Design Wall Monday, August 29, 2011

My best friend celebrates her birthday today; my Mom!  She's without electricity this morning as she's been since Irene paid a visit to Abell, Maryland real early on Saturday night.  My parents had quite the night.  Woke to tree limbs all over the yard and a tree in their pool.  The worst of it was the howling wind from what Mom says.  Now when will the electricity be restored?  Hope it's soon for those in Southern Maryland.

On my design wall today is still Jamestown Landing which I've decided to name Kolonial.  I won't bother with a photo because there hasn't been a change since the post last week.

I did get Crazy Jacks backing sewn together.  Lot's of purples!  Ready for Kerry with backing, batting, and binding.  We may have a bit of final top assembly to do on Saturday, but I'm thinking quilting is in store for this project on the weekend.

I also finished putting the binding together for Komet.  I was somewhat perplexed on what fabrics to use.  The pink really changed the over all look.  Not in a bad way but made it difficult to decide how to go for the binding.  I ended up with a pieced binding of the batiks used already.  I'm pleased with the results.  I'll be showing you what I've done soon.

Last but certainly not any less important...probably more so!  My August UFO is started.  I've only sewn three of the 26 sections...but it is a start.  I'm not foreseeing any problems in a completion on Wednesday.

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Sunday Stash Report, August 28, 2010

Today is the day to sew my UFO for August.  I have an Iris block by Linda Causee to make for Kourageous this month.  I picked out all the fabrics on Friday.  Here's what I'll be working with.

Kerry finished quilting Komet.  I have to find something suitable for the binding.  Hope to get it sewn down for hand sewing during the week. 

Komfort Kove was finished this week.  I'm thrilled with how it turned out.  I just love the combination of fabrics.  This shade of blue is one that I could sew with anytime.

This week nothing purchased or used.  Next week I will have Crazy Jacks yardage to report used, but its still in too many pieces yet to call it finished.  This is a photo of the 10 1/2" blocks for the back along with the binding.  Kerry has the top on her design wall for some sewing this week.  We hope to get to the quilting on Saturday.  Be nice to have this one done a little early.  So here's my report for this last Sunday in August.

Used this week: 0 yards
Used YTD: 181.75 yards
Purchased this week: 0 yards
Purchased YTD: 94.25 yards
Net Fabric Used in 2011: 87.5 yards

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Design Wall Monday, August 22, 2011

Good morning quilters!  Wish I had another day to spend in my sewing studio, but alas Monday is upon us.  That means the start of the work week for me. 

Crazy Jacks by Buggy Barn is one of three projects on my design wall.  This is a project that I am making with Kerry for our contribution to the new membership year's fundraising efforts at Sunshine Quilt Guild.  I had the "Jacks" (pumpkins) done on Saturday.  All that is left is to square them up.  Kerry is assembling the candy corn border.  There is another dark purple border after the candy corn which I have got a bunch of purples to start cutting into the proper size rectangles.  We might be in a position to assemble on Saturday.  Its a bimonthly opportunity quilts with September 12th the first chance to purchase that winning ticket!

Next up is Bonnie Hunter's Jamestown Landing.  It's a start in the first photo.  I'll be working to mix the HSTs up with more neutral variety.  You can see from the second photo that there are lots of pieces to work on yet.  I will be taking the neutral squares with me to draw lines through the centers during my lunch break getting ready for sewing the 420 sets into 840 HSTs.  The first row is the light row and the second row is the dark row.  There's to be three of each with lots of sashing rows between of the strip blocks.  I have been using my new Bloc Loc 2.5" square up ruler...loving it!

This is what I need to be working on...the August UFO which is the design by Linda Causee the Iris block of Kourageous.  Time doesn't stand still.  The end of the month isn't that far off...

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