Corona Finish # 1

Two weeks in.... in the pandemic, in my house.  

 I'm so thankful to have a great husband to self-isolate alongside. 

 Also extremely thankful to have a hobby to keep me occupied.

The top came together quickly with a jellyroll and some turquoise from my stash.

This one may be going to new parents, the mommy being a cat lover, I had to get some kittens in there somewhere!

Free motion quilting on my Janome Memory Craft 9000.

48 x 48

Binding machine stitched to the front and hand stitched to the back.

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TWO CHARITY FINISHES

Someone in the guild pieced this one, I quilted and bound it.

Organic wavy lines.

A small, 38 x 38 inch baby quilt...an attempt to use up scraps and set blocks on point for a change.

WAY TOO MANY  "WIP'S"

This really should be the year to finish things and not start ANY new projects. But....I do need to make a quilt for a very special June wedding this year.  So, maybe just one or two new projects.

Here goes with the "in progress" list:

                                                   Anthologie Quilt 

 I found the Bari J Quilt-a-long pattern online and couldn't resist.

                                                                           

This one in pretty much done, I still need to do some applique or "broderie perse" on the lower section as the pattern called for.

I'm really looking forward to doing big stitch hand quilting on this one!

Tiny Tuesday Quilt

Most of these blocks are from the So Scrappy RSC19 Sampler page

Trying something different on this one with some fun words in the border.  Borders are not my favourite job so I've decided to procrastinate :)

Barnyard Orphans

I need a plan for these  12 inch orphan blocks from Lori Holts books.

EPP 5 YEAR PLAN

There has been progress, there has also been some seam-ripping happening.  Back on track and hopefully I learned something!

The top 3 rows are sewn together , 4th and 5th together, and 6th and 7th together. The rest of the flowers are just set there.

I decided to remove any flowers with black and am much happier with it now.

SCRAPBUSTER

Amy, at A Quilting Sheep made a beautiful scrappy 4 patch quilt.  I decided to try, hoping mine will turn out as pretty as hers .  Check out her blog, so full of inspiration.

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Sashing with Tula's Lazy Stripe

Sashing with Tula Pink's Lazy Stripe fabric.

These strips are cut at 1 1/2 inch, finishing at 1".  

  

I've been wanting to do a striped sashing for a while and have been hording these 2 metres for a year or so.

 

I plan to put a border on to increase the size but haven't quite figured out where I want to go with that.  Just waiting for inspiration to hit!

Halfway there, 4 rows to go ( one row is missing here)

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TINYTUESDAY BLOCKS....done!!!!

I've been making some of the Tiny Tuesday Blocks from the  RSC 2019 Sampler page.

I didn't make all of the ones found there, but filled in the blanks with some wonky stars and other easy blocks.  I didn't follow the monthly rainbow colours, but rather just used scraps, avoiding red in this one.

This was definitely a fun way to use up scraps. 

I'm thinking of a thin stripey blue sashing, 1", to break up all that pink.

ADVENT CALENDARS

The Advent Calendars are done well before the deadline!!

The first one was inspired by a pin on Pinterest which led me HERE.  My measurement are different but the basic idea is the same. 

Mine finishes up at 17" x 27".  

The pockets were made by cutting 5 strips at 5" x 17.5",  sewing each into a tube and sewing it in place along the bottom onto the bottom section.

The numbers were stenciled on with fabric marker.

This one goes to my grandson, Hudson.

 

The next one was made from a panel.  I thought it would be easier but it was actually more finicky for me.  However, it is cute so I'm happy with it.  This one is for my granddaughter Ivy.

Two years ago I made one for my older granddaugther Livia, you can read more about it HERE

Moving Along the W I Ps

The sewing room is resembling a tornado zone, I really need to start finishing a few things so I will at least FEEL a bit more organized, but who am I kidding. 

I was unsure whether or not to join the quilt guild this year since I was out of town during the first meeting.   I did join this month and so glad I did.  One of the things I love is bringing home a flimsy made by another member  and doing the quilting and binding.   Then another quilt ready for the outreach team to distribute.

The flimsy I picked was cheerful and bright, just the prescription for our increasingly dark days.

My fmq needed some practice so I did a flower in the centre of each block.  In the sashing I just did a single line hand stitched with perle cotton.  My first block with fmq was not so great, so I re-did it....I really do need to work at it more than once or twice a year.

Next up is are the Tiny Tuesday  blocks, 4.5 inches. These will be a while.  Most of these are from Angela at soscrappy

The Hexies are still on the 5 year plan :)  All laid out on the bed, I feel like I'm maybe 3/4 of the way done.  I'm thinking of a bit of a plain border on this.  Anyway 158 done, about 50 to go!

On the design wall:

The X-Plus quilt has been quilted finally!!!!  By hand, not very dense, just diagonal lines.

The binding is machine sewn to the front, soon to be hand sewn on the back.

All she needs is a name.

There are more:

Anthologie Quilt

2 Advent Calendars

Scrappy baby quilt

I'll save those for another post.....I need to get stitching!



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