Tree Skirt is finished!

I finally pulled out the crystals and embellished the tree skirt. They do not show up in a photo, but really sparkle under a Christmas tree with lights.

This is finish #23.  

Today I picked up my machine from its yearly service.  3,500,000 stitches in just under a year.  (This is not my embroidery machine.)

62 x 72 inches

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July Progress

Here's an update on works in progress.

I started quilting two of my older tops.

Halo Medallion.  The Quilt Show BOM 2017.

In My Garden. A Laura Heine kit started several years ago. The top was together I just needed to add borders.  

I have the foundation/ditch work done on both of these.

I quilted a top for a friend. It's her first grandchild and she didn't realize you had to get in line for a long arm quilter. I offered to do the quilting for her.  40 x 40 inches.

Hope all if going well in your world.

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Early July Finishes

I'm sharing three projects I finished since July 1.

Fall Cornucopia.  66 x 66 inches.

I started this quilt several years ago.  A friend visited recently and we pinned 5 quilts for her and three quilts for me.  I'm excited to get this one finished.

I struggle with quilting a sampler quilt. I have to decide
on a quilting pattern for 12 different blocks.  This time
I devised one design that I used for all blocks. I did a little
ruler work mixed with free motion.

It's a Girl Thing.  49 x 63 inches.

This is a donation quilt for two fundraisers that have been combined due to the pandemic.

Think Pink and Got Red. Breast cancer and women's heart health events.

This is the second time I've used this pattern. Cut squares, divide into groups and stack, cut the curves, shuffle the fabrics, resew, then cut new blocks down to a uniform size.  (Stack a New Deck, Karla Alexander). I'm amazed at how quickly this goes together. Start to finish - 7 days. Hopefully it will do well at the fundraiser.

I followed the curves and quilted feathers over the quilt.

Left Overs.  28 x 39 inches.

I made 80 blocks for the quilt above, but some of them were too small. I saved them and along with extras from It's a Girl Thing, I cut them all the same size and created a smaller quilt.  This one will be donated to the hospital gift shop for a baby quilt.  Nice and bright!

It's not clear in the photo, but I did "hooked" feathers in the border.
The center section is a design I'm using for my own pantograph.

These are quilt numbers 20, 21, and 22 completed since January 1, 2021.

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I hope you're having a productive 2021.

Getting Caught Up

In June, when I sent my WIP (Works in Progress) reports to my friendship group, I was amazed at what I had accomplished that month. I'm going to catch up on reporting finished from February - June. Maybe just a few at a time.

February:

Enchanted Garden (52 x 72 inches)

  

Fay's Quilt.  (91 x 91 inches)

This one is looking for a home.

  

Valentine Records.  

Valentine "Cards" sent to great nieces and nephews.

 

New York Beauty.

I finished the blocks as a pillow rather than make a small quilt.  (24 x 24 inches)

I included a fat cording.  Not sure I'll use that size cording again.

Class with Sara Bond.

 

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I'll keep posting till I'm caught up.

January projects

This post was originally written April 1, but I never posted it. Then I got busy and thought why bother. I now realize I enjoyed sharing my progress; plus I was able to look back at posts and see what I'd accomplished.  Therefore, I'm going to catch up and keep going.

I'm off to a good start for 2021.

I took 2 classes with Sarah Bond.  I did put together a small quilt to show the blocks I made in her New York Beauty class.  The other class was working in gray scale and color.  I ended up just making some blocks to learn her techniques.  I thought we would spend more time discussing gray scale options, but it was still a fun day.

New York Beauty  24 x 24 inches

Earlier I posted that I finished the 2014 Quiltville Mystery.  It has been delivered!

60 x 60 inches
Top was completed YEARS ago during a guild workshop
with Laura Nownes and Diana McClun.  I just needed
to quilt it.  I think I have a home for this one.

       

Sizzle!  72 x 72 inches

This one was bound, but needed the border quilted.
Now completely finished.

  

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Watch for more updates.

First finish of 2021

 I just finished my first quilt of 2021.  It's Grand Illusion, the 2014 Bonnie Hunter mystery. 

Grand Illusion.  2014 Quiltville Mystery
66 x 79 inches

The outside borders are a border print.

I used that fabric to select fabrics for the quilt.

After this one, I decided my mystery quilts would not be

made with "controlled" fabrics.  I'll stick with scraps.

OK.  It was an easy one.  The top was finished in 2015 and I sent it out to be quilted.  So all I had to do was binding and label.  But it is done!

This is the second quilt I've sent out to be quilted.  (Donn McKnight, Los Osos Quilting Co.)  I realized I was never going to quilt it myself.  It feels good to have another quilt finished and soon to be out of the house.  I have two more at Donn's waiting for their turn. 

I hope your new year if off to a great start.

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Ornaments and Bonnie Hunter Grassy Creek Mystery

I'll go back and fill in what happened during the past two months, but this post is about my annual Christmas ornaments and the Bonnie Hunter mystery:  Grassy Creek.

In late October I decided to mail a package to Australia and decided I might as well get EVERYTHING together.  Sooooo . . . I started my ornaments in early November.  What a concept.  I do them every year, but somehow usually put them off until mid-December, finishing December 23 or 24.

Since I decided to not travel around Christmas, I finished the ornaments and mailed them Friday, December 18.  They all arrived before Christmas.  Yea!

They are little bags.
I originally meant to include candy canes, but
when I decided to mail the ornaments I left them
out thinking they would be crushed.

Bonnie Hunter ( https://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/grassy-creek-mystery.html ) once again is hosting her annual mystery that starts the Friday after Thanksgiving. Last year we were unable to "link" our progress on her blog and I really missed doing so.  I offered to host a Zoom get together with anyone in my quilt guild wanting to work on the weekly clues. It helps that I have someone to share progress and see what they are doing.  I finished clue one immediately, but put aside the others in order to finish the ornaments as well as a Christmas quilt for my SIL.  I'm happy to say, that as of today "I am all caught up!".

Clue 1

Clue 2

Clues 3 & 4

Clue 5

Right now I'm not happy with my fabric choices, but I'm hoping as we add more grey it will all come together.  

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Hope your holidays were/are safe.