Quilting and Stuff by Knitnoid

Distracted

May 6, 2010 11:44 pm ⋅

This week I outlined a couple of simple goals – deal with the blue and neutral scraps and get half of my Carolina Christmas blocks sewn together. I’ve made it through at least half of the scraps and I’ve sewn together a few of the Carolina Christmas blocks – but then I got distracted.

But then, instead of getting up and pressing the blocks, I pulled this drawer out. This is Oklahoma Backroads — or will be after I sew them together. Up to this point this has been my leader/ender project. But tonight these pieces were calling me, so I gave in to the distraction and finished up 10 blocks.

Perhaps now I can get back to this week’s goals.

Posted in: goals

QA Wednesday

May 4, 2010 11:38 pm ⋅

This week I’m getting the Quilting Accountability report done on the correct day 🙂

Last week I outlined several things that wouldn’t need much to complete.  When I finally remembered to do my QA Report I simply wanted to make progress on at least two of these tasks.  I’m happy to report that I succeeded.

The label is on the quilt and I got the pillowcase made. I also finished the Dancing Flowers quilt top.

So what needs to be done this week?

These blue and neutral scraps need to be cut up for two reasons –

  1. I need blue and neutral pieces for the Blue Ridge Beauty workshop I’m attending in two weeks
  2. I need to empty the scrap basket by July.

Also on the list is making progress on the Carolina Christmas quilt top — I’m going to aim for at least half the blocks sewn together by next week.

Check out Bari’s and others’ lists of weekly goals over .

Posted in: goals, scraps

Dancing Flowers is a Top!

May 4, 2010 9:08 pm ⋅

I finished the sashing this evening and have decided to leave that narrow black border — just enough to bind and call this a top. Now to cut the binding and see what I have that will make a good backing.

Posted in: applique, quilt top

Dancing Flowers Cornerstones

May 3, 2010 8:39 pm ⋅

I’ve had lots of comments on the layout I’m using for Dancing Flowers.

Thank you.

But I can’t claim all of the credit. EQ6 helped tremendously with the cornerstones. In EQ the cornerstone is called French Knot Corner. I’ve only used 2 colors and the background instead of 3, and I took out the fiddly diagonal seams and partial seaming, reducing the number of pieces to 24. Even so, the 4 cornerstones took me about 2 1/2 hours – not including the time spent on cutting the fabric. These are cute, but I’m so glad the ones on the quilt are going to be twice as large.

Way back when…even before I received the Black and Bright swap blocks, I thought I’d set the blocks in 4 strips and alternate the pieced strips with narrow strips with applique flowers. I got as far as cutting out the flowers for the quilt before deciding it would make the quilt too busy, not to mention “I don’t do applique”. Anyway Dancing Flowers was my test project and will become a wall hanging.

Posted in: applique

What’s on My Design Wall

May 2, 2010 11:35 pm ⋅


I’ve been putzing around in my sewing room all weekend and finally got enough stuff put up, I was able to re-hang the design wall. Not only have I been cleaning, but I’ve been quilting and finally came up with the setting for my Dancing Flowers wall hanging. The picture above is from EQ. I imported pictures of my blocks and then set them into the quilt design.


So far all I have done is the inner sashing.

I settled on this layout since I’m making it to go with my Black and Bright Swap block quilt. Here’s an EQ rendering of the quilt. Perhaps by the end of the year this quilt will make it into the top 5 UFOs to finish.

To see if others are working on their UFOs or something new, check out the links at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: applique, designwall, UFOs

Stash Report

May 2, 2010 12:08 am ⋅

This week I pulled more Christmas fabric from Mom into my stash.

I also picked up a cute FQ at the quilt show last week and the fabric I’ll need to finish up Dancing Flowers and the Black and Bright Swap.  I know what you are thinking — “What is she thinking putting the turquoise and lime in Dancing Flowers?”  You’ll just have to come back tomorrow to see my design wall.

Outbound, I made the pillow case and got a few more squares stitched on Oklahoma Backroads.  It sure doesn’t add up fast when you count as you use it and it’s a leader/ender project!

So here’s this week’s tally.

Fabric Added this Week: 17.25 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 79.431 yards

Fabric Used this Week: 1.087 yards
Fabric Used to Date: 31.333 yards

Net Stash for 2010: 48.098 yards

See how others are doing by checking out the links at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: Stash Busting Report

I’m on a Roll – Part 2

May 1, 2010 10:21 pm ⋅

The applique is finished. It really didn’t take much time, so I don’t know why this project got set aside 3 years ago. Now I’m off to work on the sashings.

Posted in: applique

I’m on a Roll

May 1, 2010 1:22 pm ⋅

This is Block 4 from Dancing Flowers. Now I’ve got to back up and prep the applique for Block 3. Click HERE to see the other blocks I have done.

Posted in: applique

May’s Quilting Goals

May 1, 2010 11:21 am ⋅

It’s time to figure out what I want to accomplish this month. Again there’s probably too much on my list, but at least I know I’ll have one thing crossed off at the end of the month. I finished the pillowcase to go with the 4-Patch Strippy this morning!

  • Keep up with the SBS BOW  & make a few extra blocks
  • Work on Scrap Basket – specifically blues and neutrals
  • Complete the Carolina Christmas Top
  • Finish Dancing Flowers
  • Ship out 2 baby quilts
  • Resume hand quilting on the Double Wedding Ring
  • Make 4-patch pillow case – DONE!
Posted in: finish, goals

April Recap

May 1, 2010 8:41 am ⋅

I had a lengthy list of goals for April. Didn’t do to well on them.

* Finish and Quilt Stripy 4-Patch Top – DONE
* Enter a quilt in the guild quilt show – Two quilts entered
* Complete the Carolina Christmas Top – Part 5 completed
* Finish and Quilt Dancing Flowers – ripped out what I did get done
* Resume hand quilting on the Double Wedding Ring – nothing
* Keep up with the Sylvia Bridal Sampler BOW – nothing
* Keep Scraps Cut Up and Make Progress on the Scrap Basket – did pull the blue scraps

Sewing the hanging sleeves took much longer than I expected. I also cut the fabric for Texas Braid, made dozens of pocket tissues covers and a few pincushions.

I’m still deciding on what I want to get done in May.

Posted in: goals