My Big Fat Winter Stitching List: The Moment of Truth!

Last October I decided to link up with FairyFace Design Winter Stitching List. Sew the big question is...How did I do??? Did I even dent my Big, Fat, Overly Ambitious List????

WINTER SEWING LIST

1. Hip to be square (FMQ Sampler), FINISHED!!!!

2. Cubic rhythm, FINISHED!!!!

3. Mermaid pillows - FINISHED plus two more!

4. Purple heart wall hanging,  - On hold until June!

5. Table runner, FINISHED!

6. Christmas stockings - FINISHED - 17 Stockings!!!!

7. Two iPad covers -FINISHED

8. Two doggie mats - FINISHED

9. New wave quilt - NOT STARTED

10. Expanding possibilities, Back is pieced, quilt is basted

Front

Back

11. Potholders (several) - FINISHED - 4 sets of potholders, 2 oven mitts, 6 embroidered hand towels

12. FMQ Friday's at Fluffy Sheep Quilting - I participated in FMQ Fridays until the end in December! Since then, I am participating in Leah Day's QAL Wednesdays, Quokka Quilts QAYGFMQQAL, and SewCalGal's Free Motion Quilt Challenge.

January's Sew Cal Gal Challenge

February's Sew Cal Gal Challenge

March's Sew Cal Gal Challenge

Leah Day's QAL Wednesday homework

Leah Day's QAL Wednesday wholecloth project homework

Leah Day's QAL Wednesday final stippling project homework

Quokka Quilts - QAYGFMQQAL

13. WIP Wednesday's at Freshly Pieced - I have participated each week Lee has had it open.

14. Try New Things (TNT) Thursday's at Happy Quilting - I have only missed 3 weeks.

  Here are a couple of projects from TNT!

Gothic pin cushion made from 4 charm squares

Gothic Windows - made from 3 jelly roll strips

15. FLMQG solids challenge crib quilt - 2 out of 9 blocks completed

16. Friend's baby quilt - FINISHED
 

17. Purple Ohio star quilts - Although I switched to a different set of orphaned blocks, I created my Storybook quilt which is almost complete. Just need to finish quilting the borders, trim and bind!

Phew, I did more than I thought! I would say that I put a big dent in my Big Fat Winter Stitching List!!!

Also linking up with Fabric Tuesday at Quilt Story! 


Color Me Quilty!

Pat

WIP Wednesday: QAYG Part of the Story!

I'm quite pleased with myself this week. Leah Day's homework was to join quilted blocks in a QAYG method. I have experimented with a couple of different methods, and had started my Storybook quilt with this in mind. So the homework this week was the perfect "kick in the pants" to work on this quilt again.

All 20 block squared, ready to join

I joined the first row of blocks, then joined the second row.

I then joined the first two rows together. I really worked to get my seams to line up from row to row.

I have a confession. I'm good at math, I have a degree in math, I'm good at calculations and figuring measurements, I've run whole departments (quality control) that do nothing but measure things. I messed up the measurements on this quilt. I squared up these block to 15 1/2" x 15 1/2", thinking the seam allowance would make them 15" squares. But the seams "butt" and the block remains 15 1/2". Not that this will harm the quilt, I just didn't catch that the quilt top doesn't get any smaller when you join the blocks.

See how the top to joined rows are the same size as the unjoined rows??!!

So my question for Leah this week is about quilt size. I'm planning to make my Storybook quilt a twin sized quilt. I will be adding a small border. Do I need to worry about making this large a quilt with the QAYG method? Is there anything I need to do to make sure I don't make it "wavy"?

On to other projects this week. I finally finished by Hip To Be Square/ Free Motion Sampler quilt. All bound, washed and being used on the sofa. You can see some more of the quilting on this quilt here and here.

You can see why so many of my quilts are teal and green.

 I also had, what I think, was a successful tutorial/guest blog on my Gothic Windows block.

Gothic Windows 8 1/2" x 8 1/2". Made with three jelly roll sized strips.

So, my stats this week are:
In-process: (6)
Purple heart wall hanging ( needs borders, backing, quilting and binding)
Expanding Possibilities quilt (needs backing, quilting and binding)
Storybook quilt # 1 -  Started joining block with QAYG method
Storybook quilt # 2 - All embroidery is done
Quokka Quilts QAYGFMQQAL quilt (7 blocks quilted)
Sewing Machine Cover - pieced, basted, started FMQ

New projects in the cue to start: (2)
FLMQG solids challenge crib quilt (started my Urban Nine Patch)
New Wave quilt (not started)


Finished (2)
Presented my new block (Gothic Windows) with tutorial for guest blog at Happy Quilting.
Hip To Be Square/Free Motion Sampler
 
I'm linking up with Freshly Pieced for WIP Wednesday, The Free Motion Quilting Project for Quilt A Long Wednesday!

 






 



Color Me Quilty!


Pat

It's Finished and It Feels So Good!

The inspiration for the colors!

I started cutting this quilt about a year ago. I pieced it together last spring and started quilting it last summer. It was the first quilt that I started FMQ on, although I have quilted (and finished) a couple of quilts before this quilt. My Hip To Be Square/Free Motion Sampler quilt is done! YIPPEE, SKIPPEE!

Front

Back

Just a few of my favorite quilted blocks. (Each block is quilted differently)

I'm linking up with A Quilt Story for Fabric Tuesday and Quilter in The Gap Finish-A-Long!

Color Me Quilty!

Pat