I am curious about what everyone is working on. I love to chat with quilters about works-in-progress and recently completed works. I'm sure this topic has been done before, but there are some specific questions I would like to ask. I'm a writer and English teacher--it's what I do so indulge me, please.

Here are my questions: What do you hope the project will look like? Colors? Size? Which techniques are you using? How will it be used--bed quilt, art, table topper, etc. Who is it for? Why are you making it? Is it a gift, to celebrate a special occassion, or just for fun? Approximately how much will it cost? How did you come up with the idea? What will you write on the label--other than your name, the date, size and title. What is the title of the project? Did I miss anything?

I am working on way to many at once. Then I just started a few more. I'm nuts. I was starting to get my UFO pile down and I guess I felt naked. I had to add a few more. It must be that comfort zone. I am today going to work on a quilt called
"No guilt quilt". I started it last week and wanted to hang it in my kitchen so I put everything away to work on it. Its in to many pieces right now for pictures but its by Possibilities.
Hopefully I'll be able to get pictures in the next few days. :shock:

I work on a lot a time too. I currently have 3 wedding gifts and 2 quilts for kids that I will work on this weekend. They are in various stages of doneness. One wedding gift only needs the label, another just a tiny bit more quilting then binding and label, another wedding gift is just blocks at the moment.
The two quilts for kids are sandwiched and waiting for quilting.
I have a dozen others that are WIPS, most of them just need the quilting done!

I'm working on two quilts using tiger panels. After much deliberation and an equal amount of fabric shopping, I narrowed the colors to blacks and browns. I ended up buying so much fabric trying to decide on a color scheme that I have enough for at least two quilts so I decided to give them both to my grandson who requested tigers for his quilt. The size will be approximately twin size. They'll probably be used for his bed. The techniques that I'm using are strip piecing, half square triangles, flying geese and (hopefully) some fancy free motion quilting. I'm also using some of the fabric I rejected for the front to do a pieced back using tube quilt method on one of the quilts. I didn't keep track of the cost. Maybe it's just as well since it would probably be more than I'd like. :)

One quilt is sandwiched and ready to quilt. The other needs to have the back completed.

I'm making a Grandmothers Flower Garden quilt. The flowers are red, white and blue with while hexagons all around. It will be lap size as a gift for my (ex) mother in law's 92nd surprise birthday party. She was the one who inspired me to quilt and now she is unable to. I'm calling it inspiration. Oh its English paper piecing!

I made some blocks for a swap, but had to pull out do to some unforeseen circumstances. In the end, I finished the blocks - they are brown and raspberry color with circles and spikes. They have been speaking to me: We want to be a box of chocolates and we want to go to a friend's house. So I bought some very light fabric to make sashing (the box) and I plan to use the brown and raspberry for the borders. No idea how big - I NEVER manage to plan a size. My quilts always end up how they end up. Proportional and pretty (I think). SO wish me luck on my low-calory chocolate treat.

I'm working on a PP double wedding ring in red and white for my sister and her husband. It will be a little bigger than a twin size, but every few days I start thinking they really only need a couple of placemats. And then I take a breath, rip some stitches and get going again. :)

I, too am working on several projects at once. I have to put border on a Quilt of Honor and get that ready to send out, I have to wait till my order from Jhiddle comes in with buttons to cover to complete my Bow Tucks Bag, I also had enough fabric left from that kit to make the small version of Bow Tucks Tote, my own calculations (oh Boy!) and I have 3 other projects that are cleaning out some of my scraps. Once I have something completed, I will post pictures. Oh, and I also finished quilting my friend's quilt top that I had posted a couple weeks ago asking for suggestions on how to quilt it. I need to post that, too.
Busy, Busy. I love retirement!!!!!

Love to chat about all hobbies, well 4 me it's not quilting this time it's sewing 2 blouses 4 my mother I have not much time I began late so I bout 2 skirts ready made
I told her I am late she answer if you made them long time a go they will be oooooooooooooold ;) ;-) ;) They r gifts She asked me to do a new clothes
Other questions regard a quilts .

I have 2 projects going right now. The 1st is Grandmother's Flower Garden using the EPP method - all hand pieced and will be hand quilted. The center is complete and I am starting on the borders. I don't know how big it will be - hopefully queen size. I started this quilt in March when I had to pack up my sewing room because we were moving. This quilt will be for me, it is blue and white, I think I will make pillow shams and dresser scarves to match. I bought the fabric so long ago I don't remember where I got it --- it took all this time to figure out what to do with it.

The 2nd project is actually 2 quilts that I am making for my GDs for Christmas gifts. They are hemmed hexagons (a.k.a. Hickory Nuts) This fabric I purchased a few months ago planning to make the Yellow Brick Road pattern with it. I put one together and hated it ---- so change of plan. LOL. The backing fabric (shell) is the same for both quilts, I'm using 10 different (bright) fabrics for the inside (the nuts) and plan to put the label on the front in one of the hexagons. The labels will have my GD's names on them so they will know which one is theirs. I need about 200 hexagons and have over 100 made. I started this project this week and should finish by next weekend. I needed a break from the GFG project but wanted to do something quick that wouldn't turn into a UFO.

My good old machine that I used to machine quilt broke over the winter. I wanted to buy a good new machine, but our moving expenses took the money I had saved for a machine. I have a basic not-so-hot machine that is ok for piecework so I can do the hemmed hexagons and that way they are already quilted, so problem solved! I see a lot of hemmed hexagon quilts or other quilt as you go projects in my future! LOL.

Thanks for asking --- it was nice to share.

I'm working on 3 BOM's, 1 Thangles BuckaBlock, 2 old BOMs, a quilt that's from the scraps of someone else's quilt, an Attic Window, a DP9 (hate it btw), and a couple of others.

I am working on the 9 patch project. There are 90 plus joined up now. Great. I am doing simple blocks as I want to master the machine. I am a handsewer.

I'm working on a placemat & table runner set - the spinning stars
http://www.craftandfabriclinks.com/s.../placemat.html


I'll be picking it up again on Wednesday when a few people from my sewing group are getting together...

Right now I need to finish a tote bag for a friend's birthday. It's sort of a scrappy squares front with reds and blues to finish it. Hopefully it will be done today. Next week I'd like to start Grace's Spools quilt. I ordered a Canning Day stack from Connecting Threads so I'll have to wait for it to arrive. If it takes awhile, I'll start a fall table runner for another friend's birthday.

Connecting Threads is super fast!

Good News! Thanks

You asked so manny questions I forgot the first few by the time I got to the middle and by the end I gave up trying so I will just scrole up and down the page.
First I am working on the Santa swap and the nine patch progect, and a few odds and end just so I don't get bored.
I am hoping they all look like I knew what I was doing when I'm done! Colors For each progect Verry acording to rules of group.for instance santa swap is Christmas colors, and nine patch progect is limited mostly to my stash. bord progects are mostly my stash as well but never limited in color.why am I doing them?I need to unleash my creativity and My fabric can take the hit!I want my nine patch progect to become a quilt and I am starting my christmas sewing and will decide who gets what later (more like who would want it more later)I have never done a label.

I've got 2 log cabins going (one blue and black and the other Sherlock Holmes themed), a double Irish Chain (Alice in Wonderland themed) and a Periodic Table going... and I have one other cut up and ready to go.

Sherlock Holmes themed? That sounds interesting!

I am quilting a king size teapot quilt in red, blue, pink and green.

I am piecing a scrappy quilt out of the scraps left over from my farmers market quilt. It will be full size with pinwheels and a four patch block.

I have a vintage sheet quilt in the gathering blocks stage.

And of course I have at least 6 or so projects working in my head in varies design stages.

I'm printing the centers with Sherlock Holmes/detective pictures. Its colors are white, green, blue with a touch of purple. I should have the top done by early next week.

I'm right there with you with the projects designed in my head :)

I am working on a quilt for my Mother. It started with my mother selecting the fabric. The colors are teal, raspberry (?), and cream. In my mind I was thinking of a simple repetitive block design, but when I was showing designs to her from my quilting books - she didn't like any of them.

In the end she found something she liked. The down side was that there was no pattern, and the design is complex (well for me anyway). It's a modified mariners compass.

I have drafted the pattern myself and paper pieced it. Part of the challenge was that I bought the fabric first (which are now no longer available) - so had to layout the fabrics into the design based on what I had. Quite tricky - and by the way - I don't recommend others doing that.

Have just finished working out what designs I will use for the quilting. It will be hand quilted. Finished size will be approximately 60" square. I'm hoping that she uses it for either a bed topper, or a throw over the back of the lounge suite.

This quilt is to celebrate 2 things; how fantastic my mother is, and her upcoming 65th birthday. I've had quite a rough patch over the last few years, and she has been there supporting me.

The label will attempt to describe all that she means to me (yes - hard to think of words to encapsulate that). As yet I haven't been inspired by a name for it - I think they will come as I work on the quilting.

I just finished quilting a twin flannel North Pole Plaid quilt (just finished it 10 minutes ago) and I am ready to put the binding on it. The back is a golf fabric and I think I will save it for my son for Christmas.

This morning I finished the top of another flannel quilt called "Flannel Flair". I will donate this one to Family Services for their annual auction.

I have 3 placemats left to put the binding on - also a gift.

My next new project will either be "September Sun" or "Swish" bargello. Oh, I forgot that I have a baby quilt cut out that I will probably finish first.

My next quilt is a wedding gift with orchids and a water theme,with rippled quilting. The bride is getting a PhD in water conservation and is using potted orchids instead of cut flowers. Wall hanging. Not too big. Have to buy the cloth soon.

I have a couple of projects lined up: 1) a train themed quilt that is for an order. It was hard to find those fabrics!! Whew!! 2) I have a King size log cabin variation in process for DH and my bed. I have been working on it off and on for about 4 months. I think it's boring. 3) I have a donation quilt to do in child fabrics in the D9P pattern. 4) I have to start some blocks to teach from. 5) I just finished my June doll quilt swap quilt, and now I will start my July one.

OK, anyone have a project I can help with???? :thumbup: :roll:

I ususally have more than one going. For example I am restoring a baby quilt for a friend and making one for me sister. I am getting the fabric together for one for a co worker.

I am working on charity quilts right now. They are lap size quilts made with fabric donated to one of my friends. We are cutting 5 1/2 inch and 61/2 inch squares and sewing the squares into row, nothing fancy. Today at work I kept thinking about two little wall hangings I have almost finished and how nice they would look in my cubicle. SO now I have to finish them I guess!

Current WIP is an appliqued quilt for my daughter. It's a blend of several different patterns that has a beach theme. Flip-flops, beach balls, sunglasses, ice cream cone. All set together with hot pink and lime green sashing. (DD's request, not my choice LOL) I have more stacked up behind it. A large stack of flannel patiently waiting to be recieving blankets and burpies. Then different DD wants butterflies and dragonflies.

I'm working on a pattern out of the currrent Fabric Trends magazine. It's Called English Mannor I think. It has a basket in the center, with log cabin blocks surronding it, with 9 patches in the corners. All in reproduction fabrics. All the blocks are peiced, just have to put it all together. Already picked out the borders. I fell in love with the pattern in the store and just had to make it. It will be a wall hanging. My goal this summer is to reduce my stash, and use only what I already have. I may have to buy thread, but nothing else.
I think I'll hang it in my sewing room.

Well now let's see..My daughter and I took a class called "Trip for Two to Boston". We made two quilt tops, one for her and one for me. She cut and I sewed. I provided the materials from my stash. They are rainbow colors. When we started some of the other participants rolled their eyes but when we finished there were lots of oohs and aahs. Mine starts with purple in the middle and goes through the rainbow to red on the outside. Hers starts with red in the middle and ends with the purple on the outside. I quilted the center of mine a couple of weeks ago but haven't decided what I want to quilt in the borders so it's a WIP. Also have a couple of windmill wall quilts going, several crumb block projects, 3 pink and green quilt tops made entirely from my stash,and several others I can't think of right now. Also am crocheting a very large tablecloth in pineapple and spider web pattern for my daughter's antique oak round table. I'm always working on "Nebraska" knitted stocking caps for babies at our local hospital.I like having a variety of things to work on so I don't get tired on working on just one.

I'm cutting 3" strips to make a strip quilt. I've never made one and have seen so many beautiful strip quilts on this board. I have so many black and white scraps from a quilt I made and one that my neighbor made (she gave me her scraps).I'v been drooling over the strip quilts now it's time to get busy making one. When I'm tired of a quilt I'm making I usually make some machine embroidery blocks to have on hand for baby quilts when needed. I usually make one quilt at a time and don't start another until it's finished. I love making scrappy quilts.

As soon as a doll quilt and tablerunner are done and maybe a few more siggy blocks, I have a fun kit I purchased recently I want to make. It is a watermelon quilt.

I am working on an appliqued quilt that I will give to my great niece. It will be single bed size. Seeing she is only 1 year old that gives me plenty of time to finish it. It has fabrics that I received when I renewed my subsctiption to a quilting magazine. It has appliqued flowers and hearts on it. I am machine piecing but am hand sewing buttonhole stitch around the flowers and will hand quilt. So far so good.

Chocolate, cream, and blue (kinda)argyle baby quilt. I hope to get the top done tomorrow. I qill post pictures when its done!

I'm working on three lap size Qt. Size ? I'm still working on sewing patches into block. In the planning stage, I planed on 4" w/ 2" sashing and 6" w/ 2" sashing, squa in a squa, finish blk cut diangle with like size sewed together, cutting stage two days later forgot seam allounce. little mistake kept forgetting what was planed what I was doing. I forgot to write in my journal. I have 6 UFOs in bags waithing tobe sandwitch. Cutting table to low causes back. When in pain I forget. But that is my life. Quilting relaxes me.

I have just finished quilting 3 tops and one cheater. I have one more to quilt. I am also working on a quilt for my son it is the Bonnie Hunter Scrappy Bargello. I have 62 fabrics in right now.

I must pace myself, being a newbe and all.
But with me learning and all, py project #1 a potholder, which is finished, not bad, but I didn't do the corners right(finish them)
#2 a doll quilt
#3 block of the month
I just finished designing what I am going to "create for the doll quilt and the blkock of the month , I want it to be simple especially for a beginner.

and here I am doing math! sheesh!

Oh my, along with the rest of you, I also have several WIP's.Finally got around to cleaning up sewing room today,and wouldn't you know it, there's a floor!!
Ok, back to the subject, I found, 3 unfinished table runners, there are two baby boy car quilts ready to be sandwiched and quilted, a half quilted throw for 2nd DD, it's alittle bit of everything, applique, hand quilting, machine quilting and machine piecing. And then there's the half completed cot quilt, and several started queen size pieced tops. Seems like I'll be busy for the next few months.

I just finished another signature quilt for a wedding