Quilted Jonquil

Judy Laquidara left me a comment to get going on the TTNP (Topsy Turvy Nine Patch) quilt from her workshop and since I can’t do that until the wedding quilt is finished, I got going on the quilting   Sophie didn’t like the black thread I started with and I had to start over with the black Aurafil I was hesitant to use because I wasn’t sure if I’d run out or not….still don’t since I’m not finished.   I’m more than half way there.  I thought I’d hate the black thread but it really doesn’t call attention to itself…..perhaps because the quilt is so busy, maybe?????

So I haven’t done a stash report since Sept 30th???  Wow, time flies, doesn’t it?  Well, that’s okay because there wasn’t any fabric in or out until last week and then part of it is my SIL’s fault   She gave me this wonderful bundle of red pieces…..probably a couple of yards worth of fabric…maybe more but I’m only counting it as 2!

Then this arrived:

Simon says it’s interesting and smells good.  Here’s what was inside:

Don’t you just love the gals at Z&S?  They tie up your purchases so cute!

I love these fabrics!  The purple in back will go so well with the purple quilt I have planned.  The limey green fabric is wonderful just for it’s lime-ness.  The leaf print just struck my fancy and the navy fabric on the right will be a great background piece.   I love them

So here’s the damages:

Added this week: ~13 2/3  Cumulative Added: ~ 16 yds

Used this week: 10     Cumulative Used: ~15 yds

Net Out/(In): (1 yds)  Oops…..I’ve gone the wrong way!!!

I picked all the loose threads from the fabric off the back of the wedding quilt so I won’t have any annoying “varicose veins” showing through.  For some reason I really enjoy this part of the process…it’s soothing to me.

The IBOL (Iraqi Bundles of Love) project received a total of 3,445 bundles.  Wow!!  Art has been posting about his efforts to distribute that much love and it sounds like the end is in sight.  Art is amazing, which you can tell if you read the IBOL blog but also from this:

I’m totally blown away by the wonderful, hand written note from Art himself.  I’m pretty sure Art didn’t make the card   It’s no wonder the man said he needed sleep…..he must not have been getting any for several weeks what with logistics, thank you notes and his military job!!  Truly a soldier with a huge heart.

Yes, it’s been a few days but the camera battery died and posts are not fun if they don’t have pictures!  First off, I didn’t post last week’s design wall Monday and it still looks the same for this Monday:

The only difference from the last time I posted is the lettering for the Cards vs Sox quilt came down.  I wasn’t able to complete the wedding quilt in time for the wedding but I was oh, so close.

Front ^

Back ^

I will get it quilted and handed off to the bride and groom soon, very, very soon.  Yep, that’s my story.

Okay, I’m layering it on…….my design wall that is

There’s the finished letters (via Tonya’s free pieced tutorial) for the Cards vs Sox wedding quilt.  See, I have to be finished in 4, yes 4, days.  Yikes!  Behind the letter borders you see my Topsy Turvy Nine Patches from Judy Laquidara,  my First Saturday blocks and a bit of the Linen Closet Quilts BOM.  Oh, and the green fabric from the project I can’t show

Here’s a pic of the rest of the Cards vs Sox quilt borders.  I sure hope this all comes together.  I’m thinking their names will go on the top border and the date on the bottom but to make it a bit more wonky, I might put the date on the right side….

There are 7 more days for me to get the Cards vs Sox wedding quilt finished.  Last night I got the “&” and “JO” finished and got “S” and “H” half way done.  I’m not happy with the “O” and want to go back and round a couple of the corners…..no time is what I keep telling myself!

Now I have to figure out how I want to do the rest of the border.  I’m sure I’ll be hand sewing the binding down on the 5 hour drive to Rockford next Friday….good thing we’re driving most of the way while it’s light out

My design wall has the blocks I finished at Judy’s workshop on Saturday.  I like how you can already see the diagonal pattern forming….of course I’ve put them up there with a forwardslash oreintation and Judy’s pattern has them in a backslash oreintation.  That’s me being different, again!  We had a great time at the workshop and Judy’s lecture on Sunday was terrific.  She really has the eye for making the blocks blend into sashing and borders that make you see the overall design, not the single blocks.  She did a slide presentation, then showed 25 quilts which she let folks look through following her lecture.

On Thursday we hung our Quintessential Quilt 2009 show.  Here are the racks of quilts waiting to be grouped and hung.

Our small quilt show is a juried & judged show that hangs in the University City Puplic Library’s gallery and atrium for the month of October.  We were scheduled to hang the show on Friday but we decided it would be great to hang it a day early and participate in the Loop in Motion Art Walk on Friday evening.  There are 67 entries and three judges quilts for a total of 70 quilts hunging!  Fun times, fun times   Actually there is a great group of women in our small quild and it is a pleasure to work with them.