Design Wall Monday

It's Design Wall Monday and Memorial Day too!  Don't have a patriotic project to show, but I do have some progress on my Orange Crush UFO!  I feel it's safe to say that this will not be completed by midnight Tuesday to count for a UFO finish for May, so I am re-adjusting and will try to finish it for June!  If you look closely, you can see the fabric I chose for the border on the left side of the quilt (it kind of blends in with the woodwork).  I am thinking about adding another narrow black containment border to the pieced border . . . I welcome any thoughts you may have on that! 

It's been a busy, busy month, especially this past weekend as we had a big birthday bash for 3 of the 4 granddaughters that live with us.  The oldest, Madison, turned 7 and the twins turned 5.  As if that wasn't enough, we went to Cedar Point amusement park yesterday.  I need a nap!

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Design Wall Monday

I am still working on the Orange Crush UFO.  The 2 sides of the containment border are on and I hope to get the top and bottom on today so I can begin to attach the pieced border.  Then I will HAVE to make a trip to the LQS for a suitable outer border fabric.  I have something in mind, but don't have enough yardage in my stash.

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2 of Linda's 3 are done!

Finished Linda's second quilt this morning!  I think I am going to take a break before I tackle her third as I have another customer quilt I need to squeeze in there and it's going to be a custom job, so I've got to get crackin on it.  The thread was back ordered forever and it just arrived, so I better get busy!  Thank goodness for those Red Snappers that Linda got for me, I really, really enjoy loading quilts now!  Thanks again Linda!

Stash Report - Week 21

Well, the only thing I've done this week is customer quilts on the longarm, so I haven't busted any stash, but even better, I did not have any free time to visit a LQS to add to my stash!

Used this Week: 0 yards
Used year to Date: 69 yards

Added this Week: 0 yards
Added Year to Date: 23 yards

Net Used Year to Date: 46 yards

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just a couple more rows . . .

The 2nd of Linda's 3 quilts is on the frame and I've only got a couple more rows of this pantograph and it will be done!  I love to work with the depression era fabrics - they are so cheerful.

1 of 3 done!

Finished another of Linda's quilts a couple of days ago! It was the first time using the Red Snappers that she got me and they were incredible! Quilt was loaded in 6 minutes - on the next quilt I will be even faster as this was my first time.  The panto I used is by Jodi Beamish and it's called Spring Thing. 


 

Design Wall Monday

Sorry I'm late, but it is Monday!  I have just finished the pieced border, but now I will need to do some math to figure out how to get the border to fit the center of the quilt . . . this may get ugly.  I am hoping for an Orange Crush finish for next weeks Design Wall Monday!

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Stash Report - Week 20

Some progress has been made on the Orange Crush UFO - it is looking like I may be able to finish it before the end of the month if I can keep up the pace!  The top is sewn and now I am working on the pieced border - it's pretty intense.

I am inching up on 50 yards busted for the year! If I can get a quilt backing together before the end of the month, that'll put me over 50 yards!

Used this Week: 03.5 yards

Used year to Date: 69 yards

Added this Week: 0

Added Year to Date: 23 yards

Net Used Year to Date: 46 yards

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Design Wall Monday

Well, I'm back from travelling and I am trying to be very productive.  I have been working on this wall since Thursday, the 5th and this is how far I've gotten in a few short days!  All I have left to do now is to sew the blocks into rows and add 3 borders. This quilt is one of Bonnie Hunter's called Orange Crush and I started it in April of 2008 . . .  This quilt is one of my UFO's, so I hope to get it finished before the end of this month as I only have completed 2 UFO's since I signed up for the challenge in January.

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Stash Report - Weeks 16, 17, 18 + 19

First off, Happy Mother's Day!  This is a picture of our 7 granddaughters on Easter Sunday!  We have been doing a lot of traveling lately, so I haven't been posting or quilting.  So after missing a month of Stash Reporting, there is nothing to report.  Since we returned home this past last week though, I started right in on a UFO!  I will have pictures of that project tomorrow for DWM.   

Used this Week: 0

Used year to Date: 65.5 yards

Added this Week: 0

Added Year to Date: 23 yards

Net Used Year to Date: 42.5 yards

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I've been MIA . . .

We've been traveling for the past 3 weeks . . . and I am just beginning to feel a little more rested.  There is nothing like sleeping in your own bed at home!  We've been to New Jersey, Groton, Connecticut, DC and most recently Chicago.  Don't think we'll be going anywhere again until July! 

On the quilting front, I decided I had better get busy with the UFO Challenges I am participating in as I haven't completed or worked on any UFO's since January - yes, I am in a sad state over here.  Earlier in the week, I found the parts/pieces to a UFO.  It was kind of like finding puzzle pieces in a brown paper bag, a bunch of pieces, but I had no idea how it was to go together or if I even had all the parts.  Well, the mystery was finally solved this morning when I looked inside a pizza box that was labeled with a tag that said:  EMPTY.  Hello? it was full of more pieces!  I was finally able to figure out what it was supposed to be by scrolling to the beginning of my blog, and it's a project I started in April of 2008.  It's Bonnie Hunter's Orange Crush and I think all I have to do is assemble the blocks!  This is all that I have accomplished so far . . .