A Quilty Post

Here is what I have been enjoying. I love sewing whenever I feel like it...

Linking to Superscrappy at http://superscrappy.blogspot.com/2019/03/scraphappy-saturday-12.html

Tops are born

I sewed these two tops this week, one after work for two days. I will add a border on the one with strong blocks. Big surprise, I still have about twenty blocks left. So I'll dream up another version. Enjoy!

The last border is on.

The last border on on my stain glass string top.  I took some creative liberties with the corners where the small blocks meet.

Miscellaneous Updates

Last weekend I was in the much cooler mountains of NC.  Lots of fresh air and good food.  Lots of sewing was accomplished.

I sewed a few more string blocks.

 

 

Some 4.5 inch string blocks.

And a couple bear paws..

 

Baby/Love quilts

Saturday I had the urge to sew red and pink string blocks. In half a day I managed
to complete 16 unfinished which are 9.5 inches square.  Yesterday I sashed them with different light strips and began making piano key borders in reds and white strings.

I also quilted a top from the ever growing love top pile.

This was an effort to play with X Blocks.  Surely some child will love it?  I used all batting scraps.  Still have many more to use.

Yoday... More string blocks and maybe another top will get loaded. Frog Quilter

Neutral Strings

I have been sewing up my neutral strings as they were busting out of the bag.  I was sick of looking at them.  Messy!  So I took charge and sewed them up.  The bag is 80% reduced.  There is another bag but I'm not going to tackle it yet.

 

 

 

Here they are, all trimmed and pretty.  That is a lot of fabric that will be used.  The count is 40 8.5 inch blocks.  Yay.

 

For the big surprise, I am hand quilting my mini pin wheel quilt.  My first and not too bad.  It is not yet finished.  The pin wheel blocks need quilting.

 

My lines aren't exactly straight but that's ok.  The process is soothing.

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Progress

I continued with my railroad crossing blocks this morning. I am so loving the growing top. Lots of different fabrics to look at and remember. Loving the rich colors in these blocks.


Border blocks.


Lucy inspecting the rest of the blocks.


Checking all sides.


Twice just to make sure.


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Sewing strings, making fabric

Yesterday I wanted to sew but no stress sewing. I've had this bag of strings, dark in color, so sew, sew sew.



After sewing, I spray starch them for stability.


Then cut to the size desired. I wanted 4.5 inch blocks. Cut, cut cut!


The big hunk can be used in another block.


I netted 72 4.5 inch blocks that I will use in star blocks or house blocks or any other pattern that calls for 4.5 inch blocks.

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Sunday Strings and a flimsy

I have massive amount of strings and need to get them under control. Is that even possible?

I was motivated by Bonnie Hunter to start stringing some geese. Here is what I have done so far.


Aren't they cute?

And yesterday I finished a long time top. A smorgasbord of mostly Christmas blocks and parts. This will probably get donated.


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Organizing...

A never ending task.... Here is the sorry state of a fabric shelf before...



And the after...



And... The colorful stacking bins from The Container Store. They hold my strings. The bin colors coordinate with strings in them.


I had hubs do the heavy lifting to put bed risers under the bed. This will give me some much needed space for storing quilts. Just love to make them, keep some and give some(ok a lot away).

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Aqua strings and a flimsy quilted

Here are nine more aqua string blocks.



Are you sick of seeing my string blocks?

Yersterday I got the urge to quilt one of my many tops. So I put this work of art on the frame. I just love this quilt. It is made up of orphan blocks and so beautiful. I used a rosy colored thread on top and so fine on the back. The panto is bountiful feathers.



And the back.



I am off to my grandsons birthday party today so no quilting. Maybe this evening when I get home. Tomorrow for sure.

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Aqua strings

I am amazed at the amount of aqua fabrics strings that I have. I probably have as many more as these.



A kitty picture for the cat lovers.


I hope everyone has a quilty weekend.

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Busy Day

Yesterday I quilted a love quilt. I used the baptist fan panto.. When finished I had mixed emotions about the finish. I set up a hanging area between two trees (I have many). After seeing it hang outside its lovely. What do you think.




I couldn't resist hanging my court house steps quilt....



WOW!

Here are the blue strings I did yesterday. All that did not really make a dent in the blue string drawer. How is that possible?




Happy sewing / quilting on this Veterans Day weekend. I have served my country and fully support ALL military personnel serving their country!!

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Purple strings and more

As promised, here are the purple strings. They measure at 7 1/2 inches square. Aren't they yummy?


The whole stack so far. The spool of thread is 4 inches high.


This morning I have ground flour, made bread and two batches of apple raisin cinnamon rolls. They are rising as I write this. YUM!

Now I can play in the quilt heaven! Yes.

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Strings and a flimsy

Yesterday I sewed pink colored strings. Aren't they pretty?




Last night I brought out the bag of court house step blocks that were Done more than a year ago.... I only had to make two more for the flimsy.

Today I sewed the rows together and put a border on. I began with a warm brown fabric. But after cutting and joining two pieces of fabric together, the quilt top was SCREAMING for something more exciting. So this is what I finally decided. I think I picked a fun print.



This will go on a full size bed. I wanted it to have enough of a over hang.


Tonight I have picked out purple strings for some wild sewing.

Hope you are having a quilty weekend....

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