Arrowheads

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Kim

Though I changed the UFO I was supposed to work on this month from Arrowheads to my Sunshine Pineapples quilt, I still wanted to work on the Arrowhead blocks. For me I can only work on a few before I can not stand them any more – just because they have open seams and that makes it very hard for them to match the intersections.

When I last posted that I had completed 5 more done on one of my milestones post, a commenter stated they wanted to see them. I didn’t realize I had never really taken any photos of any of the completed blocks. I made 12 more leaving me 10 more to complete to get all the blocks done.

Here are a few of my favorites:

They still need to be trimmed. I am waiting until they are all completed before I do so. I also still need to dye sashing/border fabric.

February’s UFO

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Kim

Judy picked #1 – which for me is Arrowhead. I am going to change that one to something else since I know it is going to take me much longer than a month to do it. I will still continue to try and get 5 blocks made a week (which I am sorely behind right now), but I think there is way too much to get done on this quilt – why I ever put it on my UFO list, I don’t know.

So I am changing the UFO to be my Pineapple Quilt Top.

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It needs to be sandwiched, quilted, and bound.

If you are wondering, I did complete my #5 UFO, it was Geometric that can be seen here.

Some Finished Quilts

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Kim

I have two quilts to show today that I finished a bit ago that I just got pictures taken.

First up is Coconut Shaved Ice. This quilt is for my son. The last quilt I made him was one with dinosaur fabrics. Sorry for the way the quilt is… I am short and the wind was blowing. I just quilted it with King Tut on the top and Bottom Line on the bottom. I really like that combination for quilting because soo much of the bottom Line can go on the bobbin that I have fewer bobbin changes! This is slightly wider and longer than a twin-size quilt.

Next, is Geometric. This is a king-sized quilt. This one is for my bed (after the quilt show happens in May). I have a queen-sized bed, but my husband and I fight over the covers so I wanted to have it big enough to share. The pattern is from Judy Laquidera. It was really fun to make. I used my leftovers from the front for the back.

Again, I just stippled and used King Tut on the front and Bottom Line in the bobbin. I did sew this on my 6500. I took it a quadrant at a time and quilted from the center out (like Leah Day suggests) in rows. It only took a day to quilt. I was fortunate to be able to set up some tables around my machine to help with the weight of the quilt. I sandwiched it using my board method that I have a tutorial for. I now have 6’ boards, 8’ boards, and 9’ boards for sandwiching quilts.

I will leave you with a picture of my cat curled up in “his boy’s” quilt. This is the dinosaur quilt that I was mentioning above. This cat has an obsession with “his boy” (my son) No matter where he is in the house, the cat will come if my son calls him. There are other things he does, but it is more like what a dog does to his favorite master than how a cat normally acts. Cleo (the cat – and yes he is a boy – long story but the short version is we thought he was a girl for three years so we just kept the name) loves quilts. He loves to curl up in them under the covers. There is never any shortage of quilts that he can curl up in.

2 Purple Purses

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Kim

Here are the two purple purses I made for the two girls that I carpool to school every day. They were belated Christmas gifts since my machine was acting up when I went to make them. I also made a matching lanyard since they have to wear one every day with their school id on it.

Excuse the quality of the photos, I took these with my iphone when the purses were done to send to a friend via text. I took others with the good camera before I gave them to the girls yesterday and the card protested and wouldn’t read. It looked all scratched up so I decided to trash the disk so I wouldn’t accidentally put it in my camera again – no telling what I lost on it – but it won’t happen again!

First Finish of 2012

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Kim

I got my 12 Days of Christmas top completed and quilted over the weekend.

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It looks a little off, but it is the angle of the photo.

I set it differently than the mystery pattern called for. I didn’t have yardage of anything but some Moda Bella Snow that I keep in my stash. There isn’t yardage available yet of the Prairie Paisley II yet. The red binding is from the first line that I had a bit extra of.

The pieced border are 1/2” finished squares – to give you a scale of this quilt. The blocks are 3” finished.

I do want to come up with a new name for it though, it seems to me that it doesn’t scream “Christmas” to me.