Category Archives: Quilts

What’s on my Design Wall

February 14, 2011 5:30 am ⋅ Pam

For this week’s design wall, I have three of my completed Dresden Plates for this month’s UFO Challenge. This does not include the two I made previously because I want to realign them on the background and change out the centers. The color is not very accurate in the above picture, but it’s pretty close in this second picture.

Notice anything wrong?

Yep — I sewed the quarters together wrong — at least twice — and didn’t notice it until I was turning the plate. I’m going to be cutting more blades later this week as I trimmed and clipped. I guess I need to go through the rest of the plates to see if they are put together correctly and see how many more I need to make.

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

Posted in: Colorworks Dresden Plate, designwall, UFO Challenge 2011

Found in my Stash…

February 8, 2011 5:15 pm ⋅ Pam

…a length of gold Dimples (Judy would be so proud). Although, can you call less than a yard “a length”?

Anyway, there’s enough to make the inner gold border and all of the centers for my Colorworks Dresden Plate, which is this month’s UFO Challenge.

Posted in: Colorworks Dresden Plate, Stash, UFO Challenge 2011

Progress on UFO #10

February 8, 2011 7:53 am ⋅ Pam

February’s UFO started off looking like this. When I started this quilt, the plan was to make this:

Those are 15″ blocks with 3″ sashing, so the quilt would finish at 75″ x 93″. But since I can’t find these two quilted blocks, I can either pick a different quilt to work on, or approach the quilt with a fresh perspective.

Picking a different quilt wouldn’t get this one done, so I decided to try a fresh perspective. I played in EQ with several ideas and decided on this one:

This quilt has a 2″ inner black spacer border, a 1 1/2″ inner border and then finishes with a 3 1/2″ outer border. The quilt will measure 59″ x 89″. I have to dig through my stash to see if I can find 5/8 yard of yellow fabric. I may just have to make a trip to the LQS. Believe it or not, when my husband looked at the options and I told him this one would require a fabric purchase, he still picked it. I think he said something about 1 yard (I hadn’t done the math yet) wasn’t that big of a deal.

I haven’t just been playing in EQ, I’ve actually did pieced. I now have 10 plates in progress. I’ve got more cutting ahead of me.

Drop in later in the week to see how I’m progressing.

Posted in: Colorworks Dresden Plate, UFO Challenge 2011

What’s on My Design Wall

February 7, 2011 1:03 am ⋅ Pam

Today it’s really What’s on my Scanner Bed. I was afraid to try to put them on the design wall. It looks like I’ll be redoing a couple of these before I put the top together. If they were all usable I’d be a little over 1/3 of the way done. I’m going to put these back in their envelope for a couple of weeks. I need to work on something bigger.

I still haven’t found the two completed (as in quilted) blocks to my UFO#10. I have no idea where they got to, but I have found the black batting, so I think I’m just going to regroup. There’s nothing stopping me from making the plates and appliquéing them to the background. The final decision will come when I see how many plates I can get from the fabric I have — there’s no buying new – the fabric is at least 20 years old.

Follow the links over at Patchwork Times for great inspiration.

Posted in: Colorworks Dresden Plate, designwall, UFO Challenge 2011

January UFO Challenge Met – Part 3

January 31, 2011 5:11 pm ⋅ Pam

It happened! I finished two UFOs this month. This baby quilt (about 38″ square) was quick to quilt — once I figured out how I was going to quilt it. The backing is a piece of fabric left over from a dress I made 4 or 5 years ago.

The binding was made when I finished the quilt top last August so, I’ll only get to count the backing at the next Stash Report.

Since February is a short month, and I still have to my “regular quilting” to do, I hope Judy calls a low number. My “regular quilting” for February will consist of resuming the hand quilting on my DWR, and piecing mini-stars for the miniature quilt I’m working on.

Posted in: 5-patch scraps, UFO Challenge 2011

What’s on My Design Wall

January 31, 2011 12:24 am ⋅ Pam

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.

Follow the links over at Patchwork Times to check out other design walls.

And check back this evening to see if I finish the quilt before midnight!

Posted in: 5-patch scraps, designwall, UFO Challenge 2011

January UFO Challenge Met – Part 2

January 30, 2011 11:07 pm ⋅ Pam

Over on my UFO Challenge 2011 tab I have two lists. The first list is for quilts I will consider “done” when they get to the “Top” stage. The second list is for quilt tops which will be considered “done” only when they are quilted and bound. Thus my announcement on January 25th that I had met this month’s challenge. I had finished UFO #6 off the first list.

Well, I’m happy to announce that I’ve finished Three Sisters’ Choice. As in quilted and bound.

After washing, where is scrunched up beautifully, it measures 53″ x 74″.

I hoped to have the quilt off the 2nd list to show tonight, but I rapidly ran out of time. My husband hung it so I could photograph it. There’s a pillow case to go with the quilt.

Check back tomorrow to see if I finish the second quilt.

Posted in: Charm Challenge, UFO Challenge 2011

All Ready to Sandwich and Quilt

January 26, 2011 10:11 pm ⋅ Pam

I’m too tired tonight to sandwich the quilt, but I’ve prepped the backing, made the binding, found a piece of batting the right size and wound two bobbins. I see quilting (instead of piecing) in my future.

Posted in: Charm Challenge, UFO Challenge 2011

January 2011 UFO Challenge Met

January 25, 2011 12:48 am ⋅ Pam

Three Sisters’ Choice is now a top. It’s come along way from a pile of pieces with no design (or good name) in mind to this finished quilt top.

The name is derived from the fabric designer, Three Sisters, and the block, Sister’s Choice. I don’t see where I have any other choice but to call it Three Sisters’ Choice.

Earlier today I rooted around in my yardage boxes, and found 4 yards of a peach fabric which will make the perfect backing.

The fabric was originally intended to be either the framing or sashing around some 4-patch Stacked Posies blocks, but I used the 4-Patch fabric back in October or November to back the Row Quilt I gave my brother and his wife for Christmas. There is enough of the border fabric for binding and the cuff of a pillow case. All I have left of the rest of the fabric is 2 – 2″ strips WOF of the green and a pile of trimmings. I’m going to have to be inventive for the body of the pillowcase.

Posted in: Charm Challenge, UFO Challenge 2011

What’s on my Design Wall

January 24, 2011 6:30 am ⋅ Pam

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.

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

Posted in: Charm Challenge, designwall, UFO Challenge 2011