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TGIF, 6/12/2015

Tell It to The Stars
Backing
Gray border #1
#boo

So I made that ^^^ mistake!!!!

I pieced together the third side the wrong way on the back for Tell It To The Stars! Time to put it down and fix it later. I’ll be best friends with my seam ripper later and then hopefully I can get the gray border #1 done on the back. I want to get gray border #2 finished this weekend and then I can get this on the frame for quilting.

Or… I can get the back for scrapitude and get that on the frame. I will be going through my stash and I hope I can find yardage for the back. I know I will not find any one piece of fabric for the entire thing but I hope I can find enough to piece together for the back of this. It will be a scrappy back too. 🙂

Scrapitude 2015
6/8/2015

I still haven’t gone to visit the sewing machine shop to ask some questions with the labels I made now a couple of weeks ago with my embroidery machine. I have 1 more label to make for Month by Month so I want to finish that this weekend also.

It feels slow going. They’re only backs and borders which I feel shouldn’t take too long but they are. With the borders for Scrapitude I did take my time because I wanted it to come out right. With Tell It To the Stars… well, I think life is overtaking my quilty time and I am just doing what I can when I’ve got time. Once I get through these I can jump onto hampton ridge and get the sashes on. 🙂

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Melanie

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Jun. ’15

TGIF, 6/5/2015

Whooo! What a busy week. With the girl culminating and the boy’s baseball schedule we’ve been booked every night this week. I’m so excited to spend a weekend with my sewing machine and no other obligations.

Scrapitude – I plan to go to my LQS this afternoon to get borders. I plan to tackle this step this week. I may also get backing fabric since I’m there and will save me a trip.

Scrapitude
5/31/2015

Tell It To The Stars – I agree with everyone’s response – The gray is the best option for completing this back. I plan to finish the backing this weekend.

Tell It To The Stars
back
6/3/2015

I also want to visit the sewing machine shop as I had some questions with the labels I made last week with my embroidery machine. I have 1 more label to make for Month by Month so I want to finish that this weekend also.

The Midnight Mystery QAL ‘s fabric selection post was released yesterday and I’m hesitating on whether I want to be involved with this. I think I’ll pass for right now. I have some projects I want to get to and if I add this to my list, I won’t get to the projects I want to get to. I have the instructions emailed to me each month so if I decide to play along later, I can always jump in. For now, the final item on my list of things to work on this weekend is putting the sashing and blocks together for Hampton Ridge.

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Melanie

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May. ’15

TGIF, 5/8/2015

WIP Status:

Scrapitude – I finished clue #4 just in time. The final clue is being released this coming Tuesday, 5/12/2015. Here’s how it looks so far with all the blocks on the design wall:

Scrapitude 2015
Clue #4
5/7/2015

This weekend is Mother’s Day weekend and I’m attending a workshop with Annie Smith! I’m so excited I’m dancing! And…

I think I found my next mystery QAL. I found it from Quilt Block of the Month and she does a great job of posting free BOMs she finds on the web. This BOM is perfect for my schedule since Scrapitude will be done this month and I love being part of a mystery QAL. This one starts in June and will continue until March 2016. So this will be a new project I will start. I checked out the previous QAL and I liked how it looks so I’m hoping this next one is just as nice. Hopefully I can use my scraps like I was able to with Scrapitude but if not, that’s okay. I have a lot of fabric to use up. 🙂

Happy Quilting everyone!

Melanie

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Apr. ’15

TGIF, 4/24/2015

WIP Status:

1. Month by Month –

Month by Month – off the frame but sprawled on the floor
4/10/15

Still on the floor where I left it although I’m hoping to get to this this weekend. I’ve only got the border to finish quilting then I can bind and label it and it’s done.

2. Tell It To The Stars

Tell It To The Stars
Designing the back
3/5/15

I actually removed this from the design wall. I’ll put it back up when I’m ready to actually piece the back together.

3. Scrapitude – Clue #3 is done and I’m planning on tackling Clue #4 this weekend.

Scrapitude
Clue #3
4/19/2015
just section A… forgot to take pictures of the whole piece!

4. Moon Glow – This is done for this month and I’ll add the next step to next month’s goal list.

Moon Glow
All blocks completed
Up on the design wall
4/16/15

My exciting news for today – #5 – Mini project – I finally got the first project of the book “Sew Practical” done. I still need to put more pins on it. In the book it has buttons that we make with fabric. I bought the supplies to do that but I wanted to use the bag to showcase some of my pins that I’ve accumulated. I’ve got more somewhere so as I find them, I’ll be attaching them to the bag. Next time I make this bag I will do the embroidery with thread that matches the inner lining. The instructions for this bag was pretty clear but there were some things I felt were left out. First – to use a quarter inch seam or a half inch seam or something else. The book didn’t say. I’m a quilter so my default action would be to use a quarter inch. However, I think I’m starting to be more familiar with bag making (this is, what, my 5th now?) and I decided to use a half inch. I worried until I got to the step, that when it came to putting on the bottom it wouldn’t fit properly. It wasn’t exact but it fit better than if I used a quarter inch. Second – when I made the lining, the instructions said to follow the same steps to make the external part of the bag. So I did. Then the next line said, leave a 6″ gap in one of the long sides. That one took me awhile to figure out but I had already followed the steps from before so I had to take my seam ripper out and re-do one of the sides to get that gap. And that was it… just two things that I didn’t understand and had to redo. I think this is a cute book bag to take to the library. I do not know if I will make another one. I don’t think it’s cute enough to make as a gift unless I change the fabric. There aren’t any pockets inside or anything. And it’s not that big. It’s about 15″ (H) x 13″ (L) x 3″ (D). But if I find I use it a lot then I might make more. Or, if I get more buttons.

4/24/15
Project #1 of the Sew Practical book

Happy Quilting everyone!

Melanie

Posted by Melaniesquilting. Categories: Bag Making, Quilting. Tags: bag making, bookbag, month by month, Moon Glow, scrapitude, Tell It to the stars, Whoop Whoop, Wips Be Gone. 3 Comments

Apr. ’15

TGIF, 4/17/2015

WIP Status:

1. Month by Month –

Month by Month – off the frame but sprawled on the floor
4/10/15

Still on the floor where I left it.

2. Tell It To The Stars

Tell It To The Stars
Designing the back
3/5/15

I actually removed this from the design wall. I’ll put it back up when I’m ready to actually piece the back together.

3. Scrapitude – I still need to do Clue #3 and Clue #4. I’m not sure if I’ll get to this this weekend because I have something else on my projects list that I want to get done.

and for 4. Moon Glow -I’m super excited to have all the alternate blocks finished. The next step is to piece all the rows together –

Moon Glow
All blocks completed
Up on the design wall
4/16/15

Whoop whoop!

Happy Quilting everyone!

Melanie

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Apr. ’15

TGIF, 4/10/2015

I’m back on WIPs Be Gone! Woohoo!

WIP Status:

1. Month by Month –

Month by Month – off the frame but sprawled on the floor
4/10/15

I finally finished quilting Month by Month on Bailey but I decided to quilt the borders separately on my domestic. It’s waiting on the floor for its turn on the Bernina. 🙂

2. Tell It To The Stars

Tell It To The Stars
Designing the back
3/5/15

The back of Tell It To The Stars is still on the design wall waiting for me to get to it.

3. Scrapitude – I still need to do last month’s Clue #3 and Clue #4 will be coming out shortly.

4. Moon Glow –

Moon Glow
Month 12 – taking up all my room on my sewing table
4/10/15

I’ve got one side put together on the last round of the 12 blocks for Month 12. I’m planning on getting this done this week so I can finish quilting the borders on Month by Month and then hopefully get Clue #3 started for Scrapitude. Those are my big plans for this weekend.

I’m back on the blogosphere! whoop whoop! I’m also back to doing a little bit of piecing every day! Whoop whoop! Here’s to getting our regular routine back! Cheers!

Happy Quilting everyone!

Melanie

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Mar. ’15

TGIF, 3/13/2015

WIP Status:

1. Month by Month –

Month by Month on the mid arm
2/28/2015

It’s still on Bailey… It’s half way done, I’ve ordered needles and I am waiting for them. I went to Joann’s and found some but I don’t know if they’re the right ones. I hope I’ll have time Saturday morning to see if they will work but there’s a lot going on this weekend so I’m not sure.

2. Tell It To The Stars

Tell It To The Stars
Designing the back
3/5/15

The back of Tell It To The Stars is still on the design wall. I still need to throw up more of the little pieces together but I’m not in any rush so it’s just sitting there.

3. Scrapitude – Clue #3 just came out and my quilt mojo has left the building. It’s taking a break and I hope it comes back this coming weekend.

4. Moon Glow –

Moon Glow
Month #12
3/12/2015

Here’s where I got stalled. And it’s probably why it took so long for me to pull it out. Month #12 isn’t just a block or two to put together. There are 20 pieces of fabric that I’ve got to cut up. I’m working through step 5 now which is basically cut more strips. I don’t even get to break up the cutting with piecing. It’s just 8 fabrics that I have to cut into strips of 1-3/4″ each… 12 strips each fabric… /sigh. I do a little bit a day but it seems to take forever. /whine whine whine… sorry… It’s kind of why I haven’t been posting this week. I’m tired, I’m bored with all the cutting from Moon Glow and I’m trying really hard to stay committed and not start something new. I haven’t bought fabric although not because I’m diligent. I tried to go to LQS where I would have broken down but thankfully, they are closed on Sundays! I went to Joann’s for some other things and it’s only because I’m trying to keep the quilt shop quality fabric in my stash that restrained me from perusing the fabric aisles.

We’re getting closer to party central here at the house. My baby is turning 10! OMG! ;0 That’s happening next Saturday (21) and then I’ll be heading up north to go to my cousin’s baby shower. Then it’s spring break for the kids and we have another Vegas trip. This time it’s for 4 days and its with friends. We plan to eat, go to the pool and eat some more! 🙂 maybe throw a show in there too.

Happy Quilting everyone!

Melanie

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Mar. ’15

TGIF, 3/6/2015

WIP Status:

1. Month by Month –

Month by Month on the mid arm
2/28/2015

It’s still on Bailey… I haven’t had a chance to do anything on this this week.

2. Tell It To The Stars

Tell It To The Stars
Designing the back
3/5/15

I have started designing the back with my leftover fabric. I thought about buying enough fabric for backing but these are all hand dyed and I didn’t feel comfortable using something else. So I’m hoping that I’ve got enough scraps left. I definitely do not if I just used the big blocks of fabric. So, I’m trying to piece the scraps together. Hopefully it comes out okay. I’ve never done something like this but I’m open to trying. I watched the Craftsy class: Creative Quilt Backs with Elizabeth Hartman for inspiration on how best to tackle this project and it was a great mini-class! It was very informative. I’m just playing right now so don’t think what’s on there is it. There are some elements I like but there is a lot I do not like. 🙂

Another week has gone by and it’s Friday! That in and of itself is enough to get a Whoop! I’m just so happy to have a day I can play with my machines and play with fabric. I’m hoping to get going quilting Month by Month on Bailey. Whether it’s going to be done is another question. I think I’ll leave the back up on the wall a bit while I let it sync in a bit. I may piece some more of the smaller pieces together and place them around to see how things feel. But I think it’s time to get Moon Glow out. I need some new fabrics in my life and I think I’m ready for it.

Happy Quilting everyone!

Melanie

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Feb. ’15

TGIF, 2/27/2015

WIP Status:

1. Month by Month –

Month by Month
Finished Top
2/26/2015

I finished the top. I still need to press it and trim the borders. That will be another day. Maybe tonight. I’ll be going to the quilt shop to get backing and I REALLY want to start working on the MidArm this weekend. I hope I can get out early enough to set it up today so that I can start messing around first thing in the morning.

This is the second finished top this week! Woohoo! I’d like to quilt this one this weekend, get some practice and then get Tell It To The Stars quilted next weekend.

Happy Quilting everyone!

Melanie

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Feb. ’15

TGIF, 2/20/2015

WIP Status:

1. Scrapitude –

Scrapitude
Clue #2
Finished
2/14/2015

Finished Clue #2 for Scrapitude so I’m waiting for Clue #3 due out on 3/10/15. I’m enjoying this mystery. It’s relaxing, not too rushed, and the number of pieces are doable and not too overwhelming. This project is coming all from scraps or stash!

2. Tell It To The Stars –

Tell It To The Stars
Finished through
Border #4
2/18/15

I’m sorry I wasn’t able to get a more recent picture but I’m lucky to have a few minutes to get this post out. I cut the beautiful fabric for Border #5 and pieced 1 side. It’s beautiful. I’m hoping to get the rest of it done this weekend.

It’s Friday! Whoop Whoop! Last night I went to an info night for prospective parents at one of the school’s the girl has applied to and I LOVED it. I love the philosophy, the community, the general vibe of the school and it’s students. I hope she gets accepted.

Happy Quilting everyone!

Melanie

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