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What I’m Working on Wednesday – 2/26/2025

February 26, 2025 1:40 pm ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅

I’ve fallen behind in my blogging.  Next week my brother is bringing and installing this custom vanity he made me! So, things have been a bit busy around here.  I’ve had to prepare notes for my Vice President since I won’t be at the meeting next week. My brother said he didn’t see why I couldn’t go — then I sent him the list of things I want us to accomplish. He threatened to just ship me the vanity.

So as far as my Goals for last week — I missed all of them. I don’t have any quilting goals for this week.  Although, I will be folding the quilts which are currently on the guest bed. After I get that done, I need to start on my sunroom and kitchen.

My brother will be here for a week, then I’m going to AQS Branson to help at the Ritzy Quilting Company booth.  When I get back, my kitchen renovation starts.  So, in the next 10 day – I need to clear my kitchen and utility room and before that I need to make space elsewhere in my house to everything.

Stash Report for 2/28/2025

I’ve mentioned I’m making 2 quilts for my SIL to give to her sisters this Christmas.  Well this is the backing for the 2nd quilt.

Fabric Added Since Last Report: 8 yards (I converted my wide back to 45″)
Fabric Added to Date:  40 yards

Fabric Used Since Last Report: 0 yards
Fabric Used to Date: 10.825 yards

Net Fabric Stash: 29.175 yards

Maybe I’ll get off another post before I leave for Branson, but if not, I’ll aim to post something on March 21st.

 

Posted in: designwall, goals, House, Stash Busting Report

What I’m Working on Wednesday – 2/19/2025

February 19, 2025 12:13 am ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅

Yesterday I dug through my FQ box and found this cool dot print to use for the reverse applique of the dragonfly. It’s fused together, now I just need to decide how I’m going to finish the project — put it in a frame and call it good, finish it like a fabric post card or something else altogether.  The reality is it will sit unfinished for a few more days.  I need to work on the mystery pattern.

Posted in: applique, Art Quilts, designwall

What I’m Working on Wednesday – 2/12/2025

February 12, 2025 1:56 pm ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅

Last night I loaded a customer quilt on the frame and started quilting it.  It’s going pretty fast, but I need to wind another bobbin, so called it a night. While the computer was doing it’s thing, I worked on the remaining Laura’s Little Notebook Covers.  I think 6 are pinned and ready to stitch.

Posted in: designwall, Lauras Little Notebook, Machine Quilting

What I’m Working on Wednesday – 2/5/2025

February 5, 2025 1:37 pm ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅

Not a lot of progress has been made since I set my goals for the week. Interfacing has been applied to the pieces of the Laura’s Little Notebook Covers and the tab stitched.  Tonight after work I need to get the binding on the quilt.  I need to have it finished by Friday!

Posted in: designwall, Framed, Lauras Little Notebook

Design Wall Monday

April 10, 2023 10:47 am ⋅

On this Design Wall Monday I first have a finish.  Last week I made the Midi Bag. This past weekend I made the larger Mondo Bag.   I think this will make a great reusable shopping bag.

Here are the two of them together for size comparison.

After the bag was finished, I pulled out my Christmas Star Swap blocks from April 2019.  I made the 6 alternate squares, now I need to do the setting triangles.

 

Posted in: Christmas Star Swap, designwall, Mondo

Design Wall Monday

January 2, 2023 1:50 am ⋅

 

On this first Design Wall Monday of 2023, I have a quilt top finish. This is the log cabin quilt I started piecing at the quilt retreat in September. When I packed up after the retreat half the blocks needed 3 logs and the rest just needed two logs. I got those added last week and started piecing the top New Year’s Eve.  I had the first half finished about 4 minutes before the clock struck midnight, ringing in the new year. The 2nd half of the top was finished by 11:30 PM on the 1st. Up next is the quilting.

This is the backing I’m planning on using. Now to figure out the quilting design.

As I was assembling the quilt my Rivanna HST were getting created.  At last count I had 11 bags of HST. I still have a few more of this combination, then it will be on to another fabric.  I have 2 more fabrics prepped.

 

I’ve stitched a bit more on my Faux Applique. This is a direct result of the Final Countdown Challenge over at Prairie Moon Quilts.

Chilhowie Clue 6 will be worked on this week. It’s simple enough, but I ran out of bobbin thread the night I was working on it, then got caught up with the log cabin.

 

Posted in: 2023 Brandon Quilters UFO, Chilhowie, designwall, Faux Applique, Final Countdown, Leaders & Enders, log cabin, Rivanna

Design Wall Monday – Christmas Weekend

December 26, 2022 5:56 am ⋅

First, I hope you had a Merry Christmas – and stayed warm!  I can’t say I’ve not been in cold weather like we had before, but it was further north!

First up for the weekend stitching is my Quilts By Hearts Desire Pizza Box Challenge quilt.  I was able to finish the quilt top.  Later this week I’ll get it loaded on the longarm to get it quilted.  This quilt is on my 2023 Brandon Quilters UFO list and I would like to have it done by January 16th QBHD meeting.

Next it was time to work on the Quiltville Mystery Quilt – Chilhowie.  These blocks went together quickly. I can’t wait to see what our next step it.

With both the Pizza Box done and the Mystery caught up, it was time to pull something else out.  I pulled out the Log Cabin quilt which I started in September and haven’t worked on since I got back from the quilt retreat in September.  I just have the last 2 dark logs to add to the rest of the blocks before I can start assembling the quilt top.  I’d like to have this one finished by mid-January as well.

 

Posted in: 2023 Brandon Quilters UFO, Chilhowie, designwall, Pizza Box

Design Wall Monday – After Thanksgiving Edition

November 28, 2022 11:00 am ⋅

Since we are talking Thanksgiving weekend, naturally we have to start with the Quiltville Mystery Quilt by Bonnie Hunter. This year’s quilt is Chilhowie. Information on the quilt can be found HERE.  All though the clue was not difficult, it took me all weekend to get it done.  Once the clue came out, I decided I wanted another piece of white batik.  My SIL and I went to Stitch-in-Frame in Bovina, Mississippi.  It’s about a 45 minute drive.  Afterwards we went on to Vicksburg for lunch at Rusty’s – awesome catfish and we split a Mississippi Mud Brownie.

We’ve been hearing about how low the Mississippi River is low. It’s about 10 feet where historically it is closer to 13 or 14.  This picture was taken at 2:47.

Just a few minutes later – 3:01 the fog started rolling in.  I finally started working on the quilt Friday evening.

Saturday morning, after receiving notice that my nephew’s quilt top is on the way to me, I pulled out Baubles-n-Beads to get it quilted. I started by pulling out all my gold thread. I apparently have quite a variety. LtoR: Mocha, Khaki, Biscotti, Sand, Dijon, Military Gold, Buttercup and Vegas Gold.  That’s Bombay on the far right which I used in the background.  I ended up using Sand since it matched the topstitching on the quilt.

It was after I finished the quilting on Baubles-n-Beads that I worked on Chilhowie.  I ended up with 18 HST, which still need trimming for Rivanna, my Leader/Ender project.\

 

On my design wall proper I  have blocks for 2 quilts.  The black and bright blocks are from the Pizza Block challenge I participated in with Quilters By Hearts Desire. I have one more block to make.  The blocks on the right are from the 2021 Starlight Quilters BOM.  I still have a few more blocks to make. My goal is to get this quilt finished by December 6th.

Posted in: Bauble 'n Beads, Chilhowie, designwall, Pizza Box, Rivanna

What’s On My Design Wall – A Finish

November 14, 2022 1:13 am ⋅

I have another finish this morning.  I started this sampler December 31, 2020, drafting the block patterns and giving them to my SIL. Then I decided to move. Last week I delivered the last of the block instructions, so it was time to assemble this quilt.  The only issue, is I didn’t like the fabric I picked for the sashing – it was too stark against the blocks.  I really thought it was going to be yet another quilt where the inspiration fabric wasn’t going to be used as the border.  I posted on Facebook my dilemma, and orange and black were was suggested. My original choice was black, so that wasn’t going to work.  So I took my blocks & the border fabric with me when I drove down to Gardensong.

I found an orange Grunge with pink and yellow highlights. I think it works.

The backing is a floral with all of the colors.  I bound it with the Grunge.

Started: 12/31/2020

Finished (top, quilted, bound and washed): 11/14/2022

Measures 51 1/4″ x 62 1/2″

Legacy 80/20 Batting

40wt Glide in Strawberry Blonde

Quilting design: Airborne

This is one of my UFOs with the Guild.

Posted in: 2022 Brandon Quilters UFO, designwall, Ruby's Sampler

Design Wall Monday — on a Thursday

September 30, 2021 4:09 pm ⋅

Earlier this week I pulled out my Genie and set it up on a table in my office, along with my ironing board. The cutting table is in the front bedroom.  This is the Mississippi Quilt Association Block of the Month. We got our first set of blocks via email 11/25/2020.  The last blocks came in 1/26/2021. I finished the blocks the first week of February.  I pulled the blocks out the end of March to finish the top, but didn’t find a border fabric I was happy with. Shortly there after I made the decision to move so there was no sewing/quilting for me.

The finished tops/quilts were to be shown at the June Gathering, but it was cancelled.  The Fall Gathering is happening this weekend and the quilts will be shown.

The quilt is pinned to the studs where my design wall will be if  I can ever find a contractor to insulate and sheetrock the walls.  BTW, this is natural light around 3:45 PM this afternoon.  I’ve plenty of light during the day, but night is an entirely different story.

Linking with Small Quilts and Doll Quilts for Design Wall Monday.

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