Decisions, decisions. What do I pick for my One Monthly Goal, a challenge hosted by Elm Street Quilts. Do I pick finishing the top to Shimmer…
quilt and bind Atomic Starburst…
or quilt and bind Baubles ‘n Beads?
Yes, there is a theme here — all of the quilts I’ve made with my FQ Bundle of Radiance which I purchased in July 2019.
I think I’ll go with Shimmer.
Today’s design wall appears to be a throw back to August 2020.
I know you are thinking — didn’t she finish this quilt top last summer? The answer is Yes, but no.
When it came time to trim it up, (back when I could see my hearth) it wasn’t right, but I couldn’t put my finger on what the problem was. Look close – see the blue and yellow star?
It’s not lining up. I couldn’t see it last summer, but yesterday when the top was uncovered by my cleaning, I spotted the problem right away. Apparently this top needed to be in timeout for a while.
Gracie helped me rip out the seam.
Once it was in two pieces it was easy to see where the mistake was made. I think this was the last seam. I haven’t decided if I’ll trim it before or after I quilt it. I’m leaning to after. So, I’ll spend a day or two trying to figure out how I want to quilt it. I have to keep in mind, that — oh, this is March — I was thinking in the next 2 weeks I needed to load my nephews graduation quilt on the machine to quilt — but there’s 8, not 4 more weeks to graduation. So, I will be able to keep this on the frame for a couple of weeks and still get his quilt done.
As for my piecing project, I’ve pulled Shimmer out. It went into time out because I made 2 different cutting errors on the same block. Since the above picture was taken, I’ve finished cutting the white for the rest of the blocks, and completed a block.
This is not a quick sew. I watched 2 episodes of Deep Space Nine without commercials in the time it took to complete this block. I have 21 left to make. Hopefully it will get faster.
I’m linking up with Small Quilts for Design Wall Monday.
I’m starting with One Monthly Goal — Finish the wedding quilt. It still needs to be washed, but I’m calling it done. I think next month I’ll pick something a little simpler.
I used 9 Big Dream Dance in the Hummingbird colorway for the backing.
For Finish (or Not) Friday, I also have Louisa Lattice. This was made with a bit of yardage from my stash and a layer cake called Louisa that I won during Fabric Bingo. I’ve made a scrappy binding from the leftover squares. The back is a vintage Peter Pan floral which my mom bought years ago.
I while I was assembling the top, I made 2 more Easy Breezy blocks.
On my design wall is another test quilt. This one is only 4 blocks and measures 30″ square. The objective is to figure out how to trim the feather block used in the center so there’s only 1/2 on the sides and top and 1/4 in the corners. The easy way would be to let it stitch off the edge, but given the size of the wedding quilt that’s not an option, so one more test is needed. I can also use the practice on the broken dish units.
As for my One Monthly Goal, it is to finish the wedding quilt.
In order to do that I need to finish the backing. I hope to have that done by mid-week. With any luck, the wedding quilt will be on the frame and I’ll be on my way to meeting this goal.
Design Wall Monday at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts. One Monthly Goal at Elm Street Quilts, 350 Blocks at Prairie Moon Quilts.
Wonky Dishes, my test quilt is Finished! This is the snow pic that I hurried to get on Saturday before the thaw.
The quilt measures 70″ x 80″ before washing. I have no idea how many different fabrics are in the quilt.
I purchased the backing twice. I totally forgot I had my backing when I found this on the clearance rack. It’s from a kid’s line — Space Camp – or something like that. It had cute little space shuttles instead of color dots — and no other identifying information on the selvage.
I quilted it with Glide in Linen on both the top and the bobbin. I used a combination of computer controlled feathers manually placed in each “block” and continuous curves in the broken dish units.
I used the backing fabric for the binding, which I stitched down by hand.
Edited to include the link up to the .
It’s Monday and the 1st of the month, so there’s lots to link up.
If you’ve been following my posts in January, you may be thinking to yourself “Haven’t I seen this before?”. But I promise, this is a new picture for Design Wall Monday.
I spent the weekend working on my Guild’s website and only got in a bit of quilting. This is all of the pieces for the rest of the wedding quilt. The lavender broken dishes are made, and have the seafoam HST ready to stitch.
Ideally, yesterday’s post should have been my accomplishment post to One Monthly Goal over at Elm Street Quilts. I really had hoped I’d have this top finished. It’s still in many pieces. But this is where I am now:
The pieces above
Half the quilt from earlier in the month.
And 1/4 of the top from early last week. Perhaps by this Friday.
So, what is my One Monthly Goal for February? I could say finish the wedding top, since I’m confident it will get finished, but instead I’m going with Quilt the Red, White & Blue Wonky Dishes.
I want to work out my quilting ideas on this quilt before I quilt the wedding quilt.
Which brings me to my 2021 Personal Quilting Challenge #1. These are my objectives which I hope to have done by February 23rd.
Fortunately I have another 23 days. I best get a move on it.
This brings me to the 350 Blocks report over at Prairie Moon Quilts.
I think that’s everything. Let’s see what February has to offer.
The 3rd section of the quilt is sewn together. And from the scraps I make another Easy Breezy block. It was tempting to work on the MQA BOM as the last 2 blocks were released, but I remembered my One Monthly Goal and the only way I’m going to finish the rest of the top this month is if I don’t get distracted. There will be plenty of time to accomplish my challenges from my personal challenge.
Elm Street Quilts is hosting a One Monthly Goal Link up. Today is the last day to join. My goal for January 2021 is to finish the wedding quilt top.
I’ve got the 1st 1/4 of the quilt assembled, but the rest of it is still a work in progress. I’ve cut and started to assemble the rest of the broken dish units for the 2nd 1/4 of the quilt.
Hopefully I’ll have a complete top by the end of the month and the accomplishment link up party.
