UFO finish: Snowball quilt

 Good day, and welcome to my blog.

I am on a roll.  I took time out from my Tidepools project to finish a UFO.  I am part of the Stashbusters group on groups.io, and my name was ascending on the queen's list.  Although you get to wear the (pretend) tiara and ermine furs, I really don't want to become queen.  Therefore the finish.  It's just a game some of us in the group play.  See stashbusters@groups.io | Home  if you would like to join us - no politics, no religion, just quilty chat.

My finish:  A quilt in a snowball pattern, in late 19th century fabrics: blues, shirtings, blacks, double pinks, reds, and cranberry:

Each snowball block finishes at 4 inches.  I started this in 2023.  I sent the quilt top and backing to a local long arm quilter and she quilted it with a pantograph called Ocean Froth.  You can see some of the quilting in the closeup picture below:

Overall size?  I forgot to measure before writing this blog post but maybe 60 by 68 inches?  64 by 72 inches?  Something like that.

Linking up with Monday Musings, Sew and Tell at Melva Loves Scraps, Wednesday Wait Loss, Needle and Thread Thursday, Put your Foot Down at the Quiltery, Nina-Marie, Finished or Not at Alycia Quilts, From Bolt to Beauty, Oh Scrap at Quilting is more Fun than Housework.

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Two tops done; one to be quilted

 Good day, and welcome to a cool but pretty day in the American Midwest!

I have been busy sewing in my corner of the basement (quilting nook).  First up:  a finish of a top in real feedsack and vintage fabrics.

This is the pattern Flower Garden from the book Scraps plus One.  I am sorry, I do not have the author's name.  This quilt is now at the long armer that I use, Boone's quilting (find her on Facebook).

A close up, so you can see the fabrics used:

I love these fabrics from the 1930's and 1940's.  Hey, I love all sorts of reproduction fabrics.

Moving to a very different era, here is a Snowball block quilt:

The top has a very dark navy border, and is nearly square.  I describe the beginning of this project in this blog post.   Each block finishes at 4 inches square.

Those little triangles are one inch on a side.  I'd like to make this pattern again, but in bigger sized blocks.  The reproduction fabrics used here remind one of the late 1800's and very early 1900's.  As I said, I love all sorts of reproduction fabrics.

Linking up with Midweek Makers, Wednesday Wait Loss, Needle and Thread Thursday, Put your Foot Down at the Quiltery, Can I get a Whoop Whoop, Nina-Marie,  Finished or Not at Alycia Quilts, Oh Scrap at Quilting is more Fun than Housework.

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Spring 2010 Blogger's Quilt Festival

I am joining the Blogger's Quilt Festival at Amy's Creative Side. See the button on my sidebar.

Amy asks: Share one quilt, and it's story. Why you made it, why it is special to you, what you learned about quilting/yourself while making it. The quilt doesn't have to be brand new, never seen before on your blog - show what you like!

This quilt has been about 10 years in the making, now that I think back upon it. I saw this pattern in a long-ago quilt magazine and fell in love with it. I'd seen vintage quilts in this pattern and wanted to make my own. So, many 2 inch strips of fabric were cut, sewn together, and cross cut. Each finished square is 1.5 inches across, which at the time I considered tiny. Obviously I hadn't started my Baby Jane in the style of Jane Stickle project yet!

This is a full-sized quilt, so there are indeed many little squares of fabric. I included a few vintage fabrics in there, to bring me a smile, and maybe cause a future quilt appraiser to scratch their heads. I used a thin cotton bat for an old-fashioned look, but the problem is that one must quilt lines less that 2 inches apart. I spent much time machine quilting on my home Kenmore, as you can see in the close-up. However the wreaths in the plain blocks are quilted by hand. I still have to put some sort of motif in the middle, or the batting will bunch up when I wash it the first time.

Why special: It represents a lot of my time. It is cheerful and sunny, and will be the summer quilt on my bed.

What did I learn: Patience!

And guess what - it STILL isn't done! I am sewing down the binding this week. I had saved some of the purple fabric used in the plain squares for the binding, but years later, I couldn't find it. So I am using pink bias binding instead.

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Cheddar and Cheese top done, for now

To repeat, and give credit to the author: I am following the pattern from a wonderful blog called Humble Quilts. She started this three-step tutorial for a doll or baby sized quilt called Cheddar Cheese and Crackers before Christmas 2009. The first step is here.

I am using a double pink for the squares, instead of a cheddar solid. Each of the smaller squares finishes at 1 inch. I plan on adding borders, but for now it is done, and I am happy with how it turned out.

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Update on new little project

Beginning of this project: This Blog Post.

I am following the pattern from a wonderful blog called Humble Quilts. She started this three-step tutorial for a doll or baby sized quilt called Cheddar Cheese and Crackers before Christmas 2009. The first step is here.

This is about the top third of the quilt top. This will be as wide as it gets. I have a bit of the part below pieced, but not completely. Now I am liking how this is turning out.

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A New little project

Which is taking a little longer than I thought, readers. I have to watch fabric placement very carefully? Only a little strip piecing, then piece by piece?

I am following the pattern from a wonderful blog called Humble Quilts. She started this three-step tutorial for a doll or baby sized quilt called Cheddar Cheese and Crackers before Christmas 2009. The first step is here.

The original quilt had large squares of solid cheddar orange fabric, and a lovely mixture of shirtings and late 1800's fabric for the rest. I decided to dig into my collection of double pink reproduction fabrics. At a quilt show 2 weeks ago (more on that later) I had seen some pink and white quilts in a dealer's booth that I found very appealing.

My work so far this weekend is above. This is less than 1/4 of the original quilt or Lori's reproduction. The big squares are a perfect seaweed pattern fabric by Diana Leone that I have hoarded since 1993. I'm liking the browns and the paler pinks, but not liking the pinks that are very close in tone to the big squares. Therefore I am modifying my fabric choices as I go. This is photographed on a very dark green carpet.

Don't I have other projects going on you ask? Why yes! Just two Dear Jane quilts, and a prairie braid quilt which I hope to share next week. And I just signed up for the Dear Jane siggie swap. But sometimes a quilter can't help herself or himself.

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There's a Black Hole in my sewing room

that sucks things in but also randomly (or not so randomly) spews things out. Case in point:
THIS!

(Pattern from Quilter's Cache, maintained by Marcia Hohn)

Let me back up a bit. Some months ago I was working on a project as a break from my Jane Stickle quilt. A pinwheel pattern from Quilter's Cache, in 30's and 40's reproduction fabrics. I had made 19 blocks and cut many more triangles. It's going to be graphic and colorful when it is done.

But, I needed to take a break. So I stacked the 19 blocks, and put all triangles and the printed instructions in a big clear freezer bag. I know not to put it in a grocery or fabric store bag! And tossed it, somewhere, in my sewing room. Put the blocks in a separate place.

Well. I thought of this project recently to finish as a Christmas present for a family member. I found the 19 blocks. I poked around the sewing room piles - no sign of the bag. So I dedicated yesterday morning to pulling many things out and finding that bag of triangles and instructions. I knew it was there!

Three hours later: no bag. I gave up, got on the Internet and back to Quilter's Cache and printed out the instructions again. Pulled out fabric - looking hard to find some of the same fabrics, and cut more triangles and more bleached muslin pieces. Last night: started sewing pieces together, following the instructions.

NOW: today. I went into my sewing room and picked up my bathrobe, which I had tossed on the fabric piles last night while sewing.

What was DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH? (Dun dun dun!) THE BAG shown in the first picture above. I know it wasn't there last night. You would think I would have seen it. But there it is.

Post # 99: time for a Give-Away!

Yes my 99th post. Most entries have been quilt related, documenting my journey on “That Quilt”. So, time for a give-away like a number of blogs I follow.

THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED NOW.
The prize package is 7 pieces of reproduction turkey red fabric, each about 8 inches by 10 inches in size. Some of these prints are very hard to find now. One is at least 10 years old (but still in great shape!) In addition, the winner will receive a piece of a bright yellow print, and two pieces of reproduction poison green fabric. The print on the right is from a long-ago reproduction line. The one on the left is from the Callie Lu line, which had strips of two patterns on one piece of fabric. Also hard to find now. The size of these pieces is good for a Jane quilt or Nearly Insane quilt. I wish I had more alluring photos of the fabric, but there it is.

Here is how to enter.

My 14 followers as of Thursday Aug.28 are automatically entered.
Leave a comment on this post and please include a way to contact you if your blogger profile does not include your email address or blog name. A mention of this contest on your blog would be great but not necessary. Followers: Yes you can enter twice!

Enter by next Friday September 4, 2009 at 6 PM Eastern USA time. At that time I will use a random number generator or random list generator (See Random.org) to pick the winner. Post #100 will announce the winner. Once I have a shipping address the fabric is off to its new happy home.

Good luck!

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Elaine's Giveaway

Do you like Civil war reproduction fabrics as much as I do? Then:

a. come back here in a few days to sign up for my give away of turkey red and poison green fabric

b. Immediately go to Faithful Quilter: Elaine's Journey and sign up for her giveaway. You have until Thursday, Aug. 27.

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Back again

Very busy and distracted these last few weeks.

Winter is ending, Spring is coming, and my hands are healed. Therefore, two Jane Stickle blocks that involve some applique: Pouf, and Rick's Volleyball net. I just love the fabric used in Pouf. And the printed plaid in Rick's Volleyball net is a repro fabric that I have saved for at least 15 years. The corners don't match but I say - I wanted it that way!

Miniature Madness: Walter's Place and Pete's Paintbox in busy prints, both vintage fabric.

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1800's Christmas Jane 110, 31, 1, 3352

Pretty in Pink Jane 80, 26, 0, 2463

Miniature Madness! 50, 0, 0, 730

Mysterious fabric

Has this ever happened to you?
I was digging through my stash, looking for reproduction fabrics, when this fabric popped out. It is a series of strips of different fabrics, all repros just perfect for my Dear Jane quilt. The thing is - I don't remember it at all! I don't remember buying it, or when! Maybe it entered my stash through a warp in the space-time continuum.
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