Tuesday wrap-up, just plugging away 7/31/2018

Not much finished this week, although I did do a lot of quilting on my Labyrinth quilt. The final border is being quilted now, so hopefully next week you can see the finished quilt. Meanwhile, here is a bit of the quilting detail:

This was a quilt-along from Fandom in Stitches in 2017. They are currently running a UFO finishing QAL, so this is my UFO. The brick quilting was inspired by a tutorial from Lori Kennedy's The Inbox Jaunt blog.

I did finish a couple of quick pillows, panels were pre-embroidered, and man did that fabric ravel! They are two sided, each with a hummingbird on one side and a dragonfly on the other. The plan is to put them in the new guest room, with the quilt in back of them on the bed.

Went to see "In the Heights" at City Lights on Sunday, so good!

A Bit of This and That - Tuesday 7/24/2018

My husband and I had an eventful day 36 years and a week ago, we got married. Last Tuesday we celebrated our anniversary. And then on Saturday we attended the wedding of a dear friend. My son and younger daughter both came home for the wedding, so that was nice. And the older daughter and her husband came to dinner so we could all visit. A lovely weekend. The picture is me and mine, 36 years ago, photo by my Dad.

This week I was trying to make a dress to wear to the wedding, but it was not to be, here is the mock-up, so far.

With only three unique blocks to go for Patchwork Barn, it was fairly easy to figure out next month's assignment. I used these blocks as leader/enders when working on the dress.

And finally, got started on the Moon Garden BOM, this is month 4, so far. I am listening to Ulysses while stitching. I will finish the block before finishing Ulysses, so I better prep another handwork block after this one is done!

I also read Hadrian's Wall, which made me want to go visit it! Another thing to add to the Great Britain tour.

Up to date on Patchwork Barn BOM

I can stop stressing about being behind on the Quilt Show BOM - Patchwork Barn, all caught up as of today!
June blocks were pretty straight forward, except for keeping those stripes aligned correctly!

The rail fence as one of the July blocks was perfect for using as a leader/ender for the other blocks. I used a wide variety of fabrics for those. I have decided I am not a fan of directional background fabric! I changed out the one used for block 19 (middle row) so I wouldn't waste fabric.

In addition to working on quilt blocks, I went to a Stitch n'Bitch for Ren Faire garb. Making doublets (and making your own pattern from a book, at least) and modifying some existing gowns and kirtles was the order of the day. I mostly just helped here and there. I also worked on making me a working woman's skirt, hopefully can show that next week!

Tuesday Round-up - 10 July 2018

I have been working away on Patchwork Barn - below are the month 4 blocks where I just used the suggested fabric to speed things along.

For month 5 I did a bit more individual blocks, some stash and some from the Patchwork Barn fabrics, did one as suggested, then modified the others. I have month 6 cut out, and working on cutting out month 7.

Since I have been working on Moon Garden, I have been in the mood for wool applique. Once month 3 was done I pulled out a kit (Twisted Thistles) I got from Granny's Legacy at some show (I think Stitches West), and got this done in about 10 days. It is only about 12" in diameter, but those star stitches around the border took a while!. I have two more kits, both poppies, that I will work on as desired. Currently they are being prepped.

Then I finally finished my Star Spangled Quilt! This top has been hanging around for years. I used stash fabric and enlarged a Judy Martin block to create this wall hanging. Free motion quilting, no marking, and a machine binding got it done in a day.

2018 Block of the Months

2018 is half over, and I have started several Block of the Months. Once again I am taking part in the Granary's BOM, this time Vintage Sampler by Barbara J. Eikmeier. I worked ahead and replaced the Feathered Star Block with a Carpenter's Wheel, and finished up the top last month.

Also on my to-do list is Lisa Bongean's Moon Garden BOM, this one in wools. We have received 3 months, so far, and I am caught up.

Then there is Patchwork Barn, an Edyta Sitar design, put out by The Quilt Show. I am behind on this one. I kept up through months 1 - 3, and just restarted working on it a few days ago. I have month 4 done, and am working on month 5, so two more months and I am caught up. I got the kit, but am supplementing with my stash. Except for month 4, the blocks are different (you make three of each block pattern). Hopefully with Vintage Sampler done, I can keep up with these two, and get a few more things done as well!