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13

Feb. ’15

TGIF, 2/13/2015

WIPs Be Gone

WIP Status:

1. Scrapitude –

IMG_5863 I was busy sewing away the last couple of days and I was able to get the first part finished.  Next step is to press and clip off any dog ears.  That’s 82 triangles in that pile!

Scrapitude Clue #2 1st Step 2/12/15

Scrapitude
Clue #2
1st Step
2/12/15

2. Tell It To The Stars – stay tuned…

It’s a great weekend!  It always is this time of year.  It’s Valentines Day and then its my Hubby’s birthday and then we’ve got a holiday.  That’s three days of fun.  We plan on going to High Tea with friends on Saturday and someone mentioned heading over to the beach afterwards.  Sunday is the Hubby’s birthday and he hasn’t yet said what he wants to do.  The MIL will be coming over to make something so maybe our friends will come by… And then Monday is President’s Day and I plan on being in my sewing room all day!  It’s going to be a great weekend. 🙂

Happy Quilting everyone!

Melanie
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11

Feb. ’15

WIP Wednesday – 2/11/2015

WIP Wednesday at Freshly PiecedGetting it done – one piece at a time…

I only have 1 side left to do for border #4 of Tell It To The Stars.  But Clue #2 was released for Scrapitude so I cleaned up my sewing table and set aside Tell It To The Stars and got started on this clue.

 

Scrapitude 2015 Clue #2 2/10/15

Scrapitude 2015
Clue #2
2/10/15

~Wish I was quilting…

Melanie

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21

Jan. ’15

WIP Wednesday – 1/21/2015

WIP Wednesday at Freshly PiecedGetting it done – one piece at a time…

Scrapitude  – I finished the first clue and the next clue is set to be released on Feb. 10, 2015.  That gives me 3 weeks to work on finishing my Flowers and Baskets quilt.  And since I feel the need to know what’s next on my list (to keep me motivated), I’ll be working on Tell It To The Stars after that.  I’m excited and I feel like I’m actually finishing things.

Scrapitude 2015 Clue #1 - Finished 1/19/2015

Scrapitude 2015
Clue #1 – Finished
1/19/2015

Flowers and Baskets – I’ve got one side of the purple border quilted.  Only three more sides to go and then I can bind it.  I do not know if I’ve got binding fabric set aside for this project so I’ll have to go through my drawers to see if I have it stashed away.  I am planning on going to Road to CA this coming weekend.  I’ve got a few fabrics I’m looking for, some items to use in bag making, block loc rulers and if I need binding… well, I’d like to find it there while I’m spending money.

I feel like the year is taking off on a great quilty start!

What is on your WIP Wednesday?

~Wish I was quilting…

Melanie

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19

Jan. ’15

MLK Monday – 1/19/2015

For BOM Away Monday, I had a productive weekend.  I finished Clue #1 for Scrapitude, I made a pincushion, and I started quilting the gold part of Flowers and Baskets.

 

Scrapitude 2015 Clue #1 - Finished 1/19/2015

Scrapitude 2015
Clue #1 – Finished
1/19/2015

 

Pincushion 1/19/2015

Pincushion
1/19/2015

Flowers and Baskets in the machine 1/19/2015

Flowers and Baskets
in the machine
1/19/2015

I started quilting the gold triangles.  Afterwards, I’ll be quilting the purple border.  Once I’ve completed this project, I’ll be working on Tell It To The Stars.

 

Check out more finished BOMs at 

 

For Design Wall Monday…

It’s still a secret so here is a picture of Tell It To The Stars.

Tell It To The Stars October 5, 2014

Tell It To The Stars
October 5, 2014

All I need to do is get the borders on, piece together a backing with the left over fabric (hopefully I have enough), baste it, quilt it, bind it… I have three weeks until the next Scrapitude clue so we’ll see how much I’ll be able to get done before Clue #2 is released.

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It’s a holiday today.  Thanks to Martin Luther King, Jr. for everything he did for the Civil Rights movement.  My staff is out of the office but I’m stuck answering phones for one of our clients who started a marketing campaign last Friday and is worried someone may call today.  Luckily, I’ve got a phone in my sewing room.  So really I’m stuck in my sewing room in case someone calls today. 🙂  poor me! 🙂
Have a great week!

Melanie

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18

Jan. ’15

Stash Report – Week 3, 2015

Table Runner and Place Mats 1/12/2015

Table Runner and Place Mats
1/12/2015

I managed to stay away from the LQS this week and not add any thing to stash!  So Zero added.  I finished the table runners after I posted my stash report last Sunday so I’m including the used numbers here.  7 yards used!  woohoo!

I’m almost done with the first clue of Scrapitude and I’m hoping it will be done today.  There’s not a lot to do but I took a few naps during the day between errands and outings and other family responsibilities yesterday that I didn’t get as much done as I could have. Once that is done, I’ll be quilting Flowers and Baskets and my hope is to get all the gold/yellow parts quilted.  Monday is a holiday so while I have to answer phones for one of my clients, I’ll be sitting at home in front of my sewing machine and the phone next to me on my desk.

Next week is Road to California but I’m not sure if I’ll be going.  It depends on my mood and my pocketbook. 🙂

Used this week: 7 yards
Used year to Date: 7 yards
Added this week: 0 yards
Added Year to Date: 13 yards
Net Added for 2015: 6 yards

see more stash reports at  Patchwork Times

~Have a quilty week!

Melanie

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17

Jan. ’15

Saturday’s Agenda

 

Kayla's Bernette 01/17/2015

Kayla’s Bernette
01/17/2015

Yesterday, I was supposed to take my Bernina in for servicing.  I only had 1 thing I wanted to get done at work and I was waiting on one of my clients to provide me with the finalized version of 1 sheet before the rest of it could go out.  The time frame, in my head, was that if I didn’t get a response by 10:30am then I was free to go.  I had an appointment at 11am at a prospective High School for my upcoming HS student and figured to bring the Bernina in after that.  But at 10:45am, I received an email from one of my staff members with the finalized version.  Apparently he had been on the phone with the client for 45 minutes finalizing the version while I was thinking I was home free! 🙁  So instead of dropping the Bernina off, I dropped off Kayla’s application at another HS and went to work to get the reports out to clients before the 3 day weekend.  And that left me with no time to bring the Bernina in for servicing.  But I had gotten it ready and had already taken out Kayla’s Bernette to use in the meantime.  It’s so cute!  But I’ll have to move the machines around again since I can use my machine now. In the meantime, here’s what I’ve been doing…

WIPs Be GoneWIP Status:

 1. Scrapitude – Working on Clue #1.  I’ve got these done:

Scrapitude Clue #1 - partial 01/17/2015

Scrapitude
Clue #1 – partial
01/17/2015

But I’ve still got to press these:

Scrapitude Clue #1 - partial 01/17/2015

Scrapitude
Clue #1 – partial
01/17/2015

Then I can work on the final part of the clue, which is finishing the second half of that triangle.  I’m enjoying these.  All the pieces were cut beforehand so all I need to do is sit down and sew.  And when I only have a few minutes to do anything, I can go ahead and sew up items between other things.  Since we have a month to get all these done, I can sit back, do a bit at a time and enjoy the process rather than rush through everything.

Something I noticed is the importance of starching.  When I first learned to quilt, I got the impression that starching was bad.  I can’t remember now if that was implied or said and who implied or said it but I stayed away from it.  As I took more classes and quilted more, starching became more prevalent but I didn’t use it every time… Just when I felt I needed it.  There was no science about it and there were plenty of times when I should have used it but didn’t.  Anyway, I was listening to a quilty podcast – I can’t remember now which one – (SORRY!) but they were talking about starching your fabric before you cut to keep it from shifting.  I never did that before and I thought that was a great idea!  I would have loved to do that while I was cutting for scrapitude because some of those pieces were so small, but it’s too late to do that now.  However, as I press the pieces (after piecing them together, of course) I’m using starch to help it keep its shape when I piece for the next step.  It’s been keeping my pieces together with very little (practically none) shifting going on.  I have to say that that’s my big aha moment this week and can I get a Whoop Whoop! 🙂

2015 FAL at On the Windy Side
Flowers and Baskets – Basically the bulk of the quilting is done on this project.  All I need to do is the gold parts and the purple borders.  Then I can bind it and be done with it.  When I started quilting this thing last year, I first quilted the cross lines to stabilize the quilt.  Then I quilted the flowers and basket blocks.  I wanted these blocks to pop and not flatten them out so I quilted them using the “stitch in the ditch” method.  First I used my walking foot, but I had to twist the quilt and it was difficult to maneuver so I started Free Motion Quilting it.  It’s really hard but it doesn’t have to be perfect.  The next blocks I quilted are the 4 black blocks.  I basically did a simple big loopy meander.  I didn’t want to go to fancy because then it would never get done.  Next is the gold and purple parts.  Luckily I have the right color threads to do those. 🙂
Happy Quilting everyone!
Melanie
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14

Jan. ’15

WIP Wednesday – 1/14/2015

WIP Wednesday at Freshly PiecedGetting it done – one piece at a time…

The first clue for Scrapitude was released last night so I’ve been working on that.  Charlotte has a new blog so you can see her instructions directly here.  I love the fact that everything is already cut.  That way I was able to start sewing pieces right away.

Scrapitude Clue #1 1/14/15

Scrapitude
Clue #1
1/14/15

You can’t tell but the squares and the HSTs are 1.5 inches.  They are really tiny.  I’m being really careful because with it being so tiny, every little shift will make a big difference.

Scrapitude Clue #1 1/14/15

Scrapitude
Clue #1
1/14/15

I wasn’t able to finish everything last night but it’s a good start.

What is on your WIP Wednesday?

~Wish I was quilting…

Melanie

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07

Jan. ’15

WIP Wednesday – 1/7/2015

WIP Wednesday at Freshly PiecedGetting it done – one piece at a time…

 

Table Runners 1/5/2015

Table Runners
1/5/2015

Sorry to use the same picture but I’ve been working on binding the place mats and table runner.  I was able to get 4 place mats with the binding half attached then I ran out of fabric.  I’ll have to head over to the LQS (poor me!) to get some more… haha…  There is a sale on Saturday to clear out space on their shelves so I’m hoping the fabric I need is there and on sale.  If not, two of my place mats and the table runner will have different fabric for the binding than the other four.  Hopefully I’ll have a finish and be able to have some used yardage to report on Sunday.

In the meantime, I’m staring at my sewing table trying to figure out what to do… Resolution #2 for 2015 is to concentrate on one thing at a time.  Well, Scrapitude is the priority item right now and I’ve got everything cut and ready for Clue #1 scheduled to be posted on January 13.  Next is this table runner and place mat and we know where I am with that one.  So now what?  If I go back to my list, I guess it’s Tell It To The Stars.  But, and here is where I go down the rabbit hole, I don’t feel like working on Tell It To The Stars.  I’m going back and forth between that one and Flowers and Baskets. I’m almost done piecing the top for Tell It To The Stars.  I really only need to do the final clue which is piecing the borders together.  But that requires a whole lot of fabric and cutting and measuring and I don’t have that kind of time and space right now.  Flowers and Baskets is in the middle of being quilted.  All I need to do is switch my machine to FMQ mode and switch out the thread.  Both are things I really don’t feel like doing.  Part of me wants to just get Tell It to The Stars done with because that’s on my list next and another part of me wants to get Flowers and Baskets quilted because then all I will need to do is bind it.

What is on your WIP Wednesday?

~Wish I was quilting…

Melanie

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