Quilting and Stuff by Knitnoid

Category Archives: Quilts

What’s On My Design Wall

May 25, 2015 2:39 am ⋅

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My design wall hasn’t seen anything since I finished Eye Fooler. I’ve spent the past week cutting fabrics for not one, but 3 Disappearing 9-Patch quilts to work on at an upcoming retreat. I am happy to say that I’ve finished the cutting — that is the cutting before I start sewing. There’s more cutting after I sew a bit.

My shirt boxes were stuffed to the point there was absolutely no room for another cuff, let alone another shirt. Now that I’ve finished cutting my squares, I have half a box empty — out of 8.

dw0525-1There are three things left on my quilting list for May:

  • Figure out where I left off on Sew Scrappy
  • Figure out what I’m taking to the retreat besides DP9s
  • Trace off some stars for the now ‘Star Every 3rd Day’ quilt.

See what others are working on over at Patchwork Times.

 

Posted in: designwall, DP9

Stash Report

May 24, 2015 1:30 am ⋅

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My rotary cutter has had a workout.  I’ve gotten about 70% of the fabric cut for the 3 Disappearing 9-patch quilts I’m making, but since I only count the fabric when I finish a top, it will be a couple of weeks before this get counted.  Hopefully I’ll be able to count it by mid-June.

So, no change in my numbers.

Fabric Added Since Last Report 0 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 178.11 yards

Fabric Used Since Last Report: 0 yards
Fabric Used to Date: 43.423 yards

INCREASE in Stash to Date:  134.687 yards

See how others are doing over at Patchwork Times.

 

Posted in: DP9, Stash Busting Report

New Starts

May 21, 2015 2:14 am ⋅

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What good does it do me to finish quilts off my UFO list if I’m just going to start more? Yes, I’m being a good girl and counting this as three quilts.  I’m making Disappearing 9-Patches using recycled shirts. Each quilt will have a different center square.  The orange one will be roughly 65″ x 80″ for a twin bed and the other two will be roughly 80″ x 95″.

For each quilt I’m cutting 4 squares from each quilt. Some of the fabric is in all of the quilts, some is just in two of the quilts, and I think there is at least one shirt that I  just had enough to cut 4 squares. My squares are cut 5-1/2″.

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While I’m at it, I’m also cutting fabric for Rectangle Wrangle from Bonnie Hunter’s Scraps and Shirttails II. I started cutting these back when I was finishing up Checkerboard Plaids and starting Nifty Thrifty and now have 101 strips and I think only 1 is a duplicate.  But I have a way to go, I need at least 300 strips, so perhaps I should have been cutting 2 from each shirt.

Well, these three bring my UFO Count to 64. Perhaps I can find something small to finish over the long weekend.

Posted in: DP9, UFOs

What’s On My Design Wall

May 18, 2015 6:30 am ⋅

Last week there were big finishes.  First was Eye Fooler — at about 4:00 AM Saturday morning. Nothing like finishing with only hours to spare.

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A full picture of the quilt can be seen in Saturday’s post.

The second finish is Orca Bay.  The binding is stitched down and now I need to get it washed, photographed and shipped off.

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So what’s next?  Catching up on laundry and deep cleaning the kitchen. Along the way,  I need to put up the extra fabric from the quilts – I’ve already taken care of the backing and batting, but I need to put up the brights from Eye Fooler. After I get that done, I’ll start cutting the recycled shirts for my nephews’ quilts. Now if I can find the note card which tells me how many squares I need to cut….

See what other’s have been working on over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: designwall, Eye Fooler, Orca Bay

The Graduation Quilt Is Finished!

May 16, 2015 7:57 pm ⋅

The Graduation Quilt is finished and delivered.

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  • Pattern:  Eye Fooler from Quail Valley Quilts
  • 16 3/4 yards of fabric in top, backing, binding and pillowcase
  • Batting: Hobbs 80/20 Black
  • Top Thread: Superior Threads So Fine! Color # 722 – Crickey!
  • BobbinThread: Superior Threads Super Bob – Black (nearly 2 size M’s)
  • Quilting design: AMPANTO03 Curly Q by Aimee Mahan
  • Quilting time: approximately 3 hours
  • Binding: Susie’s Magic Binding
  • Size before washing: 78″ x 96″
  • Size after washing: 74″ x 90″
  • Started: 2/18/15
  • Finished: 5/15/15

This quilt was on my UFO list in several challenges. I’ll add the links when the corresponding post goes live.

Posted in: 2015 -350 Blocks, Eye Fooler, UFO Busting - 2015, UFO Parade - 2015

Six and a Half Hours of Quilting

May 15, 2015 8:54 am ⋅

orcabutterMy cats are new to Quilting Quality Control.  Apparently they don’t inspect tops, but wait until the quilting is done.  This is Butterscotch on my version of Bonnie Hunter’s Orca Bay. I gave the future owner the choice of orange or black binding and she has chosen orange.  I’ll do it next week.

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Gracie inspected my version of Eye Fooler. This has to be finished and gift wrapped by Noon Saturday. It will get a gold binding with a black flange following Susie’s Magic Binding.

After the quilts are finished I’ll post a longer post with more information about each quilt.

 

 

Posted in: Eye Fooler, Orca Bay

Ready to Quilt

May 14, 2015 1:43 am ⋅

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Both Orca Bay and Eye Fooler are pinned and ready to quilt. It’s going to be a long afternoon/evening.

Posted in: Eye Fooler, Orca Bay

What’s On My Design Wall

May 4, 2015 8:00 am ⋅

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I had great plans to finish Eye Fooler for today’s design wall, but I didn’t quite get there.

See what other’s are working on over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: designwall, Eye Fooler

What’s On My Design Wall

April 27, 2015 6:30 am ⋅

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It’s still the graduation quilt Eye Fooler. I’ve cut into the border fabric and have a few blocks made. I need to finish cutting the black fabric for the rest of the triangle in a square units so I can finish the partial blocks on the wall. Then it will be time for the rest of the alternate blocks, a pieced border to finish out the pattern and finally a narrowish (3 -4″) outer border in gold.

My goal — to finish the piecing by the end of the month.

Check out what others are working on over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: designwall, Eye Fooler

Stash Report

April 26, 2015 11:05 am ⋅

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I haven’t done a stash report in a while simply because the numbers haven’t changed. I knew the numbers would change this week, I simply had no idea by how much.

The border fabric for the graduation quilt was finally purchased, but I haven’t finished the top yet. This was anticipated. What was completely unexpected was the generous gift of my friend’s scraps. Over 35 pounds!  For one of my future quilts I need a length of red fabric and I found it in the boxes. So, that quilt will move up on my list.

Fabric Added Since Last Report 147.2 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 166.11 yards

Fabric Used Since Last Report: 0 yards
Fabric Used to Date: 20.497 yards

INCREASE in Stash to Date:  145.613 yards

See how others are doing over at Patchwork Times.

 

Posted in: Eye Fooler, scraps, Stash Busting Report