Cascades is finished! I purchased this top as a quilt kit from another quilter at the Shipshewana quilt retreat in November 2019. The backing I purchased earlier this year — 9 yards of it because it’s that wonderful.
This is Sheryl. It is a Villa Rosa Design. I picked up the pattern this summer specifically because of the way “Sheryl” was spelled. I got the layer cake “Lagoon” from my friend Sheryl, so I’m giving this quilt to her.
It’s Wednesday and the 1st of the month so this will be a 2 for 1 post – What I’m Working On and the Stash Report.
First up binding. On the machine is Sheryl. The binding is attached to 2 sides. Waiting in the wings are Monterrey Medallions and Cascades. The binding for the last two are sewn together and need pressing.
I’m also trying to decide what fabric to use in the Twirling Leaves class I’m taking later this month through the Gulf States Quilt Association. I plan to pull from my stash and am leaning towards batiks. The question is a light background or a dark background.
I’m leaning towards the purple.
add 37.615
used 33.33
The Stash Report
Fabric Added Since Last Report: 37.615 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 232.057 yards
Fabric Used Since Last Report: 33.33 yards
Fabric Used to Date: 180.469 yards
Net Fabric Stash: 51.588 yards
I suppose I should also report on my September goals and list my October goals, but I’ll save that for another post.
First up in Monterrey Medallions. I took it off the frame and trimmed it just after midnight this morning. That makes 3 quilts ready to bind.
Here’s a picture of it on the frame. I love the backing I ultimately went with.
While it was quilting I worked on Windmill Weave. Apparently my math was not mathing when I was figuring out how wide to cut the strips. But on the bright side I think I’ll be able to get the backing from a single width of fabric. I think next time I’ll go with 1/2″ wider strips and a larger center block. I have a stack of white & print strips sewn together.
This past weekend I attended my guilds annual quilt retreat. I was able to get there by 10 or 10:30 Thursday morning — the earliest I’ve ever shown up – and I did not have to take work calls or attend a funeral over the weekend. I finished the Monterrey Medallion quilt top by 10 PM Saturday night. There was one foray to a quilt shop about 40 minutes away to look for a backing fabric.
I think this is the 3rd fabric I bought for this quilt. It’s not what I went after, but it’s even better than what I was looking for. While I was there I picked up 2 other pieces of fabric to make Windmill Weave.
I hope to get the quilt loaded tonight.
Ritzy Quilting Company received in the Wild Orchid line of fabric earlier this month. I made a quick shop sample. Very quick. In just 2 hours I had the center of the quilt pieced. The pattern is “The Easiest 3 Yard Quilt Pattern Ever!” by sewcanshe.
I tweaked the borders, cutting the inner border 2 1/2″ and the outer border 4 1/2″. When purchasing the fabric I opted to get an extra 1/4 yard of each fabric.
After binding the quilt I took it up to the shop where it hangs on the wall behind the display of the fabric.
Wild Orchid
The second finish is A Vintage Christmas Sampler
I made this quilt as part of the Kansas Troubles Quilter Quilt A Long. I don’t think I’ve ever gotten a holiday quilting finished timely. Currently it is hanging on the quilt rack in my bedroom waiting to be put on the bed.
A Vintage Quilt Sampler
Progress has been made on Monterrey Medallions. The rest of the stars are cut out, I just need to sit and sew.
Cascades is a top!
It always amazes me how frequently I delay getting borders on a quilt, even when it is just “slab o’borders”. This quilt is 3rd in line to be quilted. I need to finish the quilt on the frame, then quilt my SILs Vintage Christmas Sampler, then I’ll be able to quilt this one. My deadline for this quilt is November 16th, so who knows what else may get worked in before then.
Saturday a new quilt shop opened in town called Delta Threadz. It’s their second location, the first is in Cleveland, Mississippi. I missed the grand opening Saturday, but ran over there yesterday for a few minutes. They are a Bernina Dealer, they don’t have a whole lot of fabric, but what they had was cute. My plan was to buy something, but I was given the hard sell on a sewing machine when I asked about repairing the little Bernette I picked up at an estate sale I left without buying anything. Later in the afternoon I ran over to Cotton Blossom which is about 1/2 mile further in the other direction from my house, simply because it’s been a while since I’ve been in there.
They had the new Tilda Christmas line by the front of the store. I love the soft colors and some of the fabrics could be used year round The price however, well, lets just say I won’t be buying any of that fabric anytime soon. I did find some red, white, and blue fabrics which spoke to me and picked up some half yard cuts — not that I need these at the moment.
The time simply has gotten away from me. Between work, quilting and filling in at my friend’s shop, blogging has fallen to the bottom of the list of things to do. First up, the August Stash Report.
The Stash Report
Fabric Added Since Last Report: 13.759 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 194.442 yards
Fabric Used Since Last Report: 32.67 yards
Fabric Used to Date: 147.139 yards
Net Fabric Stash: 47.303 yards
So did I meet the the August Goals? Some of them.
This is my Vintage Christmas Sampler by Kansas Troubles Quilters. I caught up, got the borders on and even got it quilted over the long weekend. It was promptly put in the stack to be bound and I started Monterrey Medallions. There are 4 different blocks in this quilt – the center star, Woodpile, Floating Stars and Jacob’s Ladder blocks. The floating stars are up next.
So what’s on the agenda for September?
I’m thinking some of this is not going to get done this month.
I am happy to report that I’ve finished my “A Vintage Christmas Sampler” by Kansas Troubles Quilters. This has been a Quilt-A-Long on Facebook this summer. The introduction dropped the day I left for Kansas City and I picked up the kit the morning we got back. My top is smaller at 81″ x 92″ as I cut my borders smaller. I have a ton of fabric left as we started with a FQ+ yardage.
Back in May I went to a pop-up quilt shop in the New Orleans area and purchased what was left on a bolt of a green fabric from the KTQ Gooseberry Lane line. I have enough to make the backing with a little over a yard left over. That is today’s project as I want to get this quilted this weekend.
Also on the agenda for this long weekend is quilting my SIL’s Vintage Christmas Sampler. She finished hers last Saturday and got the backing pieced earlier this week. She also has a smaller panel quilt ready to be quilted. That makes 3 quilts.
I have 2 customer quilts waiting to be quilted and I would really like to say Cascades was done this month – it still lacks borders.
Will I get it all done? Who knows? Stay tuned.
Yesterday I finished the log cabin blocks, so I sorted the blocks correctly on my design wall. In the empty spaces there will be 2 strings of flying geese, some HSTs and 13 ornament blocks, plus some spacers.
I got as far as sewing the corners to the ornaments. Tonight I hope to finish these blocks, getting them sewn into the quilt as I can and work on the flying geese.
It’s possible I might just get this quilt done by the end of the month!
