Working full-time puts a cramp in my quilting time – especially if I’m easily distracted as I am on this quilt.  Last night while watching Quilt Cam, I cut and pieced the sashing running the width of the quilt, pieced the corner stones and trimmed the rest of the blocks.  Once Quilt Cam was over,  I walked out of my sewing room and found a book to read.

So, today, since it’s Day 1 of the October Quiltathon that Judy is hosting, I sat down after work and started with the intention of getting the quilt top finished — or at least two rows put together.

Instead, I got two blocks out-of-order – and I had them pinned with # pins! So, when DH suggested we make a run to the hardware store, I shut the machines down and grabbed my purse.

I guess now I will have some quality time with my seam ripper and try again tomorrow night.

Update:

After ripping out the wrong seams, sewing them together wrong again (but differently) and ripping out again. I finally got that last column put together.  So, I attempted the long sashing.  I think it’s right.

There really isn’t any reason I couldn’t have more of this quilt top done — other than I’m dragging my feet.  I’m not looking forward to putting in the sashing across the width of the quilt.  I don’t have the border corners made either.

Check back tomorrow to see how much progress I make.

It didn’t take long at all to make visible progress last night.  Will work on this again tonight.

This past weekend my young quilting friend was over and she used my main machine to start the quilting on her quilt.  My Genie either doesn’t have  a walking foot, or I don’t know where it is.  Anyway, I ended up sewing on the Genie and pulled out my stained glass quilt to work on.

I have completed one block, but the rest are paired and ready to go.  There are only 12 blocks total, so I hope to get the top completed this week.

Be sure to check out what others have on their design walls by following the links over at Patchwork Times.

Nothing in or out on my stash report this week.  I prepared the backing for a quilt, but since I haven’t quilted it yet, (and therefore could change my mind) I’m not going to count it.  And I didn’t work much on my Irish Chain quilt, so I still am not counting that fabric.  I just didn’t spend much time in my sewing room this week. On the other hand, the bedrooms are cleaner than they’ve been in a long time…

Fabric Added Since Last Report: 0 yards
Fabric Added to Date:  96.302 yards

Fabric Used Since Last Report: 0  yards
Fabric Used to Date: 74.277 yards

Net Used for the year -22.025 yards

Here’s the link for the stash report over at Judy’s.

The summer of 2006 members of the kayewoods-quilting-friends Yahoo! group did a signature block swap.  48 people participated and we each received a block signed by Kaye Wood (hers is in the middle).

I put the center of the quilt together, but didn’t quite know where to go from there.  My husband pushed me to work out side of my normal traditional box and finish the quilt in a non-traditional manner.

The piece measures 43″ x 54″ and hangs in my hallway.  I finished the piece 1/5/07.

I’ve entered it in this weekend contest “Group Exchange Quilts” at the Quilting Gallery.  Do hop over and check out the other group exchange quilts.

Today the design wall is my fabric storage shelves.  The quilt no longer fits on the design wall.  I have 5 more rows to assemble then it will be time to decide about the border.

Make sure to hop over to Patchwork Times to check out other design walls.

This week I was gifted with more Halloween Fabric.  I hesitate to call them scraps since this is 2 1/2 yards of fabric, but that’s how they were described to me. Pieceful Kwilter sent me this collection which was left over from her Halloween quilt which can be seen HERE.    Between these fabrics and the spider fabrics from last week I sense a Halloween quilt in my future.

It was an extremely busy week at work this past week – one of those mind numbing weeks – fortunately I was able to mindlessly piece on my Irish Chain.  I finished all of the Block 2 blocks, decided which block I was going to start with and started sewing them together.  As soon as I get the top done I’ll count the fabric.

Fabric Added Since Last Report: 2.5 yards
Fabric Added to Date:  96.302 yards

Fabric Used Since Last Report: 0  yards
Fabric Used to Date: 74.277 yards

Net Used for the year -22.025 yards

Here’s the link for the stash report over at Judy’s.

What do you think?  Would you drive around with these bumper stickers on your car?  My husband designed them for me.

Last night while listening to QuitlCam with Bonnie Hunter I worked on my Happily Scrappily Irish Chain.  I’ve got another 10 blocks with one side attached, so I’m halfway through making Block #2.

I’ve made/making 50 of each block with the plans of making the quilt 9 x 11 blocks.  There will be one left over block.  I just have to decide which block I’m going to start with Block #1 or Block #2 (as shown).

My design wall isn’t large enough to lay the whole quilt out so I’ll sew it in 4 sections, then the sections together.  It will be one of my larger quilts since it will measure roughly 67 x 82 before borders.

Or, maybe I’ll just bind it at that size and call it good.