Is anyone surprised that Star Struck is still on the wall? We’ve been cleaning and working in the yard, so no quilting has been done since about Tuesday. Although only two new blocks have been added, I now have the gold sewn to all of the blue units. They are also paired up so I can quickly sew together units to make 1/2 blocks — whenever I get back to the sewing machine.
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It’s been a busy week, not that I could tell you what I’ve done all week. But it was very little quilting after about Monday or Tuesday. Early this week I finished cutting the gold accent pieces for Star Struck. Nothing inbound quilting related except for the quilting hoop and book. Oh, yes, I picked up the current issue of Country Woman last night at Jo-Ann’s. There is an article about Jennifer Chiaverini and I think a quilt pattern in it. We were in Jo-Ann’s to pick up a piece of upholstery fabric to cover the seat of a small loveseat. That’s what I’ll be doing today.
So here’s the tally:
Fabric Added this Week: 0 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 132.011 yards
Fabric Used this Week: .7 yards
Fabric Used to Date: 56.606 yards
Net Stash for 2010: 75.405 yards
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Yes, Star Struck is still on my design wall. But I have done more piecing on it.
When I get these pieces sew together I’ll have completed 40 blocks. I’m aiming for 80, so I still have a way to go.
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There were only two things on my list last week.
I’d show a picture of the room as it is this week, but it’s hard to see the changes. You’ll just have to believe me when I’ve said I’ve made progress. What can I say – I got distracted – but it was a good distraction.
I’ve finally finished the baby quilt! A baby girl quilt has been on my list since at least May. I promise I was cleaning my sewing room, when I got the urge to get this top quilted. I think it might have been receiving an invitation to a baby shower where I need a “boy” quilt. I couldn’t very well skip ahead to that quilt when this quilt is going to a baby who is now 2 1/2 months old. It also helped that I was able to pull a piece of batting out of my batting box that was the correct size 🙂
Here’s a closeup of the quilting. Nothing fancy – diagonal lines through the green, resulting in a X on the white squares and a curvy 1/4″-ish on the petals. I used a light pink thread.
The backing is the pretty green floral I bought at the end of May on a shop hop. The binding and label is a pink Marble I had in my stash.
So what’s up for this coming week?
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The Kaw Valley Quilters Guild newsletter arrived in my inbox this morning with the first block of the new BOM. It’s called Jewels in the Crown and it’s by Reeze Hanson of Morning Glory Designs. So, instead of cleaning my sewing room while I was waiting on a call for work, I pulled out my fabrics, rooted around and came up with this combination.
Perhaps tomorrow while I’m waiting on the call for work I’ll clean up my sewing room.
Earlier this evening I finished stitching down the hanging sleeve on Dancing Flowers. It’s even been washed and dried. But I still haven’t gotten a good picture of the quilting or the right colors of the border and sashing.
The label is the same fabric that is in the border. I love the Laurel Burch fabric I bought for the backing. It hides my quilting — unless you are up close and in good light.
I’ll try tomorrow in the daylight — provided it’s not raining to get a better picture.
Not a whole lot of quilting going on here. My Star Struck blocks are still on the wall – not that I’ve added to them since I got distracted by my Texas Braid. What I’m really working on is Dancing Flowers. This evening, I finished trimming the threads, did touch up quilting and then squared it up. Before I put the binding on, I’m going to make a hanging sleeve – but that implies I can get to the ironing board. I can barely get to my sewing machine this evening.
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Dancing Flowers is quilted! At least I think it is. It’s tough quilting with invisible and black thread. I still need to trim the threads on the back and then I’ll know if I did all of the quilting in the cornerstones.
The quilting is not fancy, but I hope it’s effective – 1″ crosshatching behind the applique, stitch in the around each applique piece and stitch in the ditch on the border. I am planning on sewing the hanging pocket on when I stitch on the binding. I hope to get that done this week, but who knows if it will happen or not with everything going on around here.
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A week has passed, my ankle is better, although not perfect, and I can finally sit at the sewing machine for longer than 10 minutes. As a result I have finished my Texas Braid top. Since my goal was any piecing/quilting I think I can say I accomplished that.
So what’s up for this coming week?
Finish quilting and bind Dancing Flowers. It has to be finished by July 19th.
I want to also get a baby quilt shipped out, but I’ll settle for simply picking which quilt I’m going to send.
There were other things on my list for the month of June, but they just aren’t going to get done. Maybe during the long 4th of July weekend….
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