Gemm

Happy, happy birthday to you, Sync! May your birthday exemption purchases bring you much joy in the coming year. :-)

Jshep

Sorry to hear that your eye issues aren’t any better. Remember if you have any fabric or ufo that you don’t need, please keep me in mind. I bought a long arm and a presser, so that pretty much emptied my budget for buying new fabric. As always I will pay shipping. Take care and don’t throw in the towel yet. When there is a will there is a way.

WMUTeach

My UFO friends, I don't have a finish yet, but this past week-end I spent nearly the whole of my three days working on my version of the Harrisonburg quilt (Pat Sloan and the Virginia Quilt Museum) that I started a year and a half ago. While preparing for the retreat and rechecking my progress on the quilt, I discovered I needed one color way and that is what stopped me way back in spring of 2023 from finishing it. Went searching for soft that dream-cicle orange and eventually found what I needed. I have all the large blocks finished and on to finish the small border diamond blocks. About 1/3 left of the diamond.

Will keep at it for the next while and hope to have it assembled by the holidays. This one is for me, so I am not as motivated to work as fast as I have on other quilts. I don't have a photo yet but should in a couple of weeks....or so.

Be encouraged and plug along with your UFOs. We will get them done. How about just one between now and the holidays?

QuiltingPandaBear

@WMUTeach I was just thinking along the same lines. Signed up the holiday exchange and thought, uh oh, I’m past due to start working on my holiday gift makes for the year! I have been trying to eke out one more finish and was wondering if I’m putting myself in a bad spot by not setting it aside and switching gears.

I decided on a little compromise: I switched over my hand sewing project to a holiday gift project today so I’ve started making progress. Hoping I can finish the quilt top on the machine this week, then I might pack it away till after holidays or work it in between gift projects.

Snooze2978

I'm working on an Optical Illusion quilt for a couple asking for a red/white checkerboard queen size quilt. This pattern does the trick and gives it a punch. I'm using all from my stash, 5 yds of each reds and whites plus a couple more yards for the 3 sashings, border and binding. I gave what I didn't use of the scraps to my neighbor so no scraps for my bins this time.

Last month I was working on Elizabeth Hartman's Dinosaur quilt pattern using again from my stash. It called for I think 26 fat quarters but after going thru my fat quarters, I had to go thru my yardage to come up with what I needed. To make it a wider quilt and I'm using the large size pattern, I used up most all the excess scraps leftover so very little went into my scrap bins.

A couple months ago I decided my sofa needed new throw pillows so again, went thru my navy blue and dark red fabrics and made up 7 pillows. I pleated 2 of them completely and the rest just had pleats on the outer ends so maybe used 3 yards between the 2 colors. Still hasn't made a dent in my stash but I'm working on it.

WMUTeach

Yay for your Snooze! Out the door no matter how much is....out the door. Eventually it will all add up to an empty bin! If you can post photos of your dinosaur quilt and the optical illusion in red. I would love to see them and I bet others would too.

oksewglad

Hi folks...haven't been on in ages and great to see familiar names!
I'm busy sewing tops from stas and usually only buy when I need backing fabric. Mr OK had a bone marrow transplant 2 years ago...doing great now..and I have decided to make quilts for the Gift of Life transplant house where we stayed while he had his transplant. This summer I took 10 quilts to the GOL house. Since then have 2 completed and 2 more flimsies done. Plus have 8 waiting to be quilted paired with backings.
Grand #5 graduated this spring. She saw a piece of fabric in mw stash and thought it'd make a great quilt for her. Score one for me...I even had the flannel in my stash for backing!
Have a quilt on design wall that uses 5 one yard pieces. Should have the flimsy done next week when we gat back home.
Keep up the good work everyone!

WMUTeach

OK, please post photos. I/we would love to see your work.

I have not been shopping but for little snips and dabs that are needed to finish something already started. Example I purchased 3 half-yard cuts of a soft orange to complete a quilt. I have increased my stash because of folks giving up quilting or finding free fabric that fills a hole in my color choices. Trying to avoid those give away tables but.... you know how they can call to you. I primarily look for cuts large enough to become a back. That often solves my problem. I did gave away 12 yards this week when I put stash on the give away table which helps decrease my stash. I am quite sure I have sent more out that what I have brought in.

oksewglad

Let's see if I remember how!
First photo made with 6" squares
Second is a flimsy in process 5 yard quilt

oksewglad

First is finished calling it Perfection is Pointless.
Second is on the LA. 99 blocks sewn while we were at the GOL house.