Design Wall 28 January 2013

This is a very fast small quilt, only about 30 x 40. This is for the guild charity. I still need to find a bit of fleece to back it. This is a free pattern that can be found here. The fabric I used is from my stash...yay!

This one is another for the guild charity. I have had this pattern for a while, and found the pattern here.  I think I will use fleece for this one as well. A simple quilt pattern, maybe in the zig-zags.

I sewed with a friend this weekend that got me started quilting again, thanks Deb! I picked out the fabrics, cut the fat quarters up and made the first top in a jiffy. I got all the blocks done for the zig-zag quilt and put it together yesterday. It feels good to be doing some sewing again.

If you want to see what other folks are doing, check out Judy's blog.

Weekend Work and Design Wall

Here is the back of my UFO #1, done. Because there is not batting, just flannel backing you can see through the quilt. I like the way this looks. It is a summer weight quilt, and I just need to clip the threads and it's done.

Here is the front. I almost got it in time. It's a bit cloudy outside so the first picture I took didn't have any shadows, but then the sun came out. I am all done, and I know who this is going to. Oh, wait. I don't have the label done yet, so I still have a bit more work.

Daniel's quilt cam back from the quilter. I trimmed it and now need to add the binding. He is coming back to Colorado for a vacation from rehab in San Diego at the end of March, so I will be able to give it to him in person. He was up on "stubby" prostheses last week as a first step to getting around without a chair. Wow, it looks like really hard work.

Here is the whole top. I am going to use dark blue for the binding. I think I have enough from the backing that was left over that I trimmed off. If not, I have to go face the cutting nightmare again, but at least it won't be for 13 different fabrics.

 Here is the charity top with the outside borders. I had it with just borders between the stack n whack strips and on the top and bottom and it looked a bit unbalanced, so I added the two outside strips, now it's much better. Thanks Wynn Anne, Suzette and Deb for helping me out with that decision.

This is the design wall from a couple of days ago. I cleaned it now, and there are no more bits of thread or other dreck, so it's ready for a new design.To see more, go to Judy's blog. 

New Charity Top

Isn't this a fun quilt. It was a bit more work than I thought it would be, or I just didn't work on it that much. It measures about 45 x 54. Not huge, but a nice size. I was thinking of adding the blue fabric to both sides, what do you think?

#10 UFO Completely Done

It is totally, completely done. I was going to call it done when I had the top finished, so I am pretty impressed with myself. I didn't think I would be able to do it. It is quilted and bound and everything. I used a black fleece for the back and binding. It's pretty heavy, or course with all that thread it would be. Finished size is about 46 x 57, so not really a great cuddle quilt, but a good kid quilt. I think I'm going to give it to our guild's charity group.

I can add it to my finished projects tab, and mark it as done on my UFO list.

This was the one UFO I had the most to do on, so whichever one is chosen next should be a piece o' cake.

Get 'er done!

 This is one half of what I have done. It's a tube, so I can't show the whole thing at one time. I've got two more up-down sections and then I have to cut the tube open. I don't hate it as much as I did when I put it away, and it's not as difficult as I imagined it would be. I've given up on pinning each intersection...who can see if they meet or not anyway.

I decided to take the photo of the tube and make a mock-up of what the finished top might look like.

If nothing else...it interesting (isn't that what we say about something that we don't want to insult?) It doesn't particularly wow me, but it will be DONE...and I won't have to think about it again. I don't know if I'll use this method again, but who knows, I could have a crazy moment sometime in the future.

 Oh, and see the pink and four-patch purple that were transposed in the lower right part of this quilt. I didn't notice, but one of my readers did and was kind enough to point it out...it's corrected.

Thanks anonymous!

Pinning Away

 Because it's a cold day (not snow day, just really cold) I have time to quilt today. I took out my UFO #10 and it's going to be slow to finish (I think). I'm pretty sure I understand the directions now, and I've got the first set of strips pinned together ready to be sewed (sewn?).  Once I have this seam done, I'll press and see if I really do understand what I'm doing.

I know this doesn't look much different than the last picture, but all the seams are now sewn, it's officially a completed top. I hope that doesn't mean it is now another UFO! The longer dark borders aren't supposed to have a seam, but I only had a yard of fabric when I started this, so didn't have a long enough piece to make one long border. I added the extra seam, and I think it looks OK.

When I get bored with the UFO I'll see about pinning this and getting ready to quilt.

How funny, until I just had a comment about the mistake in the quilt on the right side, I didn't see it. I guess I'll be doing some unsewing. Thanks anonymous!

Charity Quilt

Just finished quilting and "binding" this charity quilt. It will go to the guild next Thursday. The binding is just the back, which it is fleece, pulled to the front and sewed down.

Easy and done.