Wow! I didn't realize this was a WEEKEND of quilting. I was sewing most of yesterday, so I qualified for joining in. I love everyone's work so far.

I am assembling HSTs too, but this is a quilt for a fellow QB member. It is made of old shirts and to be given to her Step Mom when finished. It is 4" squares and 14 blocks across by 16 blocks down, and no fancy layout.

Then I have a double slice layer cake made with vintage fabric that needs to have the rows stitched together so I can sandwich it and get it ready for the long arm.

It is rainy here so is a very good day to be doing this. Will try to take some pics later, light is poor today so don't know how they will turn out.

OK I am going to try and join you after church this morning. Hubby thinks we should go for a boat ride to visit a restaraunt for dinner --a new Lebanese place. Sounds good but it's not as warm as I expected and he thought we could also go to his sisters cottage. Don't know how to fit that all in time but it's "Victoria Day Holiday" so everyone has a long weekend in Canada.
I have a frilly child's dress to make for my Knox Frox group by Wed. Was partially done in a donated box of fabric. I will have to learn how to post photo.

I am hoping to join in today.at least for a bit. I made a whole cloth baby quilt last night or early morning hours really. Hope to get the binding on today, if nothing else. I have a lot of strip blocks to make. Doesn't seem to b much time these days to get any quilting in lately.

working on a baby quilt for my daughter's friend, all cut out, appliqué done (although it isn't perfect) and block rows all done. Today is assemble the rows, and sandwich it - hope to get a good way into the actual quilting. Will post photos when I get it assembled.

Just about to start my next block
All ready and waiting.
If you look carefully at these pictures the friction pen marks have disappeared. All I have done is a spray starch thin and 505 glued together. With iron.
Marks should only go with friction. Now I must free hand mark as light not strong enough through 2 layer of fabric.
Just a warning to others don't iron or spray if you want marks to stay.

I have planned to get a quilt on the LA. Edges have bias all around so I thought I would add a border to stabilize it.

Now the quilt is bigger than the planned backing material so I am going shopping for new backing.:D

This is what I call planning!
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Like Grann of 6, I have been making a double slice layer cake quilt. I am using Moda's Beacon Cove layer cakes. Yesterday, I sewed together 81 blocks. Today, before early church, I pressed my border fabrics. My goal today is to add two borders, make the binding and the backing so that I can get it to the LAQ on Monday.

qb and I have managed to finish cutting out and I have half of the triangles pieced so back to strip sewing and triangle cutting.

Sounds like everyone is very busy! Now that I'm back from church, I'll have to start working on something. I'm not sure how far I'm going to get because the Yankees play at 1:05 though :) and the tv is not in my sewing room.

Everyone has such nice projects going! I wanted to sew yesterday but got waylaid by a new kitten. It was being drug across the yard by a male cat. Poor baby has puncture wounds on head and body. Had to make a run to town to get kitten milk. He is so tiny he really can't even walk yet - it is more of a crawl. His name in Ohno.

I just finished grocery shopping. I am going to have lunch and then start quilting. It is cool and rainy here in jersey so it is perfect weather to wrap one in a quilt and sew.

I forgot to join in yesterday, but I've been piecing a Christmas Log Cabin quilt all weekend. I'm now putting the rows of blocks together. I have no camera available today, but the colors are muted reds, greens, tans, golds, and khakis. It looks very vintage. I don't know what I'm going to back it with yet...maybe a golden tan calico print.

~ Cindy

Just read the invitation today, but I am (and have been) in. I've been fmqing for the past 3 days. Now it's time to square up and put the binding on this quilt for my DSIL. Just in time. Found out this morning she has a malignant tumor on her kidney. Was planning to take this quilt when I visit late next month. Better get it done and mail it. They'll take the kidney and that's supposed to get rid of the cancer, so no chemo. Hope this quilt brings her comfort.

Shirley, your quilt is lovely.

Thank you Raggiemom. It's been fun making it.

A very lovely quilt and my best to your sister. What is written on the edge of the quilt? I can't read the whole saying. I love the personalization.
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at post #53: A very lovely quilt and my best to your sister. What is written on the edge of the quilt? I can't read the whole saying. I love the personalization.
peace

Around the edge is a children's hymn from my childhood titled I Have a Garden by Maryhale Woolsey. It wouldn't all fit on, but I used most of the second verse, "I have a garden, a secret garden, Where tho'ts like flowers grow day by day; 'Tis I must choose them, and tend and use them, And cast all wrong ones like weeds away. Goodness and love are seeds that I sow, God up above will help me I know..."

We've been waiting a week for the results of DSILs tests, and about the time I started fmqing this hymn started singing in my head and set the fmq rhythm. The words fit because DSIL has sown goodness and love so I chose to use the hymn in the outer border.

Thanks for the kind words and for asking about the words.

Shirley how beautiful is your quilt? I am sure your DSIL will love it. I am praying for her to get a good outcome from her surgery.

Well my qb has gone home but she is really pleased with what she achieved. I am taking a break and catching up with the quilting board. I have managed to cut all the triangles and have completed 2 blocks so have 10 to go. Hope to get them done this evening. I am useless at posting pictures but will really try as I love the fabrics of this quilt. I bought it as a kit from Connecting Threads and am making it to raffle for a charity but I am really loving it and want to keep it!

Yesterday I took a 'Buggy Barn' quilt class two hours from home. Today I am continuing to make the blocks. I am chaining the blocks together, so I only have one block completed so far. Here is my lone block. It's going to have snowballs in the corners.

Company gone__ Pressed the base blocks for a D9P I constructed yesterday...Now to recut and get them put together again..Hoping to get the top mostly done today, so I can get hand quilting on it tomorrow

I just saw this invitation... I've been putting together a quilt top all weekend, for a wedding gift for a June 1st wedding. Here are photos of my progress. I hope to get the top totally together today. This is a Bento Box quilt.

The first two photos show my piecing in stages from yesterday... and the third is where I am today.

I am about done for the day. Expecting company after dinner, so need to straighten up a bit and fix my dinner. I will continue on my stuff tomorrow. Everyone did a fantastic job. I didn't get enough done to post pics of anything.

sewbizgirl, loe the quilt!

It is 10.30pm here so I think I will call it a day. have managed to piece 6 blocks and the other 6 just need one seam, I may do them before I go to bed. Then tomorrow I will trim the blocks and put them into rows. Sewbizgirl, love your colours. Thanks everyone for your company hopefully I will be able to post a picture tomorrow of the completed top.

Thanks to all who joined me this weekend! I hope you all accomplished a lot :)

I have not been posting but have been sewing! Here's a top from a FQ pack that I could not resist. I wanted a jumble of color so I made a Turning 12. I also made four blocks for another quilt that I will post a little later. Didn't get as much done as I wanted but I did get something done, so that's good.

I have gotten a few more squares quilted. I still have a few hours before I go to bed. Dishes are done, laundry is in and there are a couple of shows that I want to watch so off to quilt some more.

About time for me to quit for the day. All 130 HSTs are seamed for the center of the quilt top. Now calculating the sashing and borders hoping I have enough fabric for each.

Tomorrow is another free day so I will try to cut and sew all 3 borders.

I always enjoy a Virtual Quilt Day as I work more and still follow everyone else's progress. See ya next time.

Paper piecing takes me forever. I spent several hours sewing and this is all I have to show for it.

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wow....love the colors!!! nice!

I sewed all day today, but don't feel like I got much accomplished. I had to re-make 3 blocks for this quilt, so that's probably the cause. And I did get about 1/2 the sashings attached, although that's not shown in this picture. I really want to finish this part of the top before the weekend, because I'm going to a retreat and plan to work on the borders while I'm there.

Tomorrow is a holiday here (and it is supposed to rain), so I hope to continue my "virtual quilt weekend" for another day.

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gorgeous! I'm going to do one of these some day.

oh, my gosh, everyone's work looks fabulous!

Entire D9P top pieced. I wish I had the fabric for the backing, so I could get it sandwiched tonight...Guess that will be for tomorrow...Feel very accomplished this weekend..Thanks so much for the company! Hoping I can get my phone camera working again to post a picture of the top! The DD I am making it for loved it...

finished the main part of baby quilt, went to put borders on and realized the fabric was completely wrong for the rest of the blocks. Made a speed run for fabric, now need to pre-wash it in case it shrinks since the rest of the fabric was prewashed. Guess I'm at a standstill till tomorrow.

Finally got the camera to work..Here is the D9P top with all the piecing done...Now a back and I can start hand quilting


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No pics, but got done what I set out to do! Blanket finished for my military reservist at work and baby top quilted and binding sewn - just needs to be turned and I'm done!! Yay - thanks for the motivation!

I said I had four blocks done for another quilt but then I finished another one so now I have five. I'm posting what I've done so far. Just 7 more to go. It's a Cozy Quilt Shop pattern called Sassy Squares. My daughter requested it. I love VQD - I always get so much done!

Krista, what's the pattern you're using? I love your blocks!