Design Wall Monday - a finish

I never set foot in my sewing room all weekend, but I did get this quilt bound.  Another UFO is done!  And I'm ready to bind another one.  This quilt was a past Saturday Sampler project which was a mystery quilt.  I made 2 of them - a Halloween one and this one. The colors are actually very vibrant, but as usual my photo looks a bit washed out. 

What is on YOUR design wall this morning?  Mine is actually empty at the moment.  I have been trying to decide what I want to work on next.  There are lots of projects to choose from obviously, but I've come up with some May goals.

• RSC blocks in dark green (twinkle star, gingham, Ohio Star, Diamond Tile, string)
• bind the Happy Blocks quilt
• continue to hand quilt on Raspberry Cocoa (Kim Diehl mini quilt)
• Pick a PIG - choose something from the many kits and other projects waiting for attention
• clean and organize one sewing room area

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More work for the long arm quilter

I've dropped off 2 more small projects (that have been hanging in my sewing room closet) for quilting.  One is really small and the other is a child size quilt.  The child sized quilt will go to one of my niece's who just had a baby girl.  

The unicorn fabric is the outer border of the quilt and the pink/purple floral is the backing.  That backing fabric has been hanging around in my stash for a few years.  And now it finally will have a use.  The blocks were leftovers from Bonnie Hunter's En Provence mystery quilt from several years ago.  The pink sections were tri-recs units, and the purple are HST and 4-patch sections.  Together they make a couple of lovely block designs.  The light pink unicorn border was ordered a couple of years ago as one option for my granddaughter's quilt, but I ended up using a different unicorn print.  Shopping my stash is allowing me to finish this and give it away as a gift. 

I used most of the rest of the pink and purple blocks in my granddaughter's quilt (below) in March 2018.  I loved the pink and purple pieces, but didn't like the yellows and greens I chose to go with it for En Provence.  So I separated all of those units to use elsewhere.  And now quilt #2 is going to happen.  I still have the pretty yellow and green blocks made with the other leftovers to use in something, some day.  

Sew Together Bag #15

The final finish of April was this butterfly themed Sew Together bag.  And yes, it's really #15.  I had to go back through my blog to count them and realized I had miscounted.  That makes 2 finished since this whole stay-at-home quarantine thing began.  The grey floral bag was finished in March.  

And this cocktail one was made back in November.  I have enough fabric left to make another one like this.  Because it was a directional (border print) fabric I had to piece the outside.  

And here are the first 12 bags that I made.  Most have been given away or sold.  I kept the black one with the hexies and the Love 2 Sew license plate bag for myself.  Right now they hold cross stitch and hand stitching supplies.

Two steps forward and one step back

The step backward - is this crooked finish on the butterfly bag.  Oops!!  A long zipper across the top of the bag is extended on each end with a casing that becomes part of the handle.  One end was perfectly straight and one end was NOT.  I’ll need to take this little extension off and redo it.

But I did finish the top of this little baby quilt.  It’s only about 36” square but that’s OK.  I’ll look through my stash to see if I have anything appropriate for a backing.  But for now it’s hanging in the closet.  And . . . Call me crazy but I pulled out the pieces for another bag.  I will at least cut all the parts and kit it up for future sewing.   

Progress - slow and steady

The butterfly Sew Together bag is ready for the final step which is adding that top zipper and handle.  I'm not quite sure why, but my pockets just want to "lean over" inside. 

I've set a goal of finishing this one by the weekend.  This will be #14.

Small projects

I took Monday off this week.  Some of it was spent sewing, some doing laundry, and some working on a puzzle.  My brain feels more rested today and I'll be working at both of my jobs.   Invoices will be processed this morning and online classes will be caught up this afternoon.

The bindings are done on both of these little table toppers.  The zigzag one is what I make from the leftover corners cut off the Barn Quilt project.  It's only 12 x 24" and I quilted some simple lines in the white zigzag sections.  The back is a scrap of a solid butter yellow found in the stash.  The other one is slightly larger and the final leftovers from the Eleanor Burns Day and Night blocks.  

The ziplock baggy holding the kit I made for this Sew Together bag was sitting on top of a basket of stuff on my sewing room bookcase.  So it seemed like the next best thing to work on.  Plus it's on my PhD and UFO lists, so it's a win-win if I finish it.  

The hard part of this bag pattern is putting those side panels on. That can't happen until the pockets and lining are all done and fitted to the quilted outside of the bag.  That involves 3 zippers.  I was determined to reach this stage before stepping away from my machine, and I accomplished that.  The bindings on both side panels are ready to hand stitch, which I like to do before I sew on the top zipper and handle sections. 

And last but not least, I did get the 2 long pieced sides of the spiral quilt sewn on.  The final thing will be adding the last 2 white strips and then this one will be ready for quilting.  Since I didn't remember this one even existed, it isn't on my UFO list.  But that's OK because I'll just count it as one of the "Pick a PIG" projects on the list once it's done. 

Design Wall Monday - spiral

Another "found" project.  On a top shelf in my sewing room was a shoebox sized plastic container that appeared to have more 2.5" squares in it.  So I pulled it down with the idea of merging all of the 2.5" squares together.  And this was also folded up  in the bottom.  I think it was going to be a baby quilt - how ever many years ago I started this.  

The white strips to continue the spiral were also in the box, along with 2 strips of squares sewn together in just the right sizes for the next 2 sides. It shouldn't take me too long to add those final strips to it now.  It will become a small donation quilt most likely. 

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