Right now I'm working on little basket blocks. The pattern is here:
The challenge on the Temecula Quilts Blog was to make one block a day for the month of July. I started late so I'm a few blocks behind, but I'll get there.
In August they are going to post a pattern to make something out of those little blocks.
I can't imagine what it will be to use 31 blocks - that seems a strange number.
What are you working on?
marcella
I have several quilts on the go just now. I have a single-bed sized quilt for a 3-year-old girl - Tristan's best friend. Her birthday was on June 26th, but her sister's is tomorrow (August 2nd)... and that girl is turning one and receiving a quilt too. Nearly done with the binding on both of them, but left a little bit open so that I can put the label into the corner and then do the binding over it. Ultra secure!
Another quilt is a baby quilt for a friend's baby, born May 1st. I hemmed and hawwed over how to quilt it, so that is what the hold-up is. It's all quilted now, but I have to put the binding on, and tie all the thread-ends and bury them.
The quilt "for me" is done, the top and the back (it will be reversible), but I need to buy batting for it. I have used up all the batting in the house on the quilts for children!
Meanwhile, after the two birthday quilts are finished, I need to get started on a quilt for Tristan. All of his baby quilts are far too small now. I used a Maisy panel for his 3-year-old friend's quilt and he is keen to have his own, but, "Don't put numbers on her quilt Mama. Put them on mine!" So the back of his will be another panel of Maisy counting and surrounded by numbers. He will be in heaven. I'm going to make the sashings and borders bright and rainbow-coloured and probably use rainbow striped fabric for the binding. So, so glad this quilt will be staying here in the house so I can visit it! Also need to make him a new sleeping sack and I will use all the scraps left over from his beanbag for that, because all the fabrics were in rainbow colours and had numbers all over them!
Someday, I will find the floor in that room. But not anytime soon..............
-- Jo in Scotland
Lucky you having little children to sew for! I suppose I could sew for strangers >g< and I do sew a few for Project Linus, but my 'meaty ones' are all a bit dull I think now (have had the fabric picked and bought for years (literally); must have been in my doldrums days! However, I will get back after the vegetable harvesting and freezing season is over (hopefully).
Oh, he will be thrilled to see the numbers on the back of his quilt! Sounds like some fun projects you are working on.
I don't think we're "real" quilters if our sewing rooms are too neat and tidy :-)
marcella
I am finishing up a set of these for DGS's birthday tomorrow!
I am now down to closing up the seams by hand so should be done this evening.
After that I am working on assembling a blue/pink/purple charm quilt top and also the Scrap Mosaic quilt top that I started on a residential course with Katharine Guerrier in June.
Lizzy
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I am on Carol Doak's yahoo! group, and there are 5 of us from there doing a round robin. It's a challenge to me, working with someone else's ideas and color palette, their individual parameters.
Besides that I am working on Heartstrings blocks and hoping to get to a flimsy-for-me. Learning how to reprioritize my time.
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I finished the tangram puzzle squares in time for DGS's birthday and I have completed the charm quilt top:
Now to find another WIP to turn into a flimsy.
Lizzy
G'day Marcella and everyone. I must apologise for not posting much on RCTQ of late, but those that know me, know I only finish a couple of quilts per year. I have just this week finished the attached link quilt, but mentioned on RC TQ some time ago that I was struggling with a Drunkard's Path pattern from attending a workshop last year. A lot of blocks were impossible to size up and have the quarter circles match. I put it away for a few months, then w orked out a design with sashing that almost made a feature of mismatched qu arters. I then had to order more fabric for my idea. My freemotion quilting on my Janome Horizon is slowly improving. Mid-proje ct I changed to titanium needles and a Superior Thread Stand, the differenc e was astonishing. The workshop tutor for learning the technique of insetting quarter circles was Kerry Glen of Tulis Textiles, New Zealand. Link:
Best regards to you all, Bronnie Qld Australia
wow! That is so beautiful! You really turned some drunkards path blocks into a work of art.
marcella
wow! That is so beautiful! You really turned some drunkards path blocks into a work of art.
marcella
Thanks Pat! Lovely to 'chat'. It did take a long time to resolve the des ign issues of this quilt. My dear neighbour who is a quilter at guild remi nded me yesterday that I was sick the second day of the workshop - I had fo rgotten that. It was probably that day we were schooled on sizing the block s up correctly! Fond regards Bronnie
I forgot to mention the fabric maker for my quilt for those interested. I used only their range with the graduated color across the bolt. It is DAIWABO Selection for E.E. Schenck Co.
Bronnie
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