Maple leaves + string flimsy

I sure am loving having a large design wall! Sunday I started cutting parts for these maple leaves. I actually did make twelve leaves but them set eight of them aside and continued to make...

this wall hanging. Having a flimsy finish ready to quilt later on is a good feeling. The hope is to finish the other two in a little while. This time of year allows me to jump around from one season to another a bit with starts, progress and getting projects to the finish stage. Keeps the boredom away;)

 

But I promised you a flimsy finish with the strings! The pieced border used up more strings. In my mind I was planning on adding a small white border on the outside. But since this is for a donation I don't know that adding the white would be a good deal. So I decided not. 

These were some of the strings I started with, I already used some before I snapped the photo. After pressing and laying out I rough cut them into 4" pieces. Chain piecing two together, then taking those and adding another set and so on until I had one long strip. Which I then cut into a 3" wide strip.

First I added the left side border and then the right side. 

After piecing two more long strips for the top and bottom this little stack is what I had left from the small pile I started with.

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Fall is still in full swing

 I was debating whether to post or not because these are more remakes so you've seen me make these pattern before. But the backings are different on these, LOL. 

Here is the one I made before, see it has a different backing :)

This is also another remake. The previous one is HERE. If you look closely you will see the fabrics are  placed differently as I don't try to replicate the exact placement each time. I just grab each piece, cut and sew each one without looking at a pic of the previous runner. Another will get made this week too.

I mostly show the repeats for my own purpose but also to let you know I am still quilting otherwise I wouldn't have a lot to post about right now. 

I want to thank all of you that left me condolences on my friends passing, I appreciate your kind words.

Linking on Wednesday Wait Loss

Happy Jacks times two

 Oh my gosh I forgot to write a post last night, totally forgot it was Friday today! So here goes a short post for these two Happy Jack wall hangings or use it as a door banner.

This is inspired by a Buttermilk Basin pattern, I enlarged my squares. Here is the backing for the first one. 

And the second one. See my new prop, the Hello Fall truck that I picked up from Hobby Lobby this week. I couldn't resist and it was on sale!

Don't you love the witches and black cat piece for the backing on this, it pays to dig in your stash!! It wasn't quite enough so I added a gold on top and for the triangle hanging tabs. 

A bit late to these parties but never the less I will be there!!

Finished or Not Friday, Freemotion Mavericks, Beauties Pageant, Off The Wall, TGIFF and Patchwork and quilts

Braids and Banners

I had such fun making the two teal braided table runners that I checked out other batiks that I could do in another color scheme.  From the stash came these yellow and gray batiks that worked up nicely. They did give me problems when it came to photographing them though, the grays became to blue. I tried different times of days, different lighting tricks, the close ups became the best colors.

  

Almost quilted the same as the teal ones, but I just did straight lines instead of ribbon candy in the yellow sashings.  There were a few more things accomplished this week, but I'll save those for another post.

It won't be long and people will be shopping for new fall decorations. So I used my sunflower wall hanging pattern to make this banner. You can hang it on a wall, a door or just display on a table. Lots of applique which I do after quilting the piece. It's a fun one to make. If you want to see my seasonal patterns you can find them in my Etsy pattern shop HERE.

Lastly I finally got this one listed in my quilting Etsy shop! I made it last year and never got all the photos I needed in order to list it. If you are in need of a new Halloween banner you can find it HERE. I used several Accuquilt dies to make this, pumpkins, cat, and bat. A circle for the moon and 1.5" strip cutter for the checkerboards. Again lots of applique, I have a setting on my Janome Skyline 7 to make the zigzag for the applique jut right.

It's Friday and that means lots of fun linky parties to check out. I'll be over at...

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Pumpkins a plenty

 It's finally here...pumpkin season! Seriously I love anything pumpkin whether it is something pumpkiny to eat or if it's a quilt/table runner. And what's more, it is great if it was a UFO and now it's finished.

I wish I could remember whose pattern this was but I don't. It's been pieced and in the closet for a few years awaiting quilting.

This one is not a UFO but it's my September squirrel. I saw the pattern online and snatched it up at Ten Cow Quilts on Etsy.

Accuquilt has a nice sale if you are interested.  9/14-9/18 for both of these sales. 

24% off Ready Set GO! and GO! Cutter Starter Sets (use code: START24)

and

24% off Block on Board Dies, Setting Triangle Dies, and GO! Qube Products (use code: BLOCK24)

Linking with NTT, Put Your Foot Down, Finished or Not Friday, Whoop Whoop, TGIFF, Off The Wall Friday and Peacock Party

Two week To Do Tuesday

I took last Tuesday off from writing up a goal post.  Things are getting really busy in the shop now with Fall and Halloween on the horizon.  Sometimes I never know what I should make until I wake up the next day:)  Halloween wall hangings have been really popular, they all sold out over the weekend and that is including what I have done over the past 2 weeks!  

Isn't this a fun one with it's pointy border. I made those using my Accuquilt 8" companion cube. 

I was in need of getting a couple of my Pumpkin Harvest wall hangings made and listed. Yep did that and they are gone already too! I couldn't be more thrilled!!  If you want to make one I have a pattern in my Etsy pattern shop-Patterns by Vicki.  So quick and easy to make.

I had a few of these pumpkin table runners pieced so I grabbed one of them last week and quilted it up. 

I decided to try out the 15 degree wedge ruler I bought at the estate sale a couple weeks ago. And I used fabric I bought there also. This is just like the 10 degree round wedge toppers I usually make.  But with the 15 degree you can see a bit more of the pattern in the fabric.

Some of the same fabrics went into this one which I used the 10 degree ruler on. 

In the evenings I have done a bit more on the Autumn cross stitch SAL with Melisa.

One more thing I did during the past two weeks was to write up another pattern to release in early October, so be on the watch for that!!  

This week I know some things I should get done...

1. I made another Halloween flimsy yesterday so it needs quilting ASAP.

2. Quilt another fall pumpkin embroidered wall hanging ASAP.

3. Quilt another turkey table runner.

4. Make more Pumpkin Harvest wall hangings.(my pattern)

5. Make sunflower wall hanging. (my pattern)

6. Work on whatever else I can squeeze in! 

Linking with all the other goal setters that offer up tons of inspiration at Texas Quilt Gal for To Do Tuesday.  Thank you Linda for hosting!

Thank you Susan for hosting Mid Week Makers,  Thank you Jennifer for hosting Wednesday Wait Loss.

Halloween panels are hot!

I have been amazed at how many Halloween wall hangings I sell using a panel to make them.  I sold Witchy Boo and Happy Jack soon after I listed them.  So Thursday and Friday I made Jack-O-Lanterns and Ghostie too. I listed him Friday evening and Saturday morning he sold!  So guess what that means...oh shoot I will have to make their cousins next😏

So here is how I started this one, after squaring up the little panels I added the solid black to set it off and then the checkerboard border of a light and dark print.

Some fabric auditioning started to see how the rest comes together. Sometimes I like the first fabric pulls and sometimes not so much.  In the end I didn't use the green one. 

 

Of course some pinwheels had to show up.  Okay now it's starting to look like something. 

That orange and black stripe just had to be a part of this, at first I thought it would be the binding. Auditioning fabrics for those borders was harder than normal this time, I couldn't quite put my finger on what was wrong until I mocked it up with the polka dot cornerstones.  Bam that was the ticket and the stripe became a small border. The binding is the same as the last border black with orange stars.

I was pleased to use up some scraps of orange polka dots and the light checkerboard fabric.  in this little 23"x 24" wall hanging.  Okay on to the next one!  

Linking with Oh Scrap on Sunday,  Sew And Tell and Design wall Monday on Monday.

Happy Jack

Doesn't this little Jack-O-Lantern look so happy and excited for Halloween. Another part of a sweet Halloween panel makes his debut as a fun wall hanging. This was the same panel Witchy Boo was on. 

Once I got Jack all squared up he asked for a small green sashing all around him to make him think he was still in the pumpkin patch.  After that a thin black sashing before he got the addition of a checkerboard border in orange and white polka dot fabrics. 

Of course pretty green and orange pinwheels to symbolize green leaves and Jack's friends still in the garden. 

By now Jack was resigned to be just that a Jack-O-Lantern and not just a pumpkin anymore. So he let me spruce him up with the cutest candy corn outer border.  I found the candy corn fabric in Walmart in a precut 1 yard package, I couldn't resist! 

Happy Friday, I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.  I hope to be getting some quilting done so I have some finished to show next week.  

We had the Grandsons yesterday, we took them to the local park/zoo to see the new wolf pups, and the rest of the animals.  Mother nature thought we needed some watering as it rained. Hubby ran to the SUV to get our rain gear and we toughed it out till it really poured down. We quickly ran to the building for cover and to wait it out. After seeing the rest of the animals we went to the picnic shelter and had lunch. The boys were so funny as they told us the night before we had to have a picnic basket and a checkered red and white table cloth in order to have a picnic.  I quickly produced both and they were delighted!!  Kids can be so funny:)

Our wild plums, oh so yummy.  I found this tree with much bigger ones than most of ours. We will just gobble them right up. We thought about trying to make jam but think it is more work than we want. 

Linking with Friday fun linky parties... TGIFF, Friday Foto Fun, Finished or not Friday

Out of the box, onto the design wall and done!

I love going back to see what sold the previous year, it gives me an idea of what I should work on.  Recently I did this and decided I should get a few fall wall panel quilts done(out of the box!).

This panel started out with this larger piece and had a few more smaller pumpkin ones attached.  Smaller wall hangings sell better than larger ones. So I chopped off the small pumpkin ones and will use those at a later date.  

Recently I saw someone using HRT's in a border and decided I needed to try that. So, after auditioning my fabrics, out came my HRT ruler and decided on what size I needed to make.  That ruler sure makes fast work of HRT's with no trimming.  This wall hanging came together quickly. And it was time for some fun custom quilting on it.

  

The back came out nicely too! It is about 30"x33". 

I have enjoyed getting out some of my fall decorations again. Fall is a favorite time and an easy one to decorate for. I forgot I had those little straw bales so that was a fun find!  I will need to get some real pumpkins for my front porch though. Do you enjoy decorating for each season?

Yesterday I decided there were some domestic things I needed to take care of before I did anything else.  Before we went on vacation we picked our grapes and just froze them, five one gallon bags full. It was time to make juice out of one of the bags. Oh is it tasty!!  It had been a couple of years since our vines produced any and that the critters left them alone.  So this was a real surprise. 

Here are my Monday linky parties I will join this week:

Monday Making

Design Wall Monday

Orange you dying to see something new!

 Don't you love the title, no I am not that clever to think it up but, Roseanne did, and she let me use it for my title;)  

Okay onto what you came here to see.  I told you it was orange;)  Short and squatty pumpkin.

With a tall and skinny pumpkin.

Throw in a leaf or two...  

And you get a fall wall hanging or door hanger.  It's 12.5" x 26". I am trying to come up with new ideas for my Etsy shop.  This was a DrEAMi moment for me, once I thought of it I dropped everything to get it made.  You might recognize the shape of this hanging, it looks a lot like the snowman one I did for the Twelve Days of Christmas in July blog hop. If you missed the snowman you can see it HERE.  Pattern for the snowman is in the works!

Linking with my favorite Wednesday and Thursday linky Parties.

Wednesday Wait Loss

Midweek Makers

Patchwork and Quilts

NTT

Put Your Foot Down