Thursday, December 19, 2019

Zig zag quilts are ready for gifting

Good day and welcome to my blog.
Quilts I started this summer are done done and ready for gifting!  And in time too.

I worked with a pattern from this book:


And made two zig zag quilts one in blue, and one in red.
The blue quilt:


With thin blue binding.  And a peek of the back:


And now the red quilt:

And a peek of the back:


Both are quilted by a local longarmer in the pattern "Baptist Clams".  Both are being gifted this weekend to family members, who I hope will love them.

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Friday, December 6, 2019

Red and white log cabin start

I saw a picture of a red and white log cabin quilt on Facebook, and was so inspired.  I started my own.  Logs finish at 1 inch.  Each block finishes at 10 inches square.  Here are my first blocks, laid out on the floor.


This is the arrangement in my inspiration quilt.  I have plenty of white shirting fabric, but I 'had' to buy more red fabric!  This will keep me busy during the holiday season.

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Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Crayon Box quilt finished

It's Wednesday, so it must be time to blog!
Hello and welcome.
I have a finish to report.  It's of a top I made in 2018, as part of a challenge to use up a slew of 2 inch strips of 30's reproduction fabrics.  It is the crayon box pattern by Bonnie Hunter, found on her blog under free patterns.  Her directions are for 2.5 inch strips, so I resized it for 2 inch strips.
I sent it off to a local long arm quilter to have it quilted - it's a pretty hefty size and I did not look forward to shoving it under my old but trusty Kenmore.
Quilted and laid out on the design floor:


And a close up of the border, using very vintage yardage, an early Aunt Grace fabric:


Bound with the same border fabric.  No home for this one, yet.

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Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Idaho Square Dance top is finished

Finally some progress!  I worked hard on this over the weekend.  Lots of navy blue in my stash.  I held back some one yard pieces for borders.  Pieced to get the length needed of course but that is all right.
Final size with borders:  about 72 by 92 inches, so a good twin size.


And I dropped it off with the long arm quilter yesterday.  She is going to get it done before Christmas!  I have plans to give it to a family member.

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Sunday, November 3, 2019

Idaho Square dance comes together

Just a short note today.  I have made some more Idaho Square Dance blocks, so that the set will be 5 by 7 blocks on point, and a border added.
I have started assembling the blocks with alternating navy blue squares (7 inches finished).  In the photo they are laid out on my "Design floor", with dark carpet.


I am liking the way this is turning out, and already thinking of quilting possibilities.

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Thursday, October 24, 2019

Idaho Square Dance continues

Hello and welcome, to an update on my new start.
My last post was about starting Idaho Square Dance blocks, from Bonnie Hunter's book.  I have now made some blocks, and set them out on point, on our dark carpet:


I am trying to gauge the effect of dark navy blue blocks in between the pieced blocks.  I think it will make the white bits sparkle.  The blocks finish at 7 inches so I have a ways to go!
And a close up:


But I must end my blog entry, as I have a bad cold and I am wearing out.

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Wednesday, October 16, 2019

New start: Idaho Square Dance

I was in a funk, quilting wise, the past few days.  And what can get you out of a funk but a new project?
I borrowed Bonnie Hunter's book, Addicted to Scraps, from the library.  Many of her quilts are too busy for my taste, but I did cut pieces for a block or two of Idaho Square Dance, just to see if I liked it.



It's a simple enough block but I like it!  It finishes at 7 inches square.  Instead of setting it alternating with another pieced block I am considering sashing with cornerstones, or setting with alternating navy blue fabric squares.  I have now cut enough pieces for 10 more blocks and I am starting to sew the pieces together.  I have a wide variety of navy blue fabrics.  Amazing how puttering with fabric and sewing pieces together can make one feel better.

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Friday, October 11, 2019

It's a finished top

Hello and welcome!

I have been busy at my day job and haven't had much time for quilting.  I did assemble my pinwheel blocks described in this post.  I described how the 4 quadrants of the block did not line up.  Luckily the  blocks were a bit too big, and just needed trimming to 12.5 inches square.  Hurrah!

The current top looks like this:


That is real feedsack fabric from the 1940's as borders.  I was lucky to find 2 matching feedsacks on ebay.  I now wish I had put a thin white inner border on - but too late now.

Final size:  57 by 81 inches, a throw size.  The green secondary pattern looks great at this distance, but a close look shows that the green pattern pieces don't always match!  It's time to take this top to the long arm quilter I frequent.

Now I have two days off from the day job.  Other than finishing this top I have not been inspired to do anything.  I will try to do some sewing, or cutting for a new project, tomorrow.

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Thursday, September 12, 2019

New blocks Update

Hello and welcome!
Since working on the Log Cabin - Courthouse steps quilt top in the last post, I have been busy with yet another new project.  I saw this in Barbara Brackman's book on the Kansas City Star quilt blocks, and wanted to try this in 30's reproduction fabrics.  One block below:


You can see I had a few problems. The four quadrants don't line up exactly, though my triangle points meet nicely in the middle.   These older patterns involve templates, and tracing around the templates onto your fabric.  I haven't done this for awhile!  I am used to strip piecing, or sewing bits together and cross cutting them.

An idea to just make 12 12 inch blocks expanded a bit:


Here is what I have so far, laid out 4 blocks across by 6 blocks down.  One more block to go, then trimming.  Note the secondary pattern that forms.  I hope these green pieces line up after trimming.

After trimming, sew these blocks together and think about borders.

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Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Log Cabin quilt top

Well, the 1940's retro pattern quilt project, mentioned in my last post, is not ready for its reveal.
Here is a top I finished to get it out of the way of the retro project.

Log cabin Courthouse steps blocks, logs finishing at 3/4 inch I believe.  I squared the blocks (a long tedious process) and began setting them together.  Oh no, some were not the same size!  A few were a little large, or a little small.  I guess I waver a bit in my seam allowance.  I matched them as best I could.  Some of the outer logs may be a little narrower than 3/4 inch - but it doesn't really show.


Close to single bed size, a little narrow.  This is an older UFO (Unfinished object) and I found 99 blocks.  Well that must be a 9 by 11 setting then. (No notes with the blocks, of course!)


A close up of the fabrics used.  I had scraps and short fat quarters I wanted to use up.  The red fabric in the center is left over from backing to a quilt.  The bright blue is left over from a border used in a previous quilt.

No borders yet on this top.  Nothing I have appeals to me, and I think I may leave it as it is.

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Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Anniversary quilt bound and done

Hello and welcome to my blog!
Another finish to report.  The quilt I made for our wedding, on our bed for (cough, cough) years, was showing wear.  Therefore I made a replacement Anniversary quilt, featuring some of the same fabrics (yes my stash has many long-lived fabrics in it!)  I used Bonnie Hunter's pattern called Crayon box - one of the free patterns on her website.

Gray in the centers of the blocks to calm it down, but it's a busy pattern.  Below, a view of a portion of the quilt.


A grayish batik for the border.  This was quilted by a local long-arm quilter.  I picked a pattern of swirls with hearts, and she did a great job.
A close up of the quilt and border:


Now onto my next project: a retro 1940's pattern that involves cutting pieces from templates, no rotary cutting.

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Tuesday, August 6, 2019

16 patch quilt done done

Done done:  quilted, bound, and labeled.

This post is similar to last week's, only now the 50 by 50 inch quilt  is done done.  I did not have enough of the border feedsack fabric left, so I bound the quilt with a blue feedsack fabric.  Luckily the joins  in the binding did not fall at the corners!

The quilt:


And a closeup:


Thanks to this website for teaching me how to smoothly join my binding ends.

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Tuesday, July 30, 2019

16 patch top

Post # 698!  Heading to 700!  I have been blogging here since 2004.

Today I am going to share with you a top that I pieced (except for borders) back in 2018 I think.  That year I was really into making quilts with real feedsack fabric.  I finally chose a border fabric and have the top ready for basting then quilting.


A simple 16 patch block, set on point.  A close-up of the fabric used:


(The muslin is new).  All vintage feedsack or vintage cotton fabric from antique fairs, antique malls, or ebay.
This quilt will finish at about 50 by 50 inches.  Now to cobble together some batting scraps and get to basting and quilting.  I'll do this one on my own sewing machine, as it's smaller.

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Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Zigzag redux

Hello and welcome!
I enjoyed making my blue and white zig zag quilt so much I have decided to make it again, in a new color.
Source of my pattern: Red and white quilts.  And it's complex enough that I am staring at the instructions constantly.  I did my first one in indigo and cream - shown in this blog post.

Well the results were dynamic and graphic.  Why not make it again in red and cream?  Or using an antiqued fabric that I had ordered by accident? (Wrong color picked on line, and can't return cut yardage.)
So off to the quilt area ("studio") to cut strips of red and antique fabrics.  This is my progress so far:


And a close up of the red fabrics:


I have used reproduction red fabrics, mostly from 1860 - 1900 styles.  I want that old look.  This photo also shows the look of the antiqued background fabric.  I thought it a little dark but it works well against the red.

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Wednesday, July 3, 2019

Wednesday: A new top

Hello and long time no see!  I have been on vacation and at a conference so no time to sew.  I am back and I have been in the sewing room this week.
The task:  use up 3 inch squares of leftover and unloved fabric to make a small top, using a pattern I have used before, from the Scraps Plus One book.

The blocks finish at 15 inches, and the quilt top is 60 inches square.


Two different blocks are made, and set in alternating fashion.   A close up of the unloved fabric:


I admit I cut some good fabric to add in there, to liven it up.  Some fabric is from old stash however.
The top will languish for now, as I have started cutting for a new project (of course!)  Red and beige strips for another zig zag quilt.

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Wednesday, June 12, 2019

A finish!

Hello and welcome!!!

I have a binding finish to report.  I described in this post a quilt top made of feedsack fabric and new white fabric.  It was pretty large (80 by 80 inches) so I sent it to the local long armer.  I recently got it back, and she did a great job quilting a tight stipple all over the quilt.


All old feedsack and vintage fabric, even the border.  The pattern is from the Scraps Plus One book.  I really like how this turned out, and I am collecting/cutting 3 inch squares for another iteration.

The back is feedsack too.  I had 4 matching feedsacks and managed to find a 5th matching feedsack on ebay.  How lucky was that.


A great old fashioned feel!  And a finish to put on my blog.

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Wednesday, June 5, 2019

Zig zag top complete

Good Day and welcome to my blog!
This week's post is just a continuation of last week's post on the new start: a zigzag pattern.
I had to find new fabric as I was running out of my cream colored background fabric.  I did find a replacement: Kona Cream.  It matches in color but has a different "hand" and thread count.  So when you are really staring at the top, up close, you can see a difference, but not from a distance.  Good enough for me!

The top is approximately 75 inches square.


And a close up of the blue and white:


Next question:  Quilt it myself or send it to a long armer?

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Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Another new start: Zigzag quilt

Hello and welcome to my blog!

I have a heap of navy and indigo blue fabrics left over from a long term Dear Jane project.  And I borrowed a new book from our local library.  Of course this led to a new project.
The book is Red and white quilts:


No affiliation, just a reader.

I was attracted to one of the patterns, called Walk this Way.  I am calling mine Zigzag.  You sew the blocks of white and colored strips a certain way, then lay them out on the diagonal:


On the "design floor."  The last row is in place but not sewed on yet.  Yes that is blue fabric not black.  I think it will be very graphic when done.  I am halfway there.  However I am running out of the white fabric, which is not unbleached muslin but has a pale yellowish cast.  Must go out tomorrow and buy more.
Edited to add: a closeup of the blue and white fabrics:


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Wednesday, May 22, 2019

New Start is a top

It's now a top, or a flimsy.

In a previous post I reported on my top of many nine patches and four patches.

It's now a top, with a fairly new reproduction brown fabric as a border.  Now 73 by 82 inches.


Above, a portion of the top, and below, a closeup of the border.


An odd size I guess, and I am not looking forward to machine quilting this one.  I am afraid of puckers on front or back.  Perhaps I'd best send this off to my local long-armer, who does a lovely job.

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Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Feedsack Frenzy quilt - almost done

I have been collecting feedsacks for a long time - at antique malls, antique fairs, and ebay.
Now to use them... and make a quilt that looks vintage, not too 'pretty'.  But of course don't we collect the pretty fabric?
So I had a bunch of 3 inch squares left over from a previous project.  A simple design, using them up, and vintage fabric for the border.


And another feedsack (from ebay) for the back.


A bright orange yellow flower pattern.  And you can see some of the feedsack fabric I used.  Simply quilted in straight lines, on my trusty old Kenmore.

Almost done - I am sewing down the binding (yet another feedsack fabric).  I did not have enough of the border fabric leftover for the binding.

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Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Wednesday New Start progress

Isn't it often the case?  That you finish one project and start a new one!   Why work on another UFO (Unfinished Object) when you can start afresh?  That is my case after the double wedding ring quilt finished earlier, and another small quilt quilted and ready for binding.

Why not make lots of nine patches and four patches, and really use up my stash of reproduction shirting fabrics?


Laid out on the floor, not finished or sewn together yet.  I have sewn a lot of small patches together but I am only about half done of what I have planned.

This is the Ohmygosh pattern, but in a different size than what the designer specified.

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Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Wednesday quilt block

And i am getting back into the swing of things, Dear Jane wise.
Here is C-6, in indigo and white.


I prepped this block for applique a year ago!  Other projects have intervened.
I appliqued a white circle first, then the cross piece on top.  I really must count my blocks.  I am planning a quilt of  11 by 11 blocks, rather than the full 13 by 13 blocks.  I can avoid the really difficult blocks that way!

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Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Wednesday quilt finish

And the double wedding ring quilt is done done.


58 by 68 inches.  I looked up on the internet how to smoothly finish binding, and got recommendations from a quilt mailing list I am on.  I had to tussle with the quilt, and the first time I tried it I twisted one end of the binding.  I almost cried.  But I unsewed the binding ends, untwisted the binding and tried again.  It worked!  And I can tell you that the directions given for double fold binding also works for single fold binding.

A close up of the edge, though not of the final join:


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Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Wednesday Quilt progress

Hello and welcome to my blog, where I try to post weekly.

No finish, but I am so close!  I am hand binding my double wedding ring quilt, which I spent much of the last 6 months hand quilting.  I am using single fold bias binding (to get around those curves) and I have to hand sew it down on the front and the back.  I have made it around 3.5 sides of the quilt and have only a few scallops to do.


A portion of the finished binding.  I hope to report a finish early next week.

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Tuesday, March 26, 2019

The New start is done!

Feeling sad as my Aunt Helen passed away this week.

The new start I described in a previous post is now done.


The pattern is called Arkansas crossroads.  As you can see I added a thin white inner border, a wider peach border (30's reproduction fabric), and bound it with the same fabric.  I was able to use up some left over backing fabric from a previous quilt - just a bit of piecing to make it wide enough.  Batting was from a craft bat I found at a thrift store (still packaged).  This little quilt is now 32 by 44 inches, an odd size.  I don't have any current plans for it.  But a UFO is prevented!

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Wednesday, March 20, 2019

New Start, a top

Hello and welcome to my blog!
I got a book out of the library and I just had to try the pattern for the quilt on the cover.


In reproduction 30's fabrics.  I have a lot of those!!


Instead of 12 blocks I have made 6 blocks.  It comes out as a funny small size - maybe a baby quilt, maybe a doll quilt or wall hanging.  It is now 36 by 24 inches but I will add a white inner border and then a print outer border.  I like the way this looks but I have had enough of cutting 2 inch squares.

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Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Tuesday Quilt: Off to the long-armer!

Hello and welcome.
I am getting spotty internet on our home network so I am making this quick.
I have a feedsack quilt top that I thought about quilting myself:


This is made from new off white fabric and feedsacks I have collected myself or bought off ebay.
But, the top is 80 inches by 80 inches, hard to push through my machine, and my tension seems to be off when I machine quilt.  Or I get tucks on the front.  So it is off to the local long arm quilter that I use - who does a very nice job indeed.
Close up of the quilt:


Some of those feedsacks may be 'ugly' but it all comes together and looks authentic - as opposed to when you use all 'pretty' fabric.
To be even more authentic, i am using feedsacks on the back:


At an antique fair I was lucky enough to find 4 feedsacks of the same pattern.  When I realized this would be a bit short I started looking on ebay and was even luckier to find a 5th feedsack of the same design!  A pieced back it is!

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