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Category Archives: Louisa Lattice

Finishing the Week

March 27, 2021 11:59 am ⋅

Test 2 is bound.

Louisa Lattice is bound and washed.  This one is going to my Guild’s Cancer Center project.

Yesterday after binding Louisa Lattice, I pulled out the box with these pieces in it.  The crazy squares I purchased at auction a couple of years ago.  This is the 2nd quilt I’ve made from the blocks and there are at least enough blocks to make 1 more quilt. The sashing is from Quiltville’s Dancing Nines. I quilted this with “Bubbles” in Candy Apply Red thread.  The back is a piece of fabric I bought to make my husband a shirt.

2 more Easy Breezy Blocks were made.

Finally, I got the cable company to come remove their box and cable from the house to the pole.  I haven’t had cable in a number of years. Earlier this week I was up in the terraced area of the back yard and had to duck to go under the wire.  Now to get the phone company to pull the DSL line and tighten the phone cables.  I’m ducking under those too.

  • 350 Challenge March = 51
  • 350 Challenge Cumulative = 165
  • Easy Breezy = 131

 

 

Posted in: 2021 - 350 Blocks, Dancing Nines, Easy Breezy, Louisa Lattice, wonky dishes ⋅ Tagged:

Finished (or Not) Friday / One Monthly Goal

March 26, 2021 12:56 am ⋅

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.

  • 350 Challenge March = 37
  • 350 Challenge Cumulative = 168
  • Easy Breezy = 129

 

Posted in: 2021 - 350 Blocks, Easy Breezy, Finished (or Not) Friday, Louisa Lattice, One Monthly Goal, Wedding Quilt

Quilting and Piecing

March 25, 2021 12:57 am ⋅

The last of customer quilts is done. I had to learn a new skill  – masking. That’s when stitching out an edge to edge design you mask a spot you don’t want to stitch.

It’s not the best picture, but the “straight” lines is the boundary where I told the computer to skip.

Once I got past the masked area, I was able to do a bit of piecing.  These are the rest of the pieces for “Louisa Lattice”.  I also finished one Easy Breezy block.

  • 350 Challenge March = 17
  • 350 Challenge Cumulative = 131
  • Easy Breezy = 127
Posted in: 2021 - 350 Blocks, CustomerQuilt, Easy Breezy, Louisa Lattice

Design Wall Monday – March 14, 2021

March 15, 2021 6:35 am ⋅

The computerized quilting is finished on the wedding quilt.  I’m now working on the continuous curves.

I have the quilt rolled and I am ready to start the next section.  My goal is to have the quilt off the machine by this weekend.  I have someone bringing me 3 tops to quilt and I’d like to work on them next week while I’m off from work.

While the computer was finishing up, I made 3 more blocks for Louisa Lattice.  The blocks really are quick to do, but I can’t be manually running the long arm and sitting at my domestic machine at the same time. I may just try to do 3 blocks a night just to say I’ve worked on the quilt.

I’m linking up with Small Quilts and Doll Quilts for Design Wall Monday.

  • 350 Challenge March = 16
  • 350 Challenge Cumulative = 130
  • Easy Breezy = 126
Posted in: 2021 - 350 Blocks, Louisa Lattice

So Close

March 14, 2021 1:15 am ⋅

I finally got to the longarm around late Saturday afternoon. At 10 PM I called it a night.  I have the last 1/2 row to stitch out with the computer, then it will be on to the continuous curves.

While the computer was doing it’s thing, I started on the layer cake project that I’m currently calling “Louise Lattice”. It’s a free pattern from The Fat Quarter Shop.

I picked out 30 of the squares to use for my quilt.  At this point I’m planing on using the remaining squares to make a scrappy binding.  But as I only have 9 blocks finished, I don’t have to worry about that.  If you look close, you can see the 2 Easy Breezy blocks I made as well.

The other day I stopped back by my brother’s after my nephew’s play and several bags of “stuff” were put in my car.  I finally brought it in looking for the needlepoint chair cushion my mom was working on.  I found the wool, but apparently the needlepoint didn’t make it back into the bag before it was put in my car.  I did however find 4 yards of this 59″ wide 4-way stretch material. It’s pretty but those flowers sure are big.

  • 350 Challenge March = 13
  • 350 Challenge Cumulative = 127
  • Easy Breezy = 126
Posted in: 2021 - 350 Blocks, Easy Breezy, Louisa Lattice, Wedding Quilt

Squirrels!

March 11, 2021 6:37 am ⋅

This afternoon I looked out my window to see what got Butterscotch’s attention.

It was a squirrel!

It ran up and down the side of the house a couple of times.

She wasn’t the only one distracted today. The layer cake that I won playing Fabric Bingo last week was delivered. In anticipation of it’s arrival I started searching for layer cake patterns.  I ended up with Layer Cake Lattice from the Fat Quarter Shop. I found a length of a solid off white in my stash for the background, so all I’ll need is backing and binding.

I had thread/tension issues today, so just finished the circle feathers before the thunderstorms rolled in.  I’ll keep quilting in the rain, but when lighting starts flashing I shut the machine down.

 

Posted in: Louisa Lattice, Wedding Quilt