Design Wall Monday, July 2, 2018

These are all partial photos of Kandiyohi.  A big one it is; finishing at 90" x 104".  If I hadn't run out of the brown fabric used in the border, I'd probably have put another 2 1/2" finished border on the outside.  As it stands now it is big enough and the brown fabric I shared  yesterday will be good for the binding.

Next up is Snowballs and Stars.  I mentioned yesterday that a name hasn't been determined for this one yet.  I have one of the four paper pieced stars finished except for sewing the units together.  A second block (these finish at 12") is waiting for the last two pieces on all eight units.  Fabrics are figured out for the remaining two blocks and for good measure and well just because I want to see how all blocks work together a fifth block will be made.  One of the five will end up on the back.

I was in a generous mood this weekend.  I gifted three quilts.  The recipients were family and a close friend.  Krates, Komplete Komotion, and Kayenne have new homes.  Big smiles filled my heart.

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Tuesday was Sunshine Quilt Guild's December meeting.  We have a potluck and an auction, and the regular meeting happenings for the holiday gathering.  I didn't bid on anything either "live" or "silent", but I did purchase these fabrics from the "buy it now" table.  I can always use small scale fabrics.  The white is a great neutral and the other two will fit nicely somewhere.  The price was right!

Kerry also had a quilt finished for me.  Krates came home and is ready for binding.  You might remember this project by Emily Cier of Carolina Patchworks called Another Brick in the Wall.  Not my UFO; one of my Mom's.  I'll be sharing a completed photo once the binding is in place.  I plan to use the same background fabric as suggested in the pattern.

I'll be hitting the pillow early tonight.  I had a late night last night and a very busy day with holiday get-togethers.  Hope you have a great rest of your week.

Design Wall Monday, August 31, 2015

Krates looks like this when I left it on Thursday.  I have all of the Blocks A, B, and two of the three C sewn together.  Blocks D and E only have one block each.  I'll be working on the remaining stitching when I return home.

Block A

Block B

Block C

Block D

Block E 

Leftover Background

I'm real excited to have a little over a yard left of this batik!  See other projects today through the links at Patchwork Times.

Design Wall Monday. August 24, 2015

I have Another Brick in the Wall in full production.  The first column on the left are the four A Blocks.  Next in are the three B Blocks.  Both of these are finished blocks.  The next two columns are the yet to be sewn together strips of all three C Blocks.

These strips are three of the sizes needed for D and E Blocks.  I only have the 1 1/4" strips and 1" strips for both of these blocks to piece.  As always I'm working hard to conserve fabrics...I don't want to cut into the nice background yardage that remains unless I have to.  I'm using the leftovers of the 4 1/2", 2 1/2", and 1 1/2" strips forward.  I hope to finish the rest of the piecing and start on the strip assembly later tonight.  Right now Krates is the name that I plan to use...unless another idea comes forward...

I squeezed in time this morning to trim, prepare binding and sleeve, as well as stitch them in place on the Eagle quilt.  I will be mailing this off this morning to Maryland for finishing when I will be visiting later this week.  This one will be donated to the Veterans Home near my parents home.  Mom and I will be delivering it in early September.  Mom and Dad have birthdays and an anniversary coming that I will be there to celebrate.

See lots of other amazing project through the links today at Patchwork Times.