August Ornament

I did  a quickie ornament for August.  This is a Sue Hillis freebie, Yo Ho Ho Ho.

 

I wouldn't say this is my best stitching.  The weave of the mystery fabric is very tight, and I had a hard time stitching on it even with magnification.   To see more ornaments:  http://stitchinglotus.ca/2013/08/ornament-sal-august-check-in/

 

I have been doing a little stitching on Sleepy Hollow, but I haven't met my goal of 2 hours a week.  Still, I can see progress.  The trees are done.

 

 

 

 

Lazy Sunday Ready For Borders

Despite the beautiful weather yesterday, I managed to get the center of Lazy Sunday sewn together.

 

My color choices were dictated by my scraps, and there are some real uglies in this quilt.  But I like it more than I thought I was going to.  This is the kind of quilt you want to keep looking at because there is so much going on in each block.  I had a lot of ugly browns to use up, but you don't even really see them because of all the other colors.

My next task is to determine if the center border called for in the pattern is the right size for my quilt.  That involves a lot of measuring that I don't feel up to at the moment.

To see more design walls:  http://www.patchworktimes.com/2013/08/26/design-wall-monday-26/

Stash Report

This is just a drive by post to show I'm heading in the right direction, thanks to my finish last week.

 Used this week: 5 yards
Used Year to Date:  60.375 yards
Added this week: 0 yards
Added year to date:  67.875 yards
Net Added: 7.5 yards 

I was hoping to have big progress to show on Lazy Sunday, but I got sidetracked because of the beautiful weather.  When it is only 82 degrees out in August, I want to be outside!

I'm linking up with http://www.patchworktimes.com/2013/08/25/stash-report-week-34-2013/

Dwood's Quilt Done

I got my BIL's quilt back from the longarmer and bound it this week.  I think he is going to really like the 3D space fabric.  It has just enough 'nerd' factor to keep the computer engineer in him happy.

 

 

 

This is a Swirly Girls Design called 'Inner Piece', found in Australian Patchwork & Quilting magazine (vol.19 no 4). 'Inner Piece' reminds me of their 'Grand Central' pattern, only Inner Piece uses nine patches, and Grand Central uses pinwheels. This is my 4th Swirly Girl quilt. Their patterns are very easy to follow, and simple enough that they don't take forever to get done. They are also good for novelty or big prints.

My favorite part is the quilting.  I think the longarmer selected the perfect pantograph for it.

 

The back of this quilt is pin wale corduroy. It feels like velvet. My BIL's b'day is next month.  I can't wait to see his reaction.  Now I have to find the 3D glasses that came with the fabric.

 

I'm linking up with Sarah http://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/2013/08/can-i-get-whoop-whoop-lots-of-baby.html  and Amanda Jean

http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/2013/08/twister-quilt.html

Pieces and Parts of Lazy Sunday

I'm late to the Monday design wall post because I've spent the past 3 days helping a friend look for a new house. It was fun and exhausting!  Both of my big kids left for college this weekend too.  I will miss them, but I 'm looking forward to less grocery shopping and quieter nights here.

Last week I worked on Lazy Sunday's borders and sashing.  The blocks are done.  Just have to sew it all together. 

 

 

Here are the borders and sashing:

 

 

To see more design walls:  http://www.patchworktimes.com/2013/08/19/design-wall-monday-25/

 

Last Friday I got my BIL's quilt back from the longarmer.  I hope to get the binding done this week. I usually bind by machine, but I'm doing this one by hand because the front, the back and the binding are all different colors.  I think it will look better if I bind this one by hand.    I also dropped off another quilt at the longarmer while I was there. 

Crazy Sunday Stash Report

Thanks to Goose In the Puddle, I'm down 4 yards this week. http://sewingoutofmycomfortzone.blogspot.com/2013/08/goose-in-puddle-top-complete.html

 Today I'm working on Lazy Sunday, but mine looks more like Crazy Sunday.  I  used  only scraps for this quilt.

 

There are just 2 blocks, but it is a complicated layout, and I need to get enough sewn together so that it doesn't get all mixed up when I move it off the floor tonight.  It is too big to put on my design wall.

Used this week: 4.0 yards
Used Year to Date:  55.375 yards
Added this week: 0 yards
Added year to date:  67.875 yards
Net Added: 12.5 yards

To see more stash reports: http://www.patchworktimes.com/2013/08/11/stash-report-week-32-2013/

Goose In the Puddle Top Complete

One of my goals for 2013 was to make a quilt from totally recycled fabric.  I almost met this goal.  My Goose in the Puddle  quilt top is made up of only shirts, except for one yard of  red and white checked fabric that I used in the sashing. 

 

 

This is Bonnie Hunter's pattern from Scraps & Shirttails II.  I chose this pattern because I didn't have a great variation in shirts, and they are surprisingly expensive in the second hand stores around here.  I found they ran from $2.99 to $8.99 in the thrift stores.  That seems kind of expensive to me for used clothing.  I had several shirts from my husband, brother and BIL, but I would have chosen a different pattern if  I'd had many different colors of shirts. 

 

I did see a bunch of 100% cotton scrubs in bright colors that I almost bought.  They would have made a great baby quilt.  I may go back and buy those!

 

Every time I finish a top, someone asks me who it is for.  I'm not sure who is getting this one.  Maybe one of the men who donated his shirts to the cause. 

 

I'm linking up with Sarah:  http://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/2013/08/can-i-get-whoop-whoop-check-out-these.html

 

and Amandajean: http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/2013/08/almost-finished.html