I have all the string blocks made that I need for my next string quilt up on the wall today. I have a few of the small blocks sewn into bigger blocks but I took the picture prior to getting them made.
I didn’t get much done with it over the weekend and with other obligations this week, I’m not sure how much time I’ll have to sew on it this week. We’ll see.
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Theresa
Woohoo! I can mark 2more UFO’s off my list. I quilted both of these a while back and finally finished the bindings today. It’s our pattern called Daydream. The quilts were made for a mystery class that Sharon and I taught several years ago. Funny thing is that I turned one of the pieced borders around (accidentally) and didn’t realize what I had done until it was pointed out by one of the ladies in the class.😳
After class I decided that I needed to make it the right way. I had enough of the turqoius fabrics to make another one, although I had to switch the placements of them. I didn’t have anymore of the background fabric so I used a different gray print. Although they look different, the center part is the same on both of them.
They are now both finished which is the main thing.
Tell me, Which one do you like? The one on the left or the one on the right?
I like them both especially now that they are done DONE! 👏🏻
Theresa
I’m back once again covering my design wall with string blocks. These things can become addictive! I’m planning to make this quilt smaller than the last string quilt I made so it won’t use as many blocks. That’s good because I already have the next one planned.😊
That’s it for my design wall this week. Check out what others are working on at http://www.patchworktimes.com
Theresa
Today was National quilting day and I decided to spend the day sewing. I started out sewing strings together for a new string quilt I want to make. I was happily sewing strings until I couldn’t get to my strips easily……..
I decided not to disrupt Beau so I let him sleep. Strips can wait.
I decided to go through some fabric I had on the shelf and found a piece that I had bought years ago to make a Stack-n-whack quilt. Well, that quilt never got made and when I saw the date on the edge of the fabric I decided that it would NEVER get made.
Yep, If I haven’t made the quilt in 18 years………it’s not going to get made! So, I decided it was time to use that fabric in something else. I chose to use one of the patterns from my book.
The pattern actually calls for 15 assorted strips but I decided to change it up a bit by using 3 sets of 5 colors. I also decided to time how long it took me to make the quilt top. So, start to finish, cutting to complete top was 4 hours and 10 minutes.
Well, that’s how I spent National quilting day. How’d you spend the day?
Theresa
We were on the road today and stopped by The Blue Top quilt shop in Lamar, Missouri. I’m so glad we did as I found just the fabrics I’ve been needing. I made this cat print quilt a few weeks ago and it’s been hanging on my design wall waiting on me to decide what to use for a backing.
Today I found a cute black and white paw print fabric that is perfect for the back.
Now I just need to get it pieced together and quilt it. 😊
The other fabric I wanted was something that would go along with this license plate fabric that I bought last summer.
The plan is to make a quilt based on the technique in my book, but make it bigger. So I needed another fabric to work into the mix. Here’s what I found today.
Perfect!!!
That’s what I call a good day. 😀
Theresa
I have my sisters quilt hanging on my wall today. I finished quilting it and hung it to take a picture of it and since I won’t see her until Sat. I decided to leave it there. It’s one of our past Lock in quilts, Stormy Weather.(pattern available in our Etsy and Craftsy shops)
I’ve been busy getting things ready for this years Lock in which is coming up this Sat. I have my quilt made and I quilted it over the weekend. I attached the binding before taking it off the longarm, so I just need to fold it over and get it sewn down, which I’m doing by machine in order to get it done. I need to run up to the UPS store and get all the instructions printed off today so I’m not sure if I’ll get the binding finished today, but it will be done before Sat.😀
I’m still on a mission to use my stash and that includes scraps. So whenever I get a few minutes, I’ve been pressing and cutting strips for string quilts. I have several string blocks made but the pile of strings keeps growing!!😳
Guess I better keep sewing…..
Not now though. I’m off to the printer then back to binding.
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Theresa
Sometimes it’s hard to decide just how to custom quilt a quilt. Since feathers are my favorite thing to do, I always look for places to put feathers first. I don’t always know what I will put in other areas or exactly what kind of feather design I’ll use when I get started but as I start quilting and filling in the blocks, everything starts coming together. That’s how it was with Yvonne’s quilt.
The quilt is a medallion style, so I knew I wanted feathers in the corners and around the center square. I love filling in the areas with freehand feathers.
The blocks got a continuous curve design and the rest of the spaces got filled in as I went. The quilt is big so I couldn’t get a full shot of the whole thing.
I love it when everything falls into place. The quilt is currently on it’s way to Yvonne, so I hope she likes it.
Theresa
I didn’t get a whole lot done this week as far as my stuff goes. I did manage to find time to get the rest of the borders sewn onto the Novelty Fun quilt I had on my wall last week.
I do like the green border in there. Now to find a backing and get it quilted………
Speaking of quilting, I was caught up on customer pantograph quilts, so I put my butterfly Cinema quilt top on the machine and got it quilted.
I chose a butterfly pantograph pattern to go along with the fabric. The binding is attached, just need to sew it down and I can call it done! 👍
Guess that’s it for my wall this week. Check out more design walls at http://www.patchworktimes.com
Theresa
I didn’t make any progress with the blue and white rows last week. Guess it’s not crunch time yet! LOL!!
I picked up some cute cat fabric a while back, and I gave a friend a piece of orange fabric. Well, she found the perfect orange that she wanted so she returned the orange that I’d given her. That orange matched the orange cats in the cat print so I decided that I could use our Novelty Fun pattern and make a quick quilt while watching the Super Bowl. The pattern calls for one outside border and I got the 2 side ones put on before going to bed.
I’m thinking that I will add some green to pull out the green in the cat print. So I’ll be making a couple more borders.
The black is rather stark at this point, but once it’s quilted, the thread color in the quilting will tame the black and it should look better. I hope anyway!! 😳
That’s what’s on my wall this week. To see more walls go to http://www.patchworktimes.com
Theresa
Well, my design wall looks the same as last week. I’ve been looking at those blue and white rows and that’s it. Still undecided on what to do with them………
I figure since I can’t decide on the rows, I’ll get other things accomplished, so I quilted both my snowflake quilt and my deer quilt last week. Yea!! I can now mark them off my UFO list.😀
I also have my cougar quilt cut out and I’m ready to start sewing on it. I had to finish my mystery lock in quilt first, which I did, but can’t share it as it’s a secret.😎
I guess I had a pretty productive week last week. Hope I can get that much done this week! We’ll see………..
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Theresa
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