This is UFO #6 off the second list. Yes, I might just finish 2 UFOs this month. The binding is on and I just need to stitch it down — then decide if I need to go back and quilt the around the outside edge (I’m thinking yes.) I even have the quilt labeled.
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And check back this evening to see if I finish the quilt before midnight!
This weekend I was on call for work, so I spent some quality time with my sewing machine and completed the center of my 2008 Charm Challenge quilt which is UFO #6 for Judy’s UFO Challenge. Now I’m working on the borders.
I had 13 1/2 inches of the green fabric and 7 inches of the peach. Needless to say my options were limited. I managed to mangle the math, but I think it’s going to be OK. The inner peach border will finish at 1/2 inch, the middle green border 1 inch and the outer border 3″. The finished size of the quilt will be about 54 x 76 — a smaller than the 60 x 85 I try to aim for.
Another evening or two, and I’ll have this quilt top finished and off my UFO list and on to my “to be quilted list”. I do hope that whatever # Judy draws next month, it’s something I can finish without much thought. #2 or #7 would be good numbers for February.
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Eight more blocks and I’ll have all 96 blocks done. Then I can start sewing them into rows and ultimately a quilt top. I’m going to have to temporarily clear the hearth off so I can get the last two rows up on the design wall. Those blocks on the right really go on the bottom of the quilt.
For a border I’ve decided on three narrow inner borders – 3/4- inch green, 1/2 – inch peach, and 3/4 inch green — this will use up the remaining peach and green fabric. The final outer border and binding will be a 4 to 5 inch wide brown print. I finally found two different brown prints from the collection on-line and ordered one of them last night. Since Shangri-La is an older collection (2008), I’m thrilled that I can find anything in stock.
Since I’m off from work, I’ll spend a good bit of time working on this, hopefully finishing it up – well as much as I can with out the border fabric — and then get started on my next project.
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Today’s wall contains UFO # 6 – the 2008 Charm Challenge. I found out the name of the charm pack is Shangra-La. It is a Moda line by 3 Sisters. I spent most of Friday evening cutting the light fabrics and part of Saturday cutting the green squares for the star points. I ‘batched’ up 9 kits of 8 blocks each and it looks like I have a few more light pieces to cut and definitely more green squares to cut. At the moment the plan is to make the quilt 8 blocks by 12 blocks.
This is the first time in a long time I’ve worked on just one project at a time. I don’t have a leader/ender project going. I’m not sure if that a good thing or a bad thing.
I hope to get this top finished by next weekend. I have a couple of current projects which I need to make progress on this month.
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This is the last Design Wall post of the year. There’s nothing on the wall, but on my cutting mat I have No Blue Geese trimmed and ready for binding. Who knows, I might just have another finish for Finn’s New Year’s Eve UFO Challenge and I’ll need to find another quilt to put on my UFO Challenge 2011 list for the challenge Judy is sponsoring.
I can live with that.
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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.
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Technically these blocks are still on my design wall. Last week I quilted the Red, White & Blue Chain of Stars, prepped the backing for No Blue Geese in my Tropical Garden, cut out a few letters for a future project and worked on my Double Wedding Ring.
Tomorrow I’m off to quilt No Blue Geese.
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Not exactly on my design wall, but this is the quilt I’m working on this week. Yesterday I bought fabric for the backing. Tonight I’ll piece the back, sandwich the quilt and start the quilting.
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Yesterday I promised I’d show my progress on the Cream & Green Swap quilt. This is one of my quilts which is on several of my UFO challenge lists, including the New Year’s Eve UFO Challenge which Finn is hosting. This weekend I got about halfway through putting two rows together.
I still need to stitch down the seam allowance on the back, and then stitch in the ditch between the sashing and first row.
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Very little quilting was accomplished this weekend. After working all night Friday night/Saturday morning, I didn’t get going good until, well, I’m still not going good Sunday evening. I did get out of the house Saturday afternoon for the quilt show, then when I got home, we turned around (after a 2 hour nap on my part) and took my niece to dinner. Sunday we were out all day – church and then shopping — at a MALL. And I had new heels on. That’s a story for another time. Anyway, we finally got home about 3:30 and I put my feet up.
I worked some more on the on Double Wedding Ring, but I still have a melon, two arcs and the cornerstones and before I’ll be done with the 4th ring on the 5th row, with three more rings to get done before Wednesday. Check back Wednesday to see if I get it done.
Briefly I worked on the Cream & Green blocks — the first row is put together and I’ve got two blocks on the second row together, the backing just needs stitching down. Before long I’ll have to make a border decision.
When I bought the sashing and cornerstone fabric, I bought enough for borders and binding. I just don’t remember if I was planning on design #1 or design #2:
Option # 1
Option # 2
Both of these options makes the quilt a full size quilt. However, if I leave the borders off and just bind it in green, it will be twin size — not to mention I’ll have enough of the sashing fabric to make the body of pillow case (probably have enough to make the cuff if I go with a larger quilt).
Option # 3
This quilt doesn’t have a destination — yet — so I can’t use that as my guide. Right now I’m leaning toward no borders, but that may be because I’m tired. At least I don’t have to make that decision immediately.
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