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Design wall 7/7/14 California fabric

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In going through my stash this week, I came across some fabric that I purchased back in 2010, when Doris and I went to The Road to California quilt show. I had to buy some of it just because it was California fabric and This was my first time there.

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The print is rather big and I didn’t want to cut it up, so it sat on the shelf…….
Well, last week I looked at it and tried to figure out a way to use it that would be both simple and quick and some way to keep from cutting in to small pieces.
Here’s what I came up with.

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I played around with different fabrics to use for the sashings and didn’t like any of them until I put a little blue frame around each piece. As soon as I did that, one of the blue fabrics I have will work perfect for the sashing. Yea! More fabrics used from my stash!!
So that’s what I have on my wall today. To see what others are working on, go to http://www.patchworktimes.com

Back to work now…..
Theresa

Design wall 6/30/14 big blue blocks

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I sewed the strips together that I cut last week. I put what would fit up on the wall today to take the picture.

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I decide to make 25 blocks for this quilt. The rest of the blocks didn’t fit on the wall.

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I’m not going to frame the blocks like I did on the purple one.
I’m planning to put a 1″ sashing between the blocks. Hopefully that will happen this week.

Meanwhile, my 10 minute a day squares are getting made too. I figured up that I will need 181 squares. I have 100 made with 81 left to go!

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That’s it for my design wall this week. To see what others are working on check out http://www.patchworktimes.com

Have a good day!
Theresa

Purple scrap quilt

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In my quest of trying to use up my stash, I am making progress! I cut up 14 purple fat quarters for this one.
I got the borders put on it today, now it’s ready to quilt.

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This is the second quilt that I’ve made from my stash by using this block. It’s a fast block to make so I thought about how to do another quilt using this same block.
I decided to use my blue fabrics. I cut what fat quarters I had and then cut up different scraps of blues. I needed to have 200 pieces cut. I cut them in sets of 50’s and I’m now ready to sew.

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In looking for blue fabrics to use, I came across some boxes of fabrics that I didn’t even know I had. Good grief! This is actually ridiculous. It’s no wonder I was running out of room!!
Ok, well, that’s it for now. I’ll keep you posted on my progress. I am determined to use my stash!!

Theresa

Scrappy blue squares/borders are on

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Woo Hoo! Finally got around to getting the borders added on. My goal was to have this done in July. Since I made it my 10 minute a day project, I now have it ready for quilting! 🙂 ahead of my goal date!! Yea!

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I’ve made quite a few of these squares while working on the blue scrappy quilt. I think I’ll start doing it as my 10 minute a day project next.

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It uses up those scraps that aren’t big enough to use in anything else. I even used a few pieces that were left over from a strip quilt.

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That’s it for now. Have a great day!
Theresa

Design wall 6/9/14 Row-by-row

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I didn’t have a lot of sewing time last week, so my rows didn’t get finished on the scrappy blue quilt. I had to take it down off the fall and finish my Summer Row by row quilt top.they are due at guild this week, so I finally got the top put together.

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The top row had a lot of white background, so I planned from the start to add something there.
I put a partial umbrella. What do you think?

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I appliquéd it on over everything, then did some fancy machine stitches to make it look like an umbrella.

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I didn’t want to put a lot into it, just wanted it done!! Now I can get back to my scrappy blue rows! 🙂

To see more walls, check out http://www.patchworktimes.com

Theresa

Design wall 6/2/14 assembling the rows

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My goodness, how did we get to June already? Time sure flies by fast!

I have had a busy week with lots of sewing and quilting getting done. I hope to get this off my design wall this week.

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I am excited to finally be sewing the rows together! I have half of them assembled!! Yea!! Once they’re done, I’ll sew the sashing strips to go in between the rows. I have them cut along with the cornerstones,

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I’ve also made more squares for the basket weave quilt that I’m working on.

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They are so fast to make. I’m not using a foundation for them, I just cut strips around 7″ long or so (I don’t measure them) and just sew them together until they are at least 6 1/2″ wide.

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Once I get the strips sewn together, I trim them to a 6 1/2″ square.

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These will go on the wall as soon as I finish up the scrappy blue quilt that’s on there now.

I also pieced my ‘Gelato” quilt last week and it’s going on the machine today for a quick panto.

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Ok, I guess that’s it for now. I’m ready to get to quilting. Be sure to check out more design walls over at http://www.patchworktimes.com
Have a good day!

Theresa

Design wall 5/26 scraps and scraps

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Here it is Monday again and time to show what’s on my wall. I have all the blocks made and I’ve made the first side triangle. See it?

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Here’s better look at it! LOL! I am making it from scraps too.

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I’m running low on the strips that I had cut, so I had to cut a few more and now I’m sewing them into sets. I should have enough strips cut now to finish the side triangles.

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My design wall is still sharing space with the basket weave blocks.

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I also started another quilt on Friday. I’m calling it Gelato. But no peaking at it yet! I hope to have it done soon, as it is a really fast one to make.

Ok, we’ll that’s it for my wall this week, thanks for stopping by!
Check out more walls at http://www.patchworktimes.com

Theresa

Design wall Monday 5/19 sashing

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My scrappy blue blocks are still on the wall this week. I only have 4 more blocks to make, then I’ll start making the setting triangles for the sides. I got all the blocks squared up last night and went through my blue fabrics and found one to use for the sashings.

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I’ve also been making a square a day on the scrappy blocks. Here’s what I have so far. These are so fast!! 🙂

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I have to hurry up and finish the blue squares in order to have room to put up the basket weave blocks. As you can see, there’s not much room! LOL!!

Anyway, that’s my wall for this week. To see more design walls check out http://www.patchworktimes.com

Thanks for stopping by!!
Theresa

New scrap quilt

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I have a bad habit of “starting” quilts! I’m trying to get the ones finished that I’m currently working on but the fabric pile of leftover strips is sitting there piling up, so I decided to start sewing them together. Bonnie Hunter has a pattern called Basket Weave Strings. My daughter made one several years ago and I always liked hers, so I decided that it was time I made one for me!
I’m not using a foundation like Bonnie shows, I’m just sewing the strings together, then cutting them into the squares. I hope to make one square a day. I made 2 last night and 1 today. We’ll see how it goes. I made the first 2 blocks too dark, so I have to remember to use lights in them.

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I’m caught up on customer quilts that need pantographs done, so I got both my batik ones quilted. Binding attached and ready of be sewn down. That makes 4 needing the binding sewn down. I might have to break down and do some by machine, if the pile gets much bigger.

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I also finally finished quilting the huge Generals Wives quilt that I’ve been quilting. 125″ square. This is the last one on my list. I’ve done about 7 of these. 3 of them being king size! Whew!!

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That’s it for now.
Theresa