What’s On My Design Wall

May 18, 2015 6:30 am ⋅ Pam

Last week there were big finishes. First was Eye Fooler — at about 4:00 AM Saturday morning. Nothing like finishing with only hours to spare.

A full picture of the quilt can be seen in Saturday’s post.

The second finish is Orca Bay. The binding is stitched down and now I need to get it washed, photographed and shipped off.

So what’s next? Catching up on laundry and deep cleaning the kitchen. Along the way, I need to put up the extra fabric from the quilts – I’ve already taken care of the backing and batting, but I need to put up the brights from Eye Fooler. After I get that done, I’ll start cutting the recycled shirts for my nephews’ quilts. Now if I can find the note card which tells me how many squares I need to cut….

See what other’s have been working on over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: designwall, Eye Fooler, Orca Bay

Stash Report

May 17, 2015 6:30 am ⋅ Pam

A big finish and a near finish finally has my numbers going in the correct direction.

This past week I finished Eye Fooler so I can count all of the fabric — top, backing, binding and the pillowcase. That’s 16 3/4 yards! Additionally, I quilted Orca Bay so I am counting the backing this week as well.

The only thing I bought last week is flower head pins — ran out about midnight pinning the quilts to the zippers! Good thing Walmart is open 24 hours around here (or not — I think I spent $25 and I only wanted a $5 box of pins!)

Fabric Added Since Last Report 0 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 178.11 yards

Fabric Used Since Last Report: 22.926 yards
Fabric Used to Date: 43.423 yards

INCREASE in Stash to Date: 134.687 yards

See how others are doing over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: Stash Busting Report

The Graduation Quilt Is Finished!

May 16, 2015 7:57 pm ⋅ Pam

The Graduation Quilt is finished and delivered.

Pattern: Eye Fooler from Quail Valley Quilts
16 3/4 yards of fabric in top, backing, binding and pillowcase
Batting: Hobbs 80/20 Black
Top Thread: Superior Threads So Fine! Color # 722 – Crickey!
BobbinThread: Superior Threads Super Bob – Black (nearly 2 size M’s)
Quilting design: AMPANTO03 Curly Q by Aimee Mahan
Quilting time: approximately 3 hours
Binding: Susie’s Magic Binding
Size before washing: 78″ x 96″
Size after washing: 74″ x 90″
Started: 2/18/15
Finished: 5/15/15

This quilt was on my UFO list in several challenges. I’ll add the links when the corresponding post goes live.

Aunt Marti’s 52 Quilts UFO Parade.
2nd Quarter Finish Along (goal list is here)
UFO Busting at Field Trip in Fiber
Blocks counted toward 350 Block Project at Prairie Moon Quilts

Posted in: 2015 -350 Blocks, Eye Fooler, UFO Busting - 2015, UFO Parade - 2015

Six and a Half Hours of Quilting

May 15, 2015 8:54 am ⋅ Pam

My cats are new to Quilting Quality Control. Apparently they don’t inspect tops, but wait until the quilting is done. This is Butterscotch on my version of Bonnie Hunter’s Orca Bay. I gave the future owner the choice of orange or black binding and she has chosen orange. I’ll do it next week.

Gracie inspected my version of Eye Fooler. This has to be finished and gift wrapped by Noon Saturday. It will get a gold binding with a black flange following Susie’s Magic Binding.

After the quilts are finished I’ll post a longer post with more information about each quilt.

Posted in: Eye Fooler, Orca Bay

Ready to Quilt

May 14, 2015 1:43 am ⋅ Pam

Both Orca Bay and Eye Fooler are pinned and ready to quilt. It’s going to be a long afternoon/evening.

Posted in: Eye Fooler, Orca Bay

The Garden Report

May 13, 2015 7:15 pm ⋅ Pam

As near as I can tell, everything is still looking good. A couple of my original black-eyed peas finally came up and this morning there was a new sprout from last week’s planting. Since these pics were taken (about 8 AM this morning) another pea has sprouted. It’s hard to believe it’s only been 3 weeks since I planted.

Posted in: Garden

What’s On My Design Wall

May 11, 2015 8:21 am ⋅ Pam

No, it’s not a quilt, but it is fabric that I bought last week.

My husband stopped at a garage sale on his way home from the dentist a couple of weeks ago. He bought two swivel bar stools which needed a bit of TLC. (I forgot to take a picture until we started working on them.) This is one was the ‘good’ one.

With a little bit of elbow grease and $6 of vinyl we now have two good-looking bar stools. Now to figure out where to put them. He’s decided not to use them where he original intended.

Just a few more seams left on Eye Fooler. I’ve got to stay home and stop running around. It interferes with my quilting.

See what others are working on over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: designwall

Stash Report

May 10, 2015 10:36 am ⋅ Pam

Apparently I can’t garden and quilt at the same time. I STILL don’t have the graduation quilt done, so last week I pinned Orca Bay to the zippers, but then couldn’t get away from work for my long-arm date. So, I have a marathon date with the long arm this week to quilt both quilts.

Fabric Added Since Last Report 4 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 178.11 yards

Fabric Used Since Last Report: 0 yards
Fabric Used to Date: 20.497 yards

INCREASE in Stash to Date: 157.613 yards

See how others are doing over at Patchwork Times.

Posted in: Stash Busting Report

Disappearing Nine-Patch Fabric

May 8, 2015 11:30 pm ⋅ Pam

The only reason we went into Jo-Ann’s today was to buy some fabric to cover a couple of bar stools. But, since we were standing in line anyway… and the fabric was 40% off….

I plan to make three different Disappearing Nine-Patch quilts. The orange is part of the fabric I bought for the backing of Orca Bay, so it’s already been counted. It goes into the quilt for my youngest nephew. The green — it’s a sagey/olive goes to the next youngest nephew and the red goes to the oldest nephew. The rest of the fabrics will come from my recycled shirts. I figure if I have them out might as well cut for all three.

Oh, and yes, we did find what we needed for the bar stools. I’ll do before and after photos when I get that far.

Posted in: Uncategorized

The Garden Report

May 7, 2015 11:03 am ⋅ Pam

These pictures were taken yesterday, but I didn’t have a chance to post them.

It still doesn’t look like much, but I noticed this morning that some of the lettuce has 3 leaves on it now. The spinach is also looking less like the carrots as well.

The beefsteak tomato is getting a bit heavy, so I can see why the case will be necessary.

The Cherry tomato is still there — although I’ve got to research spots/discoloration on the leaves.

The Cherokee is coming along as well.

Next up are the cucumbers. This morning I can see the start of new leaves in the center of the center plant .

Still no blackeyed peas, but I’ve got 3 good beans — actually there were 6, 2 beans planted in each spot and I removed the smaller of the 2. Then I planted more blackeyed peas in the back half of the container.