Quilted Jonquil

I finished the Vicksburg top and since it won’t fit on my design wall, here it is on my cutting table.  Woo Hoo!!  And it’s Design Wall Monday so click over to Judy’s post to see what other quilters are up to

I still think I’ll applique some ovals where the swags meet but they look better than I had anticipated they would.  I started this quilt in Sept 2009.  It was a free BOM from Dawn Hesse of Linen Closet Quilts.  Dawn posted the final directions in July 2010.  Good to finally finish the Vicksburg top   It measures ~69″ x 69″ and lays flat   It used 6 yds of fabric but in reality it used more like 7 because I cut the setting triangles incorrectly the first time.

I’ve continued cutting up shirts……

and sewing red string blocks. 

Stash Report:

• Fabric in:  8 yards
  
• Fabric out: 7 yards
  
• YTD Fabric in: 14 yards
  
• YTD Fabric out: 7 yards
  
• Net Fabric In/(Out): 7 yards
  

Happy Quilting, Cherie   

After discovering the setting triangles for my Vicksburg quilt were cut wrong and thinking it would be hard to find some fabric to replace them with, it turns out it wasn’t bad at all   Here’s my design wall with half of Vicksburg sewn together.  Woo hoo!!!!   Turns out I had purchased another piece of the Moda Apple Cider print I ended up using for the borders so I had enough to use for the setting triangles.  I’ve made this applique quilt completely from stash fabric  

While sewing the Vicksburg top together, I managed to get all the red string blocks started leader/ender style.  They are looking good

We went to the Quilted Fox First Saturday and I used my 30% off all Fox Tails to purchase some fun pieces to add to my stash.

Additions to my stash include the shirts I’ve cut up.  These are women’s shirts and pajama bottoms so there aren’t as many good sized pieces as you’d get from men’s shirts, but I love the variety

Stash Report:

• Fabric in:  6 yards
  
• Fabric out: 0 yards
  
• YTD Fabric in: 6 yards
  
• YTD Fabric out: 0 yards
  
• Net Fabric In/(Out): 6 yards
  

Happy Quilting, Cherie    

Yea!!  The appliqued swags for the Vicksburg border are done   Time to pick out the sashing fabric and get this puppy together!

It’s Design Wall Monday time   Be sure to hop over to Judy’s DWM post and check out all the links.  I’ve finished a few more of the swag blocks for the Vicksburg quilt…..only TWO more left to sew!!

I’m excited about getting this quilt finished…..the only decision left is what fabric to use for sashing and that shouldn’t hold me up, right?

I made bags this weekend for a couple of Christmas presents and I think they turned out pretty cute.  This one isn’t fully packed yet but you get the idea

Also this weekend I cut up some phone book pages and started chain piecing some string blocks…..that does not have anything to do with Bonnie Hunter’s new mystery quilt Orca Bay.  I’m not allowed to start a new project at this time, so these little 3 1/2″ blue string blocks have nothing do to with a mystery.  Nope, nothing.  Just wanted to have some mindless sewing time while catching up on movies   It’s so therapeutic to just grab strings and sew.

Stash Report – No change from last week

• Fabric in:  0 yards
  
• Fabric out: 0 yards
  
• YTD Fabric in: 168 yards
  
• YTD Fabric out: 86.75 yards
  
• Net Fabric In/(Out): 81.25 yards accumulated
  

Happy Quilting, Cherie

I can’t believe it’s the 5th of December already.  So many things to do and so little time **sigh**.  I haven’t had much time to sew but I managed to get block 48, West Virginia, from the Civil War BOM finished. 

I took the Roll, Roll, Cotton Boll blocks off my design wall in order to start arranging them on my big table for when I sew the top together, woo hoo!  Since I’m almost done with the appliqued swags, I threw up a few of the Vicksburg blocks to get a feel for the quilt.  What do you think?  I think I need a bigger design wall!!  And my math on the last post must have been the “new” math because there is a total of 12 swags, not 9.  I have completed 7 and now have 5 left.

Stash Report – No change from last week

• Fabric in:  0 yards
  
• Fabric out: 0 yards
  
• YTD Fabric in: 168 yards
  
• YTD Fabric out: 86.75 yards
  
• Net Fabric In/(Out): 81.25 yards accumulated
  

Happy Quilting, Cherie

Sometimes I let projects marinate. 

Sometimes there’s no specific reason except they don’t have a deadline. 

Sometimes it’s because things aren’t working out like they should. 

Such as the borders for the Vicksburg free BOM from Dawn Heese on her blog Linen Closet Quilts.

The border segments are longer than the swag applique piece.  I finally decided to applique the corner swags starting at the sewing line, leaving the “short” bit at the ends that will meet the middle swag which will be centered.  I’ll fill the gap created where the swags come together with an appliqued oval.  Here’s left hand swag (picture take on my ironing board that needs recovering) followed by a right hand swag, both of which I’ve finished this week.  I have a total of 9 swags to do, so with 4 done I only have 5 left

Happy Quilting, Cherie

Another late, late design wall Monday posting for me   Be sure to check out Judy’s DWM post to see all the links.

I’ve gotten 27 of the 30 prickly pear blocks completed and about half of the string blocks under construction.  I can’t wait to get this top together……it will feel like such an accomplishment!

I also finished the applique on Barbara Brackman’s civil war block 40, Order Number Eleven.

I’ve been hand quilting a small project during my train commute and it’s getting a bit easier, but not much faster

Stash Report:

• Fabric in:  6  yards (Backing for a First Saturday top and some fabric on sale, both purchased with a gift certificate from the thoughtful people who work for me.  I HAD to use it, right?)

• Fabric out: 0 yards
  
• YTD Fabric in: 165 yards
  
• YTD Fabric out: 86 yards
  
• Net Fabric In/(Out): 79 yards accumulated 

Happy Quilting, Cherie

Here’s my design wall with more new blocks.

I’m liking the look of the tile blocks together now that I have 6 finished.  The civil war BOW blocks are coming along too.  

If you recall Little Miss Lily Bean came for a visit and look, another quilt picture…….look hard off to the left in the background

She is such an adorable baby, isn’t she?  Below are the recently finished BOW, numbers 34, 38 & 42.

I’ve made progress on my AAQI Priority quilt too.  The large heart is already appliqued down

I’m leaving for a quilting retreat in Shipshewana on Thursday and have my projects picked out and ready to pack.

I’m looking forward to some power sewing and quilt-y companionship, woo hoo. 

Happy Quilt, Cherie

I accomplished a few things so my wall has got it going on this week

I cut out five of the Civil War BOW and cut the freezer paper for one of the applique blocks.  I sewed three of them:

And I finished putting the First Saturday blocks for October together:

And my stitchy fingers managed to finish off another tile block on the train ride into work this morning   At the Goodwill Clearance center I snagged a kit, probably from the ’70′s, to make a patchwork tote bag out of 3″ squares.  The squares are why I bought it.   I used the brown calico with pink flowers from that kit in this block…..too fun

And last, some of the 2 1/2″ crumb blocks that are piling up as leader/enders.  I really should focus on getting a proper leader/ender project ready although these crumb blocks are fun.

Stash Report — NO CHANGE:

• Fabric in:  0  yards
  
• Fabric out: 0 yards
  
• YTD Fabric in: 148.5 yards
  
• YTD Fabric out: 49 yards
  
• Net Fabric In/(Out): 99.5 yards accumulated  

Happy Quilting, Cherie

It’s Design Wall Monday.  Hop over to Judy’s DWM post to check out all the links

My design wall looks the same as last week so today I’m having design ironing board Monday

These 2 1/2″ crumb blocks keep stacking up as I sew them leader/ender style while sewing on more civil war BOW blocks.

I’m working on the applique star on this one so forgive all the threads. 

I’ve also got another nursing cover in the works as well.  My daughter selected the fabrics and gave me some modifications to the tutorial which includes using “D” rings rather than Velcro for the straps.  Suits me just fine as I don’t enjoy sewing down Velcro.  She’s also asked that the length of boning be about 2/3 of the pattern length.

A went with a couple of fellow quilters (hi Darlene & Marilyn) to the Goodwill Clearance center last week.  In a surprisingly short amount of time I managed to gather up 18 pounds of goodies   One of which was a 3,000 piece puzzle!?!?!?!  I bought some more sheets for making rugs and these:

Marilyn spied the wonderful gold shirt.  One of us, and it obviously wasn’t me, only purchased one item.  Of course the one item was a silk shirt is a  lovely green color which could just very well be the start of a silk collection for quilting.  Delores Keaton entered the most fabulous silk quilt in our Quintessential 2009 quilt show (it was also in the AQS Paducah 2010 quilt show) so I can see the attraction   All in all we had a great time and we all found something we were happy to bring home.

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Stash Report:

• Fabric in:  1.5  yards (I’ve cut up one of the GW shirts)
  
• Fabric out: 0.5 yards (Water Works SAHR top & back) 
  
• YTD Fabric in: 137 yards
  
• YTD Fabric out: 49 yards
  
• Net Fabric In/(Out): 88 yards accumulated  Now more than half way through the year and I’d better finish a few things FAST and, yes, I know I could stop buying GW shirts but it’s just way too much fun and I am still working on a broader variety of colors.
  

Happy Quilting, Cherie