That's better. Ready for cross cutting!
Saturday, January 31, 2015
Friday, January 30, 2015
American Jane strip sets
They say that nothing good comes from late-night sewing. Well, nothing good comes from early morning sewing when you haven't had enough sleep either. ::ahem::
Here is 13 lovely American Jane strip sets. Only problem is, 5 of them are sewn completely wrong, LOL. The red should be in the 2nd and 4th position.
Can you guess what I am making? I have 60 strips left to sew. Fabrics are ''Wee Play'', ''ABC123" and 'Pezzy Prints' by American Jane.
Here is 13 lovely American Jane strip sets. Only problem is, 5 of them are sewn completely wrong, LOL. The red should be in the 2nd and 4th position.
Can you guess what I am making? I have 60 strips left to sew. Fabrics are ''Wee Play'', ''ABC123" and 'Pezzy Prints' by American Jane.

Tuesday, January 27, 2015
scrappy swoon quilt top
I finished my scrappy Swoon top, and it measures right about 86'', which is what I was aiming for. Now to piece the backing and get it basted! My mom is feeling better, so I might get that done later this week :)


Monday, January 19, 2015
Swoon quilt top
Well, my Swoon quilt top is finished. Almost.
It finished at 78'' - so it needs a border added to make it a decent size quilt.
This is the backing I chose to use - I have 7+ yards of this (got it SUPER cheap at a fabric store close-out, I think it was like $2/yard and it is nice quality Benartex material too.)
So, the quilt could be huge if I wanted it to be, but I think around 86''ish is what I will shoot for......
I have LOTS of 2 1/2'' strips - maybe a piano key border? Any other ideas?
It finished at 78'' - so it needs a border added to make it a decent size quilt.
This is the backing I chose to use - I have 7+ yards of this (got it SUPER cheap at a fabric store close-out, I think it was like $2/yard and it is nice quality Benartex material too.)
So, the quilt could be huge if I wanted it to be, but I think around 86''ish is what I will shoot for......
I have LOTS of 2 1/2'' strips - maybe a piano key border? Any other ideas?

Saturday, January 17, 2015
Swooning oops
I wanted to work on my Metro Rings quilt today, but I am still waiting for the background fabric..... so I pulled out my Swoon project box and started to work on it. Now I remember why I put it away, it's really a bit confusing to put together, LOL. These blocks already were taken apart once, then I had one more oops I found when I went to press these partial blocks. UGH.
I did finally get it together - this is my 7th block, only 2 more to go!
Friday, January 16, 2015
Backing for urban 9 patch
After seeing Sew Kind Of Wonderfuls blog post this morning, it gave me the incentive to get out my Urban 9-patch top and work on getting it finished. It is 90'' square, so the same size as the last quilt I just finished (Scrappy Irish Chain), so I know that it can be basted at my mom's place - but that is pretty much the max for the room we baste quilts in.
I will need to wait to baste it for a while yet though - because my mom is sick and I don't want to bother her while she recovers. (She has shingles on her face and in her mouth, OUCH!)
The backing had to be pieced in several pieces - two 95'' sections pieced together at the selvedge, then a 5''x95'' section (in 4 pieces!) added to the selvedge of one side to bring the backing up to 95'' square (I had to work with the pieces I had). So, the backing is pressed and READY! I will be binding it in the same white/white dotty print. Lots of dots in this quilt!
And, YES, I am super duper paranoid to quilt this quilt top. And even more paranoid to WASH it. I don't remember what the red solid is, but I'm pretty sure I didn't prewash it. I think it's a Kona red, so I am hoping hoping hoping it won't bleed. Washing it scares me to death. I will wash it with synthropol and a whole box of color catchers. And lots of crossing fingers and toes.
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
not bleached white, not snow
I got my yardage of ''Snow'' I ordered, and it's NOT the right solid either! Left is ''Snow'', right is ''Bleached White'', and the block in the middle is made with the mystery solid.....
BUT, I think I figured out what the mystery bella color is! I looked in my past Etsy purchases and found a purchase at the same time as the April Showers prints for ''Bleached White PDF''. I think I just overlooked the PDF part back then - but apparently it IS different from regular ''bleached white''. So, ordering some bleached white PDF and hopefully I can finish this quilt top, sheesh!
I know the PDF part is ''prepared for dying'', just wondering if maybe it doesn't have the sizing in it? Anybody know?
BUT, I think I figured out what the mystery bella color is! I looked in my past Etsy purchases and found a purchase at the same time as the April Showers prints for ''Bleached White PDF''. I think I just overlooked the PDF part back then - but apparently it IS different from regular ''bleached white''. So, ordering some bleached white PDF and hopefully I can finish this quilt top, sheesh!
I know the PDF part is ''prepared for dying'', just wondering if maybe it doesn't have the sizing in it? Anybody know?

Monday, January 12, 2015
Moda Bake Shop - Scrappy Irish Chain
My latest quilt finish is featured over at Moda Bake Shop today! This is my 10th MBS project! It is one of my favorite quilts I have made in a while. I just love postage stamp quilts - and to combine an Irish Chain and a postage stamp - LOVE! It's a BIG 90'' square (and a whopping 2025 2''x2'' pieces in the front!), which is a little bit of a challenge on my sewing machine to quilt, so I decided to go with straight line quilting so I could use my walking foot :)
Unfortunately, the sun has not come out enough since I finished it for a good clear picture, booo. I used 2 jelly rolls of ''Daysail'' by Bonnie and Camille - and 22 strips from a previous collection of theirs ''April Showers''. I love how well these collections 'go' together! They both are void of any mainly pink prints (yes!) and have lots of my favorite aqua/navy/reds prints. For the 'chain', I chose to use Moda Bella ''Pond'' (it is VERY close to ''Betty Teal'') - it matches the color that is in small amounts of a few of the prints in both collections. I think it would look equally well in many different colors - red, aqua, or even white or navy! Oooooh, yes, I think it would look amaaaaazing in navy.
I did diagonal straight line quilting in every other square. I love Aurifil thread - you can get so much more on a bobbin! I think I only used 4 bobbins to quilt and bind this one, which is amazing! And, doing the straight line quilting makes it go pretty fast too - it took me about 6 hours to complete the quilting, but my machine isn't real fast either. Pedal to the metal!
backing:
I pieced the backing from 5 1/8'' yardage and leftovers from the front. It was just 6'' too narrow with 2 panels of fabric to squeeze that top onto the backing. So, I cut my 5 1/8 yards into two equal lengths of 92'' long and joined them together at the selvage (joining them at the selvage that does not have the printing on it with a 3/8'' seam). At that point, it was about 86x92. Then, I cut the backing lengthwise along the fold of one of the 92'' lengths. I pieced 92'' long section that was solid/scrap squares/solid (all jelly roll strip width) and inserted it into that cut and that gave me the extra 6'' width that I needed to baste the quilt. I just used the scraps from the strip sets from the front to piece between two solid strips. It took 9 sections (+one square) from the leftover strip sets pieces and 3 Pond strips. I am glad I didn't insert it into the center, I really like it off-center!
Unfortunately, the sun has not come out enough since I finished it for a good clear picture, booo. I used 2 jelly rolls of ''Daysail'' by Bonnie and Camille - and 22 strips from a previous collection of theirs ''April Showers''. I love how well these collections 'go' together! They both are void of any mainly pink prints (yes!) and have lots of my favorite aqua/navy/reds prints. For the 'chain', I chose to use Moda Bella ''Pond'' (it is VERY close to ''Betty Teal'') - it matches the color that is in small amounts of a few of the prints in both collections. I think it would look equally well in many different colors - red, aqua, or even white or navy! Oooooh, yes, I think it would look amaaaaazing in navy.
I did diagonal straight line quilting in every other square. I love Aurifil thread - you can get so much more on a bobbin! I think I only used 4 bobbins to quilt and bind this one, which is amazing! And, doing the straight line quilting makes it go pretty fast too - it took me about 6 hours to complete the quilting, but my machine isn't real fast either. Pedal to the metal!
backing:
I pieced the backing from 5 1/8'' yardage and leftovers from the front. It was just 6'' too narrow with 2 panels of fabric to squeeze that top onto the backing. So, I cut my 5 1/8 yards into two equal lengths of 92'' long and joined them together at the selvage (joining them at the selvage that does not have the printing on it with a 3/8'' seam). At that point, it was about 86x92. Then, I cut the backing lengthwise along the fold of one of the 92'' lengths. I pieced 92'' long section that was solid/scrap squares/solid (all jelly roll strip width) and inserted it into that cut and that gave me the extra 6'' width that I needed to baste the quilt. I just used the scraps from the strip sets from the front to piece between two solid strips. It took 9 sections (+one square) from the leftover strip sets pieces and 3 Pond strips. I am glad I didn't insert it into the center, I really like it off-center!

Friday, January 9, 2015
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Half a quilt top
Well, I went ahead and assembled the squares I had finished that were done with the ''Snow'' background. I separated out the ones with the 'bleached white' background and I think I will make a baby quilt with those instead of using them in this top. I just couldn't mix the two! So, I ordered more 'Snow' and another jelly roll. I am going to go with 8x8 blocks I think. My blocks are 9'' finished, smaller than the pattern calls for because I didn't want the points of the intersecting triangles sticking out like in the original pattern - so that is a 72'' square quilt - so I MIGHT make it 10x10 instead - or maybe a border in snow, not completely sure yet.... I know only 72'' square isn't big enough for my taste....
Thursday, January 1, 2015
Snow and White
I worked for a while on my Metro Rings blocks - then after I had them all trimmed up, I looked at the stack and quickly realized I messed up.
Ugh. Apparently, I was first using ''Snow'' as the background fabric - I ran out, then ordered more thinking it was ''Bleached White'' because that is what Camille uses with her fabrics..... So, now I have some partial blocks with all ''Snow'', some with all ''Bleached White'' and some with a mixture of the two. Ugh ugh ugh. I am not going to rip them out now, I am just going to go with it. Maybe tea-dye the whole quilt when it's finished or something if it doesn't look right. ::SIGH::
Oh well.
I do have a tip for those strips sets though - there is a small piece at each end of the strip set left over after you are done cutting your arcs - well, I cut the selvedges off and joined them together at the straight edges and made a whole 'nother arc for each strip set! :)
Waste not, want not!
Ugh. Apparently, I was first using ''Snow'' as the background fabric - I ran out, then ordered more thinking it was ''Bleached White'' because that is what Camille uses with her fabrics..... So, now I have some partial blocks with all ''Snow'', some with all ''Bleached White'' and some with a mixture of the two. Ugh ugh ugh. I am not going to rip them out now, I am just going to go with it. Maybe tea-dye the whole quilt when it's finished or something if it doesn't look right. ::SIGH::
Oh well.
I do have a tip for those strips sets though - there is a small piece at each end of the strip set left over after you are done cutting your arcs - well, I cut the selvedges off and joined them together at the straight edges and made a whole 'nother arc for each strip set! :)
Waste not, want not!

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