Quilting away

Can you spare a dime?

This is one of Libby's. She pieced this one at our Quilt Retreat.

I quilted an all over E's and 3's design. 

This is also Libby's.  

She asked me to quilt it just like the quilt on the pattern.

I couldn't really tell what was quilted in the background block of the pattern so I just micro stippled it

the back

I blogged about finishing this baby quilt here. 

But after it was washed I just wasn't happy with it--too poofy.

so I re-loaded it 

 and did a squiggly line through the grey block centers in each direction with a variegated thread.

Much better.

Barb's quilt is finished and delivered.  This was the one I made for my co-worker. She's in rehab now and on the road to recovery. 

 She loved the quilt

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A customer quilt. I quilted it with a large paisley in pink thread.

Great texture.

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Modern baby quilt.  I'm still stitching the binding down on this one, perhaps will get it finished tonight while the Pens game is on.

 the back, I got the fabric at Jo Ann's thought the owls were so cute.

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Today I finished putting Urban Pods together.  I added an extra row to the width and length.  The pattern only called for a top and bottom border (2 1/2 inches) but I put a 3 inch border on each side as well. 

It measures 66 x 75

I can't wait to quilt this one.

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As soon as I got Urban Pods off the design wall, I had room to put the blocks for Urban Birthday up.  I do have to lay them out sideways since my wall is not high enough. But I just take a picture and rotate it to "see" how the fabric placement is. 

This looks pretty good, may move a couple.

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I did sew together and quilt the 2 panels for my Scrap Happy purse but they're still waiting patiently on the other wall. It's made with all the little leftovers from Urban Pods. 

I cannot wait to get this one made. 

Perhaps next week....

Customer quilt finished.

I quilted wonky feathers all-over using a green thread. 

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Another co-worker has landed in the hospital and so I was asked to make a quilt.

I thought perhaps I'd make the Swoon pattern.  It's one I've been just itching to make.

So I got the pattern.  

But decided perhaps the blocks were a bit big. 

 I  re-drafted and made a sample block and although I love the block either bigger or smaller, I nixed the plan on using it. 

Truth be told I want to make it for ME!!!!

I added the borders on the sample block and now have a 20 inch square Pillow!

yea.  

I decided on an 8-pointed star block for the gift quilt. I'm using hst so they're going together quickly.

The blocks finish 16 inches and I have the pieces all cut for 6 more blocks.

I'm using a FQ bundle from Minick and Simpson called Bar Harbor.  I've had it in the stash for a while so it's time to use it up. 

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I did re-load my Jonquils & Stars quilt and did a background in all the blocks and I have the binding sewn on.  

AND THEN my thumb split AGAIN!  

(dang you dry winter air.)

So I have three sides to hand stitch but with the thumb wrapped in two band aids I'm having a heck of a time.  I haven't had a chance to take more photos and  before I do, I would like to do a little searching on how to take better quilt photos since they never show the quilts and quilting like I want them too.  It's very frustrating to me.  I just need MORE TIME...aggggghhhh

:(

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I have run out of the light grey fabric for this modern baby quilt so it's done!

I have the blocks sewn into rows of two so far.

I made the 'bull's eye' off center by a row-just to be rebellious-ha! 

The row of leftover blocks at the bottom I will sew into the back. 

I love it.

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In an effort to get my flimsy's done, I loaded my Metro Medallion quilt.

 I am going to use rulers on this one too-gotta use 'em if I'm ever going to be good and comfortable with them.  

I do like the precise results I can get with them.  

I know it's just practice, practice, practice! 

--and a good deal of frogging--

But dang I'm impatient, impatient, impatient. :)

There's that time issue again!

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and look who's 2 month's old already! 

Sleeping like a baby!

Be-still my heart. 

Life is so good!

Last night I was innocently reading through some blogs and somehow I ended up at this post.  I just LOVED the quilt pictured there (a modern scrappy baby quilt) and remembered that I had a mini charm pack of High Street that I bought during the summer. 

I quickly pieced these 21 blocks, fun-fun.  But then what to do? I have yardage of a couple of the High Street line but not enough. (of course)

So this morning I pulled out some leftover batik jelly roll strips that coordinated and cut a bunch (168) squares and the grey background squares  and had a fun time chain piecing.  

See all those little triangles below the blocks?  Yep, they're the cut offs that I couldn't throw away--I'm going to sew them together for what... I don't know yet.

 With the batik ones, I sewed a 2nd line 1/2 inch from the 1st one so when I trimmed the triangle off it was already sewn together.
 It took only a little more time

  and now these are all done and pressed too.
I'm going to trim off all the little dog ears while watching the Pens game tonight.

In between chain piecing, I pressed the Metro Ring units I had 90+ to press and it seemed to take forever.
They are finally all done and now to trim them all to size.

I took a little break and gave Mr Otis a bath.  He was not too pleased with that but I'm happy to have a clean pupper doodle again.  He was exhausted and took a nice long nap by the fire.

I'm going to need my design wall to lay out the new baby quilt blocks, so I was forced (heh-heh) to start the sashing on the bl-a-days. I'm pretty sure these will be 2 lap size quilts instead of one twin.  I don't have enough of the green fabric I'm using for all the blocks anyway.  I spent about 20 minutes messing around with a scrappy sashing but just couldn't get into it and didn't want to spend more time than necessary to get these done.  

I've done another row of SID on Jonquils & Stars but it's languishing.  

I'm hoping for at least another pass or two tomorrow.

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