Colorful Design Wall

 By the end of Wednesday this is what my design wall looked like. I love the splash of color!

Sunday was a quick finish by binding the plaid donation quilt. I used a tan birdhouse fabric and another tan for the backing.

A large stipple to keep it soft for cuddles. 

Monday I quilted this D9P(disappearing nine patch). During the week before I worked on piecing it in between other projects. A few of the nine patches were put together and then I got busy sewing the rest together and before long I had a flimsy. Working away at the mound of blue from the 90s and making a donation quilt is very satisfying. This makes #6 for this year. 

In the nine patch I placed the lighter blues on the corners, a light print with blue hearts in the very center and the rest are 4 navy blue. For some reason these squares were cut at 4.5", no idea why!!

Look at what I used for the backing! These 4 panel squares of birds were given to me in a pile of other fabrics including the blue stripe here.  So I combined then for the backing.

Wednesday I pieced all three of the pieces you see on the first photo of this post. Most of the parts were already cut out so it was fast piecing and then leaf blocks were all pieced too. The colorful squares for their borders were all strip pieced and I used my 2.5" strip cutter to cut them into sections. 

Thursday I quilted the square one, got the photos and listed it in my shop.

I'll be quilting the other two soon. 

Linking with TGIFF, Finished or Not Friday, I quilted this, Off The Wall and Beauties Pageant. Hope to go check out all the great inspiration there.

Scrap quilts

Spring Lake is now quilted and bound. 

My fourth donation quilt this year.

Earlier this month I shared that I was trying to do the leader ender thing again.  In the past it seemed I never stuck to it, I would forget to use them even when they sat right next to the sewing machine. This time I did better but then it got to a point I just wanted to get the quilt done. It was no longer my leader ender it became my priority. It's been pieced for a week, Saturday I pieced the backing and quilted it. While you are reading this I might be working on the binding;) This is my fifth donation quilt so far this year.  I'll show you more in a few days.

I'll be sharing this scrappy goodness at Oh Scrap! on Sunday.  

Monday it will be shared at Sew and Tell, Design Wall Monday and Monday Musings.

For my slow stitching Sunday  I hope to be able to finish up this little guy.

 

Productive week continues

 I am really pleased with all I got done this week. In Wednesday's post you saw a glimpse of my design wall in process projects. They are all done!  It's no secret I love working with panels. These two had bits from different panels that I added elements to to make them unique.

The quilting was fun and even tho' most of it is with a ruler it went fast. The diagonal lines on the crow and sunflower block almost make it look like rain. 

The crow and sunflower came from the same panel.

To bring them up to the size I needed for adding the rest I made six flying geese that are 2x4 finished. Then I needed that piece to be wider so I added a skinny white sashing to each side of the geese. 

The four little blocks at the top were from a totally different panel yet they go together so nicely with the crow and sunflower. I have several more of those little ones left from more panels. They will get included in other pieces eventually. 

The next wall hanging, Welcome Harvest, has parts from different panels also and they play well together too. The words are from one panel, each letter of the word is printed on an cream color fabric. The three prints in the middle are all from another panel. All I had to do was add the checkerboard on the sides of the apple barrel one and then sash and border in a grunge looking black/gray fabric. I originally thought I would add another colorful border but once the black was on it didn't need anything more.

More ruler work on this wall hanging too. It just scream for it so I listened;)

More diagonal lines

The word Harvest I did with my channel locks since it was going horizontal and that worked really slick. I had never tried that.  I first checked it out to make sure it would give me straight lines across, I had it basted on correctly:) It wouldn't take much to be off just a tad and not have straight lines within that panel and look goofy.

I finished up twin pumpkin table runners but no photos were taken at the time of writing this on Thursday night.

Hoping to see you all over at Finished or Not, TGIFF, I Quilted This, Off The Wall, Beauties Pageant

UFO and new starts

 I snuck a donation UFO quilt in the quilting queue and got it finished up and folded away. It will be given to my DIL later this year for her group to hand out. This makes the third so far this year. Many more to come I hope, there are a few more tops in the pile waiting their turn.

The tumbler flimsy was pieced over the winter. 

Somewhere along the line I put this wide stripe in the donation fabric tub. It was the perfect size for this  48x60 lap quilt. 

My design wall has wall hangings in progress...

And the piecing is done now.  All parts of four different panels leftover from previous projects. Sometimes the panels just have too many pieces that I don't want to put all into one item.

Let's all hop over to Jennifer's Wednesday Wait Loss party.

Christmas finishes and fall too

 Since Friday's post I finished up two more table runners. Saturday morning their bindings were added to them. Both are Christmas themed. The first one is skinny enough to be used on a piano.

This runner was made using a charm pack. 

Since redoing my sewing room and getting those white cabinets so I could get lots of fabric sorted out and put in there I now know what I have on hand. Part of one shelf holds odds and ends of Christmas fabrics suitable for backings. 

This next table runner is called Banded Lemoyne Star from Studio 180-Deb Tucker. Yes I have her special ruler to make Lemoyne stars:) There is a lot of trimming involved but the accuracy is wonderful because of it.

All fabrics from my stash. 

I finished this cross stitch on Friday morning. The burlap background I found at the Dollar Tree. I knew it would be perfect for finishing up a design. This particular design has been waiting for a few falls to get finished. I used a heavy cardboard and a layer of batting and wrapped the cross stitch around that, hot gluing it down. The other two were done by just wrapping fabric around cardboard without batting. Then glue the layers together, add a bow and it's ready to display.

Linking with Sew and Tell, Design Wall Monday and Monday Musings. 

Yay for finishes!!

 Last week I felt like I didn't do enough. This week made up for it!! I have been busy going through UFOs and WIPs from the 'to be quilted' pile, it feels so good to have gotten several done. The first one is a WIP as I pieced it a week or so ago.  A while back  ok let's be honest a long time ago a lady gave me a bunch of fabric as she didn't want it anymore. I couldn't say no of course!  In the pile was a panel of witches and Jack-O-Lanterns. I never could come up with an idea for them until recently. 

A Halloween table runner was born. 

Witches and Jack-O-Lantern blocks that I framed with a black gray spotted fabric before adding the purple plaid. 

Love it when I find a good print in the stash for a backing. It just needed an orange strip added to it to make it wide enough. 

Next up was another fall leaf runner. If this one sells I will need to piece more. This one was pieced over the winter and quilted on Monday. 

The backing fabric needed a few extra pieces to make it large enough.

Then I moved onto two blue Star Struck runners that have been waiting since last winter to be quilted. This one is a blue batik with with dots and the star is a tone on tone white. 

They both use the same backing, love that as it speeds up the longarm process when you only have to pin on one backing. 

The second one is blue snowflake fabric. The stars are white with blue and gold snowflakes.

Hope you are still looking as I have one more to share! This is a new to me pattern from an Etsy shop named Fabricaddictshop. The pattern is called Sunburst.

I could see this with many focal point fabrics for the center and then pick coordinating for the rest. I know I will be making some more. Sure was fun trying something new!

I chose two different pinecone fabrics, a brown accent and a white for the background. 

It's Thursday night when I am writing this post and still finishing up two more runners. Those should be in a Monday post.  I might be taking the day off tomorrow as it is our Anniversary-44 years! We haven't decided what to do other than go out to eat yet. We have to see what the weather is when we get up!

Lately I have had a couple comments that have came in Anonymous. I would love to respond by email so please leave your email addy if you are a no reply.

Linking with Finished or Not, TGIFF, I Quilted This, Off The Wall, Beauties Pageant

Maple Leaf finish

 I am so excited to have the maple leaf quilt all done. Thursday night it went on the frame, the quilting was my Friday and some on Saturday along with getting it bound. I'm absolutely loving how it came together. 

The piecing on this was done over the last two winters other than the last two borders which were in the last couple weeks. Luckily I had fabric for the backing in my stash! Not sure if that was set aside for this quilt or another, but the size worked so I went with it;) It finished at 54"x 75"

Free motion swirl hook quilting resembles the leaves blowing in the wind. The fabric for the leaves was bought as a fat quarter pack, I knew it would make great leaves when I bought it. I still have some left, not sure if enough to make another quilt should I need to.  This quilt is now in my Etsy shop and I will keep my fingers crossed that it sells. 

Another finish is a small one but oh so cute! It was a freebie from our generous friend Melisa  . I love how she has been finishing some of her little ones, so I channeled my inner Melisa. As I was reorganizing my sewing room recently I ran across white yarn that I had twisted to look like rope. It resembles some trim Melisa uses for her little stitchings. Thank you Melisa for cute designs and ideas!

Hope to see you at our favorite Monday linky parties... Design Wall Monday, Monday Musings, Sew and Tell Monday and Wait Loss Wednesday

Two finishes

 Do you ever feel like you should have gotten more done for the week? Even though I have two finishes I felt like I didn't have the energy/motivation that I usually do. I can't even blame it on the heat as we had a couple of really nice days. Granted these two finishes are larger than I normally do. 

First was this scrappy orange pineapple quilt which I pieced over the winter. Quilted it on Saturday and bound it Tuesday, by machine of course. This will be put aside until fall when we see our son and DIL and I will give to her for her church group to hand out to someone in need in their community. This marks the second donation quilt done for the year.

When searching through my donation fabrics I had a hard time finding anything that would go with orange. This one has gold/orange fruit and that was as close as I could get. 

A quick meander seemed right, get it done and with a larger design the quilt remains more cuddly. I used a poly batting on the thinner side so it didn't get to poofy. 

Sunday I pinned this quilt on the frame and quilted it with a freehand feather design on Sunday morning and Monday in between doing other things. We went for a bike ride on Sunday afternoon, after that I didn't do anything! Wednesday I got the binding on and had it's photo shoot on Thursday. 

Also pieced over the winter using a Jelly Roll that I had won a while back. I used a brown for the binding

Picked up that backing from Hobby Lobby when it was on sale. The pattern for the quilt is from Missouri Star called Sticks and Stones. I was inspired to make this quilt after seeing one Melva had made. Mine has made it's way into my Etsy shop.

There are so many fall things I want to get made in the next two weeks and get them listed in my Etsy shop.  So I need to get motivated somehow and soon! The first thing is to see if I have a backing for that leaf quilt or can make a scrappy one.

Here are a few peeks of pretty blooms in our yard. Garden Phlox in different shades of purple and a white peeking out here and there. They are in the fenced garden area. 

These are in a pot on the deck. Aren't the reddish orange and yellows so pretty. I forget their name. And the purples are so dainty.

Can't forget the purple coneflowers on the south side of the house. 

Linking with the Friday parties-TGIFF, Beauties Pageant, Finished or Not Friday, Off The Wall, I Quilted This and Oh! Scrap