Closing out the year with some border progress

 Good day on New Year's Eve!  Welcome to my blog.

I am closing out the year with some progress on a stalled UFO.  It's been a very busy fall at work and I haven't gotten into my sewing room as much as I would like.  But yesterday I felt energized and I put borders on my Dutchman's Puzzle, simmering for some time.  I blogged about the range of fabrics - ages and styles, in this post.

New batik fabric borders really perk up the top.

The blue is the same fabric as in the sashing.  The red is also a mottled batik fabric.  And a view of a corner:

That red really jazzes things up, and pulls out the reds in the blocks.

Happy New Year to you!!  Here is hoping for a better 2022.

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A finish - Crayon Box

 Good day and welcome to my blog post for this week!

It's been a very busy fall for me, and so I haven't been sewing or quilting as much as I would like.  My Dutchman's Puzzle top is still lying on the design floor, waiting on borders.  However I did pull out a project and bound it this last weekend.  Pieced in Sept. 2020, and machine quilted by a local lady who does a great job:

This pattern is Crayon Box, a free pattern available on Bonnie Hunter's Quiltville website.  These are all Civil War and 1800's reproduction fabrics in this quilt.  I have a lot and I was trying to get them used up.  Scary thing:  All the strips cut for this quilt fit in a shoe box!  How many quilts are represented in my stash!

Here is a close up of the border.  You can see the fabrics used and the great quilting.

Final size: 91 by 91 inches.  Too big for my home sewing machine, so I am glad I "quilted by check".

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Wednesday Check In - it's been awhile

 Wow, I haven't posted since August!  The reason is my day job keeps me very busy, during the day and into the evening and weekends.  When I do find  few hours, I take a nap.  So not much sewing has been done.

However: I did bind a hotpad this week:

It is about 11 inches square and made completely from scraps and leftovers.  Bits from from a previous red and white quilt.  Batting leftovers (cotton, 3 layers) from previous projects.  Backing too.  Even the binding is leftover from a red and white log cabin quilt project.

It actually doesn't match the colors in my kitchen, but will be great for Christmas time!  Now to find some time to put borders on my flying geese/Dutchman's puzzle project, still laid out on the design floor.

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Dutchman's Puzzle: Progress report

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I've been busy catching up, back from vacation.  But I was able to get a little sewing in.  I had Dutchman's Puzzle blocks, some that were the correct size, and some that were too small.  For the small ones, I cut sashing 1/4 inch larger, and measured and trimmed.  Wouldn't you know, some are still too small, so I will have a smaller quilt and hopefully enough fabric for wider borders.  The plan now is for 7 by 9 blocks.  Here is what I have so far:

A nice rich dark blue for sashing.  And a close up view:

A wide variety of prints and backgrounds used, fabrics from the early 1990's to now!  There is quite a range for future quilt historians to ponder.  I wonder if antique quilts also contain fabric from over a 30 year time span?  Quite possibly.

I'll try to find time this week to get this (mostly) to a top, and ponder on borders.

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Back from Alaska and more shopping

 I am back from my second trip this summer, to Alaska.  Hubby and I had a wonderful time, but I won't bore you with details.  Except, my fabric shopping!  Of course!

From Shop #1, Northern Threads in Fairbanks:

A beautiful kit with panel and fabric.  No we did not see the northern lights (nights are only 4 hours long in Fairbanks in the summer!) but it will be a memory anyways.

Shop #2 in McKinley Park (just outside Denali):

A set of Fat quarters.  Some of the fabrics are from a line of Texas wildflowers, but so what - they remind me of the flowers I saw in AK.

Shops #3 and #4, Quilt Tree and Quilted Raven in Anchorage:

Cedar waxwing fabric, and on the right, fabric with ravens and salmon pictured.  So pretty.  Now to get to work on finding coordinating fabric and start on some AK projects.  But first, a UFO - the Dutchman's Puzzle project I blogged about previously.

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I've been shopping!

 Hello again, and I am back from a week's vacation.  No sewing this week or so, but I have been shopping, and I'd like to share with you my loot.

From Shop # 1:

My mom saw the pattern on the lower left and fell in love with it.  The owners helped us pick the array of fabrics on the right, as listed in the pattern, and cut the correct yardages.  This will be a Christmas present for my mom.  Not shown:  a set of bobbins for my Janome.

From Shop #2:

Backing for Mom's quilt, a fat quarter, a Jelly roll, and a gently used book by Gayle Bong.

Store #3:

Mottled batik yardage, for rebinding my son's quilt (red), for sashing my Flying geese project (blue), needles, and fat quarters (of course!)

More travel next week, but not much room in my suitcase, so I will look but probably not buy much.

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Geese are now a Dutchman's Puzzle

Good day from a rainy Midwest location.  Yes, we need the rain! 

In my last post, I outlined how I was making flying geese units with a no-waste method.  I am assembling them into Dutchman's puzzle blocks, finishing at 8 inches.  Lots more blocks got done this weekend and yesterday.  I tried laying them out side by side, to see what they looked like:

My blocks are very scrappy and I don't like this setting - too busy and overwhelming to the eye.

How about on a neutral sashing fabric?  (Gray that I had, not ironed - oops!)

Better.  But I think I would like a darker gray.  More fabric purchasing is in my future!  And making more blocks.  I have about 35 right now.  And I have a pretty good pile of cut fabric squares left.

I have travel this July, but I should be able to work on these blocks this week.

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Geese are starting to fly

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After finishing my recent Nearly Insane project I was at loose ends  You know that quietness after a big project is done?  So I did other things for a week, but I came back into the quilting space and started sewing up flying geese using a no waste method.

https://www.patchpieces.com/files/flyinggeese.pdf  is my source.  There are other tutorials on the web.

I had a number of sewn geese from a previous project - many geese in columns in this finished quilt from 2017.  And since I cut without counting, many cut big squares and little squares for the no waste method.

Since I had already done geese in a column, I decided to try a different block.  I believe this is called Dutchman's Puzzle:

Laid out on the carpet. Each "goose" is 4 by 2 inches finished.  I have gone very scrappy so these blocks will definitely get a dark sashing - maybe dark gray, navy blue, or brown, to tone things down!

I am also finding that my geese are not all turning out the same size - time to pay attention to my method and be as accurate as I can.

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Nearly Insane Project is Done!

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I am reporting that a long term project with much work put into it is done done.  I worked on Nearly Insane blocks in 2010 and 2011, but then put them aside for a long time.  I unearthed the project recently, while looking for fabric for binding something else.  I counted the blocks, set them out, and found I could make a rectangular quilt with only a few half blocks to add.  This is not the full 90+ blocks of the full quilt.

I reported earlier too that the top was done, and while the center was flat, the borders definitely weren't.

Well, off to the local long arm quilter it went.  I picked a simple fan quilt pattern, to let the pieced blocks shine.  She promised to do her best.

Well, what came back was simply amazing.  The borders are nearly as flat as the center.

Laid out on the floor of my sewing space.  Nearly Insane fans will note that yes, it's a smaller quilt, and I did not do the zigzag border.  In the original quilt the sashing was more of a tan color.  I had enough of the pink for sashing and border, but not much left over!  The quilt is bound in the black of the inner border.  Here is a close-up:

I am so happy this is done.  This is a keeper.

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Air Castles is now a top

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When I last posted, I was playing around with some Air Castle blocks.  This was part of a challenge from a mailing list I am on.  I decided I really liked the feedsack fabrics with off-white, and continued making blocks.  Until I ran very low on different feedsack fabrics.  I have stopped at the size of  4 blocks by 5 blocks.  Each block finishes at 9 inches square, and the sashing and border is 3 inches wide, so a size of about 51 by 63 inches:

1930's and 1940's fabrics look better I think with a bit of off white fabric around them.  A close-up:

These vintage fabrics and feedsacks were acquired from antique fairs, antique malls, and ebay.  The final quilt will be a lap quilt or throw.  Still thinking about whether I will quilt this myself on my trusty Kenmore or send out to a long arm quilter.

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Playing with Air Castle blocks

 I am part of a mailing list of quilters, and recently, a challenge was issued by a member: work with one pieced block, and play with it, try variations, different fabrics, etc.

She used the Air Castle block and I decided to follow - I had never worked with this block before.  The pattern source is:

https://www.patchworksquare.com/index.php?function=DisplaySheet&sheet=air-castle-quilt-block&id=&links=1&link1=

I made my blocks 9 inches square (when finished).  My first two:  playing with fabric types: real feedsack fabric (top) and late 1800's reproduction fabric (bottom).

Note I also simplified the corner treatment in the top block.  I kept trying different fabrics:

No, I don't like that yellow for the star points.  I like a stronger, darker color in that position.

And I quite like the feedsack blocks.  I have concentrated on making more of those this week.  Here is what I have so far:

Such fun playing around!  Let yourself go and play too.

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Almost a top; I've been working in a series

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I have been busy at my day job and have not gotten into the sewing area as much as I would like.  But I managed to sew some units together on my blue and brown log cabin  project.  It's almost a top - just a few long seams to go.

Laid out on the floor of my messy sewing area.

I find I have been doing a series of similar quilts, with diagonal movement to them.  This is my third log cabin quilt using the same pattern, so that is pretty obvious.  I have done the log cabin pattern in pink and white:

and red and white.

Also, not so obvious, a four patch quilt set to emphasize the diagonal:

And a batik and black top, also with diagonal movement.

Interesting.  I like all of these projects very much.  The tops I will continue to finish this Spring and Summer.

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A finish: Double 4 patch quilt

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I have a finish to show, a quilt started last year.  The stashbuster block for 2020 found here:

https://media.rainpos.com/5177/the_stash_buster_challenge_2020_block_instructions_v2.pdf

is the pattern I used.  One has to plan which two colors to go together in the block, but then it works up quickly.  I used Civil War reproduction fabric.  I sure have a lot of it and I am trying to get the volume down.  My quilt ended up to be about 70 by 85 inches, but the picture I took of the whole quilt on my phone won't upload to my email.  Curious.

Anyhow, here is a shot of the corner:

And a view of the quilting, seen on the back:

Pardon the shadows!  The quilting was done by a local lady who has a long arm business.  She does a fantastic job.  I just dropped off two more quilts to her.

This one I hope to give away to a family member.

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Mini quilt for a swap and other progress

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I have a project in progress to share.  I signed up for Lori's Humble mini-quilt swap, and I am partly along in the machine quilting of this little one:

The broken dishes pattern, and note that pinwheels appear when you set the blocks side by side.  The mini or doll quilts are supposed to look as if they time traveled from the past.  I am imagining a woman in 1890, using leftover squares and bits from a recent quilt project, making a doll quilt for her daughter.

Other progress:  Three at a time quilt project is now a top.  This is a picture showing more progress:

And growing up odd is now a top:

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For National Quilting Day: A new project

 Welcome to my usual Wednesday posting.  March 20 was National Quilting Day, and even though I have several projects ongoing, I decided to start a new project.  Hey why not?  And in different colors and fabrics than my usual Civil War and 1800's reproduction fabrics.

I had saved in my files a free pattern called Three at a Time:

https://www.fatquartershop.com/three-at-a-time-quilt-free-pdf-pattern

And decided to start on it.  You need a Jelly roll with 40 strips of fabric, and at least 2 yards of background fabric. though more would be better.  I had this Jelly roll from Lunn fabrics:

A beautiful array of blue, green, lime, yellow and orange batiks.  Following directions, this is as far as I have gotten:

Love the movement in this one.  The background is a dark charcoal gray, slightly mottled fabric.  The quilt is assembled in long columns and I have yet to sew them together.  You get the sense of where this is heading however.

I like this pattern - I may try it in 30's reproductions and unbleached muslin next!

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New Project takes over

 Good day, and I am back again.

In my last blog post, a few weeks ago now, I described the Growing Up Odd project, and my raft of leftover 2 inch squares.  Well, I found a way to use most of my squares: start a new project!

I have sewn my 2 inch (cut) squares into 16 patches, and set them alternating with unbleached muslin squares.  And why not put them on point:

OK, only partly put together, and sorry for the shadows.  But you get the idea.  And of course a closer view:

All sorts of Civil War reproduction fabrics, lots of browns.  This will be crib or throw sized.  

And I still have leftover squares. Not enough though to make more rows or columns to make this top bigger.

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Growing Up Odd continues

Hello and welcome to my continuing parade of UFO's (unfinished objects).

This weekend it was the turn for my Growing Up Odd project to advance.  I completed 4 blocks and laid them on the floor with sashing material in between, to see how they look.  The little dark area in the center is the carpet, showing through where my sashing  strips don't quite meet.

The 4 blocks are not sewn together yet.  I am not sure I like this layout.

The pattern is from the Wedding Dress Blue blog.  She rotated her blocks, and I may do so too.  Her top was 90 by 90 inches (25 blocks)  but I have 12 blocks for a much smaller quilt - a throw size.  This week's plans are to finish the other 8 blocks, and lay them out to try to find a pleasing arrangement.

I of course have many 2 inch squares of fabric left over - I cut too much!

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Treasures of Alexandria done and bound

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I have a finish to report.  I bought fabric and charm squares over Christmas 2019, and pieced the top for this quilt in February 2020, as described in this post.  How long ago this seems, and how many Covid related restrictions we have seen.  It went off to the long arm quilter I use some time ago, and has sat in my sewing room for some time.  Time to finish it up.

The fabric line is called Treasures of Alexandria, and that is what I am calling this quilt.  It is about 65 by 80 inches (a guess) as I didn't measure it.  It has a very close quilting pattern on thin cotton batting, making for a thinner, flat quilt.

A simple pattern for busy fabrics with lots of gold highlights.  Below, a close up view:

Bound with the same fabric as the outer border.  I like to do this frequently.

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Nearly Insane top is done

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I am happy to report that my Nearly Insane project is now a top.

I had just enough pink fabric for sashing and outer border with just a little leftover.  I am sorry to say the borders really are a little wavy - my quilt tops usually lie very flat, but not this one.

This is 59 blocks plus half blocks to fill in - smaller than the original project of 90 + total blocks and half-blocks.  Each block is 6 inches square, finished.

A closer look:

And even closer, showing my original black fabric for the cornerstones, now gone.  I bought new black fabric for the rest of the cornerstones and border.  There is enough for black binding too.  The two fabrics are very similar!

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Excavated old UFO: A restart

 Hello and welcome to my blog entry this week.

I described in my previous post how I unearthed a length of reproduction double pink fabric for binding, and it reminded me of a long ago project.  Specifically, my Nearly Insane project, based on the book of the same name.  This book was inspired by a quilt from the late 1800's by Salinda Rupp.  I too was drawn in.  In 2011 and 2012 (by my blog entries)  I made a block a week, and followed along with a Yahoo group of ladies all working on this project.  Sadly, the group became inactive and has now disappeared with the demise of Yahoo groups.  But I still have my blocks, and I laid them out to see what I had:

Laid out on the floor, with some pink sashing already cut, and the carpet showing showing in between other blocks.  Each block finishes at 6 inches squares, and I had 59 blocks done (more than 90 in the original quilt).  For the most part I followed the original color scheme and used reproduction fabrics. The blocks I had were just perfect for a moderately sized top - no more blocks to make!  How did that happen?  I just had to make a few half blocks for the setting triangles around the edges.

Below, a close-up of blocks that have many pieces and were complicated to make:

Yes, that is why the project is called Nearly Insane!  Salinda, the original quiltmaker, was using up all her scraps it seems.  Now that I have excavated the blocks and the sashing fabric, and ordered more black fabric for the cornerstones, I shall get going on this.  

I do not plan on piecing the original zig zag border.  I am sure I can find something appropriate in my stash, or I may 'have' to buy more fabric.

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Pink and white quilt done!

 Good day and welcome to my blog.  I have been away for a week, as I had nothing new to show anyone.  But now I do:  The behemoth pink and white log cabin quilt is done, done:

This photo shows just a portion of the 90 by 100 inch quilt.  I hope you can see the feathers that the long arm quilter that I use has quilted in.

A closer look:

It is labeled with my name, date, place, and a note that this was finished in Covid time.  

This quilt is now on my bed.  It has wool batting and is so cozy.  It's definitely appreciated this January.

I unearthed a 2.5 yard piece of pink reproduction fabric (not used in the quilt) for binding.  That led to the unearthing of an old UFO.  But more on that next week.  :-)

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Growing Up Odd begins

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In the waning days of the old year, I cut 2 inch squares for yet another project.  Yes, a UFO, officially as of Jan. 1 2021.  This is a project I've had my eye on for awhile, the Growing Up Odd quilt pattern, on the Wedding Dress Blue blog.  Since I was making quilts with civil war and 1800's reproduction fabrics, I cut a few extra squares for this project.  It looks like a lot of squares in the box, but boy, a lot are used in this pattern.

Below, my beginning segments, laid out on the back of a quilt, not sewn together just yet:

This makes one block when sewn together with sashing.  I'll be using unbleached muslin left over from quilt backing.  Yes a bit of brown and pink, a little yellow, not much green.  That's what I have been using lately.  This will be a long term, pick up project, in between other projects.  I may cut some more fabric from stash too!

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