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What’s On My Design Wall

September 29, 2014 8:22 am ⋅

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My Star-A-Day project is on the wall today.  I’ve been pushing myself to get ‘caught up’ on the stars and last night I finished the 28th star and I was able to assemble the section.  Spending so much time on this quilt to get it going has meant I’ve not worked on anything else. Now that I’ve I’m only working on a single star a day and it has ‘clicked’ and a star is not taking me 2 hours to make, I should have time to work on my other projects. But first I’ll select the fabrics for the next two weeks of stars.

Check out what others have on their design walls by following the links over at Patchwork Times.

 

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What’s On My Design Wall

September 22, 2014 12:06 am ⋅

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16 of the 3″ (finished) stars.  I’m considering the fabric I have them laying on as my setting fabric. I only bought a FQ over the weekend since I wasn’t certain about it, but I think it plays nicely with the star backgrounds I’ve used so far.

Over the weekend I traced off enough stars for the rest of the month. Now if I can come to some sort of balance between piecing a star and working at the machine.  Maybe if I had a book to listen to…

See what others are working on by following the links over at Patchwork Times.

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What’s On My Design Wall

September 15, 2014 7:58 am ⋅

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And then there were six.  These are the first of 365 3″ finished LeMoyne stars I need for the Star-a-Day quilt by Karen Styles.

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The idea is to stitch one star a day and at the end of the year you’ll have enough stars to make an 81″ x 81″ quilt.  The designer recommends that the quilt be assembled in sections as you go along so you don’t end up with a pile of stars at the end of the year.  I need a few more stars before I try to assemble my first section.

As for piecing them one a day, I can see an advantage to that – I did three last night and I can feel it in my wrist.  Given that I need to also be working on the DWR binding, I need to pace myself.

As for the DWR, I need to get it back to the sewing machine.  There’s a section which I need to re-stitch. It won’t take long, but it does require swapping the pressure foot on the machine and changing thread. I guess I’ll do that after work today.  That is after I stitch a few more of these blocks.  There are six laying on my sewing table ready for me to stitch the 2nd strip to them and a whole stack that need both strips.

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See what other’s are working on by following the links over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: designwall, Star-A-Day

What’s On My Design Wall

September 8, 2014 11:22 am ⋅

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At the moment, my design wall is empty. I’ve started sewing strips to the double square in a rectangle pieces.  Haven’t gotten very far.

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On the other hand, I  have the binding on 7-1/2 arcs stitched down.  It’s beginning to look like a finished quilt. Only 22-1/2 arcs of binding to go.

See what others are working on by visiting the links over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: designwall, dwr, UFOs

What’s On My Design Wall

September 1, 2014 11:23 am ⋅

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I really hoped that I would be able to show that the binding was attached to the DWR and I was stitching it down.  But instead of working on the DWR last night I spent the evening assembling a grill — and it’s not done either!

True, I could have bought the grill already assembled, but then I wouldn’t have been able to get it home. Needless to say, if I don’t get it into gear today, we won’t be grilling tonight either.

But back to the DWR.  Part of my hesitation on the binding was deciding how wide to cut the binding, determining how much binding I needed and then deciding if I had enough fabric left. There’s no getting more of this fabric — I bought it in September or October of 1989.

Well, the good news is I had a yard. Ok, I’ve got enough fabric.  Next I measured around the edge of the rings: 13-1/2″.  30 rings – 405″+ need extra for seams.

I then pulled a piece of the leftover binding from the placemats to check the width. I basted it to the quilt and decided with width was good.  That means I need 2-1/4″ binding.

According to to the chart over at Generations Quilt Patterns 3/4 yards of 40″ wide fabric (after selvedges are removed) will yield 449″ of binding which should be more than enough — especially since I have 43″ of usable width.

After I finish the grill, I’ll resume working on the binding for the DWR. 25 years is long enough for a quilt to be a UFO.

See what others are working on over at Patchwork Times.

 

Posted in: designwall, dwr

What’s On My Design Wall

August 25, 2014 6:30 am ⋅

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This week it’s batiks.  First up is a quilt that I just need to finish stitching the binding on.  I made the top back in 2012 – started it in a class. The pattern is Abbey Memories from Turning Twenty book #8 – Stained Glass and Scraps. I quilted it Friday morning and took it to the quilt retreat to work on.  The batiks are from Connecting Threads and I’m 99% certain the “leading” and binding is Kona Cotton.

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After finishing the pillowcase and tacking down the label on Eeyore, I primarily worked on this batik project. All of these batiks also came from Connecting Threads.  I need to press the last corner down then sew on a bright colored strip to either side of the block so far before I can start assembling them into a top.  Right now this quilt is called “August C – Batik” a cheat sheet for the block can be found HERE.

So, what’s up for the rest of the week?  Finish the binding on Abbey Memories, make and attach the binding to the DWR and make the Alphabet BOM “T” block.  Then I’ll go back to work on the new quilt.

Linking up with Patchwork Times today.

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What’s On My Design Wall

August 18, 2014 11:27 am ⋅

This week I’ve got 4 things going on — all of which MUST be done by Friday morning.

First up finish binding Eeyore.  I’ve got about a foot of the binding attached to the front of the quilt.

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Next, cut this pile of fabrics into 320 2-1/2″ x 4-1/2″ bricks for Syd to use in her new quilt — neither of us are quite ready for her to use the rotary cutter.

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Then I need to finish cutting this pile of FQs and yardage for the quilt I plan on working on this weekend.

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Finally I need to get this top and the backing on the zippers. I have a date with the longarm Friday morning.

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I don’t know if my quilting mojo is back, but all of this stuff simply has to be done.

Check out what others have on their design walls over at Patchwork Times.

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What’s On My Design Wall

August 11, 2014 9:35 am ⋅

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Nada. But as you can see, there are a few things stacked up waiting for me.  On the ironing board, top to bottom, a pillowcase, Scrappy Trips & the backing and the DWR waiting for binding.  Over by the design wall, Diamond Links, which I need to finish quilting, is sitting on the basket of shirts. Behind the red and white stool is a stack of batting scraps and the second Ladder to the Stars which needs a label and pillowcase.

It’s been a long time since I’ve been in a quilting funk which has lasted this long and I’m ready to get out of it. So, I am going to finish Eeyore this week!  And if I finish it sooner than later I’m going to trace off a few pages of Virginia Bound (if I can find my book!) and pieces  a few blocks from the basket of shirt strings under the shelf. Then again I may do something else completely.

Others I’m sure have more interesting design walls — check them out over at Patchwork Times.

 

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What’s On My Design Wall

August 4, 2014 8:11 am ⋅

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This week I’ve got a couple of thing going on.  First off, I corrected the Rail Fence and Spools block for the Alphabet BOM. It really didn’t take long once I focused.  There are still 7 more blocks, so I’ve been thinking about how I’m going to set 26 blocks.  Nearly every plan I do I either have 1 block left over or need a few more.  But playing in EQ I may have come up with an idea.

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Obviously the Letters are simply place holders and if I go with this plan there is no guarantee the blocks will end up in order.

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I’ve not forgotten Eeyore — I’ve got the cable marked on the center border.  Now I need to clear the space around the sewing machine so I can finish it up.

Check out the links over at Patchwork Times to see what others are up to this week.

 

Posted in: Alphabet Blocks, designwall

What’s On My Design Wall

July 28, 2014 7:57 am ⋅

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There’s not much on my design wall today.  I’ve done virtually nothing in the sewing room for the past two weeks.  I did finally finish these coasters.  The  bias binding was driving me crazy. They measure 3-1/2″ across so it’s a tight turn as compared to other curves I’ve done in the past. This is what I learned:

  • Cut the bias binding at 1-1/2″
  • Do not double it as on quilts
  • Use a 1/4″ seam
  • Do a straight join

I was even able to machine stitch the binding down.

On the wall proper is the June BOM for the Alphabet BOM. R is for Rail Fence.

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This week the weather is supposed to be relatively cool, so other than the block for July, I’m not sure if I’ll get any more time with the sewing machine.  There’s more yard work to do before Friday night.

Hop over to Patchwork Times to see what others have on their design wall.

Posted in: BOM, designwall