Today I am practicing feathers and other designs on the donation quilt I loaded last week.
This is a blog about my quilting. Picture is Celtic Solstice a Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt from 2013
Monday, December 20, 2010
Practicing
I was travelling the last few days so my calendar of practice is spotty. I was in Vegas with my brother and sister-in-law.
Today I am practicing feathers and other designs on the donation quilt I loaded last week.
Today I am practicing feathers and other designs on the donation quilt I loaded last week.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Stashbuster UFO Challenge
The yahoo group Stashbusters http://www.stashbuster.com/ has optional challenges you can participate in. I have never participated in the no buy, but my buying habits have been altered by all the thoughtful discussions I have read in the group forum.
I participated in the UFO challenge a few years. Basically there is a running list of participants when your name comes to the top of the list you are UFO Queen. If you don’t complete a UFO during the week of your reign you have to send in a penalty fat quarter. Every time you finish a UFO your name moves to the bottom of the list. You must finish at least one UFO every quarter. If you don’t finish a UFO in a quarter you send in a penalty fat quarter. To start the challenge you submit 2 fat quarters. Every quarter some names are drawn from those who completed UFOs and those folks receive some of the fat quarters as prizes.
I have made a quick tally of my UFOs. I have 23, though there probably are a few that will appear when I dig deeper. 9 of those are donation quilts, and 3 of that group just need binding. I had already planned to finish up a bunch and turn them in to guild in January, so I am in a good position no matter where my name appears in the list (random to start) Jan 1, 2011.
Saturday a friend came over and learned how to use the longarm. We quilted one of her UFOs and now she just needs to complete the binding.
Today I loaded a donation quilt. It is a panel with rectangles of fabric surrounding the center. I am playing in each rectangle with different quilting
I participated in the UFO challenge a few years. Basically there is a running list of participants when your name comes to the top of the list you are UFO Queen. If you don’t complete a UFO during the week of your reign you have to send in a penalty fat quarter. Every time you finish a UFO your name moves to the bottom of the list. You must finish at least one UFO every quarter. If you don’t finish a UFO in a quarter you send in a penalty fat quarter. To start the challenge you submit 2 fat quarters. Every quarter some names are drawn from those who completed UFOs and those folks receive some of the fat quarters as prizes.
I have made a quick tally of my UFOs. I have 23, though there probably are a few that will appear when I dig deeper. 9 of those are donation quilts, and 3 of that group just need binding. I had already planned to finish up a bunch and turn them in to guild in January, so I am in a good position no matter where my name appears in the list (random to start) Jan 1, 2011.
Saturday a friend came over and learned how to use the longarm. We quilted one of her UFOs and now she just needs to complete the binding.
Saturday, December 4, 2010
More Christmas Swaps Quilts
I have more pictures of a couple of the quilts. I made the one below from a Patrick Lose pattern.
I received the log cabin runner from Lema. I love the colors and the mix of fabrics. I don't currently have a table (I live alone in a one bedroom apartment and I swapped out my small diningroom table for a cutting table...I kind of live in my quilt studio). For now it is hanging on my kitchen wall.
Bee Christmas Table Topper Swap
I belong to a quilting bee, and we try to meet twice a month. Sometimes we work on joint projects but often just get together working on our own individual projects. For Christmas this year we made tabletopper/runner quilts and exchanged them. Pictures are below.
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