{Post 1,501} Past and Present Finished...Next One Underway

This is Past and Present.  It is a pattern from a book.  I have a runner made from the little leftover HSTs that I recently also completed.  This is so beautiful in person.  It is 58" x 70".  I am starting to make larger quilts.  We have 2 queen size and one full-size bed in the house.

Below is the quilt at more of an angle, so you can catch a glimpse of the quilting texture.

My baby boy is 6'5" tall.  He just turned 16.  I have had this quilt (below) pieced for a long time also.  Story of my life.  I added two more rows of shirt prints on the top and bottom to make sure my little nipper can wrap up at night.  This ended up being 80" wide and 109" long.

You can see it here before the borders were added.

I am using up some odd fabrics, so this is half of the backing fabric.  I took the pic so you can see my free-motion design.

{Post 1,498} Wonky Again

Started quilting my Past and Present 58" x 70" quilt top today.  I used Wonky Feathers from Pajama Quilter AGAIN...it's a personal favorite.  I am over halfway finished, and it is looking good...

This will be ready for couch use this Christmas!!

{Post #855} Past and Present ~ Piecing Finished

This is 58" x 70".  It might get quilted this year...it might not!  Pattern is called Past and Present.

My heart goes out to my e-friend, Marcie, in the loss of her son.  May God's grace be sufficient, my friend!

~Joan

{Post #793} Center of Past and Present Finished

Here is the center of my Past and Present quilt.  I am going to clean up my room today, and that could take quite a while, so no more sewing for me today until that is finished...or at least mostly finished.

I plan to add two borders to this.

~Joan

{Post #783} AM and PM

This AM I did this...

Yes--that's a rotary cutter cut.  Your initial reaction to the picture, plus a drip, drip, and a throb, throb, and, yeah...that was the first thing I did today.  I wasn't even USING the cutter when I got cut.  I was cleaning up my cutting table.  I don't remember what I reached for because my consuming thought for the next 15 minutes was, "WOW, does that HURT!".  The day got better though.

This afternoon I made this...

My Past and Present blocks are finished.  Each block finishes at 6", so this is 48" x 60" so far.  I will add an inner and outer one-fabric border.  Probably will work on it some tomorrow. 

You should SEE the pile of little broken dishes blocks I have accumulated!  I will be making a couple table runners and wall hangings from those.  For now I will take these off the design wall to web.  I'm going to play with a layout for the wall hanging, so there might be yet another post tonight.

Daughter #1's "suitor" is coming over for supper, so I think the rest of my night is pretty much gone.

{Post #780} Past and Present...Then and Now

This afternoon I was ready to call it quits at this number of blocks.  But then Susanna asked me to sew with her tonight.  While that actually never happened (hey--life gets in the way sometimes), I sewed by myself.  Notice that it's daylight in the following picture.

This picture was taken about 9 PM tonight.  I made one more strip of green and one of red, yielding 6 more blocks.  Then I had to rearrange them a little so all the new ones didn't just fill in the holes of the above picture.

So I can go clean up the kitchen now and go to sleep...all is rounded out on my design wall.  That is just how I roll...don't know why! 

I think I will make one more row of 5 blocks to add on the right.  Actually, it's 20 more blocks, but 5 sounds like less work.  That will yield a nice throw-sized quilt for some lucky recipient for Christmas this year.

~Joan

{#778} Past and Present

Made 3 more sets of these Past and Present blocks today.  I see a mistake in the layout above.  Do you?  I was in a hurry to come up here and order some flowers to send to my mother...you see, tomorrow is my birthday!

Then I took these little broken dishes blocks...

...and tried this layout.  I don't have enough sewn to get the full idea (there are 8 blocks' worth on my sewing table, trimmed and at the ready), but I wondered how they would look radiating out from the center?

Off to meet with oldest daughter's suitor and his parents for dinner tonight.  Should be a grand time.

~Joan

{#773} A Quilty Post!

While I was in Ohio last time, I went to a Jo-ann Fabrics store and perused their books.  I need a new quilt book like I need...oh, never mind! I bought a book--so sue me!  This is one of the blocks in the book, and boy do they work up fast.  Plus, there's hardly any waste.  Cut a red or green 2-1/2" strip width of fabric, and one of cream, and get 3 six-inch blocks.  Marvelous!

 

Another plus...these bonus Broken Dishes blocks that finish at about 3" square.  I'm thinking ahead for some Christmas gifts.  This size would be great for a table runner or wall hanging.  One of my own favorite quilts is this one...same blocks!  (click on the green words to go to the page showing that quilt).

Off to watch a movie with the family and then hit the hay.  I've been awake since 3 AM.  We helped a family move in to this area today by unloading their moving van.  They plan to join our church.  I met them back in July.  We welcomed them with a home made meal they could use for supper and lots of unloading help.

I also machine-quilted half of a twin-sized throw this AM before starting to cook for the other family.  Busy times, busy times!

~Joan