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.

What’s On My Design Wall

March 9, 2015 12:44 am ⋅

RWBSampler1

As I mentioned late Saturday night, I’ve gotten distracted. Vicki at Field Trips in Fiber suggested sending smaller quilts (48″ x 60″) to her quilt club would be a win-win. A veteran’s hospital would get a quilt and the UFO count could be reduced. I checked my spreadsheet and found one quilt top which was waiting on borders, and I found two partial block sets.

From the block sets and a couple of orphan blocks, I made the quilt top pictured above. The 2nd quilt top is on the design wall waiting for the sashing.

RWBSampler2-blk

 

As soon as I get these in the mail, I’ll cross them off my “To Be Quilted” list and reduce the number of my UFOs (“Quilts In Progress” + “To Be Quilted”) by three. Then it will be back to the graduation quilt.

See what others are working on over at Patchwork Times.

 

Posted in: Blue Ridge Beauty, designwall, UFOs

Stash Report

March 8, 2015 6:43 am ⋅

A year or so ago I picked my sister up from work and was surprised at the number of thrift shops in the neighborhood. I made a note to visit them and yesterday, with it being such a gorgeous day, I wanted out of the house and decided it was time.  Except, apparently they weren’t where I thought they were – which is a good thing for my stash report.

No fabric in and no countable fabric out.  Perhaps next week.  I’ve been working on the graduation quilt, ok, that won’t be done next week, but I pulled out a couple of sets of blocks and I’m in the process of setting them together.

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

Fabric Used Since Last Report: 0 yards
Fabric Used to Date: 16.964 yards

INCREASE in Stash to Date:  1.946 yards

See how others are doing over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: Stash Busting Report

Side Tracked

March 8, 2015 1:43 am ⋅

BlueRidge-revised

This is my Blue Ridge Beauty re-worked.  Previously it was two rows longer and needed borders, additional blocks or both. But I found a group who is looking for smaller quilts tops – 48″ x 60″ – so I removed a couple of rows and it now measures 48″ x 60″. I’ll move this top to the “To Be Quilted” list so I can record the ‘finish’ and then cross it off, reducing the number of UFOs. The two rows of removed blocks are now in the orphan block box.

I then pulled out the Red, White & Blue sampler blocks and the Victory Quilt blocks and found a few blocks in the orphan block box. With a bit of framing and sashing, I’ll be able to get two more of these smaller quilt tops.

19-RWBSampler

11-Victory

As for the graduation quilt, it’s been gathered up and is now sitting in a million pieces on the corner of my desk.

gradquilt03007

 

Posted in: Blue Ridge Beauty, Eye Fooler, UFOs

Then There Were 17

March 4, 2015 3:28 pm ⋅

gradquilt-17

Posted in: Eye Fooler

8 of 63

March 3, 2015 6:49 am ⋅

gradquilt-blocks1-8

Posted in: Eye Fooler

What’s on My Design Wall

March 2, 2015 6:27 am ⋅

dw0302-gradquilt

I’m using EQ to help me shuffle the bits and pieces of the graduation quilt, so that hopefully, the colors will be dispersed throughout the quilt and not lumped together. The pieces are scattered on various surfaces in my sewing room.

stars

Although I did not get a star made yesterday, I did get the two sections stitched together.

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

Posted in: designwall, Eye Fooler, Star-A-Day

Stash Report / February Recap

March 1, 2015 10:26 am ⋅

gradquilt-pieces

 

A whole lot of fabric passed under my needle this past week – the majority of it at the retreat Friday and Saturday. Most of the units needed for the blocks for the graduation quilt  are made.  I still need all of the HST in both sizes and the triangle in a square units for the outer blocks. That pile in the top right corner is the start of the block assembly.

Stash Report: – Reported at Patchwork Times

Fabric Added Since Last Report 0.25 yards (FQ from the retreat)
Fabric Added to Date: 18.91 yards

Fabric Used Since Last Report: 0.75 yards (Orca Bay Borders)
Fabric Used to Date: 16.964 yards

INCREASE in Stash to Date:  1.946 yards

350 Blocks Report at Prairie Moon Quilts

I reported 23 blocks.  I counted the Orca Bay pieced border as 10 and I finished 13 stars.

orcabay-top

staraday-february

I have nothing to show for the UFO Parade at 52 Quilts in 52 Weeks. Orca Bay only made it to the top stage.

UFO Busting Link Up

  • # of Projects in Process February 1st: 66
  • # of Projects Completed: 0
  • # of New Projects Started: 1
  • # of Projects in Process February 28th: 67

 

 

Posted in: 2015 -350 Blocks, Eye Fooler, Orca Bay, Star-A-Day, Stash Busting Report, UFO Busting - 2015, UFO Parade - 2015

A Bazillion Pieces

February 24, 2015 11:45 pm ⋅

gradquilt-tostitch

Not really, it just seems like it.  Someone said that Orca Bay had too many pieces in it for them to make, but I didn’t notice it (well, until I got to the string piecing) as we did one unit at a time. This quilt doesn’t have as many pieces (I did the math), but it does seem like there are a bazillion since I have cut about half of the quilt out for quick assembly line piecing.

In this first picture is the brights for the black & bright 4-patches, flying geese & triangle in a square.  Normally I piece with a gray thread, but I realized that I don’t have any empty bobbins, so I’ve dug out the partial bobbins and will use them up. Thus the color coordinated piles.  Currently I’m stitching with gray thread in the top and yellow in the bobbin.  I just finished the yellows and I’m currently working on the “multi-colored” pile.

Stitch 5 triangles, 5 geese, 5 2-patches – get up and press, repeat.

gradquilt-stitched

Clearly I’m making progress.  That bunch in the bag is for my bright 4-patches. Somewhere along the way I’m going to have to get the cat hair off the rest of the black fabric so I can cut more 2″ squares and HST.

butterscotchblackfabric

This is the pile of fabric I’m working from now — all that is left to cut from it are HST.

gradquilt-forhst

I may need a new blade before I’m done.

Posted in: Eye Fooler

What’s On My Design Wall

February 23, 2015 12:58 am ⋅

orcabay-top

First up is the Orca Bay top. This was the 2011 Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt.  I have the batting, backing and thread to quilt it, I just need to scheduled long arm rental time.

So, having finished one quilt top, I’m on to the next one. Eye Fooler in black and brights.

saturdaystitching-kalli

 

Saturday I got a few 2-patches and flying geese made while I was avoiding the borders for Orca Bay. There are tons more of these units which need to be made. The bright fabric for these units are cut but I haven’t cut the black fabric. I made myself wait until the Orca Bay top was done.

These 4″ wide bright strips should be enough for the rest of the black and bright units.

dw0223 - strips

By getting these cut, I’ve been able to fold up the rest of the fabric. Admittedly it’s not put away – but that’s only because there’s a quilt top hanging from the shelving.

I did cut one 5″ strip of the black to make the background of the triangle in a square units.


 dw0223 - trianglesquare

Next up is to figure out how many units of each fabric I need. I suspect I’ll be cutting all week.

Linking up to Patchwork Times.

 

 

Posted in: designwall, Eye Fooler, Orca Bay

Stash Report

February 22, 2015 1:58 am ⋅

orca-pieced borders

Lots of fabric passed under my needle this past week, but I didn’t get the borders attached to Orca Bay, so no fabric used. My only purchase was two batts, one for Orca Bay and one for a twin bed quilt I want/need to make after I finish the graduation quilt.

Fabric Added Since Last Report 0 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 18.66 yards

Fabric Used Since Last Report: 0 yards
Fabric Used to Date: 16.214 yards

INCREASE in Stash to Date:  2.446 yards

Most of the fabric for Orca Bay is counted already, but I’m wondering now if I’ll have time to quilt it Friday morning?

See how others are doing with their stashes over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: Orca Bay, Stash Busting Report