Nabby's Dowry - Top Finished

Yesterday, I finished the top for Nabby's Dowry, a sew-along by Pam Buda of Heartspun Quilts. Yay!

The tone-on-tone fabric on the left will be the binding, and the butterfly fabric on the right will be the backing. I've sent Pam details on my plans for the quilting to be included in the "Airing of the Quilts" which will take place sometime after Dec. 1st, so be sure to check her blog for that and to see all the wonderful quilts that other participants have made.

Nabby's Dowry Part 11 - Finished

Yesterday I finally finished Part 11 of Nabby's Dowry, a sew-along by Pam Buda of Heartspun Quilts.

Orphans & Scraps - Top Finished

I finally finished the top for Orphans & Scraps, a sew-along by Pam Buda of Heartspun Quilts. The blocks are by Pam, but the setting is mine.

 

This one is going in the to-be-quilted pile; I'm not going to knock myself out trying to get it quilted and bound by the deadline this time.

Orphans & Scraps Part 4 - Finished

I've finished Part 4 of Orphans & Scraps, a sew-along by Pam Buda of Heartspun Quilts.

 

Orphans & Scraps Part 3 - Finished

Yay! I actually got it done on time! I've finished Part 3 of Orphans & Scraps, a sew-along by Pam Buda of Heartspun Quilts.

 

 

Orphans & Scraps Part 2 - Finished

Late again, but this morning I finished Part 2 of Orphans & Scraps, a sew-along by Pam Buda of Heartspun Quilts.

 

 

Orphans & Scraps Part 1 - Finished

I've finally finished Part 1 of Orphans & Scraps, a sew-along by Pam Buda of Heartspun Quilts.

 

 

Forget Me Not - Finished

Woo-hoo!!! I've finally finished my very first quilt!!! I've done a potholder, some coasters, and a quilt top, but this is the first quilt I've actually completed.

So here it is: Forget Me Not, designed by Pam Buda of Heartspun Quilts -- I tweaked the setting a bit -- and hand pieced and hand quilted by me. :)

And now we do the dance of joy!!

 

Weekly Update

I got some more quilting done on Forget Me Not, a sew-along by Pam Buda of Heartspun Quilts. I've got 6 blocks yet to do: the 4 corners and the 2nd and 5th squares in the first column. I hope to get all the quilting done before Sunday. Once I get this thing quilted and bound, I'll get back to my other projects.

 

Weekly Update

I'm concentrating on the sew-alongs since their deadlines are fast approaching, so that's all I've worked on this week.

I got some more quilting done on Forget Me Not, a sew-along by Pam Buda of Heartspun Quilts. It's difficult to see in the photo, but I've done the middle 2 squares in the third, fourth, and fifth rows, and most of the 2nd square in the second row.

I've finished Gather Together, the November installment of the Block of the Month series by Deanne Eisenman of Snuggles Quilts.

 

Forget Me Not Parts 9 & 10 - Finished

I've finished Parts 9 & 10 of Forget Me Not, a sew-along by Pam Buda of Heartspun Quilts.

 

Weekly Update

It's been a busy week.

I finished Parts 7 & 8 of Forget Me Not, a sew-along by Pam Buda of Heartspun Quilts.
 

Part 7 was my first attempt at partial seam construction. It was a breeze: I finished it the same day I started it.

Part 8 was a bit tricky. Since I piece by hand, I draw exact sewing lines and pin match them. This (and other considerations) means that I can't use most of the quick-piecing techniques that machine piecers use. So, I have to figure out what the finished measurements of each patch are and then mark those on my fabric. That's not a problem when the block only includes squares, rectangles, and triangles, but, as you can see, there's a very odd-shaped patch in this block. It took me a couple of tries to get that dark blue patch right. Once I got the patches marked and cut out, the sewing wasn't difficult. It was, however, a bit tedious because there were so many very short seams to match up (the smallest measurement in this block is 9/16").

I also got a bit done on Around the Town by Dawna Baker.
 

Saturday afternoon I got a sudden urge to crochet a tank top. I found a pattern online, and by midnight Sunday I had this:
 

 

It's the Not-Yellow Top-Down Tank by Kristen TenDyke. I made the solid section a bit longer than called for in the pattern for modesty's sake.

Today, I decided I'd had enough of quilting for a while (see, I told you it would happen) and pulled out the Blackwork Chessboard by Anne MacGregor.

 

Weekly Update

I've finished Parts 5 & 6 of Forget Me Not, a sew-along by Pam Buda of Heartspun Quilts.

I started sewing a couple of sections together on Around the Town by Dawna Baker.

 

I also did a little bit on the Feathers To and Fro afghan from Learn to Make Monk’s Cloth Afghans by Marilyn T. Magly.

 

Weekly Update

I finished Parts 3 & 4 of Forget Me Not, a sew-along by Pam Buda of Heartspun Quilts, a couple of days ago, but I haven't had time to blog about them until now.

I finally got some work done on Cat and Mouse, the August installment of the Block of the Month series by Deanne Eisenman of Snuggles Quilts. The piecing is a bit haphazard: we had thunderstorms last night, and since it wasn't advisable to plug in the iron I sewed all the seams I could without pressing.

I also got quite a bit of work done on Around the Town by Dawna Baker.

Finally, I bought everything I need to finish Batik Cascade except for the backing fabric, which I have on order. When that comes in, I'll get to work layering and quilting that project.

Forget Me Not Sew-Along Parts 1 & 2 - Finished

As I mentioned in my last post, I'm participating in another sew-along. This one's by Pam Buda of Heartspun Quilts, and it's called Forget Me Not. It's a miniature quilt measuring 18"x27" and consisting of 12 blocks. Pam plans to post 2 blocks each week. Parts 1 & 2 were posted this past Friday.

Pam offered a kit for this project, but I opted to use fabrics from my stash. However, I did cheat a bit on the color choices by using a color-themed batik scrap bag.

So, here are my first 2 blocks, hand pieced as usual. I finished them this morning.

I got a bit of a surprise when I started cutting the fabric for these blocks. I have a glitch in my brain that makes measurements of any kind meaningless to me; I can't determine distance, length, volume, time, etc., unless I actually measure it. So, when planning for this quilt, I read the finished size, the block size, and the fabric requirements and it still didn't dawn on me how tiny the individual patches would end up being (The smaller triangles in the first block are only 1 1/8"!) until I actually started marking and cutting the fabric.