Category Archives: Quilts

May’s Progress / June’s Goals

June 1, 2015 5:30 pm ⋅ Pam

Here it is the first of June and time to check on my quilting goals. Except for the Star-A-Day (my husband is calling Star-A-Week) I got everything done.

Finish the graduation quilt by the 16th – Done
Finish Orca Bay – Done
Trace and cut stars for the Star-Every-Other-Day Quilt (I’m not even certain I can pull that off – we’ll have to see) – Didn’t touch!
Regroup on Sew Scrappy – Done
Cut squares from my recycled shirts and associated solids for 3 different Disappearing 9-patches in preparation for the Retreat. – Done

Finishing Eye Fooler allowed me to add to my Block Count over at Prairie Moon Quilts.

350 Block Report: 27 for a total of 151 – ahead of the year to date goal of 140

The UFO Busting Report with these finishes and starts looks like this:

# of Projects in Process May 1st: 63
# of Projects Completed: 2 (Orca Bay & Eye Fooler)
# of new Projects started: 3 (3 DP9)
# of projects declared orphans 1 (2011 BOM)
# of Projects in Process May 31th: 63

So, what’s up for June?

Complete the 3 Disappearing 9-patch tops
Complete the Sew Scrappy top
Finish Diamond Links
Make progress on the Star-A-Day quilt

Will I get everything done or get diverted by another project? Only time will tell.

Posted in: 2015 -350 Blocks, diamond links, DP9, goals, Sew Scrappy, UFO Busting - 2015

What’s On My Design Wall

June 1, 2015 1:28 am ⋅ Pam

I sometimes wonder what triggers my productivity. I started this quilt in April 2013. The flying geese like units I managed to knock out “quickly” and I started in on the 9-patches. I even took it to a quilt retreat that summer, but I can find no mention of me working on it since then until last week – although it’s been on the list of UFOs to finish for both 2014 and 2015.

Anyway, last week something was triggered and I’ve spent my sewing time working on the quilt top. It’s a similar feeling to when I finally was able to knock out Orca Bay – only this time, I’ve known all along who I’m giving the quilt to.

So, what have I accomplished. #1 figuring out where I left off. #2 sewing and cutting all of the strip sets for the 9-patches. Now I’m working on the strip sets for the 25-patches. I get up and press after I sew 10 strips. Hopefully this will keep me from getting stiff and it allows me to stitch another leader/ender. For the moment I’m using another part of the quilt as my leader/ender

Perhaps next week I’ll have a quilt top to show.

In the meantime, see what others are working on over at Patchwork Times..

Posted in: designwall, Sew Scrappy, UFOs

Stash Report

May 31, 2015 6:28 am ⋅ Pam

Another week with lots of cutting but numbers not moving. I think I have everything cut for Sew Scrappy. If I don’t I just need 1-1/2″ strips and I’ll toss the extra that are cut into my project box. If I need more than that I think I’ll be in a good place to find something to add to the quilt.

With all of the cutting, I’ve been able to put my Kansas Trouble Quilters fabric box in order.

There’s enough fabric for at least 1 queen size quilt and I’d guess possibly two. Perhaps if I get all 4 of the quilts tops I’ve cut out finished at the retreat I’ll pull out my KTQ patterns and use some more of this fabric. But if I don’t, it’s nice and orderly for when I do get that far.

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: Sew Scrappy, Stash Busting Report

What’s On My Design Wall

May 25, 2015 2:39 am ⋅ Pam

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.

There 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 ⋅ Pam

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 ⋅ Pam

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″.

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 ⋅ Pam

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.

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.

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 ⋅ Pam

The Graduation Quilt is finished and delivered.

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.

Aunt Marti’s 52 Quilts UFO Parade.
2nd Quarter Finish Along (goal list is here)
UFO Busting at Field Trip in Fiber
Blocks counted toward 350 Block Project at Prairie Moon Quilts

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 ⋅ Pam

My 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.

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