Virtual Quilting Weekend--Dec 20-22, 2019
 

Welcome to VQW. What are you working on this weekend? Last minute Christmas finishes? Cleaning out and organizing your room in anticipation of inventory sales after Christmas? Are you really prepared and starting gifts for next year? Maybe you're trying to get just one more UFO completed before 2020 starts. Whatever you're working on, please join us and share. I plan to work on BOM and BOW to hopefully catch up. However, it is my husband's 50th birthday tomorrow so will probably have to spend some time with him!

The next regular VQW will be January 14-17, 2020. If there is enough interest, I will do a virtual quilting day on New Year's Day.

How lovely! Just when I needed some support in my quilting.

During the last weekend I was working on the "Cherry Goose" quilt I've been tracking in this thread:
https://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f...ml#post8341428

I put it together wrong, took it apart and put it back together, that's the post linked. Have decided to go exactly with the border shown. Because the large cherry print is directional, I'll be cutting the long borders from the long length of the fabric, but full width is still too short for the top/bottom so those will have to be pieced.

I'm doing the Bonnie Hunter Frolic mystery, but it's not enough for a week's worth of quilting, so I've decided to do another variation of the Cherry Goose but with very different fabrics and look. So that's what I'll be starting this weekend. The fabrics are washed and ready to go, slicing and dicing comes first. Oh, and fussy cutting. Of course I have to take a very simple project and make it harder.

well, darn! Have son's family showing up Sat. night for the whole week so basically won't be getting any sewing or quilting done all week! Know I'll have withdrawal! Oldest g-son will be bunking in my sewing room, may get a little quilting done but likely I'll be joined by the 5 & 6 yr old g-sons in the basement. they do go to the other grandma's (although sleeping here) a few times, so maybe I'll sew then.

I will be sewing pillowcases for my great grandchildren for Christmas. I'm running behind because I had a car accident and have been having way too many doctor/dentist appointments. I think I'm pretty free tomorrow and Saturday, though being in a wheelchair does slow things down.

Happy VQW everyone! I have a family gathering Saturday, but I am immersed in several projects right now. Clue 4 of the Bonnie Hunter mystery comes out today and I am also working on a crazy project with 2 friends - the Omigosh quilt! For that one, I need to cut 3200 2" squares... we're talking crazy train here folks! Woowoo!

Irishrose2, sorry to hear about your accident but I hope your recovery has a positive outcome.

Thank you Raggiemom for hosting VQW. It is a perfect (chilly) weekend to hangout in my sewing room. Other than BH’s mystery (oh yeah and the Bernina Sugaridoo QAL) I don’t have any UFO’s or projects to catch up on so I may just load some old sheets on my LA and practice FMQ this weekend. I am also gearing up for my New Year’s deep clean and organizing of my sewing studio.

QuiltingVagabond, I’ve seen pictures of the Omigosh quilt...you are talking crazy. LOL

No sewing for me this weekend! I packed up the last of my "user" machines this morning and DH and I will be heading out with the truck, small trailer and my loaded RAV for our first load. We are scheduled to close at 10, and since we're over an hour away we wanted to take the first load with us. This afternoon we'll be picking up a large enclosed trailer for moving furniture. My RAV can pull the little one so we're hoping to get most moved in the next three days.

I'll be checking this thread so I can enjoy everyone's progress! I'm already feeling like I'm going through sewing withdrawal!

Irishrose - I hope you continue to heal and feel better. Seems the older we get, it take so much longer to recuperate.

I made an OMG quilt. I got sick of all the little pieces so put a big border on it!

Family will be arriving so I won’t be sewing. In fact I cleaned my sewing room from top to bottom this week. I even washed the curtains, windows , etc. I sweep often and was shocked at all of the lint.��. I have a bed in there so it may be needed. Mr. Peach (my sweet cat) sleeps there while I sew. I am not sure he will appreciate someone sleeping in his bed.

Irishrose, I hope you are recovering nicely and quickly. Take care.

Quilting vagabond I bought the pattern for OMG. I am thinking of using 30’s fabrics and really good unbleached muslin.

Macy baby I hope your move goes smoothly. You made me really think before I start OMG. I do get a bit bored with so many little pieces and repetition. I recently finished Pam Buda’s “Circa1880”. It wasn’t hard but it was intense.

I am sure I will be sewing on New Year’s Day when I am all alone again. Reggiemom thanks so much for hosting.❤️

these VQW's, it's great to know that there are so many of us in our quilting rooms working on something and the support is always awesome! :sew: :sew: :sew: <3 <3 <3

This weekend, I'm working on my two hexagon quilts, I've got one with one-inch hexies and another with 2-inch hexies. I've also got some organizing to do, the significant other surprised me with yet another cool addition to my quilting room, a beautiful chest with a lift-out drawer, I intend on using that for my tie-off supplies, put my yarn, crochet thread, needles, thimbles, finger grips and such inside.

I'm also super excited to be getting some new acrylic templates this weekend from Sew Easy (diamonds), I received a $20 gift card from Amazon and ordered those plus some new heat erase pens. I've got a few more scraps in my stash that I can play around with the templates, I fell in love with Shar Jorgensen's Grandmother's Flower Garden pattern, so I've got to get used to sewing diamonds with 'Y' seams before I actually put it on my quilt.

Naturally, pictures will be posted later, I've got to let my rechargeable batteries hang out in the charging station before I start snapping pictures.

Super excited, and yes, thanks to Raggiemom for hosting!! Oh, New Year's Day VQD would be fun, I'm in!

I'm afraid I am out for this one way to much going on and with my not being well, I am in a whirlwind of trying to play catch up. This morning I am off to the nursing home to spend a holiday with my mother. Saturday I have another commitment and Sunday busy doing other last minute things to get the house fixed up. I will have to catch the next one.

I may get a change to sew on Sunday. Tonight I'm baking and cleaning and tomorrow is a full day with daughter, walking the dog, shopping, watching a Christmas movie, and doing the drive at night to see local light displays. Have fun everyone.

I hope to sew a little bit. Yesterday my DH golfed out of town so I went in the sewing room and cleaned and organized. I put away all of my fabrics in bins and put some items in bins that I want to work on after the holiday. I even found my glue gun that I has been missing for about 2 months! Who would have thought that it was in a box with my templates!!!
I got done with making neighbor gifts and delivered and now just want to get back to regular sewing. Hoping to cut out some 2 1/2" squares out of fabrics a friend gave me as she is moving and gave away tons of her stash--yeah for me!!

I hope to sew a little bit. Yesterday my DH golfed out of town so I went in the sewing room and cleaned and organized. I put away all of my fabrics in bins and put some items in bins that I want to work on after the holiday. I even found my glue gun that I has been missing for about 2 months! Who would have thought that it was in a box with my templates!!! It is the "not me ghost" living here!!
I got done with making neighbor gifts and delivered and now just want to get back to regular sewing. Hoping to cut out some 2 1/2" squares out of fabrics a friend gave me as she is moving and gave away tons of her stash--yeah for me!!

I am going to try to make a Quilted Hug from that project, you can google it if you are interested, it is a pay-it-forward project. I have my strips cut and set them out last night, but then went back and watched the video again, and may rethink how I will sew them together today.

Thank you Raggiemom for hosting. I'd like to join in with two Christmas panels I'm trying to get finished by Sunday night so they can be displayed for Christmas. Sorry to hear others aren't feeling well :( Hope everyone feels better soon.

Taking a computer break between steps of the Bonnie Hunter mystery, usually I save my trimming to do at my small group but no group on Christmas Eve next week so I'm adding it to the steps today. The other mystery is where did I put the Cherry Goose quilt top? Can't be too far, I just had it out. Most likely in my work bag but I haven't looked there yet. It wasn't in the sewing, living or bed rooms though.

Hope everyone is doing well, it's hard to believe that the end of the year is almost upon us. Or at least it's hard for me to believe! It just seems to be racing to a close.

Thanks for hosting Raggiemom!

Irish Rose- sorry to hear about your accident. I hope you have a speedy recovery.

Today I got one UFO bound, just need to hand stitch the corners closed. I've got another partly basted, but ran out of basting spray- so tomorrow will be a trip to Joann to pick up some more.

Rob

Oh boy, VQW. Prayers and travel mercies for Macybaby moving in the winter. Speedy recovery for Irish Rose. I'll be working on two dream panels trying to use up my stash. I think it is going well.

No white Christmas for us in Northern Indiana. Supposed to be 43 degrees on Christmas. No ice fishing.

Thanks for hosting, Heather! Yes, I have a Christmas quilt I need to finish. I'm getting a bit panicky that I won't be able to make my deadline.

Two pillowcases in the mail. My youngest daughter came by to take them. Our post office is a lovely historical building, but far from handicapped accessible. Several more finished, just need the final pressing with even more cut out. Standing to cut isn't easy, but I will space it out. I will be fine, but four weeks non weight bearing (one foot) is tough in Northern Michigan. I have some concerns that the new narrower fabrics aren't making a wide a pillowcase as the older width. I think they will be barely big enough.

Rose, I'm so sorry about your car accident! I didn't know. If you mentioned it, I missed it, and I do pray you heal quickly and thoroughly. It must've been a doozy if you can't bear weight for a month!

My daughter was in an accident today. Her worst fear--having an accident with her nanny kids (two toddler girls) . They were three blocks from home, on the way to the mall to play, when a lady ran a stop sign and hit her. Everyone is fine--my daughter is feeling sore from tensing up and the seatbelt hurt her abdomen, but the girls weren't fazed. They kept chatting and smiling. The lady said she was coming from divorce court and was unfamiliar with the city and was very apologetic. My daughter felt sorry for her.

As for the VQW, I think I've done all the sewing I'm going to do. My second son, who is about to become a daddy, is already thinking like a daddy and it's so heartwarming. He's only 28 (been married since 22) but so mature. When I texted him to ask what he wanted for Christmas, he said he couldn't think of anything but "anything off our baby registry would be awesome. Or, if you want to contribute what you'd spend on me to his college fund, I opened an account for the little guy."

Third son (17) works at a Chinese restaurant. He made me laugh out loud when he texted on his work break this evening. As if I haven't already spent the better part of 2 months sewing inventory for my craft fair, and baby items for the grandson in utero, and Christmas gifts for family (not to mention wrapping, cleaning, shopping, yada yada)...he writes "Hey Mom, just got my secret Santa name..it's my boss... he's got knee problems so I was wondering if you could make him a rice therapy bag...in Asian fabric?" Bwahahaha! Flattering that he thinks I have superpowers. I have no Asian fabric, not enough rice to fill the bag, and no time to sew something for his boss! :D
If my son would like to trek into JoAnn tomorrow, more power to him. Let him pick it out, pay for it, and make the thing. He knows how to sew. And he's thoughtful--I mean, to take note of his boss's knee problems and seek to give a pain-relieving gift. I'm touched.

I might--but it'll take a stroke of amazing grace--make a stocking for my Nigerian son-in-law in the colors of his home flag. A person who wishes to remain anonymous sent me a yard of fabric, having no idea that I wanted to make the emerald green and white stocking. The fabric she sent is an emerald green solid!

Anyway, my next post will show picture of the receiving blanket and matching pair of burp cloths in the nursery colors, plus a single burp in lamb fabric for my grandlamb.

I’m in! Thanks for hosting, raggiemom!

I had fabric left from two Christmas table runners I made earlier this week so I made a couple of small table toppers for friends. I ran out of silver metallic thread half way through the machine quilting so it’s off to Joann’s tomorrow for some more. After I finish quilting the toppers, I hope to get started on a quilt with a new layer cake. I might make a hexie pattern quilt with it. Not sure yet.

I hope everyone who is ill or recovering from injuries feels better soon. It’s tough enough dealing with all that without holidays mixed in. :hug:

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I’m in for sewing New Year’s Day.

Thank you for hosting this fun VQW weekend. I’m going to start quilting (maybe complete) a m/c batik triangle scrappy large twin for my niece. If I have time sew binding on a red scrappy quilt for my BIL. On Sunday I plan to quilt a train top after I sew a backing to fit. It’s a throw. When I get tired, work on steps 1-3 of BHMQ - Frolic. That should keep me busy. On Sunday I want to bake cookies to mail out Monday. I consider them holiday cookies. I’ll post pics as I finish projects. On Monday I plan to finish a rwb top and quilt the project.

Rose we I hope you are feeling better and don’t miss too much sewing time.

So glad to know others are in a sewing mode this weekend like I am. So thank you for hosting this VQW. But I am not quilting per se. For me it's embroidery. My eldest daughter is a 5th grade teacher, and every year since I bought the machine I have made embroidered book marks for each student. Each one takes about an hour, if the thread cooperates and doesn't break every few feet. But they are all (29) done and delivered.

This year a friend of mine introduced me to the joys of reading pillows for kids. They are so much fun to make = and being a very big advocate of reading to children and have them read too these are great. I have been making these pillows for small children and new parents. One friend I made a couple for her daughters loved them and asked me to make some for Christmas presents. She needed 6 - so I had her buy the fabric, the pillow forms, and the zippers. We picked out some sayings together and I ended up making 8. Those were made in November and the first week of Dec. but I found more designs and this week made 3 more for my niece and nephew (both 10) and one for my sister.

And now it's dish towels for a friend of my other daughter. My DD works for group homes and they have been trying to wean off the constant use of paper towels, so every season/holiday I have embroidered dishtowels for them to use. One of the house parents asked if I would make a few more for her to give as gifts. She ordered the towels on Amazon and had them delivered to me and I currently making 20 dish towels. Almost done - I have 15 done and 5 more to go. And that is what I have set to do with this weekend.

Hello everyone - sounds like we’re all in for a busy weekend one way or another!

I’ll be quilting when I can this weekend. I’m making disappearing 4 patch blocks for the first time from a pile of scrappy 5” squares. Each block will be different and I’m learning a lot about colour contrasts in the process. Can’t wait to see how this charity quilt is going to turn out.

Thanks for hosting VQW, Raggiemom. I spent all day yesterday sewing 5 inch 4 patches from red, white, & pink fabric given to me last week. Several squares were in the load of fabric & I cut the rest once I finished sorting my loot. Some of the original squares weren't *quite* 5 inches, so my 4 patches are finishing at 9 1/8 inches rather than 9 1/2. It's ok with me, as I'm adding sashing. I had some pink I could have used for the sashing, but it was a bit too much, so I'm using a neutral instead. Its calming the rather intense colors. I did have to add some dark red from my stash & have ended up with 49 4 patches. I haven't decided whether I will use a 7 X 7 layout or drop 1 square & use a 6 X 8. That's the nice thing about no specific pattern & scraps instead of yardage-I'm free to choose my size & layout, bound only by the amount of squares I have.

Had to LOL... love the 'Ouch"!!

I'm with you this weekend! My daughter gave me my first grandchild 2 weeks ago, a boy! I'm home for the weekend after spending 2 weeks with her helping out. So I'm sewing of course! I'm making a twin size quilt called Garden Gate Plaids. It's going to be gifted to Sleep in Heavenly Peace a ministry that makes beds for children in need.

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Getting ready for our Christmas (at our house) on Sunday. Then it is my turn for R&R. Christmas Eve-church and then peace and quiet. I've had company off and on all week.

Just finished this one
 

Just in time for Christmas. Now I'm ready to take a couple days before I start the baking!

I am in ufo reduction mode. I also need to straighten up my sewing area. I finished one ufo yesterday and I hope to finish at least two more by the end of tomorrow.

What I'm working on this morning is going to be finishing up the 2-inch hexies into a bar quilt of sorts. I'm having such a hard time finding the floral print that I'm putting that on the back burner, I have enough pieces to make a quilt that will go across the top of the bar, plus a couple of flowers will be converted into hot pads. It's not that often, but we do have guests that come for lunch or dinner and I use the bar to put all the dishes out to create a buffet.

The one-inch batik hexies, I just started a few days ago. I'm going to be using a path of black diamonds and triangles to bring them together. I'm not sure yet what size that one will be, I just love the batiks so much that I'm having fun just sewing hexies together, lol. The diamond templates will be here later today, once they show up I'm going to cut down some scraps into hexies and diamonds so I can get the technique down before I start in on the actual quilt, I won't have any black fabric until after the first of the year. [ATTACH=CONFIG]621115[/ATTACH]

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Thank you for starting this. It's been a while since I participated.

I love all the projects that have been started. I'm winding up packing and delivering Christmas presents, none of which are quilting themed. This year I made several jars of rainbow friendship soup mix -- they look so festive! And several baked items. So... this afternoon I'll be able to begin on the 4th clue of Bonnie Hunter's Frolic mystery. I also need to count the pieces in the first three steps as I think I might be missing some, so I can get caught up. If I have time I'll also quilt a couple of small quilts that have been on the shelf too long.

Railroaderbrat, I love your hexes! They are beautiful.

Will look for you all at New Year's... much too busy to sew before Christmas. Hope you all are well and have a Merry Christmas!

Someone asked me for the link to the Garden Gate Plaids quilt pattern so I thought I'd share it here. Scroll down a few messages to see photos I posted of the blocks for this quilt. It's a free pattern from Andover Fabrics.

I am still plugging away at my panel quilt "Serenity". Over 80 hours of quilting. Well, not quite, at least 3 of the 80 was spent taking out some quilting I wasn't happy with the tension. All those tiny pumpkins seeds (done on a 1/2" grid) had sporadic pokies of the bobbin thread which is white. So I ripped them all out and redid them. Much happier with them now.
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I am seeing light at the end of the tunnel. Not sure if I will finish this VQW but I will try. I have Monday off so the outlook is good.

All the projects are looking great!

I've managed to get one of the two Christmas panels finished. This one is for my daughter. This was my first time stitching with invisible thread for the FMQ, which was a bit of a challenge. I thought I'd try a window design, since it made sense to me that you could be inside, looking out at this scene. I played with the image and decided I didn't want any horizontal window frames, so this window design matches all the windows in our house since none of them have any horizontal framework.

Onward to the second panel. I've just got to spend some time reorganizing my dining room (read sewing room) to allow space for the Christmas tree.

It's been a very Christmassy crazy weekend! I baked up a huge batch of gingerbread cookies for the neighbors and the girls "helped" me ice them!
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I then put up our Christmas tree. I'll set up the Nativity Scene on
Christmas Eve, like we always do. We keep our Christmas decorations up until mid January. (Usually! Last year I was lazy and they stayed up until March!)
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I'm really pushing myself to finish this quilt gift so it can be washed, dried and wrapped under the tree for Christmas morning. It's for DH's Dutch cousin who came with her mom, DHs Aunty, for Christmas. Aunty is getting a quilt from me too. Thank heavens all that one needs still is a label.
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