled then I moved, so no more work was done on the jacket. I was asked to do a presentation at one of my current guilds, so I put this on my UFO list and actually worked on it a little earlier in the year. But it wasn’t until this past weekend that I buckled down and finished it.

The neckband and one cuff is missing, so I found some 2″ wide elastic and added a casing to the cuff and waistband. This has the added benefit of adding an additional inch to the length, which is helpful since I’m now giving this to my sister.

Posted in: 2023 Brandon Quilters UFO, Moms Sweatshirt

A Few Finishes

August 22, 2023 1:57 pm ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅ Pam

I’ve finally gotten to some of the binding. It’s not all done, but I’ve finished a few. First up is Cairdeas. This wall hanging was done in commemoration of my trip to Ireland in June with Bonnie Hunter. She designed this quilt, and the pattern is available in her on-line store. I started the embroidery in Ireland June 14th and finished the binding August 4th. It measures 24 1/2 x 25 1/4 after washing.

Up next is the Christmas Star Swap quilt. In April 2019, I attended a quilt retreat and some of us swapped blocks. This quilt was on my 2023 Brandon Quilters UFO list. This quilt finishes at 74″ x 93 before washing. The quilting is a combination of ruler work — 1 1/4″ and 3/4″ circles using the Handi Quilter Swiss Cheese ruler, free-motion continuous curves in the chain, and computerized motifes-Feathered Square 3 which I divided in half for the white areas and used who in the pieced blocks, and Christmas 2010 Border and Boder Corner by Sweet Dreams Quilt Studio. It took about 6 bobbins of Glide 40wt in Pistachio.

Kimberly is my most recent finish. I started this quilt at the MQA Summer Gathering and finished it August 21st. The quilting motif is Liberty. I used 3 bobbins in Glide 40wt in Mercury. It measures 65 x 82 1/2.

Posted in: 2023 Brandon Quilters UFO, Cairdeas, Christmas Star Swap, Kimberly

Fairy Frost Sunset

May 7, 2023 11:40 am ⋅ Pam

I have a new finish. This is Fairy Frost Sunset. Fairy Frost because all the colored fabric is Michael Millers Fairy Frost and Sunset as that’s the name of the pattern. I bought this fabric years ago – January 2009 to be specific, but then didn’t work on the quilt until September 2010. Well, I finally got it quilted and bound. It’s on my Brandon Quilters 2023 UFO list.

The quilt is roughly 56 x 79. I used Glide 40wt in Mercury. I used Kraker Quilting & Design’s Swirls & Feather Border Corner and Border on the outer border. I simply stitched 1/4″ from the seams on the inner border. For the center I enlarged the Swirls & Feather #3 Block to fit the blocks.

I bought the fabric for the top at Heritage Fine Fabrics in Belton, MO back in January 2009. The quilt top was made in September 2010. I found the backing at Hobby Lobby. I loaded it on the long arm last month, finishing the binding on 4/29/23.

There was extra border and backing fabric, so I made a matching pillowcase.

Posted in: 2023 Brandon Quilters UFO, Fairy Frost Sunset, pillowcase

Progress

April 29, 2023 10:45 pm ⋅ Pam

I finally got my Fairy Frost Sunset quilted. It’s been hanging around since September 2010. It’s been bound, but needs to be washed. Hopefully next week I’ll get that post written.

The Christmas Star Swap from April 2019 is now a top. I’ve pieced the backing from some vintage Christmas stash and cleaned out a project box. I hope to get this loaded on the frame in the morning.

Both of these quilts are on my Brandon Quilters UFO list.

Posted in: 2023 Brandon Quilters UFO, Christmas Star Swap, Fairy Frost Sunset

More Finishes

February 13, 2023 9:52 am ⋅ Pam

First up is my Black & White 4-patch Stacked Posies quilt. The quilt top was finished in 2008. I even started quilting it after my sister got her long arm. Then I ripped out a bunch of the quilting. I finally pulled it out late last month.

Each block is quilted individually with the same motif, the sashing is quilted with another motif and the borders were quilted separately. Given my thread color – Mercury – the quilting is not very visible, and an edge-2-edge design might have worked just as fine. On the other hand, I learned a lot.

Quilt Top started: Spring 2008 and finished 9/8/2008
Quilting Finished 2/5/2023
Before Washing 60 2/4″ x 85 1/4″
After Washing 56 1/4 x 79″
Thread Glide 40wt in Mercury

This is quilt is on my 2023 Brandon Quilters UFO Challenge list.

This is Spider Webs. A few years ago at a quit retreat, a quilter made Night & Day, a Quilt in a Day quilt. That particular pattern has odd cuts, which can be used to make SpiderWebs. She didn’t want the extra pieces and gave them to a friend, who in turn passed them to my sister. My sister put the center together. While we were in San Antonio, we picked out the border fabrics and backing. I added the border, quilted and bound the quilt before sending it back to my friend.

Start: unknown
Finished: 2/5
Thread: Glide 40wt in Biscotti – 2+ bobbins
Quilting Motif: PR105298 – Alpine – Grande with -7 row gap
Before Washing : 49 3/4 x 57 1/4

Posted in: 2023 Brandon Quilters UFO, Stacked 4-Patch

Another Quilt?

January 23, 2023 10:30 am ⋅ Pam

Well, it’s not bound yet.

Over the weekend I updated the software on my longarm. So between that and wanting to remember how to setup a separate border, I pulled out this Stacked Posies quilt from 2008.

In addition to having a separate border, each block and sashing is quilted individually. If you click on the picture the quilting becomes visible. In retrospect, given the thread color I used (Glide 40wt Mercury) and edge-2-edge design would have worked just as well.

This quilt is on my 2023 Brandon Quilters UFO Challenge list. As soon as I get it bound it will be the 4th quilt I’ve knocked off my list. That leaves me just 12 quilts tops waiting to be quilted. We won’t talk about the # of quilts I’m still piecing. Those can be seen HERE.

Posted in: 2023 Brandon Quilters UFO, Longarm, Stacked 4-Patch

Quilt # 3 of 2023

January 20, 2023 6:00 am ⋅ Pam

This is Princess and the Pea.

I won the panel at a guild auction back in 2019. That year the retreat mystery quilt started with a panel. If I remember correctly, I brought the panel and a bunch of fabric that I thought would go with the top. After I got the borders on it, I folded it up and it’s sat in the To Be Quilted pile.

This quilt was put on the 2023 Brandon Quilters UFO Challenge list because I knew that the January program at Quilters By Hearts’ Desire was Panels and Cheaters. This even worked into our new monthly lesson on borders, as the first lesson was Coping Borders.

When it came time to bind it, I opted to use the same fabric as I used for the backing. It’s black and has multi-colored swirls on it.

Quilt Stats

Started 4/13/2019
Finished 1/16/2023
Glide 40wt in Amethyst
E2E – Radiate with Pearls
Legacy 80/20 batting
Size before Quilting & Washing 48 1/2 x 64 1/2
Size after Quilting & Washing 46 x 59

Posted in: 2023 Brandon Quilters UFO, Princess and the Pea

Quilt #2 of 2023

January 18, 2023 10:39 am ⋅ Pam

Quilt #2 is the 2022 Quilters By Hearts’ Desire Pizza Box Swap quilt. Last year we each put a length of background and focus fabrics, plus some FQs of coordinates in a pizza box. We made the first block, then at each meeting someone else took the box home. We don’t meet in December, so we received our boxes back in November with 10 additional blocks. I made a 12th block then put them together to make this quilt.

The blocks are set together with a 6″ wide sashing and corner stones giving the illusion of alternate blocks.

The quilt is custom quilted with several different quilt designs.

Outer border – Alienfleur Border & Corners
Inner border – ABM HFzag drop
Setting Triangles – Anne Bright Hippie Double
Setting Corners – Anne Bright Hippie Single
Pieced Blocks – Anne Bright Hippie 4 Block
Blocks formed around Corner stones – Sweet Dreams BD 2013 003
Triangles formed in sashing – Kalediscope

At this point I must give a huge shout out to Capri, the System Administrator on the Innova AutoPilot Mach3 Owners FB group and owner of Bear Paw Quilts. I posted in a panic Saturday morning about something weird in my file when I opened it to resume quilting. She spent nearly 2 hours on the phone with me working through fixing the issue, then teaching me what I needed to do to finish the quilting. She also suggested the quilting motif for the blue sashing, which still needed to be quilted after I finished the computerized quilting.

I’m not sure it shows well here, but it is Point to Point curves from corner to corner.

I took the quilt outside before I bound it and all of the great texture can be seen.

Quilt Stats

Started 1/9/2022
Finished 1/16/2023
Quilted with Glide 40wt in Cool Gray 7 – 4 bobbins
Legacy 80/20 batting
Top before quilting and washing 73 1/2 x 91 1/2
After quilting and washing 67 x 86 1/2

For the label, I created a document in Word and printed it onto printable fabric. I moved the blocks out of month order, so the label reflects the block order and includes the name of the quilter, the block they made and the month they made it.

This quilt is on my 2023 Brandon Quilters UFO Challenge list.

Posted in: 2023 Brandon Quilters UFO, Machine Quilting, Pizza Box

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