Quilting and Stuff by Knitnoid

Author Archives: Pam

I made my first quilted item as a visual aid for a math project in 7th grade. Over the next 25 years quilting was hit or miss, but quilting took over all the other crafts I've done in 2003.

While Searching for a Backing

March 26, 2015 8:48 pm ⋅

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Earlier this week while searching my stash for the Orca Bay backing, I found a bag with this pre-quilted panel and blanket binding.  I was given it back after Christmas. So, I pulled it out and finished it.  What was I stalling for?  And the backing? I didn’t find it.

So, this evening more digging.

Look what I found!

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My postage stamp blocks. I’ve been looking for them for at least a week, maybe longer as I have more pieces to add to the bag.  I’m looking for a quilt a little over twice as big and I really think I was aiming for 4 times as big.  Ask me again when I get it to 48″ x 60″, another 1520 squares away.

And the backing.  I finally found it.  So naturally I think I’m going to work on the graduation quilt. It’s needed in 7 weeks, and Orca Bay won’t be needed until it’s cold again in Atlanta.

 

Posted in: Postage Stamp

What’s On My Design Wall

March 23, 2015 6:30 am ⋅

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This past week I’ve been playing with my stars.  10 new stars.  As you can see Orca Bay is not yet sandwiched. I really need to do something about that this week. Or work on Eye Fooler.  It’s still sitting on the corner of my desk.

Click over to Patchwork Times to see what others are working on.

Posted in: designwall, Star-A-Day

Stash Report

March 22, 2015 6:03 am ⋅

The primary thing I’ve been working on this past week is the Stars.  All of that a fabric will get counted when the top is complete — which at this rate will be August 2016, not August 2015 — but I’m having fun picking out fabrics from my scraps.  I might have fabric to report next week.  I’m gearing up, at least in my head to quilt my Orca Bay.

I’m considering quilting it in concentric circles — but I’m not sure there is enough space on my sewing machine. I’m confident there is on the treadle, but I’m equally confident that I’m not coordinated enough to treadle, stitch a smooth curve and wrestle a large quilt at the same time. It almost makes me want to see about getting the motor rewired just to try.

Fabric Added Since Last Report 0 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 18.91 yards

Fabric Used Since Last Report: 3.533 yards
Fabric Used to Date: 20.497 yards

DECREASE in Stash to Date:  1.587 yards

See how others are doing over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: Stash Busting Report

Star 100

March 19, 2015 12:37 am ⋅

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Posted in: Star-A-Day

What’s On My Design Wall

March 16, 2015 6:13 am ⋅

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This past week I’ve been working on my stars.  Star #99 still needs a few more pieces of background attached — then I’ve got to pick more star fabric.

So, this past weekend I started working on the Craigslist scraps – the ones I got back in October and whittled down to one crate. I’ve got them sorted by color or theme except for this last little bit in the crate.

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There were piles covering all of my ironing board, but I had to make room for pressing. The blues have been pressed.

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To clear the space, I moved the scraps to my treadle.

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I hope to get through the scraps this week because I need to get back to the graduation quilt.  I was reminded that there’s just two months until graduation.

Check out what other are working on over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: designwall, scraps, Star-A-Day

Stash Report

March 15, 2015 6:30 am ⋅

I have fabric to report as used this week.  The sashing and cornerstones for the red, white & blue samplers and the bit used for the Boston Common layout of Star Struck.

Fabric Added Since Last Report 0 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 18.91 yards

Fabric Used Since Last Report: 3.533 yards
Fabric Used to Date: 20.497 yards

DECREASE in Stash to Date:  1.587 yards

See how others are doing over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: Stash Busting Report

This Week’s Stars

March 14, 2015 8:37 pm ⋅

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Here are this week’s stars.  The turquoise stripe and the neutrals came from my stash. The rest from the Craigslist scraps.

Posted in: scraps, Star-A-Day

Still Goofing Off

March 12, 2015 11:49 pm ⋅

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This mess can only mean one thing.  I’m digging for fabrics for my Star-A-Day quilt — the one that’s apparently going to take at least 2 years to piece if I don’t get a move on it.  I’m digging through the scraps I got off Craigslist for the prints and my stash for the neutrals. fortunately I’m finding some neutrals in the scraps as well.

Posted in: scraps, Star-A-Day, Stash

How One Quilt Top Becomes Two

March 10, 2015 9:38 pm ⋅

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4 or 5 years ago I made this quilt top from Bonnie Hunter’s free pattern Star Struck. It measures 64″ x 80″. My intention was to eventually quilt it and bind it in either red or blue when I got that far.  Last night I started packing up the quilt tops I’m sending to Vicki and I thought about this one.  It’s too big for the purposes of Country School Quilters, but with the removal of 4 rows it’s about right — 48″ x 64″.

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But now I have 32 “orphan blocks” and there’s room in the box for one more quilt top.

I dug through my neutral stash and made this ‘Boston Commons’ layout with the rest of the stars. – 3/4 of yard of fabric from my stash, no orphan blocks and two quilt tops for the quilters to give to the veteran’s hospital.

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It’s a win all the way around.

UFO Count (Quilts in Progress + Tops to Be Quilted):  63 down from 69 January 1st.

Posted in: Star Struck, UFO Busting - 2015

Another Red, White & Blue Sampler

March 9, 2015 8:41 pm ⋅

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These are more sampler, shop hop and test blocks. I think I see a couple of left over blocks from a mystery quilt that I made incorrectly as well.  Now to package up the last three tops for Vicki.

This brings my current UFO (Quilts in Progress + Tops to Be Quilted) count to 64 from January 1st’s count of 69.

Posted in: UFO Busting - 2015