Category Archives: Sbs

WISP- Works in Slow Progress

January 7, 2026 12:53 pm ⋅ 1 Comment ⋅ Pam

I have a number of project which are in Works Slow Progress – simply because I’m not working on them. I also like to make lists and plans which I may or may not follow through with. It’s perfectly OK when it comes to my quilting. Life happens, I get distracted. But I really would like to start to make progress on a few of these. So I have a few ideas.

Handwork Tuesday

Tuesday was picked because I have quilt guild meetings and Bunco on Monday’s. Also I enjoy watching TV on Tuesday night. If CBS changes the day the NCIS franchise airs, this day may move. So what am I going to work on on Tuesday? One of 3 projects. My Redwork Winter Wonderland, the current panel I’ve been stitching on forever is shown above. I have 2 more panels to stitch after I finish this one before I can start piecing the top. I started this quilt in 2007. My goal for 2026 is to finish this panel.

Next up for Handwork Tuesday is my Star-A-Day quilt which I started back in September 2014. I just checked and I have 103 stars done (this is a old picture). I would like to get 2 stars done a month. I need to find the journal I started when I started this quilt.

My final Handwork Tuesday project is my Hexi quilt. There’s just one issue I’m not sure where the bag is that it is in. I need to find it sooner than later because I would love to significant progress on it this year and I am demonstrating this a a quilt guild meeting later this year. I started this quilt in April 2014.

4th Saturday BOM

I have several BOM which have way more than 12 blocks. I want to take one day a month to simply make progress on these quilts. First up is Just Takes Two. I think there are 29 more blocks, plus the border. I started this in 2012.

With 77 blocks made I’m just over halfway done with this block a week quilt I started in January 2007. This is Sylvia’s Bridal Sampler.

I want to make every block from Bonnie Hunter’s Addicted to Scrap quilt, then combine it into a single quilt. If I have counted correctly there are 92 blocks and I only have 18 made. I started this project February 2021.

5th Monday Bonus

I have quilt guild or Bunco on the first 3 Monday’s a month, so when we have a 5th Monday it’s bonus time. These are some of the blocks from my Star Studded BOM started October 2019. As near as I can tell I just have the center star and maybe one more to go before I can start assembling it. Even if I only work on it the 5th Monday (March, June, August & November), I think I can finish the top by the end of the year.

I hope that Handwork Tuesday, 4th Saturday BOM and 5th Monday Bonus allows me to make progress on some of these Works in Slow Progress. With the exception of Star Studded, I do not anticipate finishing these tops this year. After all I have other quilts I want to finish this year!

Posted in: 4th Saturday, 5th Monday, Addicted To Scraps, EPP, Handwork Tuesday, JT2, red work, SBS, Star Studded, Star-A-Day, Trip Around the World, Winter Wonderland

Sylvia’s Bridal Sampler Swap Quilt is Done

October 10, 2015 8:41 pm ⋅ Pam

This quilt is from the Sylvia’s Bridal Sampler Swap Blue & Brown Swap back in October 2009. Looking black through the blog, it seems I made my blocks that August and September, 6 of 5 different blocks, then I made 2 more after the swap to have enough to complete this layout. The blocks are from around the world – Australia, Canada, Ireland, The Netherlands, and the USA.

I made the setting blocks at a quilt retreat I went to in April 2012, but it still took me until that November to complete the top.

The backing is a braid/cable print that I picked up while on a quilt shop run at the retreat.

Top Started: 8/4/2009
Top Completed: 11/10/12
Quilt Completed: 10/7/15
Batting: Hobbs Tuscany 100% Bleached Cotton
Thread: Cario-quilt 100% cotton #27407 Military Gold
Quilted on my Husqvarna Quilt Designer
Susie’s Magic Binding
Measures 61″ x 76″ after washing

This quilt is on my list for the 4th Quarter Finish Along – I’m sending it to Aunt Marti for the UFO Parade. It’s also being sent in for the 2015 UFO Busting over at Field Trips in Fiber. It is part of the scope creep of the Crazy Challenge II which started August 15th.

Posted in: block swaps, Challenges, Finish-A-Long - 2015, SBS, UFO Busting - 2015

Ready to Bind

October 7, 2015 1:06 am ⋅ Pam

Posted in: Challenges, SBS

What’s On My Design Wall

October 5, 2015 12:21 am ⋅ Pam

As someone said last week, there’s nothing but threads on my design wall. But that’s OK, I’m quilting. For about a week I debated on how I was going to quilt this quilt — the Sylvia Bridal Sampler Blue & Brown Swap. If I quilted in on the long arm, I was leaning toward this design:

But I didn’t know how I was going to quilt the borders. There’s a lot of ‘negative space’ begging for something cool. Here on the blog, one of my readers suggested since it’s a traditional setting go for traditional quilting and suggested Baptist Fans. I keyed in on the ‘traditional quilting’ and thought about some of the antique quilts I have and decided even with the ‘negative space’ a grid would be in keeping with the quilt and was something I could manage on my machine here at home.

The grid is completely done in one direction and I’m guessing about 1/3 of the way done in the other direction. My guess is by mid-week I’ll have another finish to report, then I’ll flip back to piecing. That last shirt backing needs to be done and I’d like to baste both Disappearing 9-Patches over the weekend.

See what others are working on over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: designwall, SBS

Getting Ahead of Myself

September 29, 2015 10:00 pm ⋅ Pam

Diamond Links still needs binding (it’s made!), but I pulled out my Sylvia’s Bridal Sampler Swap top as it is part of the Crazy Challenge II and needs to be done by the end of October. Fortunately I have the backing already seamed, binding is made (although I’m having second thoughts) and have picked a thread (or maybe not). All that is left is for me to get batting and start the quilting.

The quilting gets me every time. I really shouldn’t say “every” as sometimes, I know exactly how I’m going to quilt a top. But I’m stymied on this one. Continue curves in the chain and either feathers or a cable in the borders depending on whether I quilt it on my DSM with my walking foot or rent time on the long arm. But the pieced blocks – I have no idea. I hope someone comments either here or on my Facebook post that triggers an idea so I’m not trying to get this done at the last-minute.

Now I’m off to finish up Diamond Links.

Posted in: Challenges, SBS

SBS Block

September 27, 2010 4:27 pm ⋅ Pam

M8 – Dogtooth Violet

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SBS Block

September 15, 2010 8:04 pm ⋅ Pam

J4 – Autumn Leaf

This month’s challenge for the SBS Offline Quilters list is Autumn Leaf as a welcome to fall and 4 blocks from the following list in remembrance of summer:

M-8 Dogtooth Violet
B-5 Grandmother’s Flower Garden
E-4 Indiana Rose
H-6 Lancaster Rose
G-9 Modern Tulip
A-4 Posies ‘Round the Square
D-8 Rosebud

I’ve previously completed the last two on the list, so it appears that I’ll be doing a bit of hand work this month, as 3 of the 5 remaining blocks are appliqué. And yes, I hand appliquéd the stem on the leaf.

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Posted in: applique, SBS

QA Wednesday

September 14, 2010 11:07 pm ⋅ Pam

I made a big deal about fewer goals this week since I didn’t have a 3 day weekend. But I still didn’t get everything done. Between the push to finish Oklahoma Backroads and playing all day Saturday, I was worn out. The only reason I have 2 SBS blocks done is that I knew if I didnt’ get the second one done I’d only be able to cross off one item from my list. Perhaps this Quilting Accountability really works!

Finish Oklahoma Backroads – Done!
Quilt daily on the DWR – No
Piece 2 SBS blocks – Done!
Make this month’s KVQG BOM – No

Also distracting me was the fabric my sister-in-law gave me. There was a package of charm squares and a handful of similar FQs. Although smaller that I typically like to make baby quilts, this quilt top will be great to practice free motion quilting on.

Only the white fabric will count on my Stash Report Sunday since I haven’t added the gifted fabric in. I found a yellow and white print in my stash which I’ll use for the backing. Now to find a piece of batting big enough or piece one together.

Now for next week.