This will start as a quilt picture dump of some of the quilts that I've finished over the past two years. I finally have a computer with a full keyboard and that makes it more likely that I'll actually type a post. Internet access via Kindle is just not a productive way of typing. And I really don't like speech to text. I'm also hoping that after getting caught up in the neverending chaotic news cycles of the past four years, that calmness will now prevail and I won't feel like the nation is changing drastically by the time I get home from work.
I tried posting things to instagram, but I truly don't enjoy it that much. I like reading the stories. I like the process (which is totally why I'm just dumping pictures on here without process posting). I don't want statistics about how many people liked a photo that I posted. Yes, I could find out how many people read a post or commented (if commenting was turned on), but truly, I write a post for me. I can feel like I need to please others, or I can just spend the energy making sure I am happy with what I am doing.
So, here I go.
Heather Ross Cut and Sew Baby quilt. Used the
tutorial at Cluck Cluck Sew.
Colt baby quilt.
Chopsticks quilt by Jaybird Quilts for Moore.
2nd graders play with HST in math class. After the first kid went through the geometry unit in 2nd grade math that had quilt blocks, I proposed the project to the second kid's teacher. She was thrilled with the idea. Took the charm squares from multiple charm square rainbow swaps. Made HST. Sent them to school and each child could choose 16 squares or HST to make a block of their choice. Blocks then got sewn together by me and the kids decided how they wanted the quilts to be laid out. The two quilts ended up in the classroom for use by the kids.
Meadowland quilt with yellows and grays. Bound and gifted to a co-worker.
Frances Firefly quilt pattern by Elizabeth Hartman. Gifted.
Snowflake Sew-along. Quilted and living in my house as of November 2020.
Another cut and sew block quilt loosely from technique by Cluck Cluck Sew. Quilted, bound and gifted around May of 2020 for a former co-worker.
Urban Chicken Block quilt using scraps. Bound and probably will be donated as of November 2020.
Seeing Stars Quilt A Long from Melissa Corry at Happy Quilting. I dind't want to make the 4.5" applique stars so I put together what I had. I also didn't make the improv star blocks. It is large enough. It was going to be for a co-worker, but I gifted them a different quilt. This one is waiting to be quilted.
Homespun Quilt. Used up part of a Cotton and Steel jelly roll and some various Elizabeth Hartman and Violet Craft prints. Gifted October 2020.
Scrappy Summer pattern by Cluck Cluck Sew using At Home by Bonnie and Camille. Gifted October 2020 to a co-worker nearing retirement.
Finally decided in November that I would take my cut Anna Maria Horner 6" squares and make the value quilt that I've been wanting to make. This one is basted and has four rows (of single squares) quilted so far. My wrist hurts a little bit today so I am going to stop quilting it for the day and hope that my wrist feels a bit better tomorrow. I'm not sure why it hurts. Oh well. And it is backed the the AMH wideback from Hindsight. I had flannel AMH, but the bold print of the wideback really needed to go on the back. And, I didn't have to piece it.
Took my pre-cut 8.5' squares and recut them into 2.5, 2, 3.5 or 4.5" sections. Put together two 2.5", two 2", one 3.5" and one 4.5" to make a block. Each row is 5 blocks. I put them together randomly in hopes for the best variety and to make it less likely that anything would line up with the same thing. Yep, that didn't work. One spot has the same size same print with the same seam lines. And I just found two fabric pieces large enough for a minimally pieced back. The last two wideback quilts have spoiled me.
There is a bulletin board in my home office on the wall behind my camera. With remote school and work, my machine is now in my office. Now I get to add blocks to the bulletin board as I progress through a project. I'm using it as a way to build connections. The AMH quilt top led to many comments. We'll see if I can make it a dynamic location for artwork.
And now, I'm off to attempt to clean up the dining room table of the random bits that need to be cut into useable scraps. They've been on the table since August keeping us as a two kid school rather than more kids.
