New QOV

 Here are the first three blocks of 42 for the next quilt of valor. I think I'm going to like it. It is sort of scappy but sort of planned. It comes from the book Cozy Modern Quilts by Kim Schaefer. Nice.

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!

Design Wall-Working on the UFO

 Here is the first bit of the UFO for the month. I actually have 4 strips sewn together. It is a lot of work, but I'm going to try to get it done.

I also began cutting the other strip sets. I'm not sure if I am cutting them in the same place or not, because I wasn't clever enough to note where the first cut began on the previous set.

It's complicated...so we'll see if they even go together.

If you want to see what other people have on their design wall, check out Judy's blog.

Teaching a Class

Back in 2010 (June) I did a 15 minute presentation about making Kaleidoscope blocks. A number of guild members said they would like to take a class, and I was willing and it's happening this Saturday. I (with my fellow teacher Jeanie) did a presentation tonight as a kind of introduction. I shared lots of fabric ( I have a ton) and talked about what kind of fabric would work well, and what wouldn't.

Today, I worked with Jeanie and we taught the class. We had 12 students and it was so fun to see and hear their excitement about the wonderfulness of stacking then cutting fabric and the magic that happens.We taught 3 different patterns, isn't that fun. I forgot to get pictures of the original fabrics but you can see how pretty these came out.

Design Wall

 Just finished quilting this quilt. I finished the top back in July. It's  a simple fleece backing and then sewing a quarter inch away from the blocks, nothing fancy. This is going to our charity at the guild this month.

If you want to see what other folks have on their design walls, check out Judy's blog.

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!

UFO Challenge for February -- #10

Here is the next UFO I am supposed to work on. Not my favorite, and probably a good idea it is on the list otherwise I'm sure it would languish in the container for  years.

I just found the book and I'm going to have to read through the directions to see if I can even figure out what I have to go to get this one done. I'm going to call this one done if I get the top done, including borders. If I get that far I'll be very happy. Oh, it is supposed to look like this when it's done.