Busy Quilt Room

     Today we take time to celebrate Veterans Day and honor America's veterans for their patriotism, love of country, and willingness to serve and sacrifice for the common good. Thanks to all Veterans.

A special way quilters say thanks is by making Quilts of Valor. I have 2 QOV tops ready. Saturday I prepared the backing which hopefully will be sandwiched Wednesday and ready for quilting.

    My sewing room was busy the past week with quilting projects and I have a lot of progress to show. I have been on a mission to finish comfort quilts. I quilted this maroon and pink and Sally with bind.

Here is a close up of quilting.  I used Angela Walters' ferny feather in the border.

Next I quilted this leafy log cabin.

Here is a close up of quilting.  The border motif is from Laura Lee Fritz. 

Then I added the check border to make this donated top wider and it is ready to be sandwiched.

I appliqued the leaves on Grandma's Flowers top and pieced a backing so it is ready to be sandwiched. The flower units were hand pieced and donated to my church quilt group.

Over the weekend I pulled out Thanksgiving/fall fabric scraps and pieced 7 mug rugs, pieced batting scraps and cut backings. Sunday afternoon I was able to finish 4.

      A large amount of fabric from my stash was used this past week. Sadly, it did not make a visible difference. I will just have to keep working at using stash. I started looking back at quilts that have been started and/or finished so far this year and thinking about my list for the new year. I have made many more comfort quilts than I worked on my own UFOs. I will share the details closer to the end of the year.

        Stash Report for 2024

           this past week - Used: 13.905 yds Added: 0 yds

So far this year - Used: 129.66 yds Added: 44.625 yds

              Net decrease 85.035 yds

Have a great week and enjoy some time for quilting.

Little Progress

      I spent most of the past week out of town visiting family so I only had time to work on a few quilt projects. I cut out all the parts for a child's comfort quilt and pieced over half of the blocks. I made some progress on another comfort quilt cutting out fusible leaves.

     The only quilt project I have a photo to share started from someone's orphan blocks. I tried to use as many as I could. After I pieced the center I added borders for a small 46” by 52” quilt top. I'm not sure how it will be used. The border fabric could be considered holiday theme. If I find other fabrics to go with these, it may get additional borders to make it larger.

    Halloween afternoon I made a FAST fleece scarf for GD Lily's Gru costume (from Despicable Me). I used a strip technique to make the stripes on the scarf, just estimating how long it would be, and it worked out perfectly.

We also bought backing fabric for her Hogwarts quilt so that is added in my stash report.

Stash Report for 2024

this past week - Used: 4.5 yds Added: 4 yds

So far this year - Used: 115.755 yds Added: 44.625 yds

Net decrease 71.13 yds

Have a great week and enjoy some time for quilting.

A Couple of Finishes

      Surprisingly I had more time for quilting last week and finished “Fat Quarter 4Patch” ( a free pattern from Fat Quarter Shop) and binding is ready for Joan to bind.

      Next I worked on the custom quilting on the Faux Feathered Star group quilt. It was difficult for me to decide what designs to use. However, I persevered and the quilting is finished. I was able to cut enough scrappy binding from the medium value shirt fabrics that are in the top. As I was working I noticed a stain. I figured it was probably oil from my machine because I couldn't think of anything else that could have gotten on it. So after the binding was on I used some stain remover on the spots and put it in the wash. Now it looks great and is ready to share.

The free Faux Feathered Star pattern from Fat Quarter Shop finishes at 40 1/2” square and has a light background. Our group wanted a larger scrappy lap quilt so I came up with the plan in EQ to add borders and finish at 52” by 64”.  It was a bit confusing with the reversed color values but I love how it worked out.

     Wednesday at church sew day I took time to sandwich a couple of tops so that they will be ready when I want one to quilt. I had pulled fabric for backings from my home stash so backings were ready and made a dent in my stash.

Stash Report for 2024

     this past week - Used: 6.25 Added: 0 yds

So far this year - Used: 111.255 yds Added: 40.625 yds

      Net decrease 70.63 yds

I'm linking up with Cynthia"s Oh Scrap

Have a great week and enjoy some time for quilting.

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