February’s UFO

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.

Geometric

Over a year ago, I bought some fabric at a local quilt store.  I fell in love with the print, so I bought some coordinating tone-on-tone fabrics. 

I have been wanting to start this project for a while, but I had to wait to find a perfect pattern for it, and not have so many new projects going at once (haha, I know).  When I found out I was able to go on the retreat, I wanted to start that project.

I cut all the fabric out and got the blocks completed at retreat.  As I was adding the last borders, Judy posted about a quilt she made for her husband Vince… The same quilt.  It was her design, Peaches & Dreams.

  CIMG0649Shown at guild the other night, this top is king sized. 

I will say, after working on the different brands of fabrics, I know why now I prefer to work with Moda fabrics the most.  It doesn’t slip as much when your working with the same brand of fabric – the weave seems to interlock better and prevent slippage.  Moda also doesn’t fray as much as some of these fabrics – at least I don’t notice it as much.  I don’t want to start a controversial thread about my fabric is better than your fabric, I just know what I prefer to work with.  It is just a shame that the four LQS’s don’t really carry Moda here, they would get a lot more of my business!

Oasis Chain

It looks like I forgot to add a photo of this top that I finished a while ago.

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It is made using three jelly rolls and yardage for the chains.  It is king sized.  The pattern was on the Moda Bake Shop site.

Star Crazy

This is another of the tops that I completed while on blogging hiatus.

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This was a kit that I bought in March.  In all things considered, it didn’t take that long to make.  I started making the blocks in June.  It took me a week to make all the blocks and extra half-square triangles.  It then sat for a few months. 

This was really easy to put together.  It went together well because all of the half-square-triangles were made when the blocks were made.