No new fabric and just a little bit used on the Tetris quilt, but I’ll take it.
Fabric added this week: 0 yards
Fabric added to date: 2.479 yards
Fabric used this week: 0.57 yards
Fabric used to date: 23.247 yards
Net used to date: 20.768 yards
Check out how others are doing by following the links over at Patchwork Times.
I’ve reviewed my Quilting Goals for the year and have picked several that I’m planning on working on this month.
I’ll post my progress through the month and at the end of the month we’ll see if I was able to accomplish my goals.
4 UFOs are crossed off the list, 1 quilt in progress moved up, progress on a UFO, kept up with the BOM and 2 new projects started and finished (log cabin & pillowcase). Not bad for a month’s work.
The summer of 2012, Melissa at Happy Quilting, hosted a Tetris Quilt-a-Long. Not wanting to start a big project, I made a wall hanging. Yesterday I finally got around to quilting it.
The top measures 12-1/4″ x 33-1/2″. I used black thread and quilted in the ditch around each “piece” and the letters. I used a black batting — I can’t remember now who made it, other than it is not Hobbs because I remember speaking to the sales guy at a quilt show to find out why it was discontinued. I had purchased a whole slew of the craft size at Jo-Ann’s when they had it on clearance for next to nothing.
The binding is a stripe that I found in my stash.
I’ll link up with Finish Along 2014 over at The Littlest Thistle the end of March. This is also on my Quilt With Us UFO List and My Girlfriends Quilt Shop UFO list. The Littlest Thistle list is HERE.
Saturday evening I finished the log cabin quilt, although I still need to wash it. It is quilted it with concentric diamonds starting in the center. This is the same way I plan to quilt Scrappy Trips. Controlling the quilt and treadling was interesting. But is was do-able. Of course this was a tiny quilt comparably speaking. I even applied the binding and stitched it down on the treadle.
As for whether or not this was a “new quilt” or a “UFO” I guess is doesn’t really matter since it is a FINISHED quilt.
Hop over to Patchwork Times to see what other are working on.
More music fabric came into the house. A friend ordered this charm pack for me when she placed an order and Saturday was the first time we’ve seen each other since it came in. For now it will reside in the music stash until I’m ready to make another music quilt.
This fabric is balanced out by a little quilt I made from orphan blocks on Saturday. Pictures tomorrow. Now if I can just figure out what I’m going to do about Deadline III, I’ll have a large backing to count soon.
Fabric added this week: .729 yards
Fabric added to date: 2.479 yards
Fabric used this week: 1.5 yards
Fabric used to date: 22.677 yards
Net used to date: 20.198 yards
Check out the links over at Patchwork Times to see how others are doing.
Since I finished my last couple finishes two weeks ago, I’ve been stalling. You see, I have a quilt to quilt — one with a rapidly approaching deadline — and I’ve been struggling to figure out how to quilt it. And since it’s a mystery quilt to be published next fall, I can’t post it here to ask for advice.
It hung on my design wall for a week and finally I knew how I wanted to quilt it. But I needed to mark it since the current plan is to quilt it on my DSM. A week later I have the quilt marked and ready to baste — only it’s not.
Earlier this week I thought it was odd that I came up with a quilting design that completely missed a significant piece of the piecing, but instead of stopping to figure out why, I kept marking the quilt. Today the plan was to baste the quilt.
When I pulled out the backing I discovered it needed to be pressed again. That required moving the ironing board and I found the drawing of the quilting. I laid it over the quilt top and sure enough I’ve marked the quilt wrong. Now I have to figure out what to do, which brings us to the title of the post and the picture above.
This is the year I plan on working my UFOs. I really want to quilt the Scrappy Trips that I just finished on the treadle, but I know I need to quilt something smaller to see if I’m going to like the results. I know how I want to quilt Scrappy Trips, but need to finish the mystery quilt first. But given my current frustration have decided I need a break (like I haven’t had one for the past two weeks).
So, this morning I pulled out the dozen left over log cabin blocked from THIS QUILT. I threw them together and added a blue border. The little quilt currently measures 26″ x 33″ which ought to give me enough space to practice quilting on the treadle without it being too time consuming.
But is this a New Quilt or a UFO that I’ve completed the top of? I suppose if I get it finished in the next day or two it doesn’t really matter.
This is my version of Kansas Spirit. It’s make entirely of Kansas Trouble Quilts fabrics and was a BOM at Heritage Fine Fabrics in Belton, Missouri in 2008 – 2009. I finished it in 2011 during the Spring 2011 Lost My Mind self challenge. I gave this quilt to my SIL Ruby and this weekend she sent me a picture of it on one of her beds.
She also sent me a picture of the wall hanging I made her for Christmas 2007.
I love it when I know that quilts I’ve made are being used.
This past week I’ve spent time marking Deadline III, so there are no pictures. However, this weekend was String Fling in Manhattan, Kansas. Over 650 5th – 9th grader string players. This is the 8th/9th grade orchestra that Sydney played in.
I’m not sure what I was thinking, I didn’t bring my camera, so today’s photos are off my camera.
While she was at practise, I spent the weekend trimming the rail fence blocks.
I set up a cutting station.
The bed became the design wall. Half the blocks are trimmed.
I started reading Publish Your Patterns! by Nancy Restuccia. The link will take you to Amazon – no affiliation. Before Christmas I checked the book out from the library. Things were crazy and I didn’t open it until the day before I had to take it back (after the 2nd renewal!) What I saw in those few minutes made me want to buy my own copy to read at leisure.
And I did work on one of my own projects. I grabbed my redwork.
Check out the links over at Patchwork Times to see what others are working on.
I do not have access to my spreadsheets at the moment, so I’m going to make my best guess to the fabric usage.
Fabric added this week: .75 yards
Fabric added to date: 1.75 yards
Fabric used this week: 4.183 yards
Fabric used to date: 21.248 yards
Net used to date: 19.498 yards
When I get to my spreadsheet I’ll validate my numbers and correct them if necessary. Others stash reports can be seen through the links over at Patchwork Times.
