Quilting and Stuff by Knitnoid

QA Wednesday

June 23, 2010 11:54 am ⋅

A week has passed, my ankle is better, although not perfect, and I can finally sit at the sewing machine for longer than 10 minutes. As a result I have finished my Texas Braid top. Since my goal was any piecing/quilting I think I can say I accomplished that.

So what’s up for this coming week?

Finish quilting and bind Dancing Flowers. It has to be finished by July 19th.
I want to also get a baby quilt shipped out, but I’ll settle for simply picking which quilt I’m going to send.

There were other things on my list for the month of June, but they just aren’t going to get done. Maybe during the long 4th of July weekend….

See what others are planing by following the links over at Bari’s.

Posted in: goals, Texas Braid

My Husband and My Quilting

June 22, 2010 7:28 pm ⋅

Several people commented on my husband playing on my design wall. I really do enjoy his input – not that I always follow it. 🙂 One of the first things we collaborated on was this quilt which we called “Which Way’s Up?”

Several years ago the gals at Wondercut Ruler did a mystery quilt and we ended up with a pile of split 9-patches. I laid the blocks out on the floor (this was before the design wall) and then the two of us flipped, turned and swapped the blocks until we came up with a design we both liked.

This signature quilt is another project which he had considerable input on. It’s more ‘artsy’ than I normally do and it’s thanks to my husband’s input. He pushed me to work outside of my comfort zone (although I immediately crawled back into it).

Sometimes it’s just a fresh pair of eyes that makes a difference.

In this quilt, I used a fabric that couldn’t make up its mind if it was red or black. It looked weird scattered in the quilt, but since the blocks (and possibly the rows) were already sewn, I wasn’t going to do anything about it. My husband pushed me and he was right. Moving to they came together made the whole quilt look better.

As for the Texas Braid, once he saw pictures of the two options he agreed it didn’t make 2 cents difference which layout I used, so I’m going with the original layout. I hope to have the quilt top finished tomorrow night.

Posted in: Quilts

Texas Braid Options

June 21, 2010 3:56 pm ⋅

Original Layout:

Alternative Layout:

Posted in: Texas Braid

What’s On My Design Wall

June 21, 2010 6:00 am ⋅

Sunday afternoon I finished piecing the braids for Texas Braid. As I trimmed each braid, I hung them on the wall. My husband came in and said he didn’t like it, so he started playing with them. As soon I have 3 1/2 more braids to trim, then I’ll try it out both ways — as designed and as my husband sees it.

At the top are the Star Struck blocks that I was working on at the beginning of the month. I got distracted trying to finish up Texas Braid and haven’t worked on them in a couple of weeks.

Check out other quilts in progress by following the links over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: designwall, Star Struck, Texas Braid

Stash Report

June 20, 2010 12:50 am ⋅

A repeat of last week’s report. This week a SBS Block and progress on my Texas Braid quilt.

Fabric Added this Week: 0 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 131.511 yards

Fabric Used this Week: 2.125 yards

Fabric Used to Date: 51.499 yards

Net Stash for 2010: 80.012 yards

See how others are doing with their stash busing efforts by checking out the links at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: Stash Busting Report

SBS Block Due 6/20

June 20, 2010 12:40 am ⋅

K10 – Tumbling Blocks

I worked on this block over a couple of days.  When I had 3 or 4 of the blocks sewn together I held it up and my husband said “Tumbling Blocks”.    Immediately followed by “Sometimes I scare myself with what I know.”

54 of 140

Posted in: SBS

QA Wednesday

June 16, 2010 5:38 pm ⋅

Here it is 6:30 PM and I completely forgot about the Quilting Accountability Report that Bari is encouraging us to do. Perhaps if I spent yesterday evening working on either the SBS block due Sunday or my Texas Braid quilt I wouldn’t have fallen off the ladder while cleaning the gutters out. Nothing broken, but I twisted my ankle — the same one I twisted in March.

Two tasks last week — work on my DWR and finish my Texas Braid. Let’s just say life got in the way.

As for next week’s goals just any piecing/quilting will be good, as I really need to keep my foot propped up for a few days.

Posted in: Uncategorized

What’s On My Design Wall

June 14, 2010 12:41 pm ⋅

Last week I took a posting on the Guild website as a challenge to get my Texas Braid top completed by tonight’s meeting. Since all 10 of the braids were about 1/2 way to the length I wanted, I thought it might be able to get it done. It didn’t happen. Only 4 made it to the correct length (these braids are folded in half).

Rain usually means more quilting time, but in this instance it meant my brother couldn’t work so he, my sister and I spent all day going through my mom’s things. I don’t know when we’ll get lucky enough again that all 3 of us are available at the same time.

See what’s others are working on by following the links at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: designwall, Texas Braid

Stash Report

June 13, 2010 8:43 am ⋅

This week just a SBS Block and lengthening a couple of braids on my Texas Braid quilt, so not a whole lot of fabric used. But absolutely no fabric came in.

Fabric Added this Week: 0 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 131.511 yards

Fabric Used this Week: 1.867 yards

Fabric Used to Date: 49.374 yards

Net Stash for 2010: 82.137 yards

See how others are doing with their stash busing efforts by checking out the links at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: Stash Busting Report

QA Wednesday

June 9, 2010 12:08 am ⋅

Last week’s goals:

* Add the border to the pink Carolina Christmas blocks – DONE!
* Make this week’s SBS BOW and 3 make up blocks – DONE!
* Resume the hand quilting on my DWR — aiming for 15 minutes a day – Didn’t even look at.

If I’m going to finish the DWR by my deadline, I really need to work on it. Maybe I’ll move my frame into the sewing room from the living room. I think part of the issue is there’s not enough light in the living room.

Since my SBS block is already done for the week, and an implied challenge was issued, I’m going to try and get my Texas Braid top completed for show and tell at Monday’s guild meeting. I have 10 braids started and they are each 18 cornerstones long. I think I need to add another 24 to get to the length I want. It may not happen, but I’ll be further along on it regardless

See how others are keeping on track over at Bari’s!.

Posted in: goals, Texas Braid