Conchalea

I've been absent for a few weeks, visiting friends & working on the tee shirt quilt for the husband of my late riding friend. With the borders, the top is 72" X 90". I put a few smaller decals with the large ones & still had a small gap. I searched through my patches from a long-running ride to benefit breast cancer. I found the one from 2018, the last ride she was able to actually ride. She came to the 2019 ride but wasn't physically able to do the ride. I added the 2018 patch because she was one of the main organizers for that ride so it was appropriate. The process of putting the top together was sad but may help me cope better with her death. I have had to buy stabilizer & fabric for binding, borders, & the backing. But since most of it will be used, I won't count it as stash.
I did use stash to complete an art quilt for the friend I visited during August. My phone won't let me resize (or I can't figure out how to do it!) Its a wall hanging, about 55" square. I'll try to figure out how to post it.

retiredteacher09

Conchalea: It sounds like you are making great progress on your tee shirt quilt. It will be greatly appreciated.

I downloaded a picture resizing app for my phone. I have an iPhone and the app is called ‘resizePhotos’ which is appropriate I guess.

Conchalea

Connie, sadly I have an android-type phone. Bleh. I have to wait almost 2 years before I can go back to an iPhone. I transferred the photos to my computer so I uploaded the pic of my art quilt to the UFO thread.

Iceblossom

Break time! I'm putting together the back for the Post Card quilt. I'm using large scale prints and panels that weren't used in the top. One of the panels is so terribly skewed that no amount of tugging or blocking or anything else was going to save it other than chop it into small bits or use it in a back, so I tried to do the best possible squared edges or else it would make big billows in the back. When Walmart had the $1 a yard sale, I bought a large piece of yardage with globes and such on it. Almost all of it will be used in the back, will have maybe half a yard left so I consider that now out of stash

Hubby is starting his bowling league today, my goal is to have the back done by the time he is home. But of course I decided to use a piece of fabric that wasn't prewashed yet -- it's on the spin cycle now. Good excuse for lunch and some Quilting Board

Edit: No grandbaby yet. When he missed the 5th, and then missed the outrageous lightening storm we had, I'm figuring the 10th sounds good. I know it will sound good to the son and DDiL.

Iceblossom

Woohoo! Just got word, baby born this morning via c-section after some 35 hours of trying. Welcome to the world Leon Mateo. Everyone is doing well, but DDiL is worn out -- no doubt! I'm ready to go and meet Leon but will try and contain myself and hope to see them tomorrow.

Finished up the postcard back yesterday, here's a picture of it and a picture of the border corners folded into the middle since I couldn't figure out a better way to take the picture. Each corner is a different fabric, in the center of each side is a 5th fabric. The batik map of Indonesia was a thrift store find, I think a whole $1.99. The globe/atlas fabric was one of my Walmart $1.00/yard buys.

retiredteacher09

Congratulations on the birth of your grandson. So exciting!

Fun quilt.

Conchalea

Exciting news, Iceblossom! Your quilt is great.

SusieQOH

Iceblossom, wonderful news!
Our granddaughter is making her entrance tomorrow, also via C-section. We're flying out on Friday to see her. How will I ever be able to leave???
Enjoy that darling boy!!!!!!!!!

grann of 6

Congratulations on the grandbabies, ladies. My grandbabies are all grown up, and I miss them dearly.

I am excited that my quilting buddy is coming for a mini-retreat till Saturday. And another quilting buddy may come over to "play in my sandbox" too. We will be doing lots of sewing, and prepping some of her tops for the longarm. And tomorrow we will head out Lancaster direction to pick out some blue solidish fabric to use as a border for my Porelain Blue rail fence top. I have backing for it, and fabric for a wider border, but it just needs some blue. None of what I have on hand works. I will buy what I need and no more, unless I can find a good crackle or marble to add to the stash for future projects. I have done quite well on using up stash, still a long way to go, but progress is progress, no matter how miniscule.

joe'smom

Congratulations Iceblossom and SusieQ!