I just finished stitching down the binding on Deadline IV and have made a matched pillowcase. Now I have to hand stitch down the label and the hanging sleeve. Once that’s done I can wash the quilt to see if this batting I used will shrink up. I’m thinking it won’t now that I look at The Warm Company website. I think this is Soft & Bright, not Warm & White. Oh, well, it’s done now.
Earlier this week I was looking for yellow lead for my marking pencil – I found black, white & pink lead and kept finding packages of machine needles. I sorted them universal needles to the left, specialty needles to the right. The blue box has needles in it as well. I think I’m set for needles for a while.
Oh – the yellow lead? Never found it. I don’t know if it’s because I didn’t dig deep enough or if I simply don’t have any. I did find some yellow chalk marker which worked for my project.
With a new blog, I have to make a new claim at Bloglovin.
Nothing like waiting to the last-minute to finish this month’s Alphabet block.
This is Lady of the Lake from Dorothy Young’s alphabet block-of-the-month. I’m doing my blocks in recycled shirts and muslin. It’s not too late to join. Click on the “Join Now!” button.
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The Frog Quilt is DONE!
I started it 1/11/12 and finished it 12/31/13. The hold up? Deciding on the face. The eyes had been decided on for months. (I have a picture from March 2013 with paper eyes pinned in place and who knows how much earlier I had the eyes in place).
Finally, I decided done was better than perfect and who knows – Frog may no longer need a quilt now that his owner is two years older.
All the fabric came from stash – with the exception of the peppermint fabric. It was purchased specifically for this quilt, picked out by my nephew. The back is a bit wild. I reached into my Novelty box and grabbed the first piece big enough.
The quilt measures 19 1/2″ x 23 1/2″. I used Hobbs Unbleached 80/20 for the batting and quilted it in a soft yellow thread.
Now, to get it delivered….
Task three of the Final Countdown has been announced.
Well, I’ve been compiling lists and tossing them out only to recompile them again. Some have actually made it onto paper. But this is the first one I’ve published. Since I want to do another UFO push like I did back in 2011 I have have two lists.
The only order either of these list are is by date I started the quilt or when I finished the top. Trust me when I say they won’t be finished in this order. In fact the first up on my list beginning tomorrow is Deadline Project IV.
Frog Quilt is in the dryer (completing Task One and giving me another 2013 finish – photos to come); my sewing area has been cleaned up and now I have a plan for 2014. Thanks Shelly for doing the Final Count Down Challenge.
Today’s task of the Final Countdown is:
My translation of this task was to clean up the sewing room. I commented on the post thinking my sewing room was in decent shape and then took some before pictures. Oh, my! It was worse than I thought. So I took another set of pictures that didn’t quite show how bad the room was.
Of course now that I look at these, the really bad part (the floor on the other side of the ironing board) isn’t shown – just as well.
Anyway, the room is in better shape now. The large crate has been taken out to the garage, the cut off batting from the last couple of quilts has been tucked away into the batting crate and the stacks of fabrics have been put away.
I’m calling this one Done. Now back to the Frog quilt. I need to make a label, hanging sleeve and attach the binding.
Today I have the Frog quilt laying on the cutting table, waiting for the binding. This little quilt — it measures roughly 20″ x 24″ has taken me nearly 2 years to get this far. The hold up was the face.
Between really needing to get it done and a prod from the Final Countdown Challenge I think I might just get it finished today. The magical stash provided the backing and a binding – although now that I think about it the binding and backing are going to clash horribly. Well, it’s a quilt for a Build-A-Bear Frog, so I don’t think Frog will mind.
See what others are working on this last week of the year over at Patchwork Times.
Syd just came in and asked me why I changed the green out for orange. Boy is she going to be surprised when she realizes this second set is hers.
For the past few years I’ve participated in Prairie Moon Quilts‘ final countdown to the new year. Shelly picks three tasks to complete or work on to prepare our quilting areas for the new year. The first task she’s picked is:
I’m not one to get a quilt quilted, then not get the binding on, so there are no quilts waiting to be bound in my room. Admittedly there is that quilt that has all but three or four rows and the borders quilted – but that’s more work than I want to tackle right now.
I was all fired up to quilt the black and pink quilt – but that is a huge project – comparably speaking.
So, I pick the Frog Quilt. It really is close to being finished – at least the top is. It just needs the eyes and peppermint appliqued then it can be quilted — not to mention I really need to get this finished in the next couple of weeks. Of course I’ve said that before. Perhaps this challenge is just what I need to make it happen.
Here’s the direct link to Task One over at Prairie Moon Quilts.
