{Post #913} Hopskotch Quilt Top

I've had the center of this pieced for some time.  Speaking of time, I had precious little of it yesterday.  Oh, still the same number of HOURS, but way too many unexpected "waiting room" of time added in.  Anyway...


There were only two things I really wanted to get accomplished yesterday.  I did 1-1/2.  One was add the Velcro and leaders to my HQ frame so that I could give it a test run.  That was done.


I put the borders on this quilt.  Very unexciting but time-wise borders.  One solid piece of fabric!  This will be my first test-run of the new frame.


This measures 52" square.  I practiced drawing several designs on my white board last night while I waited (yet again) for my girls to come to the van after youth group last night.

An odd color, eh?  I like the old timey look of it.


I hope to get some of this quilted in the next few days.  


~Joan

Random Baby Quilt Top ~ Hopskotch

I just love the look of this quilt.  Finished sewing the diagonal rows together tonight.  I did all the school grading I could before my eyes glazed over.  Still have 2 loads of laundry to finish up, so I'm going to do a little more sewing, then make 2 key lime pies for supper tomorrow, then clean up the kitchen.

This little lovely is 42" square.  I am not adding borders.  I am liking the old-fashioned look of borderless quilts.

This will be quilted later and gifted as a baby quilt.  I don't know to whom it will be given...yet!

~Joan

New Quilt on the Wall

Last night I had an emotional, heart-rending discussion with a young woman who is presently living with us right before bedtime.  She is having problems...big problems.  I was so emotionally upset.  My husband said, "You need to sew...it's...therapeutic."  Such a wise man!  He and I both knew it would take me a long time to fall asleep.  So I started the above quilt blocks.

Same young person was sick during the night and I had to stay home from church with her all day again...hence, lots of unanticipated sewing time.

Susanna had (ahem) encouraged me to go through my quilt magazines and purge them (I don't even know what that means!).  In the process, I pulled any patterns I would EVER want to make, plus some pics that did not have patterns per se.  This was one of the quilts that was on the wall of a quilt shop picture.  The alternate blocks in the pic were pink.  It looked so cute.  Mine are purple because I use Thimbleberries nearly 100% of the time, and pink T'b is not cute.  But I like it.  Pieced blocks are 5" square finished.

This was all from my 1-1/2" strip box (thank you, Susanna, for making it so accessible...see--this is all HER fault).  I cut some 3-1/2" wide strips for the creams on the outermost borders of the blocks.  I am making it a baby-sized quilt and calling it finished without borders. 

I just need to go to quiltville.com to see what size side and corner triangles I need to cut and to see if I have enough purple to make it.  I don't think I do since this was a large scrap.  But never fear...I have another in the wings that will match sufficiently.

~Joan