Category Archives: Challenges

What’s On My Design Wall

February 24, 2014 7:41 am ⋅ Pam

This past week I finished both Deadline III and Baby Deadline III. It will be some time before I can reveal the quilts.

The month started with 4 definite goals and a bonus goal. So far I’ve met two of those goals. There are only 5 days left in the month. I best get in gear. And somewhere along the way, I need to figure out what I’m going to take to the PhD (Project Half Done) retreat Friday and Saturday — that is if it still works out that I can go. It may come down to the wire before I know for certain.

Be sure to check out the links over at Patchwork Times to see what others have been working on.

Posted in: designwall, UFO Challenge 2014

What’s On My Design Wall

February 10, 2014 7:53 am ⋅ Pam

Friday night I pulled out my Double Wedding Ring quilt and worked on it on and off over the weekend. All that is left to quilt are part of the end blocks.

To see what others have on their Design Walls follow the links over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: 2014 Finish Along, designwall, dwr

Friday Night Quilting

February 7, 2014 11:33 pm ⋅ Pam

Well, the little quilt is quilted. I should be able to replicate the quilting on the larger quilt without marking near as much. But first I have to rip out the quilting I did last week on the large quilt.

But first, since I had “scheduled” tonight to work on my DWR when I got home I did a bit – including threading all my needles again. Two full rings and the edge hearts left to go. If I would stop and just work on this I could get it done in no time. But after 24 years and 4 months, what’s the hurry? Perhaps my NEW goal should be to finish it by the end of September – 25 years after I started it. — Remind me of that if I haven’t started the binding by August, will you?

Posted in: dwr, UFO Challenge 2014

A UFO Bites the Dust

January 28, 2014 1:10 am ⋅ Pam

The summer of 2012, Melissa at Happy Quilting, hosted a Tetris Quilt-a-Long. Not wanting to start a big project, I made a wall hanging. Yesterday I finally got around to quilting it.

The top measures 12-1/4″ x 33-1/2″. I used black thread and quilted in the ditch around each “piece” and the letters. I used a black batting — I can’t remember now who made it, other than it is not Hobbs because I remember speaking to the sales guy at a quilt show to find out why it was discontinued. I had purchased a whole slew of the craft size at Jo-Ann’s when they had it on clearance for next to nothing.

The binding is a stripe that I found in my stash.

I’ll link up with Finish Along 2014 over at The Littlest Thistle the end of March. This is also on my Quilt With Us UFO List and My Girlfriends Quilt Shop UFO list. The Littlest Thistle list is HERE.

Posted in: UFO Challenge 2014

Finish Along 2014

January 9, 2014 11:39 pm ⋅ Pam

I found another challenge to help keep me on task. The Littlest Thistle is hosting the 2014 Finish Along. To participate make a list of your Finishes you anticipate you’ll complete this quarter and then link it up. Fortunately, there’s no penalty if you don’t finish something on your list and you can roll it over to next quarter. They do however have to be DONE, DONE, not just done to the top stage. When you finish something on your list, write a post and get an entry to win a prize and more importantly the satisfaction of completing something. Oh, and it’s not limited to quilts.

Not that I think I’ll get through this list by the end of March, I’ve decided to list nearly everything on my 2014 Tops to Quilt and Tops to Complete lists so I don’t have to make a decision today about what I’ll do tomorrow.

String HST Wall Hanging – needs border and quilting
Tetris QAL – needs quilting (shoot, I have the thing sandwiched!)
Hancock Stars BOM – working on it quilt as you go
Green & Cream Swap – working on it quilt as you go
Scrappy Trips – nearly a top, but won’t count until I get it quilted & bound for this challenge
Christmas Row Swap – I have the batting, and fabric for the backing
Compass Lone Star – still piecing stars and working on it quilt as you go
Eeyore – way early in the process as only Piglet is done
Diamond Links – need to quilt about 3 rows and the border so I can bind it.
Purple Thangles BOM – need to make a decision about the backing then quilt it!
Yellow Thangles BOM – need to make a decision about the backing then quilt it!
Double Wedding Ring – finish the hand quilting, my virtual progress can be seen on the sidebar.

The linky party for the 2014 1st Quarter Finish Along is HERE along with the official rules.

Posted in: 2014 Finish Along

Scrappy Trips Progress

January 8, 2014 11:10 pm ⋅ Pam

After putting Deadline IV into the wash, I pulled out Scrappy Trips, my treadle project. I needed to finish up about a dozen blocks. Now that I have I’m ready to sew them into a top. Earlier tonight I re-arranged blocks until I got them organized, but I think I want to swap the 4th block on the 3rd row with the 5th block on the 4th row before I sew the top right quarter together.

This is #9 on my Tops to Complete list.

Posted in: Scrappy Trips, treadle, UFO Challenge 2014

What’s On My Design Wall

August 22, 2011 1:23 am ⋅ Pam

I’ve finished True Friends. I had left over pieces from the front, so I included them on the back of the quilt.

The quilting is a simple grid. I used a yellow thread, so if you click on the picture to enlarge it the quilting should show up.

With this quilt, I’ve nearly used up my sticky batting.

I’ve also been working on my Procrastination Challenge and I’m ready to move on to the next project. There are no pictures for the step I’ve been working on since it was “Spring Retreat Mystery – Design”. You’ll have to trust me that I’ve come up with the design.

So, I’ll now be working on this:

Looks like I’ve got borders in my future this week for Candy Sunflower Seeds.

Check out other design walls by following the links over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: designwall, UFO Challenge 2011

What’s On My Design Wall

August 8, 2011 12:15 am ⋅ Pam

It’s another finish. This my UFO for August off of the “To Be Quilted” list. Now on to those red and white square in a square blocks. The fabric is washed and there is no other pressing quilting commitment.

See what others have on their design wall by following the links over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: designwall, UFO Challenge 2011

Procrastination Challenge – Report 2

August 6, 2011 8:39 pm ⋅ Pam

Yes, I’ve finally finished the seam on the back of the Green and Cream quilt. Of course there are three more rows to do, but the challenge was just to ‘finish partial finished rows‘. I can now in good conscience set this aside and do something else from my bag of “UFO Quilt Steps”.

I promise this was not rigged. Well, admittedly I didn’t put the next step of the Green and Cream quilt in the bag until I pulled the next challenge, but still. Since I finally settled on a design for the Row Quilt and bought the fabric last week, I’ve been itching to work on this quilt. I knew if I had the fabric washed, I couldn’t hold back, so now I’ve got to wash the fabric so I can start making those square in a square blocks.

Of course I’ve not totally focused on the Cream and Green quilt. I was supposed to be quilting the Crossword Puzzle quilt, but got stymied when I discovered the backing scrunched. So I worked on Mom’s Chain of Stars, this month’s UFO.

Yesterday I decided to quilt the Crossword Puzzle quilt on the longarm and now have a rental appointment. But what to do with the sticky batting? Cut it up and work on baby quilts. Mom’s Chain of Stars is now quilted, bound and labeled.