On Ringo Lake, Clue #1

Bonnie Hunter's first mystery clue for On Ringo Lake came out last Friday.  We had family here, so I didn't start sewing until Sunday.  I am not using Bonnie's colors because I want to use up the scraps I have, and I don't have many corals or aquas.

 Here are my  nine patches:

I still need to chose one more color for this quilt.

Linking up:  http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2017/11/on-ringo-lake-mystery-monday-link-up.html

Here Comes The Sun, Bound

This is the fourth quilt I've bound since the tenth of this month!  I thought it deserved a better name than Challenge Fabric Quilt, so I'm calling it, Here Comes the Sun:

This quilt is 54" X 72". The big pieces and bright color made it a pleasure to piece.  When I was making this, I had no idea what to do with it when it was done.  My boys didn't express in interest in having it, and it doesn't really fit into our decor.  The other night my husband mentioned that we should probably give a  Christmas gift to our nephew's fiance this year, so she will get it.

Vicki Johnson for Threads that Bind Us did the longarming.  She chose the floral pantograph, and I'm very pleased with how it turned out.

Stash Report:
Used this week: 4 yards (Here Comes the Sun, backing and binding)
Used year to date:144.125 yards
Added this week:  1.5 yards (clearance FQs)
Added year to date: 228.50 yards
Net Added: 84.375 yards

Arrow Point Path, Bound

I finished binding Arrow Point Path by hand yesterday. It took me two movies.  It is 71"x 91", bigger than pattern called for.  I used a lot of my batik scraps for this one, but I still have a lot of batik scraps left.

Denise Zapf did the longarming on this one,  We talked about custom quilting, but settled on a pantograph,  I chose a wide back peppered cotton for the back.  It is very soft!  I was going to give this quilt to my sister-in-law, but before I could mention that to my husband, he said that this quilt isn't his favorite.  He likes more complex piecing.  So I'll hang on to this one for a while and make something else for his sister.  I am sure that someone will need a quilt soon, and I'll have this one ready then.

Yesterday, I gave Shaggy OBW to my neighbor who is battling colon cancer.

Stash Report:
Used this week:  6 yards (Arrow Point Path, backing and binding) 
Used year to date:140.125 yards
Added this week:  7 yards ($4 fabric for OBW)
Added year to date: 227.0 yards
Net Added: 86.875 yards

http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/2017/11/moody-quilt-complete.html

En Provence: The Binding Frenzy Continues

Yesterday morning I got the binding on my En Provence top.  This is last year's Bonnie Hunter mystery, and I'm so pleased to get it done before the next one starts!  In  person, this quilt is bright.  It looks a little washed out in these pictures.

The longarming was done by Denise Zapf of Quilting Mojo.  Denise used a handguided pantograph for this quilt.  You can see the quilting best on the neutral squares.  I used the backing fabric for the binding, so I was able to machine bind neatly. 

 I still have one of my unfinished Celtic Solstice quilt,  another BH mystery from a few years back, hanging in my sewing room closet.  My goal was to have my unquilted tops down to just 10 by the end of this year.  I'm not sure I'm going to make this goal, but I'm trying!  I have three tops at the longarmer now, and one more here to bind.

In other quilt news, I gave away a top I had been hanging onto for years.  My sister-in-law always has nice things about my quilts, and she didn't have one yet.  I had been hoping to draw her name for Christmas and give her a quilt, but I didn't draw her name.  So I just pulled out the top I had been saving  and gave it to her.  She loved it!

This is a Bonnie Hunter freebie, Pineapple Blossom.


Stash Report:
Used this week:  6.875 yards  (En Provence, backing and binding)
Used year to date:134.125 yards
Added this week:  3 yards (clearance FQs)
Added year to date: 220.0 yards
Net Added: 85.875 yards


Linking up:  https://sewfreshquilts.blogspot.com/2017/11/lets-bee-social-203.html
http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/2017/11/5-ways-to-upcycle-linen-jumper.html

Shaggy OBW Bound!

I had three quilts that were waiting to be bound.  I finished the smallest (60" x 68") today.  This is Shaggy One Block Wonder:

I had a hard time getting a good picture of the back of the quilt.  The color isn't right in this picture, but you can sort of see the quilting, which looks like a variation on meander, just enough quilting to give some texture but not enough to compete with the flowers.  In real life, the backing is a light green, the same color as the green in the front of the quilt.

Debbie Cooper of Finish My Quilt did the longarming.  

Linking up: http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/2017/11/tag-arithmetic-quilt-top-complete.html

Stash Report:

Used this week:4 yards (Shaggy backing/binding)
Used year to date:127.25 yards
Added this week:  0
Added year to date: 217.0 yards
Net Added: 89.75 yards

OBW on Design Wall

Here is my latest project:  a one block wonder made of panels.  I found these Paris panels for $2.99 each and couldn't resist. This is my first draft.

Stash Report:
Used this week: 0.5 (bee blocks, snowman flatfold)
Used year to date:123.25 yards
Added this week:  10.75 (2 layer cakes for Will's quilt, 8 panels for OBW)
Added year to date: 217.0 yards
Net Added: 93.75 yards

Linking up:  http://smallquiltsanddollquilts.blogspot.com/2017/11/design-wall-monday-november-6-2017.html

Snowman Flatfold, Stash Report

One day when it was slow at work, I started an embroidery project.  I can't do cross stitch there because the light isn't good enough for my old eyes.  I can do stamped embroidery, though, and I enjoyed making this snowman.  The red shading is printed on the fabric.  The pattern showed all of the stitching in red, but I got tired of red and added a little green and gold.

I haven't done a stamped  project since I was about 8 years old!

Linking up:  https://www.supermomnocape.com/vintage-embroidery-monday-stitchery-link-party-135/


Stash Report:
Used this week: 0.5 (bee blocks, snowman flatfold)
Used year to date:123.25 yards
Added this week:  10.75 (2 layer cakes for Will's quilt, 8 panels for OBW)
Added year to date: 217.0 yards
Net Added yards: 93.75 yards

Obligation Sewing, Stash Report

I have been sewing a little this week, but it has been projects I'm doing for other people's quilts, not for my own.  Here are the bee blocks I made for Melissa:

And here are 4 little blocks I made for our block of the month shop sample, Aunt Graces' Basket of Scraps:

I am ready to get back to my own projects, but I need to do some more yard work before the weather gets too cold.  

Stash Report:
Used this week: 0
Used year to date:123.75  yards
Added this week:  3.75 yards (OBW backing, Challenge Fabric quilt backing)
Added year to date: 206.25 yards
Net Added yards: 82.5 yards