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.

12 Days of Christmas

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Kim

Temecula Quilt Co. had a free Block of the Day for twelve days starting on Christmas Day. I watched as it grew interesting. Then I decided I wanted to play along. But one thing, my machine was not working and in the shop. I also wanted to do it in patriotic colors. I ordered a charm pack of Prairie Paisley II from eBay and they came in yesterday on Day 11.

Today, I got all the blocks done. Each block is onlly 3 1/2” inches square.

Here they are in order… notice a pattern?

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Day 10 (sorry for the blurriness of the photo) CIMG0839

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Each day, the number of the day correlates to the number of patches in the block. I also did not repeat a fabric in another block – so each fabric only appears in one block.

I am looking forward to seeing how they set these. The mystery will be revealed tomorrow (the 6th). It only took me about two hours to make all 12 blocks. I did re-make block 7 because at the end I noticed each of the blocks except that one had no fabric repeats, so I remade that block.

Cutting and Cutting and more Cutting

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Kim

This week, while Bessie* was at the spa, I got some cutting done.

First, I cut out the two blocks that I am behind with for the Fat Quarter Shop’s 2011 Designer Mystery Block of the Month

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I also cut out the two blocks I am behind in for the Fat Quarter’ Shops “Love Letters” Block of the Month

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I cut out the remaining blocks for my Jelly Roll Quilt along quilt (UFO) – sorry, no photos.

I finished cutting for my Bliss Quilt

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I also got two new quilts cut out, Folded Log Cabin and Terrain.

The Folded Log Cabin comes from this book:

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and here are the strips cut and pressed ready to go. I think I will wait until my 6600 comes along with her even feed foot to start on this one.

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I also got another quilt ready to go, using Terrain by Kate Spain

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*Bessie is what I decided to call my 6500. I just think that sounds like a hard-working name; one that conveys that she isn’t afraid to work hard.

Geometric

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Kim

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.

CIMG0649 Shown 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!