I volunteered to do the free motion quilting for members of my quilt guild who made a quilt top for Our Lady of Grace. Ioleen pieced this quilt from blocks that were donated by guild members. She gave me the freedom to quilt it however I wanted to. As usual, once I get going on the longarm I can’t stop myself. Hopefully she will like it.
Filed under Charity Quilt, Quilting, Volunteering
I’ve been working on Leftovers VI since the summer. I finally finished all the blocks in September so now I just have to come up with a design using my 25 blocks. I need a boot in the fanny to get it finished by year end so it is my December goal for A Lovely Year of Finishes.
Filed under A Lovely Year of Finishes, ALYOF, Lap Quilt, Quilting
It is that time again. My October goal for the “A Lovely Year of Finishes” hosted by Sew Bitter Sweet Designs is a work-in-progress that I need to finish by the end of this month. I’ve cut lots of 5 inch squares from yardage in my stash that I am making into half square triangles. I can’t show too many pictures of it because it is a surprise.
Filed under A Lovely Year of Finishes, ALYOF, Baby Quilt, Quilting
Leftovers 5 is finally finished. It was on my 3rd quarter FAL list and my September ALYoF goal. I can now cross a log cabin quilt off of my bucket list. I really enjoyed quilting this one. Played with lots of my rulers and went a little wild. It was a little windy when I was trying to take pictures so the quilt so it looks a little wonky. To see more pictures and to read about the quilt click here.
Linking up to:
Scraptastic Tuesday @She Can Quilt
Whoomp There It is @A Quilted Passion
Can I Get A Whoop Whoop @Confessions of a Fabric Addict
3rd Quarter Finish-a-Long @On the Windy Side
A Lovely Years of Finishes – Sept Party @Sew Bitter Sweet Designs
DesignWall Monday @Patchwork Times
Motivate Meet Monday @Keeping it Simple
Fabric Tuesday @Quilt Story
Too Cute Tuesday @Funky Polkadot Giraffe
Sew Cute Tuesday @Blossom Heart Quilts
Handmade Tuesday @Ladybug Blessings
Linky Tuesday @Freemotion by the River
WIP Wednesday @The Needle and Thread Network
WIP Wednesday @Freshly Pieced
Let’s Bee Social @Sew Fresh Quilts
Needle and Thread Thursday @My Quilt Infatuation
Finish it Up Friday @Crazy Mom Quilts
Link A Finish Friday @Richard and Tanya Quilts
Thank Goodness It Is Finished Friday @Quokka Quilts
Filed under A Lovely Year of Finishes, ALYOF, FAL, Finish-A-Long, Quilting
I’ve been off work for almost a week so I’ve managed to fit in quite a bit of quilting time. First off, I’ve piece the August BOM:
I’ve also managed to make a few dozen log cabin blocks for “Leftovers V”. This block has been on my bucket list for a while now. Log cabins can be used to make so many interesting designs. I like the way the blocks are coming together and I hope to the have the quilt top finished by the end of the month. Still mulling around ideas on how I want to quilt it.
Linking up to:
Show and Tell Tuesday @I Have to Say
Sew Cute Tuesday @Blossom Heart Quilts
Too Cute Tuesday @Funky Polkadot Giraffe
Handmade Tuesday @Ladybug blessings
Linky Tuesday @Freemotion by the River
Filed under Lap Quilt, Log Cabin, Quilting, Scrap Quilt, WIP, Work-in-progress
It’s time to post my wish list for the 3rd quarter of the 2015 Finish-a-long hosted by Adrianne at On the Windy Side. I have 3 in progress projects that I would like to finish.
First is my little black dress quilt. It was on my 2nd quarter list and also on the May and June ALYoF list but still hasn’t been completed. I have most of the FMQ done and then I have to add a label and bind it. It is a gift for someone and it has to be finished by the end of August so hopefully I will make my goal this time.
Second is a lap quilt that is in the planning and piecing stages. I had a couple of charm square bundles of Scrumptious from Bonnie and Camille. I am making up the design as I go along so I don’t really know how the final quilt top will look.
And last but not least I have started Leftovers V. I am using strips and small rectangles left over from my Blue Odyssey Quilt. I’m also planning on incorporating leftover blocks from Blue Odyssey and Leftovers III somewhere in the quilt.
Filed under FAL, Finish-A-Long, Lap Quilt, Quilting
Well my little black dress quilt didn’t get finished in May so it is now my June goal for A Lovely Year of Finishes. It needs to be quilted and bound.
Filed under A Lovely Year of Finishes, ALYOF, Lap Quilt, Quilting
With only hours to spare I just put the last hand stitches into my binding to officially finish my April goal and my first FAL for the 2nd quarter. Yippee!!! It is a lap quilt that I made as a surprise for someone special.
Linking up to the finish party at Sew Bittersweet Designs
Linking up to:
Filed under A Lovely Year of Finishes, ALYOF, FAL, Finish-A-Long, Lap Quilt, Quilting
It’s time to set my April goal for A Lovely Year of Finishes. I started this lap quilt back in February using a Moda layer cake called Tapestry. I’ve got a quite a few of the blocks pieced so I have to finish the rest of the piecing, add in the sashings, etc. My goal is to have this one completely finished by the end of April.
Filed under A Lovely Year of Finishes, ALYOF, Lap Quilt, Quilting
Well it took two FALS (first quarter FAL list) and one ALYoF (March) but Leftovers IV is finally finished. I did a lot of ruler work on it and quite a bit of dense quilting. I was able to cross two items off my bucket list with this one…..a string quilt and a HST quilt.
To see more pictures and read about the making of this quilt click here
Linking up to:
Made by You Monday @Skip to my Lou
Design Wall Monday @Patchwork Times
Show and Tell Tuesday @I Have to Say
Sew Cute Tuesday @Blossom Heart Quilts
Too Cute Tuesday @Funky Polkadot Giraffe
Handmade Tuesdays @Ladybug Blessings
Filed under A Lovely Year of Finishes, ALYOF, FAL, Finish-A-Long, Quilting
It is time to set my finish goal for March. I have the perfect UFO. Leftover’s IV has been on my FAL list two or three times already but has continued to be neglected. I took it off my frame twice to work on other quilts. I just have to finish the free motion quilting and bind it.
Filed under A Lovely Year of Finishes, ALYOF, Quilting
I can’t believe it but I actually still made my February goal (original post here) and have my second FAL (original post here) for this quarter. Having a new puppy has really limited my quilting time but when the little, furry devil-child is sleeping I am able to steal a few moments of creative time. I did a lot of ruler work on this quilt to enhance the shapes in the design. If you want to read more about my Quilts of Valour charity quilt and see more pictures click here.
Filed under A Lovely Year of Finishes, ALYOF, Charity Quilt, FAL, Finish-A-Long, Quilting, Quilts of Valour
It is time to set my February goal for A Lovely Year of Finishes. I hope to finish piecing, quilt and bind my Quilts of Valour Quilt. I started it in January and have 75% of it pieced.
Filed under A Lovely Year of Finishes, ALYOF, Quilting, Quilts of Valour
After a two year hiatus I have decided to participate in QuiltEssential Co’s 2015 Block of the Month (BOM) program again. Their theme this year is novels and I picked “Bridges of Madison County” which features this pretty combination of tangerine/mango and grey prints. The blocks finishes at 10.5 inches so that will make a nice sized quilt once all 12 are done.
Here is January’s block all finished with 10 days to spare.
Filed under Block of the Month, Quilting
It took me a while to settle on a final design for my baby boy quilt top. These ‘L’ blocks are so flexible and can be laid out in so many ways. The top is all pieced and it is just waiting for FMQ.
My Quilts of Valour quilt is also coming along. I have 90% of the HSTs done and now I am just experimenting with different designs. I’m leaning towards the last layout.
Linking up to:
Design Wall Monday @Patchwork Times
Show & Tell Tuesday @I Have to Say
Too Cute Tuesday @Funky Polkadot Giraffe
Link Tuesday @Freemotion By the River
Sew Cute Tuesday @Blossom Heart Quilts
WIP Wednesday @The Needle and Thread Network
Let’s Bee Social @Sew Fresh Quilts
Needle and Thread Thursday @My Quilt Infatuation
Filed under Quilting, Quilts of Valour, Work-in-progress
This year I’ve decided to participate in ‘A Lovely Year of Finishes’ (#ALYoF) hosted by Bitter Sweet Designs. At the beginning of each month you have to blog about one WIP that you want to finish that month. Hopefully by the end of the month you will have attained your goal.
My goal for January is to finish this baby quilt made with Zen Chic Barcelona.
Filed under A Lovely Year of Finishes, ALYOF, Quilting
This is my final finish for 2014…and #4 out of 5 that I had hoped to finish in the last quarter (see list here). It is a quilt that I made to test a pattern called High Tea designed by Adrianne at On the Windy Side. The quilt is is going to be donated to Little Warriors Be Brave Ranch. Each child is given a quilt when they arrive at camp and when they leave they get to take it home with them.
I came so close to completing all 5 quilts. Leftovers IV just needs a tad more FMQ so I guess it will have to go on my 2015 first quarter list.
Filed under Charity Quilt, FAL, Finish-A-Long, Quilting
I’m pretty happy with my completions this year and I have the finish-a-long to thank for keeping me on track. It motivates me each quarter to try and finish all the projects that I have on my list. I am definitely going to keep participating in 2015.
Filed under FAL, Finish-A-Long, Quilting
I finished the girl’s version of High Tea which gives me my second FAL for the 4th quarter (FAL wish list). I went a little overboard with the quilting but it was good therapy for me. It helped to keep my mind off of Tango’s passing. This was the pattern that I tested for Adrianne from On the Windy Side. I also have a boy’s version in our local football team’s colours. It is waiting for time on the longarm.
First I just did this design in pink and I was happy with it….or so I thought.
Then I came back in with orange thread and added the inner petals filled in with pebbles. Still not satisfied I added the inner orange loops.
Then I decided to fill the orange loops with thread to give it more dimension. I was happy with the final design and moved on to work on the next row. Then I got the bright idea to do some dense quilting in the background to allow the design to really pop forward. I lost track of how much time I put into the FMQ in the 15 white squares but it was substantial.
Leftovers IV is still on the longarm. Here is a sneak peak at the quilting I’ve done so far.
I’ve also been working on a commission quilt for my Massage Therapist. She gave me an inspiration pillowcase and then left the rest up to me so that she would be surprised.
Linking up to:
Design Wall Monday @Patchwork Times
Anything Goes Monday @Stitch by Stitch
Show and Tell Tuesday @I Have to Say
Linky Tuesday @Freemotion by the River
Sew Cute Tuesday @Blossom Heart Quilts
Whimsy Wednesday @The NY Melrose Family
WIP Wednesday @The Needle and Thread Network
Let’s Bee Social @Sew Fresh Quilts
Needle and Thread Thursday @My Quilt Infatuation
Can I get a Whoop Whoop @Confessions of a Fabric Addict
Link A Finish Friday @Richard and Tanya Quilts
Thank Goodness it’s Finished Friday @Quokka Quilts
| 2014 WIP | Size | Current status |
| Pat’s One Block Wonder | Queen | Piecing |
| Urban Windows | Twin | Finished |
| High Tea Girls | Twin | Finished |
| High Tea Boys | Twin | FMQ |
| Leftovers IV | Twin | FMQ |
| Leftovers III | Twin | Finished |
| Waterlily | Wall hanging | quilt top |
| Asian One block wonder | Queen | Finished |
| Shoji Screen | Lap/wall | Finished |
| Blue Hydrangea | King | FMQ |
| Dragonflies | Wall hanging | Finished |
| 2014 Completions | Size | |
| Jana’s Wedding | Queen | gifted |
| Triangle QAL | Twin | For sale |
| Kimono | Wall hanging | Hung |
| Pink & blue batik | King | Donated |
| Asian Shadow Box | King | For sale |
| Little Warriors Charity (x7) | Twin | Donated |
| Charm Square Crib 1 | Baby | Donated |
| Charm Square Crib 2 | Baby | For Sale |
| Charm Square Crib 3 | Baby | For Sale |
Filed under FAL, Finish-A-Long, Quilting, WIP, Work-in-progress
I’ve finally finished Leftovers III which gives me my first FAL for the 4th quarter (FAL wish list). It has lots of feathers and detailed quilting in the white background. Unfortunately it was a dull day when I took these pictures so you can’t see the detail and loft created by the quilting.
It is my own design and it was made with leftover strips of fabric (#scraptastictuesday) from my Blue Odyssey quilt. Click here to see more pictures of Leftovers III and to read about the making of this quilt.
I have finished the FMQ on the girl’s version of High Tea and I’m pretty happy with it. Once I finish sewing on the binding I will post more pictures.
Leftovers IV is now on the frame. I haven’t figured out what I am going to FMQ on it but I am leaning towards either using just white thread in the background or going a little crazy and using multiple colours.
Linking up to:
Design Wall Monday @Patchwork Times
Anything Goes Monday @Stitch by Stitch
Made by You Monday @Skip to my Lou
Motivate me Monday @Keeping it Simple
Fabric Tuesday @Quilt Story
Too Cute Tuesday @Funky Polkadot Giraffe
Linky Tuesday @Freemotion by the River
Handmade Tuesdays @Ladybug Blessings
Moonlight and Mason Jars Link Party @Cherished Bliss
WIP Wednesday @The Needle and Thread Network
Whimsy Wednesday @The NY Melrose Family
WIP Wednesday @Freshly Pieced
Let’s Bee Social @Sew Fresh Quilts
I Quilt Thursday @Pretty Bobbins
Link a Finish Friday @Richard and Tanya Quilts
| 2014 WIP | Size | Current status |
| Urban Windows | Twin | Finished |
| High Tea Girls | Twin | Binding |
| High Tea Boys | Twin | FMQ |
| Leftovers IV | Twin | FMQ |
| Leftovers III | Twin | Finished |
| Waterlily | Wall hanging | quilt top |
| Asian One block wonder | Queen | Finished |
| Shoji Screen | Lap/wall | Finished |
| Blue Hydrangea | King | FMQ |
| Dragonflies | Wall hanging | Binding |
| 2014 Completions | Size | |
| Jana’s Wedding | Queen | gifted |
| Triangle QAL | Twin | For sale |
| Kimono | Wall hanging | Hung |
| Pink & blue batik | King | Donated |
| Asian Shadow Box | King | For sale |
| Little Warriors Charity (x7) | Twin | Donated |
| Charm Square Crib 1 | Baby | Donated |
| Charm Square Crib 2 | Baby | For Sale |
| Charm Square Crib 3 | Baby | For Sale |
Filed under FAL, Finish-A-Long, Quilting, WIP, Work-in-progress
I can’t believe it. I just got an email from Sew Sisters Quilt shop telling me that I won their day 6 give-a-way from Blogathon Canada. I’m so excited. I won a fat quarter bundle of Stonehenge Oh Canada fabric. In my comment I said that the bundle would make a lovely Quilts of Valour quilt. Well I am going to follow through on that and donate the finished quilt to QofV. Thanks to Sew Sisters for hosting this wonderful event and for all the quilters around the globe that participated. I found some wonderful new blogs to follow.
Filed under Charity Quilt, Quilting, Quilts of Valour
I would like to welcome everyone who came here from Sew Sisters’s Blogathon Canada. It is great that we can connect with other Canadian bloggers who love to quilt. In 2009 my friend encouraged me to take an introduction to quilting class with her. I was immediately hooked addicted. At the end of the 6 or 8 week class we had a small sampler quilt top finished but in reality I had actually made two kingsize quilt tops on my own during the same time period. I know….woman obsessed. Until the fall of 2013 I was mostly a quilt top maker. Then I bought my longarm. Now I actually have completed quilts that I make for friends, family, charity and/or commissions and I have a part time longarm business. For the most part I prefer to make up my own quilt designs but sometimes I will use a pattern.
Here are just a few of my quilts. If you want to learn more about each quilt just click on the link in the caption below each picture.
Filed under Quilting
Life is slowing getting back to a ‘new’ normal around here and I’ve started to feel like I am getting some of my creative mojo back. I’ve finished quilting Leftovers III and have the binding partly hand sewn on.
I’ve finished piecing Leftovers IV and it is now waiting for FMQ. I forgot to take a picture of the finished top but here is one I took once I had all the finished blocks laid out on my design wall.
I’ve got the pink and orange version of High Tea on my frame now and I’ve got it about 60% quilted. I went a little crazy with the FMQ. I can’t believe the number of hours I have put into it already. It has been my therapy and kept my mind occupied since losing our beloved Tango. Here is a sneak peak of the first layer of FMQ I did in the plain blocks. I added 3 more layers of quilting after this…..I know crazy!?!?!?!
Linking up to:
Design Wall Monday @Patchwork Times
Show and Tell Tuesday @I Have to Say
Linky Tuesday @Freemotion by the River
WIP Wednesday @The Needle and Thread Network
Let’s Bee Social @Sew Fresh Quilts
| 2014 WIP | Size | Current status |
| Urban Windows | Twin | Finished |
| High Tea Girls | Twin | FMQ |
| High Tea Boys | Twin | FMQ |
| Leftovers IV | Twin | FMQ |
| Leftovers III | Twin | Binding |
| Waterlily | Wall hanging | quilt top |
| Asian One block wonder | Queen | Finished |
| Shoji Screen | Lap/wall | Finished |
| Blue Hydrangea | King | FMQ |
| Dragonflies | Wall hanging | Binding |
| 2014 Completions | Size | |
| Jana’s Wedding | Queen | gifted |
| Triangle QAL | Twin | For sale |
| Kimono | Wall hanging | Hung |
| Pink & blue batik | King | Donated |
| Asian Shadow Box | King | For sale |
| Little Warriors Charity (x7) | Twin | Donated |
| Charm Square Crib 1 | Baby | Donated |
| Charm Square Crib 2 | Baby | For Sale |
| Charm Square Crib 3 | Baby | For Sale |
Filed under Quilting, WIP, Work-in-progress
Adrianne from On the Windy side has released her new quilt pattern High Tea so now I can show you the quilts I made to test her pattern. It is a very quick and easy to make pattern that is pre-cut friendly (charms squares, layers cakes and jelly rolls) but also easy to make using yardage. I made a ‘boy’ version using green and gold sashing in support of our Edmonton Eskimos. I used charm squares and a few layer cakes for the 4-patches and yardage for the sashing. I followed her pattern exactly on this one:
For the girl’s version I used yardage rather than pre-cuts. I left every other centre block plain so that I could do some free motion quilting and I changed the sashing around the centre blocks so that the neutral sashing acts as a frame for the bright/busy 4-patch and the coloured sashing forms a frame around the FMQ.
When these quilts are finished, I am going to donate them to the Little Warriors Be Brave Ranch. Each child is given a quilt when they arrive at camp and when they leave they get to take it home with them.
Adrianne’s pattern is officially available for purchase starting today and for 48 hours it will be half off at her Etsy shop and on Craftsy. You can see mine and all the other pattern testers’ quilt tops on Adrianne’s website.
Linking up to:
Design Wall Monday @Patchwork Times
Anything Goes Monday @Stitch by Stich
Show and Tell Tuesday @I Have to Say
Linky Tuesday @Freemotion by the River
Show and Tell @SNAP creativity at your fingertips
WIP Wednesday @ The Needle and Thread Network
WOW Me Wednesday @Polkadots on parade
Let’s Bee Social @sewfreshquilts
Filed under Charity Quilt, Quilting, Work-in-progress
It is that time again to make a commitment to the final quarter of the 2014 finish-a-long hosted by Katy at the Littlest Thistle. I have one left over from last quarter that didn’t get finished and I am adding four more to my list for a total of five.
Leftovers III is on my frame and about 3/4 quilted so I just have to finish it off and bind it.
Leftovers IV is going to be a HST string quilt. I’ve got about 80% of the blocks made so I have to finish the last few, find the perfect layout, sew them together, quilt and then bind.
Yesterday I volunteered to be a pattern tester for Adrianne at On the Windy Side. I’ve got roughly 15 days to have a finished queen size quilt top. Although it is a tight timeline….I’m looking forward to the new experience. I am not allowed to share the pattern with you just yet because it is top secret until it is published and for sale at the end of the month. I’m primarily using Zen Chic’s Barcelona fabric along with some Grunge fabric from Basic Grey. When the quilt is completed I am going to donate it to http://littlewarriors.ca/events/quilts-for-the-be-brave-ranch/. Each child is given a quilt when they arrive at camp and when they leave they get to take it home with them.
At the 2nd quarter FAL wrap up party I was lucky enough to win a $25 gift card from Becca at Sew me a Song. I used it to help purchase this 1/2 yard fabric bundle. I think these fabrics, plus a few more from my stash, will make a cute quilt for a little girl. I am using the same pattern as above and it will be donated to the Be Brave Ranch too.
And my final project is a commission. A queen size quilt for my massage therapist. She gave me this pillow sham to use as my inspiration and left the rest up to me. No pressure there. I can’t say much more or show the fabrics that I’m using because she looks at my blog and I want this to be a complete surprise….hopefully a good one?!?!?!
Yikes….this is a big list.
Filed under FAL, Finish-A-Long, Quilting
I can’t believe that this quilt is finally done. I made it back in 2009 or 2010. It hung around my studio for years because I had no idea how I wanted to quilt it and I was afraid to tackle it on my domestic machine. It was on my 2nd and 3rd quarter FAL lists. I even had it on my frame 3 different times before I finally finished all the free motion quilting. I used two layers of batting: a stiff fusible one (so that it will hang flat and firm) and a high loft polyester. It gave amazing depth to the peacocks and the flowers. I put a sleeve on it so that it can be used as both a wall hanging or a lap quilt. I took pictures today in the shade and in full sun. Although the full sun pictures fade out the colours, they definitely show off the dimension created by the quilting and the double batting.
I just love how the quilting shows up on the back of the quilt….such dimension.
And of course there has to be a picture of little Tilly parked in the middle of my quilt as I hand sew the binding on. I love the bad-hair-day-mohawk-head. I looks like she was giving Don the evil eye because she was sick of the flash going off in her face repeatedly.
Linking up to:
Finish Along Quarter 3 Finish Party at the Littlest Thistle.
Design Wall Monday @Patchwork Times
Anything Goes Monday @Stitch by Stitch
Show and Tell Tuesday @I Have to Say
Linky Tuesday @Freemotion by the River
Whimsy Wednesday @The NY Melrose Family
WIP Wednesday @The Needle and Thread Network
Filed under FAL, Finish-A-Long, Quilting
#Urban Windows is my second FAL finish of the 3rd quarter (link to 3rd quarter FAL wish list). It was a little time consuming to FMQ but I love all the dimension and texture that the quilting added. I custom quilted each “window” with a different design and then I used a funky triple wave in the sashing.
To read more about this quilt and see more pictures pick click here.
Leftovers III in on my frame and I’ve completed about half of the free motion quilting. Lots of ruler work but I am liking how it is turning out. It won’t be a 3rd quarter FAL finish. I guess it will have to go on my next FAL list.
I’ve got almost all of the HST’s for Leftovers IV completed. I just need to lay them out on my design wall and start sewing them together.
Linking up to:
Design Wall Monday @Patchwork Times
3rd Quarter Finish Party at the Littlest Thistle
Anything Goes Monday @Stitch by Stitch
Show and Tell Tuesday @I Have to Say
Linky Tuesday @Freemotion by the River
Whimsy Wednesday @The NY Melrose Family
WIP Wednesday @The Needle and Thread Network
Wow Me Wednesday @Polkadots on Parade
Lets’s Bee Social @Sew Fresh Quilts
Needle and Thread Thursday @My Quilt Infatuation
| 2014 WIP | Size | Current status |
| Urban Windows | Twin | Finished |
| Leftovers IV | Twin | piecing |
| Leftovers III | Twin | FMQ |
| Waterlily | Wall hanging | quilt top |
| Asian One block wonder | Queen | Finished |
| Shoji Screen | Lap/wall | Finished |
| Blue Hydrangea | King | FMQ |
| Dragonflies | Wall hanging | Binding |
| 2014 Completions | Size | |
| Jana’s Wedding | Queen | gifted |
| Triangle QAL | Twin | For sale |
| Kimono | Wall hanging | Hung |
| Pink & blue batik | King | Donated |
| Asian Shadow Box | King | For sale |
| Little Warriors Charity (x7) | Twin | Donated |
| Charm Square Crib 1 | Baby | Donated |
| Charm Square Crib 2 | Baby | For Sale |
| Charm Square Crib 3 | Baby | For Sale |
Filed under FAL, Finish-A-Long, Quilting, Work-in-progress
Well the 3rd quarter is almost over and I finally have my first FAL finish (here is a link back to my FAL wish list). It is a one-block-wonder that I started back in 2010. When I initially finished piecing it, it was too small for a queen and I didn’t like the fabric I had for the border so I just added it to my pile of UFOs and forgot about it. I pulled it out in January and added it to my 1st quarter FAL list It got carried forward to the 2nd and 3rd quarters before I managed to complete it.
I removed some of the blocks in the upper right hand quadrant of the quilt top and replaced them with the blue background fabric. I used appliqué and trapunto to show off the two beautiful geishas that were the stars of the OBW fabric.
I really like how the geisha faces made interesting blocks.
This is what the original fabric looked like. It was made up of two geishas, rose and purple irises and a water like background.
Linking up to:
Anything Goes Monday @Stitch by Stitch
Design Wall Monday @Patchwork Times
Show and Tell Tuesday @I Have to Say
Linky Tuesday @FreeMotion by the River
WIP Wednesday @The Needle & Thread Network
WOW Me Wednesday @Polkadots on Parade
Let’s Bee Social @Sew Fresh Quilts
Needle & Thread Thursday @My Quilt Infatuation
I Quilt Thursday @Pretty Bobbins
Finish It Up Friday @Crazy Mom Quilts
Link A Finish Friday @Richard and Tanya Quilts
Can I Get A WhoopWhoop Friday @Confessions of a Fabric Addict
Filed under FAL, Finish-A-Long, Quilting
It has been a while since I’ve posted any updates. I’ve finally finished the FMQ on Shoji Screen. It has been on my FAL list every quarter this year so hopefully I will get the binding on and have it as a 3rd quarter finish.
Urban Windows is a finished quilt top. I have a week of vacation starting on September 1st so I hope to get it on the frame then. I am so glad that I finally decided to play with my quick curve ruler. Coincidentally, Sew Kind of Wonderful has a new QAL starting the first week of September using the QCR and their Curve It Up pattern. I’m looking forward to participating.
I took a picture of the quilt top before and after the sashing and borders were added. It wasn’t until I was editing the pictures on my laptop that I realized I had missed putting the top and bottom borders on….so it was back to the sewing machine. I forgot to take another pictures after the missing borders were added.
Instead of finishing one of my WIP, I foolishly decided to start a new quilt. I’m my own worst enemy. It is Leftovers IV using fabric leftover from my Blue Odyssey quilt. It’s my first time trying a string block. They sure go together quickly.
Linking up to
Design Wall Monday @Patchwork Times
Show and Tell Tuesday @I Have to Say
Linky Party Tuesday @Freemotion by the River
WIP Wednesday @The Needle and Thread Network
I Quilt Thursday @Pretty Bobbins
Needle and Thread Thursday @My Quilt Infatuation
| 2014 WIP | Size | Current status |
| Urban Windows | Twin | quilt top |
| Leftovers IV | Twin | quilt top |
| Leftovers III | Twin | piecing |
| Waterlily | Wall hanging | quilt top |
| One block wonder | Queen | binding |
| Shoji Screen | Lap/wall | binding |
| Blue Hydrangea | King | FMQ |
| Dragonflies | Wall hanging | Binding |
| 2014 Completions | Size | |
| Jana’s Wedding | Queen | gifted |
| Triangle QAL | Twin | |
| Kimono | Wall hanging | Hung |
| Pink & blue batik | King | |
| Asian Shadow Box | King | |
| Little Warriors Charity (x7) | Twin | Donated |
| Charm Square Crib 1 | Baby | Donated |
| Charm Square Crib 2 | Baby | |
| Charm Square Crib 3 | Baby |
Filed under FAL, Finish-A-Long, QAL, Quilt-A-Long, Quilting, WIP, Work-in-progress
Recognize these fabrics. Yes I have started working on Leftovers III. This time I am tackling the pile of 1-1/4 strips. This is what I’ve got so far. Each little piece is only a 3/4 of an inch finished square and it takes 64 to make a 6×6 block.
I’ve also got my 3rd finish for the 2nd quarter of this year’s FAL hosted by The Littlest Thistle. It is a crib size quilt made from charm squares that I did a free hand flower swirl design all over it (FAL wish list for the 2nd quarter).
Linking up to
Show and Tell Tuesday @I Have To Say
Linky Tuesday @Freemotion by the River
WIP Wednesday @The Needle and Thread Network
Whimsy Wednesday @The NY Melrose Family
WOW Me Wednesday @Polkadots on Parade
Needle and Thread Thursday @My Quilt Infatuation
| 2014 WIP | Size | Current status |
| Leftovers III | Twin | piecing |
| Waterlily | Wall hanging | quilt top |
| One block wonder | Queen | binding |
| Peacock | Lap/wall | FMQ |
| Blue Hydrangea | King | FMQ |
| Dragonflies | Wall hanging | Binding |
| Charm Square Crib 3 | Baby | binding |
| 2014 Completions | Size | |
| Jana’s Wedding | Queen | gifted |
| Triangle QAL | Twin | |
| Kimono | Wall hanging | Hung |
| Pink & blue batik | King | |
| Asian Shadow Box | King | |
| Little Warriors Charity (x7) | Twin | Donated |
| Charm Square Crib 1 | Baby | Donated |
| Charm Square Crib 2 | Baby |
Filed under FAL, Finish-A-Long, Quilting, WIP, Work-in-progress
Life In The Dog House 