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Conchalea that is perfect!
I should have a finish this week, I finished the quilting on this today and will clean up the threads tonight while we watch a movie. With luck tomorrow or Tuesday I will square it up and get the binding on. It's just a small lap quilt. |
@Conchalea and @Dedemac, great finishes! I love the RWB and samplers are always charming. https://cdn.quiltingboard.com/images/smilies/heart.gif
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Conchalea: A beautiful finish! Congratulations!
Dedemac: Great color combinations and design. |
Dedemac...a charming quilt!
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Dedemac, I like your color selection. The green pops!
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Originally Posted by Conchalea
(Post 8466370)
Here are some pictures of the RWB. K & her husband are holding it up. I used Donna Jordan's Hopscotch pattern for this top. I made 30 blocks, each is 16" X 20". I used all of my RWB 2.5" squares & all of my RWB fabric in this. I do have some flag fabric left from the back. I started this in 2019 I think, using the squares as leader-enders. Apparently I had a zillion of these RWB squares & I just kept making 4P. I then combined these into 16P, added the star points, and wanted a bit more on the blocks. So DJ's pattern was perfect for that little bit more. I used the 5 blocks on the back or this quilt would have been way too big to handle. K is waiting on an embroidery machine she ordered, which we plan to use to make a label for my son-in-law. He served in the navy & marines in the 80's so I wanted to honor his service.
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Dedemac.....very cool finish.. I love the small blocks down the center. Great sampler idea...
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Thank you everyone but it's not quite a finish yet maybe today or tomorrow. I was just showing the progress since this is the one that was suppose to be February. It's amazing what the proper walking foot for the machine make in trying to make a straight line! I'll send the email when its off the UFO list.
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Oh Conchalea this is gorgeous your RWB, a great finish. You and K have done it again. I've always wanted to do one of those and an 'Irish Chain' one day I'll get to mark them off my list.
Dedemac your sampler is beautiful also Got my first Covid vaccine today in another month I'll get second dose and I'll be ready to travel, stay safe everyone cherryb |
Thank you for the compliments everyone. When I began the RWB as leader-ender sewing, I had no idea they would end up in such a huge quilt. I am proud of how well it turned out & it will look great on my DD & SIL's bed
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Conchalea; sometimes just taking the journey leads to great reward.
Got a queen size on the LA and ran 1 pass. It feels so good to get this out of the stacks of UFO's. |
Lap quilt finished!
Petthefabric, seeing progress always makes me feel good, I would love to have a LA or Mid Arm but no room so just have to limit to smaller quilts or send them out. I was hoping for a picture of the finished quilt but weather is not cooperating today 43 and raining, March in MN https://cdn.quiltingboard.com/images...es/biggrin.png yesterday it was 61! Could be worse it's snowing at my brothers house. I will take a pic when the sun shines again. Now to finish cutting the test quilt and work on a UFO from 2013
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Dedemac: Congratulations on your finish! We had a couple of small hail spurts along with quick rain bursts, I agree to March in MN. Grrr!
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Got the quilting finished. Now the binding.
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Finished! Why it became a UFO: I don't like the quilting as much as designing and there was so much fabric calling my name.
Why I finished it. I want to clean up my LA room from the stacks of UFO's. Attachment 632199 Attachment 632200 . The design elements were taken from these 2 books. |
Well done pettf! It looks like you have to good resources to refer to. Isn't Judy Hopkins the author of "it's okay if you sit on my quilt"or something like that?
Another church UFO checked off the list...a small one made of poly knit squares tied by the ladies last Monday...one more to bind. |
Yay, another two for March!
petthefabric, I love your purple and green with the large prints - very pretty! |
Wow, Petthefabric- that is spectacular, the colors, use of hsts...great design and execution!
Rob |
pettthefabric: Wow! Beautiful and now off your UFO list.
oksewglad: Awesome to the church UFO! I had to smile when you said poly knit because my church group just did a top made of polyester. Oh my! The giggles, shaking of the heads, etc, because the squares were a variety of greens and sewn very haphazardly with crooked seam widths. Sometimes, we get tops like this one. 🤷♀️ Still no UFO’s for me since January. I’m hopeful for a couple of finishes yet this month but other quilt projects are calling me. |
Connie, my poly squares were more of the orange, pink and brown varietyhttps://cdn.quiltingboard.com/images...es/biggrin.png and crooked seams!
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Finally pictures
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Drastic change in my plans yesterday DH got off early and we ended up going out to dinner with a couple in our bubble and then cards. So no sewing or cleaning after 4 yesterday. I promised a picture, I took them yesterday and intending to post last night.
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Originally Posted by Dedemac
(Post 8468239)
I promised a picture, I took them yesterday and intending to post last night.
You two talking about poly quilts reminded me that I have a UFO that needs to go to the head of the line after this weekend. My grandmother pieced a poly knit rail fence and sewed it to a sheet. The seams are falling apart, and I need to repair that quilt and back it with something nice - it reminds me of an Easter basket - clear and pastel shades of all colors - just beautiful and so spring-y! She did a great job with textured poly knits and K-mart 4/$1.00 spools of thread. |
Happy to report a finish. Pics soon, look out for "Starry Sky" in the Pictures forum.
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I haven’t been ( around) much in a while but I have been getting some stuff finished.
today I finished my 2020 temperature quilt- I didn’t do anything fancy in the quilting and found a couple booboos as I was quilting it. But, oh well- 2020 was quite a year, bound to have a goof or 2. Plus it’s finished in time for my daughter’s birthday on the 29th and that’s the important part- she’s been ( checking on it) since last March. the kitten Loves it! She checked out every inch- running, rolling, playing on it when I tried to get pictures. It’s Huge and I didn’t get great pictures I also finished quilting a ( much smaller 45” x 54” quilt) today, only binding left. My stack of ufos is getting smaller. |
I love the flying geese block - it must have taken ages to make enough for a big quilt like this. Beautiful, fresh colors!
I like how you are using the different stripe prints between your strips of geese. I haven't ever tried that. Another UFO and one more on the way - good going! https://cdn.quiltingboard.com/images...es/thumbup.png |
I have another UFO finished, the easy way. I was cleaning my sewing room today and decided to just toss a the Jean quilt I started 18 months ago for our church group.
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oksewglad: Well, the quilts will be warm and will last for as long as someone wants them.
Dedemac: Very pretty! As far as your Jean quilt, sometimes, we need to let go! ckcowl: Lucky daughter! |
Originally Posted by retiredteacher09
(Post 8468606)
oksewglad: Well, the quilts will be warm and will last for as long as someone wants them.
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Finished another UFO. Probably won't get a picture, it's too large to stage it. It's a stack n wack with dark burgundy and surrounded by teal.
So that's 2 this weekend. Pat me on the back and say congratulations! |
Wow! 4 finishes this weekend! Congratulations, Dedemac, ckcowl and petthefabric!
Rob |
oksewglad: I am going to try to remember your BIL’s comment! The church quilter’s will get a kick out of it.
petthefabric: Congratulations on your finish! |
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I finished a quilt that I started in EQ in 2013.
64 blocks of 72 triangles each - 4,608 patches. I sewed pairs of fabrics onto dozens of strips of Edyta Sitar's HST papers and there they sat. In January, they were still attached to their papers and they were still overwhelming. :D It took about a week to cut them apart and piece the blocks. Sent it off to Missouri Star for quilting and I finished the borders and binding about two weeks after I got it back. No great place to show it without daylight, but it's done, done, done! |
Originally Posted by Dedemac
(Post 8468597)
I have another UFO finished, the easy way. I was cleaning my sewing room today and decided to just toss a the Jean quilt I started 18 months ago for our church group.
One less thing to nag you. ;) |
Originally Posted by petthefabric
(Post 8468618)
Finished another UFO. Probably won't get a picture, it's too large to stage it. It's a stack n wack with dark burgundy and surrounded by teal.
So that's 2 this weekend. Pat me on the back and say congratulations! Staging quilts is a problem for me too, especially the big ones. I would have to clean my bedroom first and that is WAY down my list of priorities! :D |
Polyparrot, what a sophisticated quilt! Congratulations on the finish, it must have been labor-intensive.
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Originally Posted by thepolyparrot
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I love the flying geese block - it must have taken ages to make enough for a big quilt like this. Beautiful, fresh colors!
I like how you are using the different stripe prints between your strips of geese. I haven't ever tried that. Another UFO and one more on the way - good going! https://cdn.quiltingboard.com/images...es/thumbup.png |
Love the temperature quilt, Dedemac- good job sticking with it!
thepolyparrot- Beautiful work- Congratulations on overcoming the intimidation factor to get it done! Rob |
Originally Posted by thepolyparrot
(Post 8468844)
I finished a quilt that I started in EQ in 2013.
64 blocks of 72 triangles each - 4,608 patches. I sewed pairs of fabrics onto dozens of strips of Edyta Sitar's HST papers and there they sat. In January, they were still attached to their papers and they were still overwhelming. :D It took about a week to cut them apart and piece the blocks. Sent it off to Missouri Star for quilting and I finished the borders and binding about two weeks after I got it back. No great place to show it without daylight, but it's done, done, done! |
Originally Posted by ckcowl
(Post 8468895)
it took the year of 2020.:it’s my temperature quilt- the large center triangle is the high temperature of the day, the small triangles are the low temperature. One block a day for a year.
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Lovely, different looking quilts, thepolyparrot and ckcowl! Perseverance gets them done!
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