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Wednesday, January 27, 2021

LOTS DONE TODAY

 It was a very rainy morning, so after we got back from grocery shopping I went up to the studio and started quilting on my Improv Daisy.  It's coming along (other than it's not really flat).


After lunch, I made the first block for the Bryan House Quilts sew-along - Wildflower.  I finally settled on some fabrics.  


I even sewed together some of the rows on Opening Night, but I didn't take a picture.


Tuesday, January 26, 2021

MADE MORE SASHING

 The progress on Opening Night came to a screeching halt when I realized I was short about 18 sashings, I think I misread the directions (or they were misprinted).

I got them made and a few of them sewn on.




Monday, January 25, 2021

SOLSTICE BLOCK ONE

 I started on the Solstice quilt from Bryan House.  Here's block one.  


Here's what it will look like when it's done, but in my colors.



Sunday, January 24, 2021

MORE FMQ

 More free-motion quilting on the Improv  Daisy.  More to come, I'm closing in on the center of the quilt.





Friday, January 22, 2021

MORE FMQ

 Been working on the Improv Daisy free-motion quilting.  Every part is getting a different quilting design and threads to match.    I'm actually enjoying this.  




Wednesday, January 20, 2021

DAISY QUILTING

 I started on the quilting of the Improv Daisy.  I'm going to do custom free-motion quilting, changing designs in each section.

I was rolling the quilt back and forth to complete the sections that were too big to fit in the quilting area.  I've never done that before, hope it works.




Monday, January 18, 2021

INTO ROWS ALREADY

 I've been working a bit on  the Opening Night Tula Pink quilt blocks.  I finished them off today while chatting on Brave Patch Monday Sew-In.  I started sewing them into rows.  I still have to cut the big setting triangles for the outside - I don't know how I'm going to do that, they're over 29" square to begin with.  It's so difficult to be accurate at that size.



Saturday, January 16, 2021

A RUN FOR BUBINGA

 Darrell needed to get some special wood for the desk he's making for his daughter, Nicole.  So, we headed out for Port Townsend this morning.  We got breakfast at the co-op, coffee at Starbucks and headed downtown to the ferry terminal.  We caught the ferry for Bainbridge Island and drove north to PT.  It was a nice morning.


While he was shopping for the Bubinga I sketched.




Then we went to Fort Worden for a nice walk around.




We picked up lunch at the Food Co-op there - they have the best chicken salad sandwiches. Then we drove to the Hood Canal Bridge lookout to sit and eat before we headed back home. 

Friday, January 15, 2021

DAISY ON THE LONGARM

 I loaded up the backing and batting for the Improv Daisy, then rolled the top onto it's bar.  It wasn't happy trying to be straight, flat and square - mainly because its not!

I've got it all ready to go, now I just have to work up the courage and confidence to just do it.



Thursday, January 14, 2021

MADE A BACK

 I made a backing with a label for the Floating Stairs quilt, which I've now named Suspended.

I made a strip using leftover fabrics from the 'stairs'.  




Wednesday, January 13, 2021

DONE WITH URSUS

 I finished up the quilting on Ursus Abstinere, the bear paw quilt today.  It turned out great.




TYPICAL TUESDAY

 I'm taking a Sketchbook Design workshop with Liz Steele.  

Here's a sketch I started yesterday and finished today.



Tuesday, January 12, 2021

QUILTING BEAR PAWS

 I'm quilting stitch-in-the-ditch around each Bear Paw block with a circle in the 'palm'.  It's almost fun.  I love this Hobbs Tuscany 80/20 cotton/wool batting.  It's making this quilt look really good.




Monday, January 11, 2021

MASSIVE TRIANGLES

This Shattered pattern has 480 HST squares, 960 triangles.  What was I thinking when I started this?  Oh well, persevere.

I got more trimmed and pressed and put one block together while attending a Brave Patch sew-in.  



Saturday, January 09, 2021

CUT APART

 I got a lot of quilting work done on my Ursus quilt.  

But, at 9am it was time for the monthly get-together with Joe Cunningham on zoom with his Quilt Freedom Workshop.  I opted to not make this month's project, but instead, to just watch and learn.  But, while that was going on, I managed to cut up the 'eight-at-a-time' squares and press open the half-square-triangle squares for Shattered.  I'm not done though.  Still more to go.

Look at all of that trimming I need to do.


Friday, January 08, 2021

SEWN TOGETHER

Making 8 at a time Half Square Triangles, I sewed all of the pairs together today.  It took about 2-1/2 hours.  My neck was sore, but I got them all done.


 

Thursday, January 07, 2021

SHATTERED

 I've got dozens of projects in progress, so what do I do?  I start another one, of course.

Kona just published this pattern, Shattered, which was included with my monthly shipment of Kona cuts with the Aurifil threads, the last of the year.  I received a group of half yard pieces of greys.  It didn't include all of the greys needed, but I have the rest in my stash.

I cut up the parts needed today.




Tuesday, January 05, 2021

MORE QUILTING

 I got a little bit more quilting done on the Ursus quilt.


I used a simple computerized pattern in the setting triangles and am just stitching in the ditch around the bear paws.  I'm still contemplating whether to put something in the sashing.

Slow going...


Monday, January 04, 2021

FOUND QUILTS

 I took down a storage box from a closet that has been there, unopened, since we moved into this house.  Inside are unfinished quilt tops.  It was a treasure trove of things I had forgotten about.

This quilt uses William Morris print fabrics in muted purple, silver and greys with metallic.

A needle-turned hand appliqued folkart quilt from a pattern.  It uses mostly plaids and and some flannels.  The border is a cotton print.  The pattern is by Jan Patek and Alma Allen called Millennium Garden.

The photo doesn't do this justice - it's a deep rich burgundy with tan, and black with gold metallics.  What's very interesting is the variety of fabrics.  There is that border print, African fabrics, a novelty print, some Smithsonian fabric and even a Debbie Mumm fabric.  

This last one, named 'Ursus Abstinere' also had a backing made with a label.  It says made in July of 2001.  

I loaded Ursus onto my longarm, Eduard, and started quilting it.  I love it!



BREAKFAST SKETCH

 I've started a new course with Liz Steele - "Sketchbook Design".

I sketched my breakfast this morning as a beginning.  


In this course we will learn techniques to add text and interesting elements to our sketchbooks.


Sunday, January 03, 2021

LOTS DONE

 I got those last two seams sewn to finish the backing for the Improv Daisy quilt.  Since I don't have a big enough batting for it (I have some ordered, it will be here in a week or so) I thought I'd find a small project to occupy me until I can get back to the Daisy.


I found the Layered Curves top all ready with a back and label and a small batting.

I got it loaded and quilted free-motion wavy lines horizontally across the whole thing.  



It only took a few hours and it was done.


I made binding, got it sewed on both sides and it was done!  Yoohoo!



It's about 35" by 46"



Saturday, January 02, 2021

TWO SEAMS LEFT

 I thought I was going to get the backing for the Improv Daisy quilt done, but I had only two seams left when I noticed it was 3:00pm and I had to put things away so I could go make dinner.

But I did get the label made and put in.



Friday, January 01, 2021

MAKING BACK FOR DAISY

 I've started making a backing for the Improv Daisy quilt.  It's really big and the backing needs to be even bigger.  I've been squaring up some of my old paisleys that are close to the right colors.  There's been lots of partial seams.  I'm having fun.

I don't want a center seam to go all the way down, so I need to switch some things up.