Quilting and Stuff by Knitnoid

A Little Retail Shopping

August 29, 2026 11:53 pm ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅

Today, instead of finishing the quilt for the longarm class I’m taking, my skirt, or even making progress on Riviana, I decided to visit a couple of quilt shops – not that I needed anything.  In the back of my mind I was looking for a pretty red tone-on-tone and a good black tone-on-tone.  I didn’t find what I was looking for, but I did find these two pieces.

The top piece is an Amanda Murphy panel.  It’s designed for ruler work.

The second piece is Echo Braid.  I’m not sure how it’s supposed to be used, but my thought was to use it to practice long arm quilting.

Both pieces will go into my stash until later.

Posted in: Uncategorized

Yes, I Did Start a New Quilt

August 28, 2026 8:46 am ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅

Labor Day the NinePatch-Along 7.0 starts.  This is an online long-arm quilting class taught by Natalia Bonner.  The class is free, but I did need to buy the rulers and patterns. Although she does have a panel you can buy, I’m making mine.  Black is a questionable choice for the background, but I’m working from my stash. I plan to use Glide in the color Storm so I can see to pick it out if necessary. I considered Cool Grey 7 as well.  Of course, I’m not past going for something wild like a neon green. Nothing like seeing ALL my stitches. The finished quilt will be 50 x 60.

There are 3 more rulers/tools that I need and I just got notice that they are out for delivery.  The took a 3 day weekend in Indianapolis before arriving in Jackson three days ago.

This is my lunar eclipse pic taken last night at 11 PM CDT.

Posted in: Nine Patch Along 7.0, Ruler work

Disappearing Hourglass is Finished!

August 27, 2026 9:08 am ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅

This is the Missouri Star Disappearing Hourglass. It has been a challenge.  I thought I had a package of 24 10-inch squares, and it turned out I only had either 16 or 20.  OK, smaller quilt it is.  Then I miscut a block. I regrouped, searched for fabric, found 1 piece decided to make 4 replacement blocks.  I miscut one of the replacement blocks.  OK 12 blocks it is.

It’s called a disappearing hour glass because you start with this block, the cut it into 9 pieces and sew it back together to make the star block.  As I was working with a layer cake, I ended up with bias edges.

The white fabric came from my stash and I found the backing in my cutoffs. The only new fabric I had to purchase was the purple.

  • Started 2/24/26
  • Finished 8/7/26
  • E2E Design – Espalier increased to 16″vertically with a -4.25 offset
  • Glide 40wt in Celery
  • 11 SPI
  • Finished size 40″ x 50″

 

 

Posted in: Disappearing Blocks, Disappearing Hourglass

Modern Building Block #1 – Bound!

August 26, 2026 8:53 am ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅

I’ve been on a roll and didn’t let this quilt remain unbound very long.  It’s hard to see, but I did a flange binding. Not so much for the ‘pop of color’, but for the ease of stitching it down!  This quilt was made for 2 purposes. #1 it is the first block in the 2014 Moda Modern Block quilt and I wanted to make sure I understood the cutting instructions (spoiler, I managed to botch it twice before I did flip and fold flying geese)  and 2 I wanted to practice ruler and free motion quilting.  As it turns out all of this is ruler work.

The circles were created with the HQ Swiss Cheese and Big HQ Swiss Cheese rulers.  The piano keys and grid were created with the Piece N Quilt 4-N-1.  The wavy concentric lines in the star points was created with the In Cahoots Wave 13 tool and the ‘diamond’ shapes in the setting triangles were made with Angel Walters “Dot”.  I do not remember what I used to create the quilting in the center of the quilt.

I love the crinkle after washing.  Looks like I could have used more quilting in the border — maybe beadboard? And it appears I forgot to stitch around the center square.  Oh well.

  • Top started 7/4/26 and finished 8/19.
  • Quilting stared 8/20/26 and finished 8/21/26 with binding applied 8/24/26
  • Glide 40 wt in Zeffer on the top and Mercury in the bobbin.
  • Washed measurements 45 1/2″ x 45 1/2″
  • Stitch Count 43,695
Posted in: 2014 Moda MBB, Ruler work, Uncategorized

More Tops

August 24, 2026 9:48 am ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅

This is my entry for the Roll the Dice, the QBHD President’s Challenge.  The idea is the 1st roll is the color and the 2nd is the theme.  My rolls resulted in Green and Squares/Rectangles. I took the assignment at face value.  The green squares and rectangles I was able to pull from my pre-cut boxes. No fabric repeats.

Teddy Bear Picnic will be the backing.  I have just enough fabric to make this work if I am very, very careful.

This is my Disappearing Hourglass. Apparently it only wanted to be 12 blocks.  Earlier this year I sewed my HST together wrong and didn’t discover it until I had cut the block. Then I cut another block at the wrong size.  I purchased more fabric and started making blocks.  The first block I had no issues.  Then I cut the next one wrong.  With no fabric to replace the block I cut wrong I decided 12 blocks was enough. Sewed them together, added the border and started loading it on the longarm.  I found a cut off in my backing scraps to make the backing and 2 pieces of batting to make a frankenbatt. I plan on quilting this in Celery.

Posted in: Disappearing Hourglass, Roll of the Dice

Modern Building Block # 1 – Quilted

August 22, 2026 9:42 am ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅

Last night I pulled Modern Building Block #1 off the quilt frame.  I have a few thread tails to tie off, but otherwise, the quilt is ready to be bound. This is all ruler work – HQ Swiss Cheese and Big HQ Swiss Cheese templates, Piece N Quilt 4-N-1, In Cahoots Wave 13, Angela Walters “Dot”, and a straight line ruler without any markings.

Up close there are bumps and bobbles, but at a distance I really like it.

Now I just need to get it bound.

Posted in: 2014 Moda MBB

Modern Building Block # 1 – Test Quilt

August 21, 2026 2:05 pm ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅

I opted to add a border to the block simply to give ma an edge to quilt. The border brings this to 48″ square.  I was able to use the piece of fabric I had left from the backing of the Magnolia quilt, so that length is out of my stash. I think I still have 3 or 4 yards more.

For the backing, I’m using the back that I took off the center of my sister’s quilt when I decided to long arm it.

I found on small hole in it, but after patching it and putting in on the long arm, the quilt side edge of the hole falls just outside the border. Yea!

Unfortunately, I did not see this hole in the top fabric until after I quilted the section.  I will have to figure out how to fix it.

It’s small wonder — this is reclaimed fabric from the wall at Northwest Fabrics and Crafts when they closed in the early 1990’s. The rest of the fabric is going in the dog bed bag.

 

Posted in: 2014 Moda MBB

A 65th Birthday Quilt in the Making

August 19, 2026 10:31 am ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅

Last year at the guild auction, I won the 2014 Moda Modern Building Blocks pattern cards.  I thought one of these days I’ll make it.  Then I had the idea of making a quilt with 65 blocks for my 65th birthday – then custom quilting it. The collection only has 48 blocks in it and it measures 84″ x 96″. I’d like a quilt to fit my bed,  or 108″ x 108″. I’ve found a way to get to 65 blocks and the size – although I’m not sure what blocks I’ll be making yet. I’ll worry about that when I get there. I have 2 years to finish this quilt.

To start, I’ve made a test block for Block #1. This is massive. 36″ square. I plan to use it for a practice quilting piece.  Two seams are still needed. I didn’t get them sewn as Gracie started yelling at me to shut down.

When it’s time to shut down the quilt studio, she sits at the door and tells me.  This picture was taken the night before when I was finishing up the quilting on Shenandoah. But she does this every night I’m in the studio.

Posted in: 2014 Moda MBB, 65th Birthday Quilt

Shenandoah is Bound!

August 17, 2026 3:22 pm ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅

Over lunch I pulled off the binding and reattached it correctly.

This is Shenandoah. The pattern is designed for large prints, or for a wall hanging its possible to use a vertical panel.  I had a square vintage panel and made some adjustments.

  • Started: 8/13/26
  • Finished: 8/17/26
  • 45″ x 52 1/2″
  • Glide 40wt Candy Cotton
  • 11 SPI
  • Magnolia E2E
  • Susie’s Magic Binding.
Posted in: Shenandoah

Quartered Square is Bound!

August 17, 2026 9:35 am ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅

Quartered Square is bound! Nothing like having a baby quilt ready months in advance.  I still need to put a label on the quilt, but that will occur after the baby (my great niece) is born after the first of the year.

  • Started 8/6/26
  • Finished 8/16/26
  • 45 1/2″ x 45 1/2″
  • Glide 40wt in Magic Mint
  • E2E Espalier
  • Susie’s Magic Binding

My plans were to get the Magnolia Shenandoah bound.  The binding is on the quilt, but when I went to stitch it down I discovered I attached it to the wrong side of the quilt.

I briefly thought I go ahead and stitch is down, but I really want that pop of blue on the front.  So, tonight after the guild meeting I’ll be hanging out with my seam ripper.

Posted in: Quartered Squared