Design wall 7/4/16

On July 4, 2016July 4, 2016 By alwaysquiltsIn Blogroll, Hobbies, quilts, UncategorizedLeave a comment

I have my latest string quilt still hanging on the wall. I got the last border put on and it’s ready to be quilted.

My next project has star blocks in it, so I have some of it cut out.

I had a couple of my quilts that needed the binding finished, so I got them done last week. The first one, I used one of the patterns from my book Sew,Slice, Spin and Sash.

This is the one made from Barb Eikmieir’s fabric line from Paintbrush studio. Here’s the link for the block. https://alwaysquilts.com/2016/04/22/vintage-shirting-blog-hop/

Glad they’re both done.

To see more walls…….www.patchworktimes.com

Theresa

Design wall 6/20/16 another string quilt

On June 20, 2016June 20, 2016 By alwaysquiltsIn Blogroll, Hobbies, quilts, UncategorizedLeave a comment

Last week was a busy week quilting, so I didn’t work on this until last night. Since I had the squares all ready all I had to do was sew and cut them, which took maybe an hour. Now they are on the wall and ready to be sewn into rows. Quick and easy….so far.

Anyway, that’s my wall this week. Check out more walls at http://www.patchworktimes.com

Theresa

Design wall 6/6/16

On June 6, 2016June 6, 2016 By alwaysquiltsIn Blogroll, Hobbies, quilts, Uncategorized8 Comments

Here’s a quick show of what’s on my wall today. It’s another string quilt that I’ve been playing around with.

All the blocks are sewn into rows and ready for the sashing strips. I’m tinkering around with adding a shadowed border on part of the quilt but haven’t quite decided if I will do that or not. For now it will have to wait on the wall until I get time to get back to it.

That’s it for my wall this week.

Theresa

Design wall 5/2/16 Vintage shirting blocks complete

On May 2, 2016 By alwaysquiltsIn blog hop, Blogroll, Hobbies, quilts, UncategorizedLeave a comment

My design wall this week has my finished top from the blog hop. It’s hard to believe that all 4 blocks are the same pattern. Each block looks so different just by changing the placement of the colors. You can find the tutorial to make my block here https://alwaysquilts.com/2016/04/22/vintage-shirting-blog-hop/ or go to Barb’s site http://barbsfavorites.com/its-blog-hop-time/ to find all the different blocks made from her line of vintage prints by Paintbrush Studio.

For the sashings, I wanted to use up the leftover fabric, so I made them scrappy using a triple sash along with 9 patches for the cornerstones. I am happy with the final outcome and hopefully I can get it quilted soon.

So that’s what is on my wall this week. To see what others are working on visit www.patchworktimes.com

Theresa

Blog hop

On April 17, 2016April 17, 2016 By alwaysquiltsIn blog hop, Blogroll, Hobbies, quilts, Uncategorized1 Comment

It’s started and of course as usual I seem to be running behind! So to get you caught up (and ME!) visit http://inspiredbyfabric.blogspot.com/2016/04/vintage-shirting-blog-hop.html and sign up to win some great prizes.

Barb has posted her block and each day this week the rest of us will be posting ours. My day will be Friday the 22nd.

Vintage Shirting & Dress Prints Blog Hop Schedule:

Thursday 4/14: Blog Hop Introduction

Friday 4/15: Barb Eikmeier @Barb’s Favorites

Monday 4/18: Donna Lynn Thomas @DonnaLynnThomasQuilter

Tuesday 4/19: Kelly Ashton @KellyQuilter

Wednesday 4/20: Reeze Hanson @MorningGloryDesigns

Thursday 4/21: Sally Schneider @SallySchneider

Friday 4/22: Theresa Ward @AlwaysQuilts

Leave me a comment this week letting me know that you signed up as well as any comment you have about the fabric, blocks or fun you’re having on the blog hop and I will choose a winner from all comments to receive an e-book of “Sew, Slice Spin and Sash”(Martingale).

Hope you join in on the fun! Good luck!

Theresa

Design wall 3/28/16 strings again

On March 28, 2016March 28, 2016 By alwaysquiltsIn Blogroll, Hobbies, quilts, Uncategorized4 Comments

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.

To see other design walls check out http://www.patchworktimes.com

Theresa

Design wall 3/21/16 string blocks

On March 21, 2016March 21, 2016 By alwaysquiltsIn Blogroll, Hobbies, quilts, Uncategorized6 Comments

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

Strings and a new quilt top made.

On March 19, 2016March 21, 2016 By alwaysquiltsIn Blogroll, Hobbies, quilts, UncategorizedLeave a comment

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.