Design Wall Monday, October 13, 2025

Koxcomb is simply gorgeous.  Thank you Kerry for being such a wonderful friend.  I have the binding and sleeve stitched down.  Will add the label when I have enough for a full sheet of the label "fabric paper".  It is too expensive to not wait because then it won't work right through the printer.  The middle design is done in wool.  I used the leftover HST on the sleeve.  Tiny HST that finish at 1/2".

These are the Holiday table runners made for Summers Past Farms event in December.  Sunshine Quilters will have a booth there with many beautiful items for purchase.  I will be traveling during that time so I am busy now to get my donations done.  I also have microwave popcorn bags made.

Sunshine Quilt Guild meets tomorrow and there is a load items already in my trunk.  Looking forward to our speaker, Karen Brow Mieser, as well as all my quilting sisters.  Still working on the sashing of Krowkissed.  Perhaps there will be a complete top to share with you on Wednesday.

Wednesday Workings, April 17, 2025

 

This table runner is now gracing our table.  Kluckies turned out really cute.  I got the eyes stitched down today just after breakfast.  The cats are already enjoying sitting on it while they watch the birds.

I have been spending time working on Orange Crush.  The blocks are being sewn into rows and the rows into the top.  It is on point so takes a bit longer to work through; at least it always seems to.  Next will be to put the inner border in place.  I will be picking up the black print that was used in the blocks.  It is looking like a finish is on the way for "USED" on Sunday.  I will share a photo on Sunday of my project.  I will be calling it Krushed.

Friday is a day sewing at Rosie's with my group.  Not certain what project I will work on; perhaps cutting the Millie's Dresses units that I will be swapping.

Anxious to be moving onto another project.  I will be sending Koxcomb and Krushed to Kerry for quilting soon.  I hope you are working on something fun...maybe something that gives off a Spring vibe =^.^=

Wednesday Workings, April 9, 2025

 

I have the center done so now is the time to deal with those itty bitty HSTs.  They come together to make an inner border.

And here it is all complete!  Koxcomb can be checked off the 2022 UFO List.  The project is just a little over 17" square.

Design Wall Monday, April 7, 2025

 

I thought I was done with Part 4 of Orange Crush, but heck no...there was a block to be made!

All Spinning Star blocks are done.  I am really pleased by the way all the scraps are playing with the red and black that makes the block.

I knew this Part 5 was to make the Album block, but it also had you make so many other units.

All these are done.  I'm loving it!

On it's side because it won't fit up and down on my Design Wall.  The black strips will be the inner border and the pieced units off to the right make the pieced border that comes after the black.  I stopped at this point and will put it all together along with a 10" square set of blocks for the back when I return home.

Koxcomb is coming along nicely too.

Wednesday Workings, April 2, 2025

Orange Crush Part 4 was easy with my new AccuQuilt 3" strip dye and of course Bonnie Hunter's Easy Angle ruler made this part a piece of cake.  I like how this long held back black and the red prints played together.

Orange Crush Pat 5 was quite another story.  It started out seeming so easy...just cut into the orange and blue yardage...the pattern read.  Then read on...  There were 20 of the Album block 18 of the Half Album block, and of course four corners (a Fourth Album block?).  There is only one more part to go and it's on deck after the pool this morning.  I'm thinking Krush as a name still; although something else would be considered if it's uncovered.

I'm moving along on Koxcomb too.  Last night I was able to get down the last two purple parts.  My cats are very interested in sitting in my lap while watching TV, but when the Lori Holt miniature design panel comes out they just want to sit on it.  Drives me batty!

Hope you had a fun April Fool's Day.

Design Wall Monday, March 31, 2025

Here is Orange Crush Part 1.  150 1 1/2" finished four patches.  Most of my dark squares are batiks from the days when I was mostly using batiks.  Not so much anymore, I use my batik stash right along beside all the other cottons.

Part 2 is next.  142 units.  I have trimmed off the dog ears, but you can see that they were still part of the block in this photo.

Part 3 is where I ended today.  22 units mirror image for a total of 44 units.  I will be on to Part 4 that starts using up yardage.  Black and red 3 1/2" strips...you can see why I wanted the 3 1/2" AccuQuilt die =^.^=

Koxcomb is coming along too.  I'm up to the purple and blue wool pieces.  My double adhesive isn't working as it should so I have basting stitches holding the pieces in place.  Pins just get in the way!

Aqua Fit in the morning and then on to Part 4.  Should I call Orange Crush..."Krush"; seems appropriate don't you think?  Have a great day and do a little sewing.

Sunday Stash Report, March 30, 2025

Kluckies is with Kerry for quilting.  Kerry is working towards having it and my Sunshine Challenge project back to me before my visit to mom and dad's home.  I will need to get binding together and ready for sewing into place.  These projects will give me something to do during the long flight.  This counts as my used for this week.

I am further along with Koxcomb than what you see pictured.  I will share progress tomorrow on this project.  It is going along nicely.

The last of the fabrics I have been waiting on for Orange Crush arrived.  I had a half a yard and needed one and a half yards.  This is a Laundry Basket fabric and recent enough that I was able to find more.  This project has been on my sewing table this week.  Progress on it tomorrow too.

These five fabrics are for Millie's Dresses.  I only need four, but I wasn't sure the last piece pictured would work well with a white background.  This is a swap project and although it will look good with my background it might  not with someone else in the swap.  It is darn cute though.  I also have one other fabric in purple that can be used.

Friday had me at Quilt in a Day for AccuQuilt Club.  They always have something fun on sale.  This layer cake was 35% off and I love the French General line.  I was lucky to get it as most of all the other fabrics in this line were already sold. I also picked up a 3" (3 1/2" unfinished) strip die.  It will come in handy for Bonnie Hunter projects since she uses that size strips frequently. 

I wasn't sure I would pick this up, but as you can see I did!  It starts with the Tossed Nine-Patch pattern sized down to use charm size (5") squares cut into 2 1/2" units.  The kit was available during the recent shop hop.  I have some orange rick rack that will work great.  I'll have to see what I can find in my stash that will work with orange.  I can see in my future making several of these small projects.

Enough damage to my stash count!

Used this week: 3 yards 
Used YTD: 77.75 yards 
Purchased this week: 8.5 yards
Purchased YTD: 46.5 yards
Net used in 2025: 31.25 yards

Design Wall Monday, March 24, 2025

Friday while at Rosie's I started cutting out the parts for Peeps.  This will make into a nice Spring table runner.  I need one more 30's Reproduction fabric for the last chick.  I had hoped to find enough fabric at Rosie's but nothing quite seemed to work.  I have some ETSY purchases for Millie's Dresses coming in this week and plan to use some one of the fabrics to complete the recipe for Peeps.

Also at Rosie's I started working on Koxcomb.  Look at all the tiny HSTs!  I'm still a beginner with wool which is what this project is all about.  Threads are available.  Will start on what I know best...cotton HSTs using foundation paper.

This week I am waiting for ETSY fabrics to arrive from four different shops.  A red for Orange Crush, and five from three different shops for Millie's Dresses.  Millie's Dresses will be a swap project, right now with three others.  There is a possibility the number of participants could grow as the project is open to Sunshine members attending the May retreat.  We will be swapping dress, collar, and belt units along with a matching fabric to make part of the border.  There will be more on this project soon.  For now I have enough to keep me in stitches =^.^=  Happy Monday

Sunday Stash Report, May 16, 2021

 

I learned of this Primitive Gatherings Coxcomb Medallion quilt kit on their bi-weekly Facebook Live broadcast.  (It happens on Wednesdays.)  This one is a wool/cotton kit that was $10 off the original price.  Of course, I snatched it up!  Then thread was needed...

There's the gotcha!  They sent a nice little sticky notes post-it pad too.  This Coxcomb Medallion project will finish at 17 1/2" square.  I'm building up my base for retiring...LOL!   Since I'm only counting cotton, nothing comes in this week.  Since I didn't finish anything, nothing goes used either.  Maybe next week.

Used this week:  0 yards

Used YTD: 93.75 yards 

Purchased this week: 0 yards 

Purchased YTD: 137.5yards 

Net used in 2021:  -43.75 yards

I have been busy all week on the Laundry Basket Quilts Mystery Quilt 2021.  Now through the first six blocks.  Sunday is a day of rest for this two week project; it marks the half way point of the project.

I found time this morning to spend about an hour and a half on binding Kandy Katz.  This is a big binding project.  In that time I only got around one corner, but it was a long side =^.^=