Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Hump Day!  I wanted to share some recent finishes.  I always take something to work on during the long plane flight to visit my parents.  Kabuki, Kringles Kargo, and Kringles Kargo 2 were onboard.  These were on my 2015 UFO list.  You can see more of my finished projects on my website.

Kabuki
54" x 54"
Bonnie Hunter's Nine Patch Dance

Kringles Kargo
16" x 16"
Sandy Gervais's Tiny Treasures

Kringles Kargo 2
16" x 16"
Sandy Gervais's Tiny Treasures

Design Wall Monday, July 27, 2015

 I prepared as much as I could of the mussel unit.  I plan a visit tomorrow to pick up more white for the five bones that still need to be done.  The bone is the bottom piece of the unit so can't go any further until I have the felted wool.

Kanine Karnivores had a bit of progress.  I changed several of the side pieces and the peak section of the lower left block.  It is starting to look right, but I still need to do something with the roof of the top right block.

Kerry had several quilts ready for me to pick up on Saturday.  I trimmed down all six.  The two at the top are mine, Kringles Kargo and Kringles Kargo 2.  Each are just 16" x 16".  I have a couple of options for the binding for each of them.  Audition time!

These are my Mom's projects.  Most of them, maybe all of them are donations.  I'll be sending them to her soon.  Looks like I'll have lots of binding to work on when I visit just a month from today.

I will be busy with the San Diego Humane Society's Fur Ball donation this week.  The plan is to have the top done and in Kerry's hands this Friday.  Enjoy your week and do find time to look at some of the other wonderful projects today at Patchwork Times.

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Kringle's Kargo
May UFO

My May UFO is done already.  This is a small, easy design that comes together fast.  It finishes at 16" x 16".  The more complicated part of it is making the bows.  These are fused down.  The project will probably never see a washer or dryer so little concern about the bows coming up.  I just might quilt this one myself.  More information on the pattern can be found on my 2015 UFOs page.  Kringle's Kargo is #12.

Now I'll move my attention back to Kamikaze assembly.  The month is early...

Design Wall Monday, May 4, 2015

 I have the April BOM done now.  Sure had a lot of pieces, and there was a quite a bit of trimming to get it to the 11" unfinished size.  I do like it.  I haven't been too lucky to be a winner, but this one might be nice to have my name drawn.  I'm ready for the May meeting.

Kringle's Kargo

I decided to make two of these at the same time.  It is such a small project that doing so shouldn't be much effort.  The finished project is 16" x 16".  Doesn't that blue stand out?  The fabric on the left that has the diamonds will be where the blue bow comes to play.  Well, at least that's my current thought.

Hope that you enjoy this first Monday of May.  Are your flowers in bloom?  Check in to see more projects in the works at Patchwork Times.

Sunday Stash Report, May 3, 2015

Let me start out with fabrics from my stash for the May UFO project I will be working on during the month.  This is a little project which I'm excited about.  The greens, reds, golds, and dark ivorys will become the "packages" with the blue, solid green, and solid red the bows.  The "packages" start with just a 2 1/2" square.  There are 25 of them with four getting a bow.  The white will be the sashing with the green print becoming the outside border the red print the back and the stripe the binding.  Janet O. came up with a terrific name Kringle's Kargo.  How cute is that?

This next project is the Sunshine Quilt Guild April BOM.  We are to use a "peacock" fabric color in the shaded areas of the diagram and white around them.  There are two different block layouts.  Mine is Block 2.  There's a lot of pieces to this 10 1/2" finished block.

Kooter Klan
19" x 24"

I mentioned that I had lots of binding to do this past week.  I still have two more to finish yet.  Kooter Klan is a design by Karen Karen Brow called Newly Hatched.  This is the smaller bonus pattern that comes with the pattern.  Kerry did a wonderful job with the quilting.

Krazy Koons 2
18" x 26"

Krazy Koons 2 is going to my Mom.  Like I've done before the leftover blocks from the original pattern are set in some sort of fashion and assembled into small wall hangings.  I did make another flower and two more birds to finish this project.

My Clue Challenge is done and ready for June's Sunshine Quilt Guild meeting.  Let me say that it was very easy to put a name on my project!  It had size requirements that had it finish as a small project.  Lots of different fabrics, but not much by volume.  You'll see it soon enough.  Today I'm counting the yardage.  Now let me get busy again in the sewing room putting my UFO together.  Hope that you enjoy your week ahead.

Used this week:  1 yard
Used YTD:  117 yards
Purchased this week:  0 yards
Purchased YTD:  64.25
Net Fabric Used in 2015:  52.75 yards

Friday, May 1, 2015

Hope that you have time to see 52Quilts.com May Parade of UFO finishes of April projects.  If you have UFOs or projects that you want to finish join in...  

Mine was the first in the parade this month.  I managed to have Kurosity done during the first week.  This gave me time to work on Kamikaze the rest of the month.  Kamikaze is also a UFO that has yet to be selected so I'll be ahead when it is.

For this month Marti has selected #12.  For me that is the project shown below called Tiny Treasures.  It is a Moda Candy Pattern #582 designed by Sandy Gervais.  This pattern is tiny which makes me happy as this is a busy month.  I'll be working on pulling my Christmas fabrics for this one over the weekend.  Should be able to get it all from my stash.  Don't you love the way the bows jump up?  Now I could use some help on a "K" name; any clever thoughts out there?  TGIF!