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Category Archives: Designwall

What’s On My Design Wall

October 5, 2015 12:21 am ⋅

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As someone said last week, there’s nothing but threads on my design wall. But that’s OK, I’m quilting. For about a week I debated on how I was going to quilt this quilt — the Sylvia Bridal Sampler Blue & Brown Swap. If I quilted in on the long arm, I was leaning toward this design:

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But I didn’t know how I was going to quilt the borders. There’s a lot of ‘negative space’ begging for something cool. Here on the blog, one of my readers suggested since it’s a traditional setting go for traditional quilting and suggested Baptist Fans.  I keyed in on the ‘traditional quilting’ and thought about some of the antique quilts I have and decided even with the ‘negative space’ a grid would be in keeping with the quilt and was something I could manage on my machine here at home.

The grid is completely done in one direction and I’m guessing about 1/3 of the way done in the other direction. My guess is by mid-week I’ll have another finish to report, then I’ll flip back to piecing. That last shirt backing needs to be done and I’d like to baste both Disappearing 9-Patches over the weekend.

See what others are working on over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: designwall, SBS

What’s On My Design Wall

September 28, 2015 1:56 am ⋅

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Not really my design wall, but it’s what I finished up after watching the eclipse last night.  This is Diamond Links and the quilting is complete. So, up next is binding. Since it’s been a couple of years since I started the quilting, I have no idea what I was planning on using for the binding, but I’ve decided to do use the red inner border fabric as a faux piping and the border fabric as the binding.

Here are a couple of the pics I took of the moon last night.

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Don’t forget to check out the links over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: Challenges, designwall, diamond links

What’s On My Design Wall

September 21, 2015 12:32 am ⋅

dw0921I truly thought I was going to have as my picture today Nifty Thrift finished. After all, I would be home from Bonnie Hunter’s Trunk Show in Marshall, Missouri by 7. That would give me several hours to quilt before hitting the pillow.  As it turns out, it’s a good thing I have today and tomorrow off as apparently the drive wiped me out.

The quilter’s garage sale was hosted by the guild hosting Bonnie. There were some great things, but I was looking specifically (although realistically, not expecting to find) batting. I did purchase More Adventures with Leaders and Enders and had Bonnie sign it for my collection.  There are several quilts I’d like to make in the book, although they will have to wait for now.

So where did the fabric come from? Well, fabric in the top left was originally in my mom’s stash, I was supposed to make some pajama pants out of it, but that didn’t happen and passed it to my sister because I couldn’t figure out what I’d use it for. I got it back to make pillowcases, but there’s not enough for 5 cases, so she passed along the two space fabrics as well.

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

 

Posted in: designwall

What’s On My Design Wall

September 14, 2015 12:31 am ⋅

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This is Out of the Blue. I finished the top about 2 years ago. This is not one of the 12 quilts on my challenge list, but fortunately one I listed in my 3rd Quarter Finish Along since I listed ALL my UFOs. 🙂

Over the weekend a request came in — do I have something for a quick finish for a 7-year-old girl. This top immediately came to mind. It has come together rather quickly. Digging through my stash I found a length of black batting, a fun dot print for the backing and a bright green to make the backing wider.

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And I finally got to open the spool of turquoise thread I bought on sale a while back. I was smart enough to cut the binding strips when I made the top, so I hope to finish up this quilt tonight after work.

See what others are working on over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: designwall, Out of the Blue

What’s On My Design Wall

September 7, 2015 8:31 am ⋅

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Having bound the first Disappearing 9-Patch, I’m now working on the backing for the pink and floral Aiming for Accuracy quilt top. I pulled all the pink, purple and floral blocks from my Orphan Quilt Box as a start. I’ve got a whole pile of pink and white bounce HST from an earlier quit and those are going to get made into pinwheels and added to the mix.  Finally I’m going to use this pink and purple butterfly fabric to fill in the gaps.

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Blocks will be rearranged before I’m done.

See what others are working on over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: designwall

What’s On My Design Wall

August 31, 2015 12:16 am ⋅

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Over the weekend I finished cutting the shirt squares. Then I started stitching them into quilt backs. The one pictured above will go with the Orange Disappearing 9-Patch. Pictured below is half of the backing for one of the other Disappearing 9-Patch quilts.

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In the bottom left corner is the stack of quilt tops which I’m planning on quilting. I hope to get all of these backs knocked out this week, then I’ll start a marathon quilting session. I’ve got a 4-day weekend coming up.

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

Posted in: designwall, DP9, goals

What’s On My Design Wall

August 24, 2015 6:20 am ⋅

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I’ve been cutting up my shirts into 9-inch squares to make the backings for 4 quilts made from shirts. So far I’ve cut 183 squares and I need 410 for the 4 backings. The count should have been 187, but I cut the last shirt back wrong, not once, but twice, resulting in just 2 squares instead of 6. At that point I called it a day.

That pile of strips in the back will eventually become tumblers.

Check out the links over at Patchwork Times to see what others are working on.

Posted in: designwall

What’s On My Design Wall

August 17, 2015 12:25 am ⋅

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I’ve started sewing blocks into rows for the Green Disappearing 9-Patch. This is 1/4 of the blocks. Since Monday is a travel day for the Royals, there won’t be a baseball game to distract me after work and I could get this top finished. That is unless we end up going through the clutter in the basement, in which case I’ll carve out enough time to at least get this section done and the next one up on the wall.

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

Posted in: designwall, DP9

What’s On My Design Wall

August 10, 2015 8:30 am ⋅

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A little bit of progress.  This is the stack of 3-patches for 13 of the big 9-patches. After I get these made, I still have 13 more to make.  I think tonight I’ll listen to the ballgame instead of watching it on television and see if I can make any progress on this quilt.

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

Posted in: designwall, DP9

What’s On My Design Wall

July 20, 2015 7:56 am ⋅

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Truthfully? Nothing.  But that’s because I finished the Red Disappearing 9-Patch late Friday night. Here’s a better picture than the one I posted Saturday morning. But have no fear, I’ve got my rotary cutter out.  I’m wading back through my shirts, cutting 9″ squares to make backings for the DP9 quilts, tumblers for the leader ender challenge, tracing star points and trimming up the scraps to go into my pre-cut boxes.

When I started cutting for the backing, I thought I’d be lucky to empty half a box, but if I’ll go ahead and take care of scraps instead of folding them back into the box, who knows how much space I’ll have when I’m done.

See what others are working on over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: designwall, DP9