Category Archives: Quilts

Orange Crush – The Blog Post

November 26, 2015 3:56 pm ⋅ Pam

The time change and weather has not bode well for getting good pictures outside. I’ve put off this post waiting for a good picture, but have decided if I don’t record details now, I’ll forget them.

My Orange Crush was started April 1, 2008 — well at least that’s when the first clue was released. I finished up the top 7 months later on November 4, 2008. The quilt top needed to age – waiting for the perfect occasion to gift it. I quilted it on October 26, 2015 using Superior’s So Fine! #722 “Crikey!” in the top and pre-wound SuperBobs in white for the bobbin. The quilting pattern is Curley-Q, a pantograph by Aimee Mahan. The batting is Hobb’s Tuscany 100% Bleached cotton. Finally I bound it using Susie’s Magic Binding. After washing the quilt measures…well shoot, I don’t have that information in the spreadsheet. I’ll have to come back and add it before it is gifted.

This was an October 31, 2015 finish – pulling it out of the washing machine that morning in time to be included in the November UFO Parade Aunt Marti’s 52 Quilts. It was also counted as a finish for the UFO Busting Report sponsored by Vicki over at Field Trips in Fiber. It is one of my finishes for the 2015 Finish Along off my 4th Quarter List and finally it is one of the Crazy Challenge II quilts.

I didn’t mention it, but the backing is the same Kansas City Chiefs fabric that I used for the pillowcase.

Posted in: Challenges, Finish-A-Long - 2015, Out of the Blue, UFO Busting - 2015, UFO Parade - 2015

Sew Scrappy Challenge Quilt – Week 7

November 24, 2015 9:51 pm ⋅ Pam

Last month I said that on Tuesdays until Thanksgiving I am working on my Sew Scrappy quilt as part of Jo’s “finish a UFO before Bonnie’s mystery quilt starts challenge”. Sew Scrappy is from Evelyn Sloppy’s book 40 Fabulous Quick-Cut Quilts. I don’t think I have any Bonnie Hunter quilts in pieces, but I want/need to finish this one and I’ve been stalling for 3 years. Monday I got it washed and hung to take a picture. These days it is too late to take pictures outside after work, so I hung it on my shelves. It has also been delivered.

The quilt measures 69″ x 83″ after washing. All of the fabric is Kansas Troubles, including those really light pieces. As I was working on the quilt, I’d pick up a light piece then go check the selvage to make sure it really was KT fabric.

The batting is Hobb’s 100% Cotton Tuscany and I used Cairo-quilt in Military Gold thread in both the top and the bottom. It blends so well, I had a hard time telling where I had quilted! There was one spot that I added a bit of quilting to after I got home.

The quilting was done free-hand – just a loopy flower that I do. The picture above is before I washed the quilt, the one below, after.

This quilt will link up with Jo’s Country Junction, Aunt Marti’s UFO Parade, the UFO Busting – 2015 over at Field Trips in Fiber, the 4th Quarter Finish Along (list is here) and of course my Crazy Challenge II.

I nearly forgot. Yes, there is a pillowcase to go with it.

Posted in: designwall, Finish-A-Long - 2015, goals, Sew Scrappy, UFO Busting - 2015, UFO Parade - 2015, UFOs

What’s On My Design Wall

November 16, 2015 1:24 pm ⋅ Pam

I am happy to report that Sew Scrappy is quilted! It’s amazing what can get done if you stay focused. I found out Tuesday or Wednesday that I would be able to use the longarm Saturday afternoon, so I scrambled to finish up the quilt top — then changed my mind about simply binding it, opting for a 3 1/2″ red border. Then the challenge was to get a backing ready.

I cut 9″ squares from my FQ (they had already been chopped into) and used a length of fabric given to me by a friend. But changing horses in the middle of the stream, I decided I needed a bit of the backing fabric for a matching pillowcase, so I pulled the blue fabric in to get the backing large enough.

Here’s a look at the quilting from the back.

Now to get the binding on the quilt.

See what others are working on over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: Challenges, designwall, Sew Scrappy

What’s On My Design Wall

November 9, 2015 8:16 am ⋅ Pam

Sew Scrappy, from Evelyn Sloppy’s book 40 Fabulous Quick-Cut Quilts is what I’ve been working on the past couple of days. What can I say? I really didn’t want to swap out my walking foot again. I still have a few of the really light lights clumped together, but I don’t know that I’m going to worry about trying to spread them out. It looks much better than it did last week.

I hope to get the top together today or tomorrow, then it will be back to the Green & Cream Swap blocks. Although something was said about cleaning the front gutters…

See what others are working on over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: Challenges, designwall, Sew Scrappy

Aiming for Accuracy is Finished!

October 28, 2015 4:59 pm ⋅ Pam

Yes, Aiming for Accuracy is out of the wash. I love how it crinkled up. I made this as part of a quilt along in 2013 – then modified it slightly making it a tad wider. I started with the pink fabric and then used florals from my stash. Originally, I was going to just cut squares of the floral fabrics to make the backing, but I got a wild idea.

Starting with the pink and purple butterfly fabric, I combed through my Orphan Block Box for pink, purple and floral blocks and block parts. I made tons of pinwheels using bonus HST and I still have bonus HST left over.

Top Started: 8/4/2013
Top Completed: 10/21/2013
Quilt Completed: 10/28/2013
Batting: Hobbs Tuscany 100% Bleached Cotton
Top Thread: Superior Omni Thread in “Verbena”
Bobbin Thread: SuperBob in a light lavender – 1 + and I ran out at the end of a row!
Used Curly-Q pantograph by Aimee Mahan /Splendid Stitches
Susie’s Magic Binding
Measures 61″ x 76″ after washing

This quilt is on my list for the 4th Quarter Finish Along – I’m sending it to Aunt Marti for the UFO Parade. It’s also being sent in for the 2015 UFO Busting over at Field Trips in Fiber. It is part of the Crazy Challenge II which started August 15th.

Posted in: Aiming for Accuracy, Challenges, Finish-A-Long - 2015, goals, UFO Busting, UFO Parade - 2015

What’s On My Design Wall

October 26, 2015 12:31 am ⋅ Pam

Left to Right:

Green Disappearing 9-Patch that needs binding
Aiming for Accuracy ready to be quilted
Orange Crush ready to be quilted

It’s going to be a long day – I’ve booked 6 hours on the long arm to get these quilts quilted.

See what others are working on over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: Aiming for Accuracy, Challenges, designwall, DP9, orange crush, Orange Crush

Sew Scrappy Challenge Quilt

October 14, 2015 12:30 am ⋅ Pam

Last week I decided to set aside Tuesdays between now and Thanksgiving to work on my Sew Scrappy quilt as part of Jo’s “finish a UFO before Bonnie’s mystery quilt starts challenge”. What I didn’t know was that I would decide a quilt toward the bottom of my Crazy Challenge II list would get bumped to the top and I forgot I was attending a school concert.

I squeezed in 20 minutes of quilting just on Sew Scrappy between the end of my work day and leaving for the concert, attaching the modified flying to 20 of the blocks and 20 cornerstones.

When we got home, I spent another 30 minutes or so and finished up the blocks. I now have all 40 of these blocks done and need to make 38 of the 2nd block.

The 2nd block will take a bit longer to make as I only have the strip sets made.

Hop over to Jo’s Country Junction to see how others are doing on their projects. My goal for the rest of the week is to get the 2 Disappearing 9-patch quilts basted. Have to finish a quilt back first.

Posted in: Challenges, Sew Scrappy, Uncategorized

A New UFO Challenge

October 7, 2015 1:37 am ⋅ Pam

Jo over at Jo’s County Junction is hosting “finish a UFO before Bonnie’s mystery quilt starts challenge”. One could argue that I have already picked multiple UFOs as part of my Crazy Challenge II. But I think I’ll use Jo’s challenge to set aside Tuesday to work on Sew Scrappy, a Evelyn Sloppy her book 40 Fabulous Quilt-Cut Quilts and then post my progress on Wednesday.

The quilt is in 2 piles. The one on my desk:

And there’s more of it in a project box near my design wall:

Now back to the rest of the UFOs!

Posted in: Challenges, Sew Scrappy

Nifty Thrifty

September 27, 2015 3:16 pm ⋅ Pam

Nifty Thrifty is a Bonnie Hunter pattern found in her book Scraps and Shirttails.

Quilt Statistics:

Top Started: 3/3/13
Top Completed: 7/19/13
Quilt Completed: 9/21/15
Recycled Fabric Used: 12.181 yards – front, back and binding
Batting: Hobbs Tuscany 100% Unbleached Cotton & Bleached Cotton
Thread: Coats Machine Quilting 100% cotton 30wt. Article V34 color 309A – Camel
Measures 69″ x 78″ after washing

This quilt is on my list for the 3rd Quarter Finish Along – but only because I included everything on the the list. I’m sending it to Aunt Marti for the UFO Parade. It’s also being sent in for the 2015 UFO Busting over at Field Trips in Fiber. It is of course part of the scope creep for my Crazy Challenge II which started August 15th.

Posted in: Bonnie Hunter, Challenges, Finish-A-Long - 2015, Nifty Thrifty, UFO Busting - 2015, UFO Parade - 2015

Orange is the Ultimate Favorite Color

September 26, 2015 11:16 am ⋅ Pam

I gave this Disappearing 9-Patch the name “Orange is the Ultimate Favorite Color” as that is what my nephew is fond of saying. When asked, he says “I have 2 favorite colors, red and yellow, which make orange, which is my ultimate favorite color.” The quilting is simple – diagonal lines.

Quilt Statistics:

Top Started: 5/19/15
Top Completed: 6/5/15
Quilt Completed: 9/5/15
Recycled Fabric Used: 8.7 yards (front & back)
Purchased Fabric Used: .968 (orange)
Batting: Hobbs Tuscany 100% Unbleached Cotton
Thread: Coats Machine Quilting 100% cotton 30wt. Article V3 color 880 – Autumn
Machine Quilted on my DSM
Measures 62″ x 77″ after washing

This quilt is on my list for the 3rd Quarter Finish Along. I’m sending it to Aunt Marti for the UFO Parade. It’s also being sent in for the 2015 UFO Busting over at Field Trips in Fiber. It is one of the original quilts on my Crazy Challenge II which started August 15th.