In my quilting club, we have 2 long term projects going on.
In one, you chose two colors, made a block, bagged it up and then passed it on to someone else in the club. That person makes a block to go with yours. This is done until our last meeting and in June we will get our bag back full of blocks to make a quilt top with. Fun, huh?!!!
This is the one I did for my person.
Greek Cross!
It matched up next to her original block, a pinwheel, quite well. Now it's tucked away in her bag and ready to be swapped over to the next quilter at out club meeting on Saturday.
I wonder what's in my bag.
The other one is a block that needs a border added to it. Here's what I added to the one I got.
The lady who made this is my craft show partner in crime. :) I hope she likes the ocean because my border was covered with waves of the sea. The yellow corner blocks keep it bright. I think it looks nice!
Have you participated in a round robin? Did you enjoy it?
SSQC - I have three preparatory assignments to finish before Saturday morning's Club meeting. I have two of them done. The Round Robin block is all set.
The optional project that needs a center panel with straight edges is no longer circular and is all set. See more info about this block on my Craftsy profile.
The last thing I have to do is cut some strips for a mystery project. Fun!
Winding Ways Throw / FMQ - This project is DONE! Can you believe it? Woo hoo!
The quilting was added by long arm and table top machines. Any circle or melon template work was done on the long arm but the stars on the outer border were all done on the good ol' portable Brother. I did a lot of quilt turning so I was always moving the fabric away from me to ensure the straightest lines I could make. Love it!
My hubby suggested making these curved corners.
It came out great and it's looking for a home. Its in my Etsy shop so if you want it, let me know and we'll get it to you! If you mention you found it through my blog, I'll waive the shipping charge for you. Oh yeah!
Apple Core Sunset - The sky is not falling, it is all sewn together! This will represent the colors in the sunsetting sky.
I am still not 100% sure that I will like this project when I am done. It really is an experiment and I am as curious to see what happens with it as you are!
Blue Kaliedescope Flowers - BKF did not get attention this week (again) since I had to complete my SSQC work, which took longer than I expected. It waits for me.
I love seeing it brightening up the room though. So pretty!
News - ThistleFire has a new member! A Viking Tribute 140C Anniversary Limited Edition Sewing Machine. I am amazed at this machine. It's a digital, computerized, push-button marvel! It even has the ability to sew fonts and simple pictures. The one thing is doesn't do is make my coffee for me! I have signed up for a class in order to really learn how to use it, since it is so powerful. I want to use that power! At the same time, it seems like it is more than I deserve. I'm truly grateful.
Another week has gone by. What have you done in your sewing room? This week, ThistleFire has many projects in the works. Here's all of my updates!
SSQC - this is the Club I go to - Second Saturday Quilting Club is beginning year 8 in a couple weeks. We have prep work to do for class 1.
This is for the mystery project we will work on at class. My main color is purple. Yay!
I am also signed up for the Round Robin project and the Sampler Quilt Project. Here is what I made for the Sampler. I LOVE samplers! I had to choose my favorite colors and I picked turquoise and peach. I'll show my block, the Crossed Ohio Star, to the other quilters and they will make a block to go with it but I can't look at any of them until June. Can't wait to see what my sampler will look like!
Winding Ways Throw - This has been an interesting progression. I'm trying out some techniques I learned in Craftsy classes.
The quilt is on the long arm and I came up with these ideas for the narrow border design. Wanting to keep curves in the motifs, I chose the top one.
Here it is quilted on the red border.
I wanted to make the circles predominate the top's design. I decided to put three stitched circles in each of them. You can see them: one in the center, one around the edge, and one in-between them. There is crossover with the lines on the half where the light and dark overlap. I'm likin' it!
Apple Core Sunset - All the sky strips are together and they need to be connected. Then the green grassy field will be added to the bottom of it.
I wish I took this in the correct "landscape" layout. If you tip your head over your right shoulder, you can make out the view. LOL Next week's image will be better!
FMQ Practice Panel - Hi fellow FMQ-ers seeing my post from the link with FMQ Friday at Leah Day's site! I did a couple of my own ideas from sketches this week.
This was supposed to look organic and fern-like but I think it looks more like a scorpion. What do you think of it? Not sure I like it.
I do like these though. Little yellow flowers attached in a string. It's fun and pretty and reminds me of summer. I found that sewing them while moving side to side gave better results than when sewing up and down.
My practice panel is full! I could squeeze more stuff in it if I really want to but I think I'll leave it just the way it is. I like the fact I can see my progress in my FMQ ability over the time I took to make this. Some of my early stitches are just terrible but you can also see better stitches in the piece.
Here's the back. It looks good too!
BKF - All of the corner blocks were made and the edging strips are sewn together. They are pinned along on the sides where they need to be stitched.
Crazy Strip Blocks - Since BFK was worked on, I made more crazy blocks. The one on the bottom needs to be pressed and cut to size, obviously! These are such a riot to make! I did a short video about them.
YouTube Video - Yes, it's about how I go about making the crazy blocks.
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Remember that part of the old jingle, "...two great tastes in one candy bar..." Well, I was thinking about my Hawaiian quilting side project and thought I'd pair it with some free motion quilting. Two great techniques in one quilting piece!
The beginning of my experiment was something I was generally happy with. It was "put on the back burner" for a while but I had a night to play with it a little!
Double Delight is quilted! How exciting! How exhilarating! What a great feeling!!! I'm very pleased with the results. It was a great project from start to finish, even with my tension problems.
A few months ago, I finished up the Double Delight quilt top (from Quiltville) and am finally getting around to doing the free motion quilting. So excited!!
The long arm machine is the workhorse for this queen sized quilt. As much as I enjoy quilting on my Brother sewing machine, the size of this blanket is a bit much to scrunch into the throat on that machine. I put in a brand new needle, oiled it, picked out and installed my first color of 50 weight Gutterman thread. The quilt frame fit everything with plenty of room to spare. I fussed over the sandwich and admired the set up. Now it's go time! Woo hoo!!!
