{Post 1,530} Deboning and Planning

I have some new-to-use-for-quilting shirts on my pressing station.  They have been washed and dried. When I start "deboning" them, I plan to cut pieces for my next shirt quilt at the same time.  

Most of the quilts were purchased at a Salvation Army thrift store when the tags were 50 cents to 75 cents. I got a couple from the trash can in my laundry room.  My son threw them away. What is ironic is that I originally purchased them for quilts, he commandeered them for his wardrobe, then pitched them when they got a little hole or whatever. Good thing I take out the laundry room trash, eh?

Here is my plan for the next quilt.  I am stealing Julie K's plan from her Bear's Paw quilt. This is my official plan on a 4 x 6 card.

{Post 1,529} Fourth Post Today!

I am working backwards in my quilt life to catch up a bit.

I was blessed to be at the birth of a little boy. I was there when his older sister was born as well.  His mom told me they were decorating with wolves (odd to me!). I found some wolf print for the back and matched some squares to make half square triangles for the front.

It ended up about 40" square. Here is the center. It is made with batiks and solid light gray.

A close up of the quilting.

The back:

...and I am realizing I don't have a picture of the whole thing from the front!

{Post 1,528} Quick I Spy Quilt

I whipped up a quick I Spy quilt for a baby gift this past Friday night. The shower was Saturday AM (yes--very last minute).  I picked up a pack of bright charm squares at Walmart. I keep a stack of 4-1/2" squares of I Spy prints at the ready.  I picked out ones that matched the colors in the charm pack.  I thought it turned out nicely in spite of being thrown together quickly.

I backed it with Minkee and did not put batting in. That makes it nice for snuggling.

{Post 1,527} Selvage Blocks

I started making these selvage and eggplant purple blocks a couple months ago.  I finally finished them all.  Here is my quilt with the top 5 rows sewn together and the rest webbed. After this is pieced, there will be one more row of pieced blocks all around the outside and then a border of the purple. Each block finishes at 5".

{Post 1,526} Test Run For Blogging From IPad

I have been absent for months. I am practically chained to my iPad...my computer and I don't see each other often.  I want to try blogging from the iPad. Does anyone see this post?  Is it acceptable?

I made this Wonky Star quilt for a dear friend who lives in FL with her husband and 7 children.  It is 97" x 80".  I mailed it today. I hope she likes it. Here is the whole thing.  It was made from scraps except for the two borders.

Here is a close-up of the only perfectly cut and pieced block.  It was the first one pieced.  After that, wonky was the name of the game.

Here's a closer look at the border.  I was very adventurous.

{Post 1,525} Quick Catchup

If you're anything like me, you have those quilts that haunt you until you make one.  One of those for me is Scrappy Mountains Majesty from quiltville.com.  Below are my first blocks.

This is Bonnie Hunter's quilt below.  Love it.

And JUST that fast, my finished quilt top is below.  In truth, I started the blocks October 10 and took the picture below on October 25.  That does not seem possible, but those are the dates on my pictures!!

We are having guests from tomorrow until the week after Thanksgiving, holiday preparations, customer quilts to work on, etc. So no hurry in getting this one finished.

Tomorrow I will share another quick finish.

{Post 1,524} Catching Up After a Long Dry Spell

Hello to both of you who are still reading!

It has been so long since I have posted.  To be honest, not a whole lot of sewing or quilting has been happening.

I went through a freshen-up-the-house spell.  I painted the foyer, hall, and one kitchen wall cream.

Here are a few pictures from my foyer.  My husband built the shelf. It has 6 double hooks for coats. I repainted the umbrella box, and the antique table was slenderized by 6" of depth, had a shelf added inside the door area on the left, and was repainted after being fortified.







Last item for this post is a bargello quilt I made for my oldest daughter.  It lives in her kitchen. It is 44" square.