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Category Archives: Designwall

What’s on My Design Wall

May 23, 2010 11:47 pm ⋅

I can’t make up my mind what I’m working on. All weekend I had the 50 blocks I’ve completed for Oklahoma Backroads on the design wall and I was quilting Dancing Flowers. Additionally, I’ve been working on my red scraps. In addition to my usual sizes, since I’m working on the reds, I’m cutting 1 1/2 inch squares to use as the centers of log cabin blocks. But sometime Sunday afternoon I decided I needed to work some more on my Texas Braid.

My original plan was to make this about 36 inches square, but I’m liking the way it’s turning out, so I’m going to aim for about 60 x 80. So, I’ve got some length to add to these braids and I need another 4 (one is missing from the picture.)

Hop over to Judy’s to check out other design walls and see if anyone else is having trouble staying focused on a single project.

Posted in: Dancing Flowers, designwall, Oklahoma Backroads, Texas Braid

What’s on My Design Wall

May 17, 2010 12:40 am ⋅

Currently the remaining Poinsettia Star blocks are on the wall.  Other than using fabric from my stash, I’m not positive how I’m going to finish this into a baby top.

Using 4 of the Fox and Geese blocks I made this baby top:

But the big news is I’ve finished my Carolina Christmas top – just in time to take to the Guild meeting and show Bonnie Hunter in person!

This top is approximately 59″ x 85″.  If the weather is decent later today I’ll try to get a straight on photo.  Who knows, I might have the 2nd baby top done as well.

Check out other design walls by following the links at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: Carolina Christmas, designwall

What’s on My Design Wall

May 10, 2010 12:31 am ⋅

They are not sewn together, but I have most of my Carolina Christmas blocks sewn.  I keep flip-flopping between making the large square quilt, or making two smaller quilts.  Today, I’m leaning toward the latter.

Check out other design walls by visiting Patchwork Times.

Posted in: Carolina Christmas, designwall

What’s on My Design Wall

May 2, 2010 11:35 pm ⋅


I’ve been putzing around in my sewing room all weekend and finally got enough stuff put up, I was able to re-hang the design wall. Not only have I been cleaning, but I’ve been quilting and finally came up with the setting for my Dancing Flowers wall hanging. The picture above is from EQ. I imported pictures of my blocks and then set them into the quilt design.


So far all I have done is the inner sashing.

I settled on this layout since I’m making it to go with my Black and Bright Swap block quilt. Here’s an EQ rendering of the quilt. Perhaps by the end of the year this quilt will make it into the top 5 UFOs to finish.

To see if others are working on their UFOs or something new, check out the links at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: applique, designwall, UFOs

What’s on My Design Wall

April 26, 2010 12:10 pm ⋅

My design wall is still not back up on the wall from last week’s retreat. For that matter, I’m having difficult moving around in my sewing room. Stuff is piled up every where. It has not, however prevented me from basic piecing. All of my Carolina Christmas blocks are done.

Last week I picked up several books from the library (I love my library — ‘quilting’ returns 1746 listings) including Saving the Scraps – Great Quilts from Small Bits by Gayle Bong. I think there are 4 quilts that I would like to make in this book, so I think I’ll be buying it for my personal library. The block pictured above is 1/4 of a block for Fractured Diamonds.

Having made one unit, it going to go into my orphan quilt block box (which is almost as stuffed as the sting box). I don’t really want to start a new quilt right now — too many quilts waiting for me to complete.

See if anyone has started something new or if they are working on their UFOs by checking out the links at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: books, designwall

What’s on My Design Wall

April 19, 2010 7:56 am ⋅

My design wall is missing. Well actually, I took it down and took it to the retreat. It’s still packed, but I am still working on stuff. The Kaw Valley Quilt Guild Quilt Show is this weekend and I’m making boutique items.

Last weekend I made a bunch of pocket tissue covers using Ami Simms “Almost Free” pattern to take to the retreat for everyone. It was kind of funny as another retreater had the same idea, so everyone got two packets of tissues with covers. The extras are going to the guild sale table.


This morning I’m working on pin cushions. I’ve got one made and have the top of the second one made.

Follow the links at Judy’s to see what other’s are working on.

Posted in: designwall, guild

What’s on My Design Wall

April 12, 2010 10:08 am ⋅

This week, I’m quilting Stripy 4-Patch. Nothing fancy — cross hatching in the pieced strips and probably a simple cable the floral strips.

This weekend I got distracted did no quilting on this quilt. Instead I made some quick gift items for the retreat and quilt show — I’ll show a picture next week. They really were quick, but anytime you start doing multiples that 5 minutes starts to add up! I also make a hanging sleeve for one of the two quilts I want to enter into the quilt show. I’m not looking forward to all of that hand stitching.

Check out what others are working on by following the links at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: designwall

What’s on My Design Wall

April 5, 2010 1:00 am ⋅

Between cleaning the living room, my sister moving, and my initial pass though Mom’s sewing room, it’s getting crowded in my sewing room. As a result, I can’t get to the design wall and today’s picture is taken on my bed — please ignore the pile of clothes at the foot of the bed.

This is my Stripy 4-Patch which I made Leader/Ender style. I started it in the fall of 2007, but when I found out that I had a new great-niece, I used the pieces I had completed to make a baby quilt which was delivered in January 2008.

Once I finished Violet’s quilt, I resumed sewing the 4-patches for the current quilt. By this time last year, the pieced strips were done and I simply needed to cut the stripe fabric and sew it together.

This was one of the quilts I took to last year’s retreat, but did not get to. Earlier this month I thought I’d take it to this year’s retreat, but sometime in the last week, I pulled it out and started working on it. I just need to cut and attach the top and bottom borders and miter the corners and the top will be complete.

In my crazy mind, I’m even considering trying to get it quilted this week. I just have to find something to use for backing in my stash. There will be a trip to the quilt shop to get the pink Fairy Frost for the binding.

The pattern is in Quilt-lovers’ Favorites from American Patchwork & Quilting, published by Better Homes and Gardens Books. I think it’s in Volume 2. I’m not sure what the designer called it.

Check out what’s on other Design Walls by following the links at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: designwall

What’s on My Design Wall

March 29, 2010 12:15 pm ⋅


Poinsettia Stars from Carolina Christmas are on the design wall. I’m not finished but I’ve put the rest of the pieces back in their bin since if they are out, I’ll want to work on them. This will be one of the projects I take to my quilt retreat in April.

In the meantime I doing some utility work for my brother. At Christmas he sent home a dozen shirts for me to add about 3″ to the tail so they’ll stay tucked in. Since mowing season is about to begin he needs them back. So this week I’ll be working on his shirts.

Check out other design walls over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: designwall

What’s on My Design Wall

March 21, 2010 11:31 pm ⋅

Not much quilting going on at my house lately. I did sneak in about 20 minutes simply so I would have more than one block on the wall. I’ve now finished 3 of the Poinsettia Star blocks and have half of a fourth one completed.

Hop over to Judy’s page to see what others have on their design walls.

Posted in: designwall