Thursday, October 20, 2016

3 Quilt Along WIP's

I am all caught up with my secret sewing at the moment, so now I can get back to finishing up some of those things that got set aside for a deadline.   And wouldn't you know it, all 3 things I pulled out to work on yesterday just happened to be Quilt Along's, Yup, I love em!!!!

First off, I pulled out my Summer Solstice quilt top.  I thought I was pretty much done with the top, but I realized that the wonderful brother and sister-in-law I am making it for actually has a King size bed, not a Queen.  So I grabbed my leftover scraps and had just enough to add a good size border.  Which I added, didn't like the fabric arrangement, took off, and then added again, but ya know how that goes ;)  I then pieced up a backing, so this is all ready to be loaded on the long arm now.  


But it is going to have to wait it's turn, because look what I loaded on the Long Arm on Tuesday morning ;)   Yup, my Snapshots quilt along top has waited just under a year now to be quilted, and it was high time it got some attention.   I am doing all of the "pictures" in straight line quilting to practice my ruler work ;)  And then I am doing swirls and curls and loopde loops in the backgrounds and borders.     I am so excited with how it is starting to come together and can't wait to get this one all finished up so I can donate it to the Festival of Trees this year in honor of my sweet little nephew ;)


And finally, while I was watching the game with my sweetheart last night, I finished pressing all of my cute little HST's for the border of my Crossroads Quilt Along top.  They are all ready to sew together into rows this morning ;)


I am so excited to be working on these 3 quilts and to be getting them out of the WIP pile ;)  Hopefully it won't be long before I can share finish quilts ;)   

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8 comments:

  1. I'm about to start working on my Fig Tree 2016 Mystery BOM which is really 6 - 16 blocks a month -- lol! I have parts of the past three months to catch up on. If I get tired of that, I can switch to some sewing homework for a class -- Judy Niemeyer's Summer Solstice pattern. Your Summer Solstice pattern is in WIP status and will get some love when I feel caught up on the others. :-)

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  2. I am sewing up the camera for the back of my 'snapshots' quilt. I didnt realize this quilt was so big! Wow. I'm thinking of sending mine away to be quilted. I can do quilts up to twin size and havent done anything but stipple. So, will have it done somewhere else than in my craft room!

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  3. I need to out blinders on when I go to my sewing room because I keep getting distracted and I end up starting a new project. Now I have to sew up a robber costume for work! Got any ideas how to make a bag with a $ on it! I'm also adding numbers to the back of the black and white thrifted shirt I found.

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  4. Busy girl! I've let two quilt alongs slide......tomorrow's the day to dig them back out!

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  5. I am working on getting the borders ready and on my Summer Solstice QAL. I did quilt as you go on the blocks and finally went back and quilted the squares where the blocks came together. Once the borders are on, I have the backing ready to go and I hope it will be pretty easy attaching the back since most of the quilting is done already. I haven't set a goal deadline for finishing, so that way I have no pressure. I will share it when it is done, though.

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  6. Melissa, I'm working on some donation quilts and catching up on quilt alongs, but in my head, I'm planning quilting ideas for summer solstice! Do you have a sketch of the pattern/quilttop with sashing that I can print and doodle on? I did the 3x3 layout. I tried to print one from the blog, but I couldn't enlarge enough. Thanks and have a good weekend!

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  7. Oh everything is beautiful
    I did some "unsewing" and some sewing on little projects
    I spend the entire afternoon with my dad. We are planning a service for my mom. She lived to 93. I do miss hugging her and kissing her

    Happy Friday. I arrived late here haha
    Today I am going to clean and sew

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Have a Happy Quilting Day :)

Melissa