This has been a week of progress on many projects; however, no finishes. Most days I have been assisting GD Lily while she sews on her Hufflepuff quilt. So far she has 40 of the triangle units sewn.
This gives an idea of where she is going with her design.
For this week of Grandma Camp we also spent time on many other fun projects like making balloon animals and such.
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Since I finished the quilting on 2 last week, I pulled some blocks to piece. Recently I have been working a lot with isosceles triangles and triangle in a square blocks. These were inspired by “City Girl” designed by Svanhild Schmidt-Hovstad in the Dec/Jan 2009 Quilters Newsletter. My blocks are not yet pressed. I used the my AccuQuilt Qube to cut units; however, I can cut the same with the Tri-Recs rulers.
My younger GD asked me to help her make a Harry Potter Hufflepuff quilt when she saw the fabric at JoAnns. I bought her 2 yds and then pulled 4 yards of coordinating fabric from my stash. All units are cut for her to start piecing this week.
Progress on goals-
1. decrease stash fabric
It felt great to shop my stash and find great fabric for 2 current projects.
Stash fabric used or added:
2. make charity/comfort quilts
Layer Cake Lattice is quilted. Someone else will bind. Layer Cake Lattice is a free (and easy) pattern from Fat Quarter Shop.
At church we cut fabric for 10 shelter cat beds and finished 5.
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This has been a great week for some quilting progress at home and organizing fabric for my church group. My Jewel Box Star quilt is totally finished and I am looking forward to having it on my bed this fall. I am pleased with how the quilting looks.
Here is a closeup again.
Wednesday I met a friend at church to organize our work room and we finished 5 small shelter pet beds for cats at the SPCA shelter. We still have more scraps of fabric and batting to fill at least 5 more.
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The past week sure flew by and I didn't feel like I accomplished much until I started writing. My quilting goals for the past week were to:
1. finish quilting Jewel Box Stars - That is done. It needs binding this week. Here is the motif I used in the neutral areas. It is a sort of circular feather worked around a spiral.
2. choose a UFO and make progress - I had planned to make another “Fall Memories”. This was the first one with the pattern and kit from Laundry Basket Quilts.
No progress was made because I did not have a border fabric. The borders need to be added to the center panel before all the applique is added.
3. quilt a comfort quilt for my church group. - I didn't quilt one; however, we pieced batting scraps for 5 and sandwiched 4. I brought 2 home so this week I plan to quilt one of those.
I went to JoAnn Fabrics to use my coupon for basting spray and also found a great deal on some fabric. Their dot clearance fabric was an additional 40% off and I bought 7 yds for a quilt back for myself for $2.39 a yard. I could not resist. Another piece will be added to the stash for church quilt group.
Stash fabric used or added:
I pieced another comfort top. The uneven 9 patch blocks were orphans and it was good to use them. I love the big floral border fabric.
Goals for this week:
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Several days last week were spent with GDs. One fun thing they did was make and decorate Harry Potter theme cupcakes. Aren't they creative?
I worked on piecing several charity/comfort quilt tops and also the latest Quilting Life BOM (which is at the top).
Progress on my goals
1. Finish UFOs - The quilting on my “Jewel Box Stars” remained paused.
2. decrease stash fabric-
Stash fabric used or added:
3. make charity/comfort quilts
My version of “Bursting Forth” is a top. I added extra strips to the sides to give it more width. This was an easy block using the pieces cut with my AccuQuilt dies #13 and 15. I look forward to doing more with them.
The 3 yard quilt “Stepping Up” is a top with the addition of an extra ½ yard for a special mitered border. In Debbie Caffrey's Craftsy class “Clever Cuts” she demonstrates using strip sets to create special accent mitered borders. I thought my little 3 yard quilt would be the perfect place to give one a try. Debbie suggests a narrow accent strip. I made mine wider to have less left over fabric from the 1 yard. I have not sewn the last corner so I can share the technique with my quilt group. I look forward to trying some of her other tips.
Goals for this week:
1. finish quilting Jewel Box Stars
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After I finished my "Plaid-ish" quilt, my major goal for the past week was to quilt my "Jewel Box Stars" top. I made great progress and the center portion is half quilted. I paused there to find the right design to quilt in neutral areas. I have decided but the quilting will have to wait at least until next weekend.
I decided, instead, to play with some scraps and my Accuquilt Qube dies. I love Kaleidoscope quilts and the “Bursting Forth” Accuquilt pattern creates a similar feel. It used dies 13 and 15 from the Qube Angles set. Over the weekend I got all the blocks cut and pieced. Here they are on my design wall.
I wish I had used 2 greens with more value difference. These are not all lovely fabrics, but I hope the overall design is appealing. It will still be a good comfort quilt.
Progress on goals for this year continue:
* Decrease stash fabric
Happy July 4th! Enjoy the holiday.
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We have had a few rainy days so a perfect time to quilt and I am pleased to share my finished “Plaid-ish” quilt. The free tutorial is from Kitchen Table Quilting.
I simply meandered the center section and then quilted Angela Walters' “Wavy Wavy” design in the outer border.
I started quilting my “Jewel Box Stars” quilt.
The block was Bonnie Hunter's scrap challenge block for 2018. I took a photo of the block, printed it out and put the picture in a sleeve protector so I could try out different quilting ideas. This is the first part which has been quilted.
The next part is to quilt the neutral square on-point area and I am still trying quilting options.
I'm linking up with Alycia for Finished (or Not) Friday.
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