Category Archives: Blooming 9-patch

Goals for the Week of May 5, 2025

May 5, 2025 7:23 am ⋅ Pam

Last week’s goals

Bind these 3 quilts: Blooming 9-Patch, Illusions, and the 2011 Mystery Quilt. – DONE

Assemble, quilt and bind 2 more President’s Challenge quilts – DONE

- Make a charm tote bag. – DONE

So what’s on my list for this week?

Make the rest of the Lemoyne Stars for the Compass Lone Star quilt.

Find something to use for my Leader/Ender Project — I’m thinking it will be my Rainbow Charm Swap.

Clear the tables AGAIN and go through at least 1 of the DOOM bags.

I took my main machine to the Sit-n-Sew and when I got back I thought I would clean it since I’ve been sewing so much. This is the accumulation after just 2 weeks.

That led to resuming the deep clean of the quilt studio that I started several months ago. It always looks worse before it gets better.

But I wiped down the window sills, baseboards and swept behind and under the middle table and sewing table and circled back and swept behind the other table as well.

But I was eager to get the bindings on the two challenge quilts, so nearly everything on the sewing table got swept off into those 2 bags sitting on the floor next to the broom — aka DOOM bags — Didn’t Organize Only Moved.

Posted in: 2011 Mystery Quilt, Blooming 9-patch, Charm Tote, Compass Star, Dragonfly Garden, goals, Illusions, Rainbow Challenge

Three Finishes

April 29, 2025 4:32 pm ⋅ Pam

It’s only Tuesday and I have 3 finishes!

First up is Blue Waters. It’s one of the of my 2024 Brandon Quilters Block of the Month quilts. It’s been waiting to be bound since either August or September. I have 2 different dates in my notes.

Started 12/9/23
Finished 4/27/25
Size: 66″ x 83″
Used 2+ bobbins of Glide 40wt in Mercury
B2B (border to border) Bubbles

Next is one the Brandon Quilters President’s Challenge quilts.

I brought the blocks home after the April meeting. I just assembled, quilted and bound the quilt.

Started from blocks 4/26/25
Finished 4/27/25
Size: 40″ x 56″
1 bobbin of Glide in Passion
E2E design – Espallier increased in height to 19″.

Finally, my Blooming 9-Patch that I’m calling Dragonfly Garden.

This was a sew along with the Gulf States Quilt Association. I didn’t get the top done before the meeting, but I finished it in less than a month. All the fabric, including the backing came from stash.

Started 4/3/25
Finished 4/28/25
Size: 75″ x 92″
4 bobbins of Glide in Magic Mint
E2E design – Dragonfly Dance, enlarged to 15″ tall

Posted in: 2025 Brandon Quilters UFO, Blooming 9-patch, Blue Waters, Dragonfly Garden, QBHD President Challenge

What I’m Working on Wednesday – 4/23/2025

April 23, 2025 9:31 am ⋅ Pam

Last night I made a little progress on the Blooming 9-Patch. When I originally sewed the strips for the most recent 9-patches my seam allowance was off and I had to fix it. I was also distracted by the long arm. I thought I’d put a quilt on the frame and while it was stitching I’d be piecing.

I opted for gold thread – specifically Military Gold from Glide on this scrappy red, white and blue quilt. It’s about 60″ wide and the E2E design I picked stitched quickly, so I didn’t have much time between passes.

The gold thread makes the quilting stand out. This E2E design is Calista Stars from My Creative Stitches. It is currently on sale for $5.

The quilt top was finished in April 2011. It was a mystery quilt I wrote for a retreat I attended. It’s been sitting in the box of quilt tops — with the backing and binding strips cut – since then. I wonder how long it will take me to bind it? I’ve got 2 more quilts that need binding.

I got the gold paint on the back of my backsplash.

I need to clean up the edges, but it is ready to be installed when the kitchen gets that far.

Posted in: 2011 Mystery Quilt, Blooming 9-patch, House

Goals for the Week of April 22, 2025

April 22, 2025 3:48 pm ⋅ Pam

It looks like it’s been a couple of months since I set out a list of goals. I think all of my immediate deadlines are done, so it’s time to reflect on my next few goals.

Pictured above is the backsplash that will go behind my stovetop. But Pam, this is not quilting. I agree, but it is fabric, specifically, a piece of Northcott Midas Wide Backing in colorway # 67. This is the wide backing that I bought 9 yards of back in February. I found out the manufacturer of the tile I picked does not recommend it be used behind a stovetop, so it was back to square one to find something just as amazing. I found a number of blog posts where fabric is used and next thing I know I’m ordering a piece of 1/4″ thick tempered glass and more of the backing fabric. I am using Mod Podge Dishwasher Safe-Gloss to decoupage the fabric to the glass. I’ve got either 4 or 5 coats of glue on the fabric and will finish with gold spray paint. Not because it will be seen, but so the thin set doesn’t inadvertently shadow through. I’m going with gold paint so if for some reason I don’t have enough glue on the fabric the gold will look like it belongs. I used white paint on my trial run and I didn’t have enough Mod Podge on the fabric originally.

Next up is my Blooming 9-patch. I want to finish this because if I pull it off the design wall to work on something else, who knows when I’ll get back to it.

Finally I want to work on this pile. I felt so much better after I dealt with the scraps from the Dragon quilt which had gotten piled up on the table I want to keep the momentum going. I’m just going for the table in front of the window.

I will be thrilled to get these 3 things accomplished. I have a few more things queued up, but I’m not going to get a head of myself.

Posted in: Blooming 9-patch, goals, House

What I’m Working on Wednesday 4-9-2025

April 10, 2025 8:12 am ⋅ Pam

I started this post yesterday, but between work and the kitchen it never got past the title.

I have 3 project I’m actively working on. Over the chair is the center of the shop sample I’m working on. I need to get the borders added. Ideally, that will be done by Sunday.

On the design wall is the Blooming 9-Patch. I had all of the fabric for the current two rounds cut out, but I think I used some of it to make flying geese samples. Fortunately I have more fabric.

Tuck in beside the quilt are 2 of the 3 Lotto blocks for GSQA. I’ll make the 3rd one tonight.

Tonight I’ll start a new project. It’s for the kitchen, but has a fabric element. I’m going to attempt to decoupage a piece of this fabric to a piece of glass. If it works, then next week I’ll order some tempered glass and repeat the process to make the backsplash behind my range. Turns out the manufacturer of the tiles I picked out do not recommend using them behind the range due to potential fading. So, I’m going to make my own backsplash.

Posted in: Blooming 9-patch, designwall, House

The Rest of March and into April

April 6, 2025 1:36 pm ⋅ Pam

The day my brother left after installing my bathroom vanity, I headed to AQS Branson. I got home the following Sunday evening and immediately went into Kitchen Remodel mode. Everything had to be removed from the kitchen and laundry room as the contractors were showing up the next morning.

The space was striped to the studs! Everything is getting replaced. While my brother was here I picked my cabinet and wall color, so I spent a day picking out the rest of the finishes. Fell in love with this slab of quartizite. My contractor says I just need one slab, which is good as this is the only one they had.

Then I had to pick the backsplash. I’ve opted for white squashed hexagons for the most of the backsplash with a this gorgeous purple and blue tile to go behind the range. I’m putting the same flooring down in the kitchen that I have in the rest of the house. There’s a small piece of it under the hexie tiles.

I don’t have a picture of the kitchen at the end of the first week or 2nd week, but here is week three.

The Electricians have been in. They’ve done all the wiring and have installed the can lights. The Plumber installed the water line for the ice maker, added a gas line for my new range and installed new spigots for the sink. Finally the Sheetrock guy has been in and the walls are ready for paint, but first cabinets.

The color I picked for my cabinets is Rolling Surf by Krylon. It’s an all-in-one spray can. So I had to get it color matched. While the paint was still wet, Butterscotch decided she needed to help. Needless to say, I had to wash a cat’s paw. You may be able to see in the background the color does not match, so another trip back to the store was necessary.

The 2nd time they got it right. While I was there I also picked up a quart of Spangle. This will be the wall color. I think it will tie nicely with the White Lilac I have in my living room and dining room and the Brave Purple that’s in my den.

It’s not all been kitchen. There has been some quilting. I taught Quilted Sneakers at Ritzy Quilting the last weekend of March. If there is enough interest, I’ll teach this class again August 16th.