31 October 2016
17 October 2016
Monday Update
Some progress made this weekend.
1. Cut out fabric for 3 dish towel thingies and the associated toweling, all from stash. These use a button and wrap around the oven handle. Very useful. The 2 extras will also make nice gifts. I had made a pattern from an old one. Don't know where I got the original.
2. Made at least six 3.5" bowties for my Bowtie project (Bonnie Hunter pattern) so now I have about 120 done (out of 720+ needed). Also sewed three more rows of three 2" blocks for the side borders, all as leader/enders.
3. Cleaned off my PC/sewing desk so we could replace the black ink cartridge. Now I can update my project sheets; some haven't been printed for the first time either.
I am taking a project management approach to my UFOs and am writing detailed outlines for all projects with a list of all items needed and a plan to get to the finish. Each project is also being contained in a large plastic bag along with its printed project outline.
1. Cut out fabric for 3 dish towel thingies and the associated toweling, all from stash. These use a button and wrap around the oven handle. Very useful. The 2 extras will also make nice gifts. I had made a pattern from an old one. Don't know where I got the original.
2. Made at least six 3.5" bowties for my Bowtie project (Bonnie Hunter pattern) so now I have about 120 done (out of 720+ needed). Also sewed three more rows of three 2" blocks for the side borders, all as leader/enders.
3. Cleaned off my PC/sewing desk so we could replace the black ink cartridge. Now I can update my project sheets; some haven't been printed for the first time either.
I am taking a project management approach to my UFOs and am writing detailed outlines for all projects with a list of all items needed and a plan to get to the finish. Each project is also being contained in a large plastic bag along with its printed project outline.
16 October 2016
Volunteer Mushrooms
Mushrooms are volunteering to be eaten! We harvested some more to go with our burgers tonight.
These were peeled first then sliced as they were so large!
Totally awesome!
These were peeled first then sliced as they were so large!
Totally awesome!
12 October 2016
Inching along
Since I broke down my newest machine and moved the table around, I still have not gotten around to sandwiching any of my waiting tops. Having two large cutting mats on it is nice. I did manage to cut some fabric last night.
1. Cut two contrasting 6" strips of coffee fabric, one a coffee-themed print, and the other was coffee beans on a beige-ish background.
2. Started cutting fabric for a very scrappy Trail Mix quilt (TMQ).
3. Sewed some 3.5" squares together for the TMQ.
1. Cut two contrasting 6" strips of coffee fabric, one a coffee-themed print, and the other was coffee beans on a beige-ish background.
2. Started cutting fabric for a very scrappy Trail Mix quilt (TMQ).
3. Sewed some 3.5" squares together for the TMQ.
10 October 2016
Weekend progress
- Got some 6" squares cut for my scrappy denim rag quilt that I am working on (for the other side).
- Attached most of the binding on my red-and-white storm at sea.
- Started the hanging sleeve for it.
- Bought a new ink cartridge for my printer so I can now print a label for the red-and-white.
- Tore into a bunch of boxes and made an absolute mess in the living room (that where I sew). Sigh.
- Sewed some 2" square pairs together.
- Turned my table around, put two large cutting mats on it and taped them together. I am preparing to layer some quilts and will NOT do it on the floor.
05 October 2016
Mushrooms!
Our vineyard has now grown mushrooms that are volunteers and are also edible!
Here is a shot with DH. These are LARGE!
We left one to repopulate.
Here is a shot with DH. These are LARGE!
It was a learning experience for DGS.
25 September 2016
23 September 2016
5" D4P growing
Rows 1 & 2 are together and Row 3 is pinned, awaiting my return home.
Last night was spent preparing for Saturday's workshop with Nova Montgomery in Williamsburg, learning to maintenance my (April 1947) 221 featherweight sewing machine.
Its decals are in sad shape and paint is gone in spots.
When I opened the shipping box (bought it on ebay), it had been doing the pogo stick on its spool pin, hammering it through the top of the matching 221 box and breaking it off. Boy, was I mad about that!
But she sews just fine and that's the important part.
I haven't tried winding bobbins (and I only have two) so we'll see about that function on Saturday. I suspect I will be buying a few items to keep her running well.
I did buy two replacement LED bulbs via the internet, right before we moved back home. I need to find them. The regular bulb runs really HOT!
Happy Friday!
Last night was spent preparing for Saturday's workshop with Nova Montgomery in Williamsburg, learning to maintenance my (April 1947) 221 featherweight sewing machine.
Its decals are in sad shape and paint is gone in spots.
When I opened the shipping box (bought it on ebay), it had been doing the pogo stick on its spool pin, hammering it through the top of the matching 221 box and breaking it off. Boy, was I mad about that!
But she sews just fine and that's the important part.
I haven't tried winding bobbins (and I only have two) so we'll see about that function on Saturday. I suspect I will be buying a few items to keep her running well.
I did buy two replacement LED bulbs via the internet, right before we moved back home. I need to find them. The regular bulb runs really HOT!
Happy Friday!
19 September 2016
5" D4P Progress and an Inherited UFO
I laid out the blocks for my 5" D4P yesterday and sewed all the rows together this morning before work. This is not the final layout as I noticed issues with the bottom right-hand corner blocks.
A while back, DH & I were going through what I thought was a cedar chest of his stuff.
Come to find out, it was a chest full of his (passed on) mother's stuff. In it we found a hand-pieced quilt top with coordinating fabric that is 22-23" selvedge to selvedge. (Weird, right?)
I laid out the quilt top yesterday and got a picture of it. So now I have to add one more item to my UFO list.
I love it on my bed but it needs to be a little larger. It barely covers the top and just starts down the side by a few inches. I also need to fix a couple of blocks around the edges where the stitching has come undone.
Here is a picture of the hand-stitching. You can't really tell but there is a lot of yellowing. I wonder if ironing will set the yellowing ??? I should iron before quilting, right??
I think I will create a "Gifted/Inherited UFO" section to distinguish these from my personal UFOs.
I was thinking using the yardage to add sashing but it is faded in spots and is only 22-23 inches from selvedge to selvedge which is also very odd. Perhaps this is a way to date it?
DH thinks this may have been made by his maternal grandmother Mary Marguerite Pedneau Lindamood, as he doesn't remember his mother quilting. He does have examples of crocheting and cross stitch that she did. She passed in 1957, the year he was born. WOW!
None of the sides has any sashing at all so the first thing to do would be to add sashing at a minimum. I worry that any white I use will be whiter than what is there and certainly will be a better quality. Then I could add a row all around to make it bigger.
I need to ask if this would lower the eventual quilt value. At least the utility of the quilt would rise if it was at least a double-sized quilt. But is that the right thing to do?
I guess I need to take some more pictures for reference and review!
Yesterday, I did go to Quilting Adventures and purchased 4 battings and nothing else! My no-buy (except for the "B"s: batting, binding, backgrounds, borders) has been successful. I have gone no-buy since July. I feel very proud of myself as I was VERY tempted. So many yummy fabrics were touched and viewed but not purchased.
If I had gotten there earlier, I would have pinned up my 4" D4P quilt. I had everything in the car but only 30 minutes before closing was just not enough time. I wish I had a table at work that I could do this with.
A while back, DH & I were going through what I thought was a cedar chest of his stuff.
Come to find out, it was a chest full of his (passed on) mother's stuff. In it we found a hand-pieced quilt top with coordinating fabric that is 22-23" selvedge to selvedge. (Weird, right?)
I laid out the quilt top yesterday and got a picture of it. So now I have to add one more item to my UFO list.
I love it on my bed but it needs to be a little larger. It barely covers the top and just starts down the side by a few inches. I also need to fix a couple of blocks around the edges where the stitching has come undone.
Here is a picture of the hand-stitching. You can't really tell but there is a lot of yellowing. I wonder if ironing will set the yellowing ??? I should iron before quilting, right??
I think I will create a "Gifted/Inherited UFO" section to distinguish these from my personal UFOs.
I was thinking using the yardage to add sashing but it is faded in spots and is only 22-23 inches from selvedge to selvedge which is also very odd. Perhaps this is a way to date it?
DH thinks this may have been made by his maternal grandmother Mary Marguerite Pedneau Lindamood, as he doesn't remember his mother quilting. He does have examples of crocheting and cross stitch that she did. She passed in 1957, the year he was born. WOW!
None of the sides has any sashing at all so the first thing to do would be to add sashing at a minimum. I worry that any white I use will be whiter than what is there and certainly will be a better quality. Then I could add a row all around to make it bigger.
I need to ask if this would lower the eventual quilt value. At least the utility of the quilt would rise if it was at least a double-sized quilt. But is that the right thing to do?
I guess I need to take some more pictures for reference and review!
Yesterday, I did go to Quilting Adventures and purchased 4 battings and nothing else! My no-buy (except for the "B"s: batting, binding, backgrounds, borders) has been successful. I have gone no-buy since July. I feel very proud of myself as I was VERY tempted. So many yummy fabrics were touched and viewed but not purchased.
If I had gotten there earlier, I would have pinned up my 4" D4P quilt. I had everything in the car but only 30 minutes before closing was just not enough time. I wish I had a table at work that I could do this with.
16 September 2016
One more 100-patch block done
I sashed one more completed 100-patch block (2" squares) last night and made one more 3.5" bowtie for projects 8 & 9 on my WIP list.
I don't get much done on the weekdays as I come home tired from working.
I dream of retirement daily. I have many, many quilts to make before I die. Ooo, that sounds morbid but a friend of ours passed away last Saturday and Tuesday's funeral was an intense day of reflection.
I don't get much done on the weekdays as I come home tired from working.
I dream of retirement daily. I have many, many quilts to make before I die. Ooo, that sounds morbid but a friend of ours passed away last Saturday and Tuesday's funeral was an intense day of reflection.
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