Evening in the Garden Quilts

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Friday Finish: Softball Commission

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I enjoyed many parts of this quilt, but it was long and heavy to quilt, so it’s nice to have it finished.  (It’s an extra-long twin.)

 

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I’ve made several baseball quilts before, but I hadn’t thought about how *bright* softball fabric is, and how few choices there are compared to baseball.  Add to that the red of the Louisville Cardinals, and it’s a nice, bright quilt, but I think it will fun in a dorm room.

 

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The quilting is pretty subtle, but there’s a lot of it, and it provides a lot of texture.  Lots of feathers!

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Go Cardinals!

And go, you, with the rest of your December sewing projects!


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November / December Goals

I’m only about a week late with this, but you know how it is. Busy, busy time of year. I hope all of you are enjoying the season and not making yourselves too crazy. I’m not sewing any gifts this year, so that pressure is off.

I did a fair job on my November goals. I had a commission throw quilt that took a chunk of time, but that’s done now.

November Goals:

  1. Design, communicate, and order fabrics for Louisville commission quilt. Yes!
  2. Piece top for Louisville. Yes!
  3. Quilt and bind Louisville. In progress.
  4. Pull fabrics, begin cutting for Charlotte’s new mystery. I have chosen my two background fabrics, so that’s a start.
  5. Work on Handy Dandy. Nope.

Bonus: Had a commission for a copy of this Christmas quilt, ordered fabric, made it, and sent it off to Germany. Fingers crossed it arrived!

December Goals:

  1. Finish the Louisville quilt.
  2. Make blocks for Kat’s Nov/Dec Covered in Love drive.
  3. Pull fabric and begin cutting for Charlotte’s Scrap Fantasy Medallion.
  4. Finish Handy Dandy???

I love that time after Christmas when everything is finished and there’s time for sewing. I wish you some of that!


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Design Wall… Tuesday

All the blocks are finished for the Louisville card trick quilt. All the little units took a while to make, but once they were done the blocks came together quickly.

Now for two borders!


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Sunday Stash Report: 11/24/19

Back in the black! Yes, I did buy this piece of leaf fabric, after looking at it on Etsy for a couple months. It’s not for any particular project, I just really like it.

The commissioned Cardinal Christmas Quilt used 6.75 yards.

This week: + .5 yards, – 6.75 yards

This year: + 90.5 yards, – 95.75 yards

Net destashed added in 2019: 5.25 yards

Keep using your stash, and have a Happy Thanksgiving, my US friends.


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Christmas Cardinal Finish

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It never rains but it pours, so I managed to get two quilt commissions in the same week.  This throw is the smaller, and it needed time to travel, so I pushed and got it made before we travel for Thanksgiving.  It’s now winging its way to Germany.  It was a dull day yesterday when I took these photos, so it doesn’t really sparkle like it should.

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This is a requested second rendition of this quilt, which I made late last year, and which sold last month.  The cardinals, backing, and binding are the same, and I came pretty close on the gold snowflakes and the poinsettias.  In fact, I think I like the snowflake border better, though it lacks some of the busy-ness energy of the first fabric.

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This is quilted with Glitter, New Brites, Rainbows, and Bottom Line from Superior Threads.

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I used Pellon 50/50 batting for the first time.  It was easy to work with, but I don’t think it gave the quilting much definition.  I guess I should have read my own post to see what I used last time.

Now it’s back to the Louisville Cardinal quilt, and some holiday baking.  Good luck with your finishes.


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Sunday Stash Report: 11/17/19

The fabric’s been flowing in here for the two commissioned quilts I’m making. 6.5 yards came in.

Lots of sewing is happening, but no finishes yet.

This week: + 6.5 yards, – 0 yards

This year: + 90 yards, – 89 yards

Net destashed added in 2019: 1 yard

Yes, it’s back in the red, but we’re working as hard as we can here!

I hope you’re getting a chance to sew.


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Sunday Stash Report: 11/10/19

I’m still pecking away on this, and ready to begin a couple of commissions, so I have no fabric usage to report.

Meanwhile, the fabric is rolling in for the commissions.

This week: + 9 yards, – 0 yards

This year: + 83.5 yards, – 89 yards

Net destashed added in 2019: 5.5 yards

Have a great week!


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October / November Goals

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Happy November!  It’s crisp and sunny and leaf-covered here, perfect quilting weather (after I get the garden cleaned up and put away!).

October’s quilting was a mixed success.  I really like the String Ornaments quilt that I just planned to start, but had to finish.  Handy Dandy, on the other hand…  I think I’m just bored because every block is quilted the same way.  Whatever the reason, I put it off and put it off, until I finally got it out and quilted one row of blocks.  (Thank you to the Twilters on Twitter for all your encouragement!)  Then I spent a week very sick and couldn’t quilt at all, so there went the month.  I’ll keep it out and try to get back to it between tasks this month.

 

October Goals:

  1. Make donation blocks for Kat’s September/October block drive.  Yes!  I made a dozen and mailed them.  See above.
  2. Finish quilting Handy Dandy.  Um, no.  I got it out and quilted one more row of it, but there’s a lot more to do.
  3. Bind Handy Dandy.  No.
  4. Begin a Christmas scrap quilt.  Begun and finished!  Once I started, I couldn’t stop on this one.

 

November will begin with a commission quilt, and then I’ll see what else I can find time for.

November Goals:

  1. Design, communicate, and order fabrics for Louisville commission quilt.
  2. Piece top for Louisville.
  3. Quilt and bind Louisville.
  4. Pull fabrics, begin cutting for Charlotte’s new mystery.
  5. Work on Handy Dandy.

 

As far as I know, I’m not sewing anything for Christmas, but who knows?

 

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Good luck on your goals!


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Sunday Stash Report: 10/20/19

The String Ornaments quilt used a nice chunk of fabric, including some real scraps, and no new fabric came in.

This week: + 0 yards, – 7.75 yards

This year: + 74.5 yards, – 89 yards

Net destashed added in 2019: 14.5 yards

Making some progress!

Check out how Jaye’s been busting her scraps with these great blocks.

Keep using your stash!


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String Ornament Finish

 

 

 

 

 

 

My quilt full of String Ornaments is finished, and I love it!  It feels clean and modern, but still very Christmasy and cozy.

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The various white-on-white background fabrics were all from that 12 lb. box from the Fat Quarter Shop last month.

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I used the backing fabric to make the binding.

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And, yes, it’s been inspected.

We’re linking up to Whoop Whoop Friday at Confessions of a Fabric Addict, and Finished or Not Finished Friday at Alycia Quilts.

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