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19

Oct. ’15

Monday Madness – 10/19/2015

Okay. I’m changing my project rotation.  Currently it is as follows:

  1. Raining Cats and Dogs – I put 1-2 pieces during the weekend.
  2. Celtic Solstice – I was consumed with finishing step 5, then started step 6.

I have the following still on my list but I haven’t gotten the mojo to do it yet:

  1. Moon Glow – prep the label and the back.
  2. Hampton Ridge – Get the borders on.

I haven’t moved forward on these is because I still have 2 quilts before Moon Glow ready to be quilted so I’m not in any rush to get Moon Glow to #3 on that list.  The same goes for Hampton Ridge.

I’m finally ready to put Celtic Solstice aside and visit a different project. So here’s my new project rotation:

  1. Raining Cats and Dogs – continue doing what I’m doing, which is applique 1-2 pieces every weekend.
  2. Celtic Solstice
  3. Razzle – the Corduroy Quilt
  4. Missing Ivy

And for BOM Away Monday – I was able to get more of these Blocks done for Celtic Solstice.

Celtic Solstice Step 6 Block A 6 done 10/17/2015

Celtic Solstice
Step 6
Block A
6 done
10/17/2015

And I was able to mark up the top of the final block of Raining Cats and Dogs.

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I’m looking forward to a great week!

Check out more finished BOMs at  and design walls at Patchworktimes.com and Cooking Up Quilts

Have a great week!

~Melanie

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12

Oct. ’15

Monday Madness – 10/12/2015

I finally got the ear on the doggy for Raining Cats and Dogs!

Raining Cats and Dogs doggy finally gots his ear on! 10/11/2015

Raining Cats and Dogs
doggy finally gots his ear on!
10/11/2015

Next step is to mark up the upper part of that block.  See above the house in the pic below – it’s empty.  There’s a whole section there and once that section is complete, this block will be done. 🙂

Raining Cats and Dogs Block 7 as of 10/3/15

Raining Cats and Dogs
Block 7
as of 10/3/15

I got a little bit more done on Celtic Solstice but I’ve still got more of these pieces to make.

celtic solstice step 5 - a ton of these 10/8/2015

celtic solstice
step 5 –
a ton of these
10/8/2015

I put together a bunch and they’re sitting at the pressing station waiting to be pressed.  The rest are at the sewing station waiting to be pieced together. 🙂 The plan is to finish them up this week.

I’m looking forward to a great week!

Check out more finished BOMs at  and design walls at Patchworktimes.com and Cooking Up Quilts

Have a great week!

~Melanie

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05

Oct. ’15

Monday Madness – 10/5/2015

Hampton Ridge Inner top is done! 10/3/2015

Hampton Ridge
Inner top is done!
10/3/2015

 

Celtic Solstice – I’m still working on step 4.  Nothing new to show but more half triangles done and more fabric cut.  Hopefully this will be done soon.

I’m looking forward to a great week!

Check out more finished BOMs at  and design walls at Patchworktimes.com and Cooking Up Quilts

Have a great week!

~Melanie

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28

Sep. ’15

Monday Madness – 09/28/2015

 

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Raining Cats and Dogs Block 7 – next step: Dog collar 9/28/2015

 

Raining Cats and Dogs! – I was able to get the dog on to Block 7 of Raining Cats and Dogs… Next Step: dog collar.  This one is really hard because of how tiny the piece is.

Celtic Solstice – I finished piecing the right sides and now I’m working on piecing the left sides at the sewing station.  At the cutting station, I’ve got to cut blue triangles.  At the pressing station I’ve got to press the finished right sides as well as blue fabric to cut blue triangles from.

I’m looking forward to a great week!

Check out more finished BOMs at  and design walls at Patchworktimes.com and Cooking Up Quilts

Have a great week!

~Melanie

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21

Sep. ’15

Monday Madness – 09/21/2015

 

Hampton Ridge 3 pieces now 9/19/2015

Hampton Ridge
3 pieces now
9/19/2015

My design wall is currently my design floor.  I only need three seems to piece and then I can move onto the borders.

Raining Cats and Dogs block 7 - the tail is on 9/20/2015

Raining Cats and Dogs
block 7 – the tail is on
9/20/2015

Raining Cats and Dogs! – One of the reasons why I get stuck on a project is because sometimes I forget where I’m at and I don’t have the energy to figure it out and move on.  So, one of the things I’m doing with this project is prep the next piece.  In this case, I actually pinned it down so you can see the tail that I added today.  But usually I’ll just pin it loosely.

Celtic Solstice – With all my complaining last week, I actually got a lot done. I chain pieced and created stations.  That way, if I got bored in a particular station, I could move on to the next.

I had the pressing station, the cutting stations (and succeeded in cutting all the remaining white triangles I needed), the sewing station, and then back to the pressing station, etc.  So, I finished 176 white triangles pieced onto the right side of the HSTs.  I’ve got to finish piecing them and then I start piecing the left sides.  While I’m at it, I’ll start cutting the blue triangles that will be joining this piece.

The sewing station Need to piece more triangles onto the right sides of the HSTs

The sewing station
Need to piece more triangles onto the right sides of the HSTs

Celtic solstice Step 4 176 done 9/20/2015

Celtic solstice
Step 4
176 done
9/20/2015

 

I’m looking forward to a great week!

Check out more finished BOMs at  and design walls at Patchworktimes.com and Cooking Up Quilts

Have a great week!

~Melanie

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14

Sep. ’15

Monday Madness – 09/14/2015

My design wall is still not up… not sure when the hubby will get around to it but … it will be up when I need it. 🙂

I took out Hampton Ridge and worked on it a little bit but I’m bored already with it.  I need to start piecing again.  But before I do  that – here’s the project plan for Hampton Ridge:

  1. Finish the inner top:
    • The inner top has 11 rows (really 9 but the end rows have a corner triangle to attach so I’m counting 11).  I’ve already pieced couples together so now I’ve got 6 pieces.
    • The next step is to get the the 6 pieces down to 3,
    • down to 2,
    • down to 1 inner top.
  2. borders
  3. back
  4. label
  5. quilt

Since I need to do something more than piece rows together, I’m going to work on Celtic Solstice at the same time, maybe get some cutting done for Scrapitude 2016. 🙂

I was able to get some work done on Raining Cats and Dogs!

Raining Cats and Dogs Block #7 - more work 9/13/15

Raining Cats and Dogs
Block #7 – more work
9/13/15

It’s not a lot – just the post of the sign but it’s another step forward. 🙂

Check out more finished BOMs at  and design walls at Patchworktimes.com and Cooking Up Quilts

Have a great week!

~Melanie

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07

Sep. ’15

Monday Madness – 09/7/2015

Happy Labor Day!

My design wall is still not up but I’m hoping that that will change today.  The hubby needs something for the project.

I continue to work on Moon Glow and I’ve made some progress since last week…

  1. Piece the strips (of the same fabric) together – DONE
  2. Cut each strip into 4 equal strips – DONE
  3. Piece fabric #1 with fabric #2 to create piece A – DONE
    • repeat for fabric #3 and fabric #4 to create piece B – DONE
    • repeat for fabric #5 and fabric #6 to create piece C – DONE

…. EXCERPT.. I spent Sunday pressing the strips, next I have to pin before piecing the next set…

Moon Glow From Left to Right Strip #7 Part C Part B Part A

Moon Glow
From Left to Right
Strip #7
Part C
Part B
Part A

  1. Piece A +B to create piece D
    • repeat for C and fabric #7 for piece E
  2. Piece D+E for 4 sets of borders
  3. Then connect top and bottom
  4. connect right and left
  5. finally, miter the corners

Last time I linked to BOM Away Monday was last June.  Since then here’s a quick update on the projects I highlighted on that post.

Row by Row experience – have not done anything with it.  The kits are in a box in my sewing room and I will get to it one of these days.

Here’s a quick update on my top 4:

Scrapitude – This is ready to be quilted.  I think I need batting but I’ll work on that once Bailey is in the living room and Tell It to The Stars is quilted.

Tell It To The Stars – This is ready to be quilted to.  I’ve got everything!  I just need to trim down the batting and backing and get it on the quilt frame.  Of course, I need to get Bailey and the quilt frame into my living room.

Moon Glow – Working on getting the borders on now.

Hampton Ridge – This is still in my project bag.  I believe the rows are done and all I have to do is piece the rows together.  Then I’ve got to get the border on.  I’m not sure though and will figure it out when I’m ready to take this project out.  With the way my sewing room is set up currently, I can only have 1 project out at a time.  But I think this will wait until the final block for Raining Cats and Dogs is finished.  I want to work on that once the borders for Moon Glow is complete.

Check out more finished BOMs at  and design walls at Patchworktimes.com and Cooking Up Quilts

Have a great week!

~Melanie

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29

Jun. ’15

Monday Madness – 06/29/2015

Design Wall Back for Scrapitude 6/15/2015

Design Wall
Back for Scrapitude
6/15/2015

The design wall is still the same as it was last week.  I’m still at the same place as I was last week.  I’ve got the idea in my head, the label is done and I just have to sit and do it.

Last week, I worked on Hampton Ridge.  I’ve got the sashes attached to the rows and the red triangles are attached to the ends of each row.  I found an error and I’m leaving it in.  It’s right in the middle of the 5th row.  It isn’t bothering me too much now and I hope it doesn’t bother me later.  So far I can live with it.  I would take a picture but I’ve put it away at the moment.  I’m a little bored with where I am at at each of my top 4 projects and I’m not sure how to move forward.  I think I’m going to start on one of the rows for the Row by Row experience and see how hard it’s going to be for me to actually do it.  If I can get the first one done in a reasonable period of time, I may try to get them done in time for the deadline.

Here’s a quick update on my top 4:

Scrapitude – need to piece the backing.  I’ve got an idea in my head and the label is ready – I just have to sit, cut and do it.

Tell It To The Stars – this needs to be quilted.  I’ve got everything!  I just need to trim down the batting, make sure the back fits perfectly, and then get it on the quilt frame.

Moon Glow – I need to get the borders on.

Hampton Ridge – The rows/sashes are done and I just need to piece the rows together to get the inner top done.  Then it will be time for borders.

Check out more finished BOMs at  and design walls at Patchworktimes.com and Cooking Up Quilts

Have a great week!

~Melanie

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22

Jun. ’15

Monday Madness – 06/22/2015

Design Wall Back for Scrapitude 6/15/2015

Design Wall
Back for Scrapitude
6/15/2015

The design wall is still the same as it was last week.  I have an idea of how I’m going to put the back of Scrapitude together and it’s just a matter of cutting, piecing, looking at the design, cutting, piecing, and looking at it again.  This will probably take a few weeks but there’s no rush since I’ve got one quilt in line for quilting and this doesn’t have to be done until I’m done with that. 🙂  But it’s on my wall for me to review and change as I see fit.  The label is already done so it really is just cutting and piecing.

I spent most of the past week putting together the rows for Hampton Ridge.  I’ve got all the rows and sashing done and now all I need to do is put them together for the inner top.  I plan to finish the inner top this week.

If I continue with the So Cal Quilt Run through next weekend I won’t be able to quilt Tell It To The Stars until mid July since the 4th is the weekend after.  Once I’m finished putting the inner top of Hampton Ridge together, I plan to get back to Moon Glow.  I need to figure out what I have to do for the borders and then I can get organized and do it.

Check out more finished BOMs at  and design walls at Patchworktimes.com and Cooking Up Quilts

Have a great week!

~Melanie

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15

Jun. ’15

Monday Madness – 06/15/2015

Design Wall Back for Scrapitude 6/15/2015

Design Wall
Back for Scrapitude
6/15/2015

The back for  Tell It To The Stars is done!  If I don’t make it to the Quilt Run this weekend, I’ll be loading this onto the quilt frame for quilting.  In the meantime, I’ve pulled fabric from the stash for Scrapitude’s backing.   The flowered print above is my focus fabric and I’ll be working the rest of the back around that color way.  I’ve created the label on the embroidery machine, so I’ll be incorporating that with the rest of the fabrics above.  The grays and dark blues from previous projects will go nice with the focus fabric.  I know there is not enough fabric for the back on my design wall but I’ll be putting together the label with other fabrics and figuring out how it will work over this week.  As difficult as creating the back for Tell It To The Stars was, I really love how it looks.  So, I’m going to figure out the back for Scrapitude as well.  I love the fact that I’ll be working completely from my stash.

Check out more finished BOMs at  and design walls at Patchworktimes.com and Cooking Up Quilts

Have a great week!

~Melanie

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