tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16864030909697046232024-03-18T22:05:37.807-04:00Krista QuiltsA glimpse into my quilting journey - projects, tips, techniques, and more.Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00537141175261483876noreply@blogger.comBlogger1280125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686403090969704623.post-78285896246786123002024-03-18T16:59:00.002-04:002024-03-18T16:59:10.986-04:002023 Quilt Along<p></p><br /><br /><p>For the past several years, I have designed a quilt - either a mystery quilt, or a quilt along/block of the month - for a couple of guilds I belong to. This year's quilt-along was a bit challenging. Usually I use EQ8 for designing, but it doesn't play nicely with non-standard settings, and this one was definitely non-standard. So I reverted to the trust pencil and graph paper to sketch it out. And I enlisted the help of a pattern tester to make sure it was correct, and achievable.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBs9sprO3rBCn5TEq7ElpbHdaF3apoT7H0ROIk31X8vUKnvXnKnVEQkwbaAewoK2BLMGNBQxa6vQGMwOWN2bZXaQ_2_S23yJAVK5R6pElN7zgxp7HuNz1VCVmUiyO7uGHiScQ8DN4xbNb1SKzaxRf77YgLqgE6af8mH869OuxhEmLs7SvKDNSyWgyQtk6a/s4032/20240212_120940.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBs9sprO3rBCn5TEq7ElpbHdaF3apoT7H0ROIk31X8vUKnvXnKnVEQkwbaAewoK2BLMGNBQxa6vQGMwOWN2bZXaQ_2_S23yJAVK5R6pElN7zgxp7HuNz1VCVmUiyO7uGHiScQ8DN4xbNb1SKzaxRf77YgLqgE6af8mH869OuxhEmLs7SvKDNSyWgyQtk6a/s320/20240212_120940.jpg" width="240" /></a> <br /></p><p>This one is called "A Wing and a Prayer", because I mentioned to a quilting friend that I pulled fabric from my stash that "looked like enough" to make my version as I designed it. So, before I knew the fabric requirements. I got lucky for the most part. I ran out of background twice, but my fill-in matches pretty well, so you can hardly tell. And the binding is not what I would have chosen, but it was what I had enough of to make it. So it has a little flange of my 3rd background fabric, and the main binding is the blue.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi00yg37Lhj-WmSKqnCV7H75BAdGI9sTSea3Eir7Z1Nr6jGmveBLpNiv8U9rhl5R-OrVjlCbXMJ15XOgk5o0mQ22HevHygGRQWkkMMjgEvLJTH_vk3opsd0GqUYsqeOs1eLRw_p8_anYFNKCDYRI2lpXKYOWdvjxJSNHLG3ze6B2iKx3M0BcKZg4Ib8PQTp/s4032/20240212_121003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi00yg37Lhj-WmSKqnCV7H75BAdGI9sTSea3Eir7Z1Nr6jGmveBLpNiv8U9rhl5R-OrVjlCbXMJ15XOgk5o0mQ22HevHygGRQWkkMMjgEvLJTH_vk3opsd0GqUYsqeOs1eLRw_p8_anYFNKCDYRI2lpXKYOWdvjxJSNHLG3ze6B2iKx3M0BcKZg4Ib8PQTp/s320/20240212_121003.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p>The center section is made as a square, then turned on point, and the corners with the 9-patches were added, and finally the top/bottom border. The quilt ended up 66x90" - a bit bigger than I planned, so I also offered instructions & fabric requirements for smaller versions - a baby quilt that ends with the triple border around the center square, and a lap quilt without the top & bottom borders.</p><p>There are 2 months left in the quilt along, and I can't wait to see what everyone has done with it.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p></p>Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00537141175261483876noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686403090969704623.post-70788335810716944872024-03-14T15:48:00.001-04:002024-03-14T15:48:09.103-04:00Down on the Corner<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH44RS7weok0Qblie9D8n43OmVrBEZnuTojUirCpJ6kAvOIEfS7iSbsmGD2v_1o8tRL3tQ0-a3VtT9v9WfQBjcMgyKA0hHTCVdaMnANdKFdgpjZ_0MPRc-fYwPuT-2y6hMfA1TSVcy-5QchZfRk2BSzdBnQ_jpFXZUGveTiAtDLHqUK7AuFaC000LeROLf/s4032/20240312_131347.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH44RS7weok0Qblie9D8n43OmVrBEZnuTojUirCpJ6kAvOIEfS7iSbsmGD2v_1o8tRL3tQ0-a3VtT9v9WfQBjcMgyKA0hHTCVdaMnANdKFdgpjZ_0MPRc-fYwPuT-2y6hMfA1TSVcy-5QchZfRk2BSzdBnQ_jpFXZUGveTiAtDLHqUK7AuFaC000LeROLf/s320/20240312_131347.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p><br /> I participated in a virtual mystery quilt in January, with Quilt-agious quilt shop. They do one every year, and this is my second time. The pattern was a lot of fun to put together, and the weekend was great fun. The finished quilt had 12 blocks and was sized for a double (queen?) bed. I decided to split the blocks in half to make two donation quilts for Victoria's Quilts Canada. I added borders to bring the half quilts up to size, and substitutes a couple of blocks on the second one to make up for the missing bits, so that I didn't have to remake any blocks.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXcS-lSTdcvc3QZl7MQ-0XzSiIJKAgNYfZiFxh-9pT2_hZ0NY_9T7GRZinJ2ZLSQjZqTkS58EKNs_X9oQfEYVJ7xVJVBBw6Fgp-8H-Vw3yjdsDJgmgei1zNkLcZBHAZOOXsrpYuK5m0iWoWg2jfL9KcXKMgZAPBQ3jROF8iFpR2zq0snixNl336G-GS6y-/s4032/20240312_131245.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXcS-lSTdcvc3QZl7MQ-0XzSiIJKAgNYfZiFxh-9pT2_hZ0NY_9T7GRZinJ2ZLSQjZqTkS58EKNs_X9oQfEYVJ7xVJVBBw6Fgp-8H-Vw3yjdsDJgmgei1zNkLcZBHAZOOXsrpYuK5m0iWoWg2jfL9KcXKMgZAPBQ3jROF8iFpR2zq0snixNl336G-GS6y-/s320/20240312_131245.jpg" width="240" /></a> <br /></p><p></p><p>I do wish I had used a different background for the stars, but that is the risk with a mystery quilt.</p><p></p>Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00537141175261483876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686403090969704623.post-23337753181775555932024-03-12T18:41:00.000-04:002024-03-12T18:41:03.683-04:00Goats in Pyjamas<p> I was inspired by a pattern the other day, and decided to make myself a little baby goat in pyjamas. The pattern is from Art East, and it is just the cutest thing! She was just the right size for a laptop bag, so I used some faux-suede I had sitting around for the background/body of the bag, and a few bits and pieces from my scraps for the goat herself.<br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNyTBrFattpVVkrtDehechoxQhh7SzcNWQjL9sqOs8LEttepHzONG4FDgbDgUQblySMgK2ZYw81TfbpUrI4l3Q_UtYYrZbQclUklyKbbuTUmfgx-Ub1beKJ6rtwyAjXMiG5YCRzayyS652epeWV3dUwvBE-r2Cye9XZPpUAmUghVTy4hEhmRFE91I1k-em/s4032/20240309_103410.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNyTBrFattpVVkrtDehechoxQhh7SzcNWQjL9sqOs8LEttepHzONG4FDgbDgUQblySMgK2ZYw81TfbpUrI4l3Q_UtYYrZbQclUklyKbbuTUmfgx-Ub1beKJ6rtwyAjXMiG5YCRzayyS652epeWV3dUwvBE-r2Cye9XZPpUAmUghVTy4hEhmRFE91I1k-em/s320/20240309_103410.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>My new laptop fits perfectly, and Chloe is an adorable addition.<br /></p>Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00537141175261483876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686403090969704623.post-4695498640420369542024-02-17T17:29:00.003-05:002024-02-17T17:29:39.109-05:00Frolic leftovers<p></p><p>Back in 2020, after I finished Bonnie Hunter's Frolic mystery, and her Unity quilt along, I had a lot of bits and pieces left over. I'd used the same fabrics in both those quilts, so I took all the odds and ends, and made several new blocks - most a variation on Frolic's blocks, and then some random playing with Unity leftovers. I played around with the bits, added in some additional fabric, and came up with this quilt.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpHIlMNNs2kGNsdpKmXAl5dWh47zRWiIJf5q3Z4hHCJ1SoH-Pg5vnehXDATAdmXeEfDh6VzWLkiYKNrBxZ-ehE7hHwUYh4P2ACp6j0cHdEiyIqEE9-4PvQjgADpvgbp2YKOQRHyX_OXMarafHk5xWuRjwZUNBdpCGXaDxyy0yP2wCUauHP2Pdh7RFJfQ2C/s4032/20240212_113949.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpHIlMNNs2kGNsdpKmXAl5dWh47zRWiIJf5q3Z4hHCJ1SoH-Pg5vnehXDATAdmXeEfDh6VzWLkiYKNrBxZ-ehE7hHwUYh4P2ACp6j0cHdEiyIqEE9-4PvQjgADpvgbp2YKOQRHyX_OXMarafHk5xWuRjwZUNBdpCGXaDxyy0yP2wCUauHP2Pdh7RFJfQ2C/s320/20240212_113949.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p>I quilted it some time ago, but was avoiding binding it, because I went with a flange binding - it was the only way to stretch the fabric to finish it. But that's such a job, to sew 280" of 2 binding strips side-by-side to make the binding. But I finally did it, got it bound, and it's off to Victoria's Quilts next month (as soon as I make a bag and get it into the wash).<br /> </p><p></p>Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00537141175261483876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686403090969704623.post-21373014392702036072024-02-16T23:37:00.001-05:002024-02-16T23:38:39.900-05:00Block of the Week<div><p></p><p>My poor little block of the week is DONE! This started way back in 2014, as a weekly block from a local quilt shop. If you finished your block and took it in, the next week was free. If not, it was $5. It was a lot of fun, and the shop did a TON of work - they actually let everyone pick their own border fabric, and worked out the colours for the blocks from that - so almost every one was different. Like I said, a ton of work.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheirFmliHKZlF57rtPPYyYFgrpFW59E6ht0XO7MLQgLZUhRNsSut8yV9skl6NzCVEGKodXx2hUPdszAizgcqrIra8d7ekzpI6t4yIZrcBbBBZ_fQbRDaHeknQbh6z5_WASztKWNLpqFgCwzu0c-C-k0BjofOgzrYKbyRLffONcWhMFn4czZS7yMIv3TRo5/s4032/20240212_113317.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheirFmliHKZlF57rtPPYyYFgrpFW59E6ht0XO7MLQgLZUhRNsSut8yV9skl6NzCVEGKodXx2hUPdszAizgcqrIra8d7ekzpI6t4yIZrcBbBBZ_fQbRDaHeknQbh6z5_WASztKWNLpqFgCwzu0c-C-k0BjofOgzrYKbyRLffONcWhMFn4czZS7yMIv3TRo5/s320/20240212_113317.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p>I managed to keep up and get all the blocks done, then the alternate blocks were finished fairly quickly, and that's where the wheels came off. I had let the owner talk me out of buying enough of my border print to use the edge pattern for the border - it was one-sided, so would have needed over 8 meters of fabric for borders.</p><p>I searched 5 times over the next 5 years, looking for more of that print - Robert Kaufmann Effervescence. I found every colourway except mine (and no, I don't want to know that you have 4 yards sitting around your sewing room, thank you very much). I could not let it go, and changing the border fabric never crossed my mind. Eventually, I gave up my search, made a 2-part border for the other 2 sides, and called it "good enough".</p><p>And then I thought I'd custom quit this baby. Lots of opportunity in those little blocks to do some nice work - so it sat. And stared at me every time I went into my closet. And sat some more.</p><p>This year, I joined a 100 day UFO challenge, and when asked about our oldest UFO, this baby came out, with her story. What I didn't mention above is the falling out with the quilt shop that happened about a year later, and when I wrote the story of this quilt for that UFO group, my resentment was clear, apparently. Everyone said, just let it go. Release the quilt, and release the old feelings with it.</p><p>So I decided to do just that. No more custom quilting plan. Out it came from the closet, I found a nice design that fit the blocks and played about with my automation software to make it look like each block was quilted with this design individually, when in fact it was a pantograph.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuQX_dcdW03BdC2ScCp7UAj9Uo9R-IOD-ZkE610DOvJJPZneY2Iqkfn0uClX1nIE7RM8zdoJ-tfDqnojDc_xV092RWg5cXi8ffgFz3sGDn0NBbTSI9zMARD4-2awsAN50ZTG_N_PZNiuWQslPnHhsOvxUCoiFAdB5Qgd2l3DgUEFNdfYQzvf3EG_GMAqgG/s4032/20240212_113549.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuQX_dcdW03BdC2ScCp7UAj9Uo9R-IOD-ZkE610DOvJJPZneY2Iqkfn0uClX1nIE7RM8zdoJ-tfDqnojDc_xV092RWg5cXi8ffgFz3sGDn0NBbTSI9zMARD4-2awsAN50ZTG_N_PZNiuWQslPnHhsOvxUCoiFAdB5Qgd2l3DgUEFNdfYQzvf3EG_GMAqgG/s320/20240212_113549.jpg" width="240" /></a></p>Not perfect, and if you look closely you can tell, but I love the overall look, and most importantly, IT IS DONE!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikx1p7qFyN6fktjAa7wH7a_2TImDx7-Gx9gUiWKftfqx36y-yNOni2c_KooV4x4FHvVL4qmeI0QceznLwjbD8nj65A6vGXwHSTlNarpACgZH6mX6aCtszW-8h5FJrSLj0mYVTpEJfPmIWWUrLQHahrj5tqqNXYQBJ9eTVoe3CFPjRq7J93NkfT8b2GDFvO/s4032/20240212_113331.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikx1p7qFyN6fktjAa7wH7a_2TImDx7-Gx9gUiWKftfqx36y-yNOni2c_KooV4x4FHvVL4qmeI0QceznLwjbD8nj65A6vGXwHSTlNarpACgZH6mX6aCtszW-8h5FJrSLj0mYVTpEJfPmIWWUrLQHahrj5tqqNXYQBJ9eTVoe3CFPjRq7J93NkfT8b2GDFvO/s320/20240212_113331.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /></div><div> <p></p></div>Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00537141175261483876noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686403090969704623.post-38896203543161829612024-02-13T14:21:00.004-05:002024-02-13T14:21:40.394-05:00Paris One Block Wonder<p> This poor little quilt has been finished for years, but apparently I never took an actual photo of it. It is one of my favourite one-block wonder quilts. I bought the panel during my OBW buying phase back in 2017 or so. It took a long time to sort out the arrangement - all those straight lines from the tower were hard to deal with, but I love the way it ended up.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihnmJWBOy6XbwlfgYM76wi3Z8bepYbCL2xjOUJHR3lUCQu84Rs3F5N1sDV-2cgWaggTPWVULxvd5ov0NauXyj9dxOHeXRv1mhAr-NH5E0_h4oD_qONMPLdd8jhF9T398x1QN7aKhsq8qtLYWqBrxOaB3i1IJDuDRuJiQ1COhbQXZjW_JfzTJYPjVMfMLkT/s4032/20240212_112356.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihnmJWBOy6XbwlfgYM76wi3Z8bepYbCL2xjOUJHR3lUCQu84Rs3F5N1sDV-2cgWaggTPWVULxvd5ov0NauXyj9dxOHeXRv1mhAr-NH5E0_h4oD_qONMPLdd8jhF9T398x1QN7aKhsq8qtLYWqBrxOaB3i1IJDuDRuJiQ1COhbQXZjW_JfzTJYPjVMfMLkT/s320/20240212_112356.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00537141175261483876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686403090969704623.post-32426905610744863622024-02-04T21:19:00.000-05:002024-02-04T21:19:00.055-05:00Singing in the Rain<p> Back in the Summer of 2015, I went on a trip to Michigan during the Row by Row which happened every summer. I stopped at every quilt shop I could find - and even took a different route home so I could hit more shops. I picked up a lot of the row patterns from the various shops, and had a lovely stack when I got back. And then they sat there :)</p><p>Eventually I realized that I would never make all of them, so I picked my favourite 8, and put the rest of the kits into my stash. I made the 8 rows and created this quilt sometime around 2019. And it sat again :) The size was wrong for a donation quilt, and I couldn't see a use for this one.</p><p>But I finally pulled it out and quilted it in 2023 during my UFO blitz that year. And now, I found the binding fabric and the poor little project is officially complete (albeit without a label).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1PuDPXEXSmD2HdMN3w_km-jb2TMRU_9Tm2ps01IQUX7SXgQStOnuYumA8wWgfzAAC_WLhQHSbbejwGBPvlwliKQxYF-bnwaqqie9GMROUhaW2Jemp3IkRPj7kgYSVeF9S-ShMMMMaH93-FIX6S0HBn6xMKGg72mjk2hG8YIXJ-TlXHl6nHGedk5vr4ay0/s4032/20240202_114144.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1PuDPXEXSmD2HdMN3w_km-jb2TMRU_9Tm2ps01IQUX7SXgQStOnuYumA8wWgfzAAC_WLhQHSbbejwGBPvlwliKQxYF-bnwaqqie9GMROUhaW2Jemp3IkRPj7kgYSVeF9S-ShMMMMaH93-FIX6S0HBn6xMKGg72mjk2hG8YIXJ-TlXHl6nHGedk5vr4ay0/s320/20240202_114144.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00537141175261483876noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686403090969704623.post-81440374509936403352024-02-01T11:58:00.001-05:002024-02-01T11:58:14.762-05:00Another January finish<p> I have an itty bitty finish to close off this month. This little bear first started as a guild challenge. I missed the hand-in date for that one, so into the orphan bit it went. Then, it revived as the center for a "Roosting Round Robin" with one of my guilds. I loved the idea - for those who don't know, a round robin is a quilt that gets passed among a group of friends, each adding a part to it of their own design. Because it was during covid, this was a roosting round robin - it roosted at home and we made our own quilt, using prompts provided each month by the guild.</p><p>I thought I'd love it, because one of my favourite projects was a block of the month from a local shop, where they just told us what to make, but not how many or the sizes. So, for example, "make flying geese this month". Then at the end, we put our bits together into a quilt. But unfortunately I lost interest in this one pretty quickly, because the prompts didn't really speak to me. So, it sat.</p><p>Sometime last year, I added a couple of asymmetrical borders to make it into a quiltie, and now it is (finally) done and ready to donate. The eyes and nose are fabric, not buttons, so it will be safe for a little one.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqoNBvuN88LxYsvVamIL3zJWK0fjnFpEfPuUymyzhHRhFu9fccsoYfIBHi2N5gc3EUYwP8mSVcBqYERSE1HTP9RjVI7PjiQi3x1zS7ZrXmibt4VJt0PbBhxb0a61eBYqqv0EcQJfAh_YEs2Y7ertlGd2PiY_YqwwzJ_oNSShDCXmbXhbJYJ6ApHIAusf9v/s3074/20240130_171245.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3074" data-original-width="2992" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqoNBvuN88LxYsvVamIL3zJWK0fjnFpEfPuUymyzhHRhFu9fccsoYfIBHi2N5gc3EUYwP8mSVcBqYERSE1HTP9RjVI7PjiQi3x1zS7ZrXmibt4VJt0PbBhxb0a61eBYqqv0EcQJfAh_YEs2Y7ertlGd2PiY_YqwwzJ_oNSShDCXmbXhbJYJ6ApHIAusf9v/s320/20240130_171245.jpg" width="311" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00537141175261483876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686403090969704623.post-60710669500040967572024-01-31T22:57:00.001-05:002024-01-31T22:57:13.836-05:00Merry Mayhem<p>Every year, I have a look at Merry Mayhem's New Year's Day mystery. Some years I jump in, other years not so much. This one was tough. It's very scrappy, with 3 unifying fabrics, and I find those a big challenge to deal with. But I had a box of precuts, that fit the cutting sizes for this quilt very nicely, so I decided to jump in with both feet.</p><p>As always, I wanted a charity quilt out of this, so I had to play around with her sizing. And I was working blind, because I wanted to know how many units to make up front, rather than going back and making more later. This is were her method - cut *everything* up front - works out really well. I decided that 48 was my number, and jumped into the cutting process before the holidays.</p><p>On New Year's Day, I worked through a lot of it, but got way behind pretty quickly due to the size of my quilt. But, that's was group sew days are for :) When I finished Bonnie Hunter, I took advantage of my Bonnie Sew Days to work on Merry Mayhem. And last weekend I finished it! </p><p>A little advice from some friends and I swapped the original plan for sashing and borders, and it all came together.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDt_fbnjt1Q8JzMKQqMo4E4ccDy7t5ed1-XZDGhx2BD1Xhe614DQnGgArZQu-OeCxAuQqV3i16E4Bls0Bqmljd6Xl5gmNs1aZLfEwOgjvdfvvjN0u6SkNK3enQqobnTL02g1GtKbQ0HZZ-Mj6sduH_IJL1eMefXSs1yfqxP07BWnk4-IRM5kepbBbZsMiY/s4032/20240126_220436.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDt_fbnjt1Q8JzMKQqMo4E4ccDy7t5ed1-XZDGhx2BD1Xhe614DQnGgArZQu-OeCxAuQqV3i16E4Bls0Bqmljd6Xl5gmNs1aZLfEwOgjvdfvvjN0u6SkNK3enQqobnTL02g1GtKbQ0HZZ-Mj6sduH_IJL1eMefXSs1yfqxP07BWnk4-IRM5kepbBbZsMiY/s320/20240126_220436.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00537141175261483876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686403090969704623.post-61973326669357125902024-01-26T10:35:00.000-05:002024-01-26T10:35:39.185-05:00Indigo Way<p> Phew! All the sewing on Bonnie Hunter's Indigo Way quilt is done! I decided that my full-size version would be going to charity, so I split up the blocks into 2 quilts, each 50x70". </p><p>The first one has Bonnie's border and is just a small version of hers, finishing at 48x"x72".</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguGHQLQfNc_Pk6PpZRC2H6qu5WkKLoBYuZ-eA6MU6TkkcmTF-EFRnQ4ifmAAKG9y0I7zg1rYmr7fEfLBaZRBg4ZMhhRG99fCiHrgsPp6eaqwtI6OrSrQalIgEtDM3Zq5GcO2ZuVrvgHNagba6uyuNpe8_RNFvmWiXji7H71u99DN4fOo4CEnmDhBw-VGMq/s4032/20240117_222351.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguGHQLQfNc_Pk6PpZRC2H6qu5WkKLoBYuZ-eA6MU6TkkcmTF-EFRnQ4ifmAAKG9y0I7zg1rYmr7fEfLBaZRBg4ZMhhRG99fCiHrgsPp6eaqwtI6OrSrQalIgEtDM3Zq5GcO2ZuVrvgHNagba6uyuNpe8_RNFvmWiXji7H71u99DN4fOo4CEnmDhBw-VGMq/s320/20240117_222351.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br /><p>The second one, I took most of the remaining blocks, set them straight instead of on-point, and added borders, to make it 50x70".</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmSQNuTQMjrC8FACyCsqASqPcm9CoGxVVF2Onxj7KuTmPz071x2zb1ak9pkN1dpT1L0kL4l9-FRV5NTq-jDDJveuhg9Ma3IFOG94SuarrEvndxWy8kMOsOmjtjU8Q2fCAimSIzWWYkySAzZokpHvQ5Yj1LeYBmVIHjhnZMR_49EisObHds0zhj9QmIraCB/s4032/20240117_222208.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmSQNuTQMjrC8FACyCsqASqPcm9CoGxVVF2Onxj7KuTmPz071x2zb1ak9pkN1dpT1L0kL4l9-FRV5NTq-jDDJveuhg9Ma3IFOG94SuarrEvndxWy8kMOsOmjtjU8Q2fCAimSIzWWYkySAzZokpHvQ5Yj1LeYBmVIHjhnZMR_49EisObHds0zhj9QmIraCB/s320/20240117_222208.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p>And then I still had 4 blocks left, so I made a small quiltie for the children's hospital.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH7hFZ1TQ8lfzXWAty_nHcD47zCWNLmxrrHXDioAjJVc8BPUXyFql6mO05w2vyJTdAHqdcWQrj7wVPMxNpbVJj6vrAs4Wn6adtlaT0501mHWP6ICnO4s6vrU_K-S0vphOr0PEewoAfIHKogPMOACHylkcF5QkalHhNkmpif-zvQbU9Kbla2OZLQ9okEC9J/s4032/20240118_162103.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH7hFZ1TQ8lfzXWAty_nHcD47zCWNLmxrrHXDioAjJVc8BPUXyFql6mO05w2vyJTdAHqdcWQrj7wVPMxNpbVJj6vrAs4Wn6adtlaT0501mHWP6ICnO4s6vrU_K-S0vphOr0PEewoAfIHKogPMOACHylkcF5QkalHhNkmpif-zvQbU9Kbla2OZLQ9okEC9J/s320/20240118_162103.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p>These are at the top of my "to be quilted" list, because I want to keep up with my finishes this year (prioritizing new finishes over my ancient UFOs, so I can see if I'm treading water here).</p><p>The final two blocks will be pockets for the bags that go with the Victoria's quilts donations. And then the final odds and sods are tucked into my scrap bins, to be used for future VQC pockets or other projects.<br /></p>Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00537141175261483876noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686403090969704623.post-24059616424958289752024-01-23T20:49:00.004-05:002024-01-23T20:49:43.670-05:00Mystery Weekend<p>I spent the weekend on a virtual quilt retreat with <a href="https://www.quilt-agious.com/">Quilt-agious </a>quilt shop in Wisconsin. I love the creative patterns they come up with, and last year's retreat was so much fun I jumped in again.</p><p>Part of the retreat package was a new-to-me ruler - the Folded Corner Clipper by Creative Grids. The pattern was designed around that, so we got lots of practice cutting and sewing clipped corners.</p><p>Short ones,<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAH9aEIdd6Ub7E9LzHthJgUls67ZwBv_P3_YXCoApwo5T4OZk_OYzcg8uOpUsuRF4SsU1lKju1mKM3u89_6FH5igni68odhrq5eVw9vAZQP9G_MputEfq3xZiF7w-s9bc7rTfiAzpljIBDQiHzChnG0a_fi_5UOQcKABYHnqMoKCLAeDMAoAizOo-mxnHp/s4032/20240121_095744.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAH9aEIdd6Ub7E9LzHthJgUls67ZwBv_P3_YXCoApwo5T4OZk_OYzcg8uOpUsuRF4SsU1lKju1mKM3u89_6FH5igni68odhrq5eVw9vAZQP9G_MputEfq3xZiF7w-s9bc7rTfiAzpljIBDQiHzChnG0a_fi_5UOQcKABYHnqMoKCLAeDMAoAizOo-mxnHp/s320/20240121_095744.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>and tall ones,<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRnjOfBFrqENrCzH95BgPr6H2PcZCgmz9Oz0RN8J_iLLDWcFOdzJEojkpyBtMXeUL1u4Z5Iq-kGiX7X5K7oOBHhfMb3M7hfMbKgRtQdwS15lDilpBwa5oihLZ9NtibVWYQz6ymx62Dz4e4Y9y9hJ3Io1JzZW_TW6wioMb4Xw2ZjI-56W98oSfLrrMMvby1/s4032/20240121_095553.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRnjOfBFrqENrCzH95BgPr6H2PcZCgmz9Oz0RN8J_iLLDWcFOdzJEojkpyBtMXeUL1u4Z5Iq-kGiX7X5K7oOBHhfMb3M7hfMbKgRtQdwS15lDilpBwa5oihLZ9NtibVWYQz6ymx62Dz4e4Y9y9hJ3Io1JzZW_TW6wioMb4Xw2ZjI-56W98oSfLrrMMvby1/s320/20240121_095553.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>Blocks were created.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-rpKo_uuUaEjPfo1boD9qyLv5t9RgHQ975OGj88mk2EZx_7-0RbwcRg5LCAA32uwkc2D7WMTyAIJuNv-0W0EZQIpgyHajf_z0xP09m43sbbLtRshA3kVMEyz7pJvG6iMDjoiJpOmJlACV6WAhjr6C468rj3MsCoqfrsXxPrzetYcU0I40Mbk_IRjN88L/s4032/20240121_104331.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-rpKo_uuUaEjPfo1boD9qyLv5t9RgHQ975OGj88mk2EZx_7-0RbwcRg5LCAA32uwkc2D7WMTyAIJuNv-0W0EZQIpgyHajf_z0xP09m43sbbLtRshA3kVMEyz7pJvG6iMDjoiJpOmJlACV6WAhjr6C468rj3MsCoqfrsXxPrzetYcU0I40Mbk_IRjN88L/s320/20240121_104331.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>And eventually, after 4 days, enough blocks for a start on a new quilt. I kept up with the "minimum" recommendations, which allowed this sample to be viewed. I have more work to do to finish up the rest of the 12 blocks that make up the pattern. <br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj39kT5Ybf0LHqB0w5N9XRXc8xuZRWJ-egVuOOzmPFnIQskuwPQYpyMXH5b8bwyzoReo8IkYXmcV4G5p1EgABq9TUpoMnPe4zFxg245MutSLe6E3oMMnZpF5u9WF-wT2yf-ILa_9J-rbbmIFiSij9GJvLp9m9NXfh2xDnZUrZz_St4auxV8a9UKpn5xZ1Pe/s4032/20240121_151307.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj39kT5Ybf0LHqB0w5N9XRXc8xuZRWJ-egVuOOzmPFnIQskuwPQYpyMXH5b8bwyzoReo8IkYXmcV4G5p1EgABq9TUpoMnPe4zFxg245MutSLe6E3oMMnZpF5u9WF-wT2yf-ILa_9J-rbbmIFiSij9GJvLp9m9NXfh2xDnZUrZz_St4auxV8a9UKpn5xZ1Pe/s320/20240121_151307.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>As always, colour choice is tough for a mystery quilt. Plus, working from my stash is getting harder and harder, as I deplete my larger pieces of fabric. I think the background is a bit busy here, but it'll have to do.<br /></p><p>Let's see if I can avoid turning this into a multi-year UFO.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00537141175261483876noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686403090969704623.post-51278925560630404512024-01-16T12:53:00.000-05:002024-01-16T12:53:04.259-05:00Indigo Way Progress<p> I love Bonnie Hunter season! Every November she runs a free mystery, one clue a week until early January. The reveal came last week, so now the finishing begins. I've been doing two this year - one with my in-person group and one with an online group. I did my first Bonnie Hunter Mystery (Orca Bay) back in 2011. But everything is better with friends, so I have been slowly converting various friends and guilds to build these groups 😄 </p><p>So my online mystery is a mini Indigo Way - each unit made 1/2 size, finishing at 1 1/2". It is done, all the way to the borders. I considered adding a plain border, because I hate trying to bind where there are points I don't want to lose. But this quilt really doesn't want another border - I think that would somehow feel constrained. So, here it is, ready for quilting. I think I'll bind it in one of the light greens.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibHzCMmNxMiwb4u0bxxBNLqmmwpHZOwC3agMb0unY6P3-2UPUlvQv-Rs919bH7542iiz_-d3c9w0tAsGwilLuiUat4o90pGx2gSvu-wG7iB0_9Dmc29iZWJqZtEuJyk6kSSYlsU043eyo6HH-mnGhwC9YhbRKNj0aV-3PEjboZMVzcnXzEXQVeRtKCezBf/s4032/20240111_223821.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibHzCMmNxMiwb4u0bxxBNLqmmwpHZOwC3agMb0unY6P3-2UPUlvQv-Rs919bH7542iiz_-d3c9w0tAsGwilLuiUat4o90pGx2gSvu-wG7iB0_9Dmc29iZWJqZtEuJyk6kSSYlsU043eyo6HH-mnGhwC9YhbRKNj0aV-3PEjboZMVzcnXzEXQVeRtKCezBf/s320/20240111_223821.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />This is one of my quilts from my large version of Indigo Way. I made all the blocks, in full size, in Bonnie's colours. But the results with be donated to Victoria's Quilts, so they need to be about 50x70". I have 1 done, 1 ready for borders, and some block pieces left over that I'll have to look at and see if there's a number 3 in there. This is #2 - set square instead of on-point, because I don't feel like making more setting triangles 😂<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgizoFT3b-sRRAAITb9LRi4cTNMDnZOsV2MVSTR0arrfhFg1aANAQ1Rh1noE5o8WP6jsOv37OY3A5iEJ_qXBcIjosUM3VuL1f9mHw_G70JwLWlST6XpltUXLSGS-MJf20qU3s89vm3ksu8ACkePoeS-GB83ZSMrRJXe3ObOrkqe1DD62qxVJA9rJNDEBzgZ/s4032/20240115_193926.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgizoFT3b-sRRAAITb9LRi4cTNMDnZOsV2MVSTR0arrfhFg1aANAQ1Rh1noE5o8WP6jsOv37OY3A5iEJ_qXBcIjosUM3VuL1f9mHw_G70JwLWlST6XpltUXLSGS-MJf20qU3s89vm3ksu8ACkePoeS-GB83ZSMrRJXe3ObOrkqe1DD62qxVJA9rJNDEBzgZ/s320/20240115_193926.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p>Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00537141175261483876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686403090969704623.post-57044473895221132392024-01-15T08:57:00.001-05:002024-01-15T08:57:00.138-05:00One Block Wonder - Geese<p> I love One Block Wonder quilts. I made <a href="http://kristaquilts.blogspot.com/2015/03/finishes.html">my first </a>back in 2015, and I haven't looked back since. At the end of this post is a list of the 10 I've made so far. We won't talk about how many piles of fabric are in my cupboard, purchased for one block wonders.</p><p></p><p>However, I saw this goose panel on sale at a quilt shop, and thought it might make an interesting one block wonder. It sat around for some time, and then my guild asked me to run a workshop on panel one block wonders. This was a perfect sample to make for that class, so I pulled it out and started cutting.</p><p>Animals (and people) are tough. I don't like disembodied eyes and other body parts lying around my quilt. But this one worked out fairly nicely. However, when I started laying it out, all the dark hexies from the geese themselves gave me trouble. They didn't blend around the edges at all. Since I knew this would be a donation quilt, I ended up tossing those hexies aside, and working with the ones I liked better. Unfortunately, I started cutting from the bottom right. Which mean that I lost almost all of the bright blue area of the panel - my final row was 1/2" short, and my triangles on the last full row were oriented such that I cut off most of the blue in the waste at the end of the row. Poor planning on my part, I see now. But also a good lesson to talk about in class :)</p><p>To deal with that, I dug some matching blue out of my stash, and the entire upper left of this quilt is strips cut from yardage, rather than hexies. Two tone binding, to differentiate sky and grass, finished it off. The quilt is about 48x70", and will be donated to Victoria's Quilts.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbHO2JeOHSqJfzUao07tL0wlgnenaN2j-JZ7pTbrTXO-CfHss-uPdgkGfA_prbC1BUzNej61Pq5kKmsu2Lgw4awambZUooHyAvDHFfrbTI4__23Tj_TWuVGTe5gFWu8kDbL6QsVaW2OeHgJ_IvifLXjIszNqBfM3FcRhN2qAiDa_R2YGjCNZ98JQYGwhOy/s4032/20240114_174900.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbHO2JeOHSqJfzUao07tL0wlgnenaN2j-JZ7pTbrTXO-CfHss-uPdgkGfA_prbC1BUzNej61Pq5kKmsu2Lgw4awambZUooHyAvDHFfrbTI4__23Tj_TWuVGTe5gFWu8kDbL6QsVaW2OeHgJ_IvifLXjIszNqBfM3FcRhN2qAiDa_R2YGjCNZ98JQYGwhOy/s320/20240114_174900.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>The leftover blocks could not go to waste. So I put them up on the design wall, and came up with this design. It too is about 48x870" and will be heading off to Victoria's quilts.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSHCiOIJvSoL32JsHscvIDJdHFnNvv1JpF4zA11HquoWqilXPSqIbrfmbPcpV_eHUkXhoTvEudP4Kc08jDMPqEDCJRHXyfPxGSyvjTYagZWmUH3w61shQRTgilNsbVQfBiTH9WXbRiGxY-e5CnBI9T7yfVH7AnXxBbH1Inm2sc6dsZe1GuinyY0SBl5w9b/s4032/20240114_184842.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSHCiOIJvSoL32JsHscvIDJdHFnNvv1JpF4zA11HquoWqilXPSqIbrfmbPcpV_eHUkXhoTvEudP4Kc08jDMPqEDCJRHXyfPxGSyvjTYagZWmUH3w61shQRTgilNsbVQfBiTH9WXbRiGxY-e5CnBI9T7yfVH7AnXxBbH1Inm2sc6dsZe1GuinyY0SBl5w9b/s320/20240114_184842.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p>I also made bags for each of them, since that's part of our donation process in the group I belong to. I had a fat quarter of loon fabric which I thought was somewhat appropriate for the pockets on the bags for these two quilts.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcGfXknYtiErlyURLE5vKjAgbQp7KbqQwt-dO2mcBvKwm1Gapf-lXLLfVtz4ICt5JreFCSxVV7FeStDBmOaN3TJM0J9WasHIp1BBYWx-LKqt_FI6wQS7ziY_YhxFz9i0XzMb3HocKiZHpv9KeqPuMEuMjNcBMufSnbu6T2nS0F-MrS7o0CeX9-nurdjkmA/s4032/20240114_184941.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcGfXknYtiErlyURLE5vKjAgbQp7KbqQwt-dO2mcBvKwm1Gapf-lXLLfVtz4ICt5JreFCSxVV7FeStDBmOaN3TJM0J9WasHIp1BBYWx-LKqt_FI6wQS7ziY_YhxFz9i0XzMb3HocKiZHpv9KeqPuMEuMjNcBMufSnbu6T2nS0F-MrS7o0CeX9-nurdjkmA/s320/20240114_184941.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="http://kristaquilts.blogspot.com/2014/04/stash-report-april-20.html">Shells from Kaffe Fasset </a>- 2014</li><li><a href="http://kristaquilts.blogspot.com/2017/08/one-block-wonder.html">Kaffe Fasset </a>- Aug 2017</li><li><a href="http://kristaquilts.blogspot.com/2018/04/one-block-wonder.html">Mini one block wonder </a>- 2018</li><li><a href="http://kristaquilts.blogspot.com/2019/01/guild-challenge.html">Guild challenge OBW </a>- 2019 </li><li><a href="http://kristaquilts.blogspot.com/2019/01/butterfly-obw.html">Butterfly Forest </a>- 2019<br /></li><li><a href="http://kristaquilts.blogspot.com/2019/07/one-block-wonder.html">Flower panel </a>- 2019</li><li><a href="http://kristaquilts.blogspot.com/2019/08/one-block-wonder-take-2.html">Floral part 2 </a>- 2019 </li><li>Paris - 2020?<br /></li><li>Florence - 2021?<br /></li><li>Canada Geese - 2024</li><li>Geese Remainders - 2024<br /></li></ol><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br /><br /></p>Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00537141175261483876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686403090969704623.post-89650346501053336692024-01-13T22:06:00.004-05:002024-01-13T22:06:58.796-05:00Spinning Star<p> My first real finish for 2024 (finishing 3 feet of binding, while productive, feels like a cheat to call it an actual UFO finish). I started this project early on in the COVID lockdown, based on a pattern a friend showed me during a Skype session. The pattern was Hook by Schnibbles, and I merrily set about making a pile of hexies from a charm pack, with great intentions. And then into the bin it went, to be steadfastly ignored whenever I was looking for a new project to work on. Too many hexagons (I was in a One Block Wonder phase at the time). </p><p>But, when we opened back up and started meeting in person again, I dragged it along to a few retreats. At the first couple, it was my fallback "if I run out of absolutely everything else, I might work on this". Then at one retreat I actually did. Not ran out, but ran out of interest for everything else I packed, so this one came out. Once I had all the hexies made, I actually enjoyed the process of figuring out a layout. The original one from the pattern was too much, I think because all of my hexies were pink. It needed more colour variety. </p><p>So I spread them out a bit, added some negative space, and created this project. Used up the last of the fabric in the border and binding - and then realized that I had extra hexies set aside for a second quilt. Will have to finish that one up without any more of the pink, I guess.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhge_Eyn_GQSIGHxn6uYk2GLwKerkuCQSgu_YA-KFYeHC0VqWPZ0G35FIdhmrxV462O_5bO8Vpzb91BLcLz9nYg5W6tAdgQOq9EwIINgpP7h6NgNKFolFCdcM8EAFXJCC8YWH6s4KMl2QwteZi8kGy386F430oDppt2QQccBw3fD6mNLeN5Q9iQvHnd7avc/s4032/20240108_190313.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhge_Eyn_GQSIGHxn6uYk2GLwKerkuCQSgu_YA-KFYeHC0VqWPZ0G35FIdhmrxV462O_5bO8Vpzb91BLcLz9nYg5W6tAdgQOq9EwIINgpP7h6NgNKFolFCdcM8EAFXJCC8YWH6s4KMl2QwteZi8kGy386F430oDppt2QQccBw3fD6mNLeN5Q9iQvHnd7avc/s320/20240108_190313.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p>I found some nice pink flannel for the back, but there wasn't quite enough. After playing with options, I decided to go with the grey flannel, with a pop of pink instead.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioh7H9LzFnrvAv_1BHYj-wtQ0qWaXjJC0FEc-FVay69wWc3W-rkD-18bgKWC7w9HLb_MjZetnFTUCQl46xJadh0VpHACeW7B9uIDXJ7EHULdCrFMVHfKXhNxh23eRDMI1E7GZztTwoA6tCoBsbIlkXaFqdnia2Ro8Y7zoBqqwTsBqVFJN3FmZ7l970XgZF/s4032/20240108_190343.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioh7H9LzFnrvAv_1BHYj-wtQ0qWaXjJC0FEc-FVay69wWc3W-rkD-18bgKWC7w9HLb_MjZetnFTUCQl46xJadh0VpHACeW7B9uIDXJ7EHULdCrFMVHfKXhNxh23eRDMI1E7GZztTwoA6tCoBsbIlkXaFqdnia2Ro8Y7zoBqqwTsBqVFJN3FmZ7l970XgZF/s320/20240108_190343.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>This will head off to Victoria's Quilts this week.<br /> <br /><p></p>Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00537141175261483876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686403090969704623.post-55078929834482336122024-01-09T22:23:00.004-05:002024-01-09T22:49:53.504-05:00Some charity projects from the past<p><span style="color: black;">Early on in the pandemic, Bonnie Hunter offered a quilt-along medallion quilt. I jumped in, even thought I'm not 100% sold on medallion quilts. But I had all this leftover fabric from Frolic, that I needed to use somewhere. So I played along, and made some adjustments to come up with a donation sized quilt.<br /></span></p> <p> </p> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjg0IBofJCdchqT0Ht1sfLnD1yaEkFBd5F_UBWsr5cO5JwfqhZOlzWgtP39R9w5CxdIniQtaH-hJJXypV1pi5ewFfRVC9Yb0lhGjUvyPQI8OVZtxrxtQqau3XwSHWBJGkTpzMi-kFfgzbTl-U_nJTUHYk9hGA06i98l3YyBhdL17Oh6t6QvmhXKsnR4KkgK" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7322303832138139922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjg0IBofJCdchqT0Ht1sfLnD1yaEkFBd5F_UBWsr5cO5JwfqhZOlzWgtP39R9w5CxdIniQtaH-hJJXypV1pi5ewFfRVC9Yb0lhGjUvyPQI8OVZtxrxtQqau3XwSHWBJGkTpzMi-kFfgzbTl-U_nJTUHYk9hGA06i98l3YyBhdL17Oh6t6QvmhXKsnR4KkgK=s320" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #212121;"></span></p> <div id="br-id-a56645f6-23d2-44b9-94f0-a5c73c5e6df2"> <p><span style="color: #212121;"> And in the spirit of catching up my blog and quilt journal, this is a quilt that was made pre-pandemic in a block party. Everyone made 1 block from fabric provided by me. 12 blocks, 1 charity quilt. This pattern was found in a magazine that contained a number of different scrappy quilt patterns. The name of which has faded into the mists of time.<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJDvDkYoaeiU8mLOqlbgzse0VUxvdk-v84Io1mL0YCCmLvEIOWZ6zxiVwXplwAITDogm_REQU1VMC-WiT7DGFbuXMPaZuRakUo-8DHky1S4C5vTueIe1Ab08HXSUcaikawclW_HXsPWJtay-7plOxtKLR83RsS_27JZPh6jcYaxVBe1weWNa5wf0rzzn9z" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7322303876109344642" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJDvDkYoaeiU8mLOqlbgzse0VUxvdk-v84Io1mL0YCCmLvEIOWZ6zxiVwXplwAITDogm_REQU1VMC-WiT7DGFbuXMPaZuRakUo-8DHky1S4C5vTueIe1Ab08HXSUcaikawclW_HXsPWJtay-7plOxtKLR83RsS_27JZPh6jcYaxVBe1weWNa5wf0rzzn9z=s320" /></a></div><p><span style="color: #212121;"></span><span style="color: #212121;"> <br /></span></p> </div> <p><span style="color: #212121;"> </span></p> Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00537141175261483876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686403090969704623.post-7075138685896318222024-01-07T22:07:00.003-05:002024-01-07T22:07:54.562-05:00Indigo Way<p>Bonnie Hunter mystery season is always a good time. This time, her quilt is Indigo Way.</p><p>I have 2 groups that I've pulled into the chaos. One meets in person - that's my original group, running since 2016, when Bonnie presented en Provence. Members have varied a bit, but the core group is back and raring to go post-covid. So we've been meeting every Friday night to sew together.</p><p>But then I have a spin-off group. A few of the originals who live a bit farther away and found out how wonderful zoom sewing is, during covid. We now have a regular Saturday zoom sew day, which morphed into a Bonnie Hunter day for the mystery season. And in the process picked up a few new converts (or looky-loos, who aren't quite ready to dive in but enjoy laughing at us as we make our mounds of blocks).</p><p></p><p>But, having 2 groups, and being a fast sewer in general, I could not see one Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt lasting me for two back-to-back sew days. So what do I do? I make 2 mystery quilts, of course! A full size, in Bonnie's colours (which is chugging along but has not made it past my camera yet) and a mini - all the blocks, in half the size. This green & yellow version is ready for assembly.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw8d8ZQA7C9TKN41CVL9-7l6vO60gurzs8I2dl71iArBByOv2xwlfj01vFqMFEFozrfbBro46G73xx5ki9K4eRY5fDR1-EZ-NdSAI9agpja2rCQTUmb9asfd_Md2GrF5oTRe1f1vnxHW0yqCUikbESOf78yw-lThFBMJCZZiLSe6UkM9pkiL7sVLHqsCGX/s4032/20240106_143956.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw8d8ZQA7C9TKN41CVL9-7l6vO60gurzs8I2dl71iArBByOv2xwlfj01vFqMFEFozrfbBro46G73xx5ki9K4eRY5fDR1-EZ-NdSAI9agpja2rCQTUmb9asfd_Md2GrF5oTRe1f1vnxHW0yqCUikbESOf78yw-lThFBMJCZZiLSe6UkM9pkiL7sVLHqsCGX/s320/20240106_143956.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p>I decided I didn't want a square quilt, so I switched it up a bit and turned it into a rectangle. One spare block of each type is left over, so I'll find a home for those somewhere. This should finish at about 36x46" I think - unless I add another border outside the pieced one.</p><p>And another project that I started recently - a little (ha ha) bit of hand sewing to pass the time. Passacaglia should take me, oh, 5 or 10 years I figure. But for now, with a bit of encouragement and company from a friend who suckered me into this, I'm working away at it as a slow-stitching project.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8SSGF0TdixNh7LfW1lr8jlA4NoxYK-7PjWw-WNYXiPaBpGP7lNnq_-4LAj4Lscqlwazw3KZMGe__7GX94V7FI7Ix_ulWng-1VGNMsTHGcskM6wJt0Gssj4ti6rZhAx4xsqtshNTvNA8M81Nl2-ESOo9xura1HnX2sUZ6koxmDvHkemf_M2X3svWZZJSsY/s4032/20240104_221551.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8SSGF0TdixNh7LfW1lr8jlA4NoxYK-7PjWw-WNYXiPaBpGP7lNnq_-4LAj4Lscqlwazw3KZMGe__7GX94V7FI7Ix_ulWng-1VGNMsTHGcskM6wJt0Gssj4ti6rZhAx4xsqtshNTvNA8M81Nl2-ESOo9xura1HnX2sUZ6koxmDvHkemf_M2X3svWZZJSsY/s320/20240104_221551.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00537141175261483876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686403090969704623.post-6138994514635039802024-01-03T23:28:00.000-05:002024-01-03T23:28:07.547-05:00First Finish<p>I finished 2023 by doing a major cleanup in my sewing room. Still some work to do, but there is serious improvement in there, and I can actually find things now. Things like... a quilt that I "finished" in 2017, but I just discovered the binding was only half done :( So, my first finish for 2024 is the 3 feet of binding on "All Squared Up" from 2017.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_KJA2kbYIcoiEAuTk6GbIvix4m64b3_Q78wNjhRH8kdwR8U3UbnCjyojAorHXf8uwBumN5qb5ncuZSZH_5Bo16eJR5UWjZitFCvA-WNLF2PGxmlGh_MBaVa3kdBGnGVWvT1Ti6WYmyJ4RvYCaHqvKSu7hHOPYs1rwLpEPgfFCFY7chlp21jfkL60OTAky/s4032/20240103_143143.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_KJA2kbYIcoiEAuTk6GbIvix4m64b3_Q78wNjhRH8kdwR8U3UbnCjyojAorHXf8uwBumN5qb5ncuZSZH_5Bo16eJR5UWjZitFCvA-WNLF2PGxmlGh_MBaVa3kdBGnGVWvT1Ti6WYmyJ4RvYCaHqvKSu7hHOPYs1rwLpEPgfFCFY7chlp21jfkL60OTAky/s320/20240103_143143.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p> </p><p>And while I had my photo backdrop in place, I took a picture of Storybook Rainbow from 2019. It's been done for a while, but I can't find any photos of the complete quilt, so now I have that taken care of too.<br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaxNYfZosqkf1Z5hjzee_ys82qh27CetBFCBu6hd1XLRUEHbK3dzvRy13bmEFckaGuvPeL-cIzUlyCbqdZFUY8MBU-NnE6608srtL89j_czTzJhR_WrDVIg82GVN-TjIOnEqGWDOuFh1n0IvBO57xaHWPVjFxY3UD5z7PZCzz3BTOS8kaKqJD0zyYJNMLr/s4032/20240103_143523.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaxNYfZosqkf1Z5hjzee_ys82qh27CetBFCBu6hd1XLRUEHbK3dzvRy13bmEFckaGuvPeL-cIzUlyCbqdZFUY8MBU-NnE6608srtL89j_czTzJhR_WrDVIg82GVN-TjIOnEqGWDOuFh1n0IvBO57xaHWPVjFxY3UD5z7PZCzz3BTOS8kaKqJD0zyYJNMLr/s320/20240103_143523.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p>After my <a href="http://kristaquilts.blogspot.com/2024/01/2024-ufo-status.html">UFO count </a>from the 1st, I realized that I need some serious focus on getting things done rather than starting new things. So I joined a 100 day challenge. Work on as many UFOs from a list of 16, during the first 100 days of 2024. Hopefully a jump start to finishing some off, and clearing some space for fun new stuff in the last 266 days of the year. Because that seemed a bit too loose for me, and 16 was just too many to tackle all at once, I also decided to do the old "draw a number" and pick one UFO to finish each month this year. So I sorted <a href="http://kristaquilts.blogspot.com/p/2019-projects.html">my list </a>into my top 12, and a bonus 12 that might get swapped in. This month is Number 3, so my Pink Spinning Star should get on the longarm before the end of the month.<br /></p><p>Of course, trying to clear out UFOs did not deter me from joining a Virtual Mystery Quilt Retreat with Quilt-agious, or starting Merry Mayhem on New Years Day. Here's to hoping I can at least finish as many as I start this time around.<br /></p><p><br /></p>Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00537141175261483876noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686403090969704623.post-21303429142812883002024-01-02T16:59:00.009-05:002024-01-12T23:43:08.091-05:002024 UFO status<p>Happy New Year, everyone! With 2024 upon us, it's time to track down all those UFOs, and see where I stand relative to last year. So, with great trepidation, here it is. You can find the detailed list of quilts down below (it's long!) but here is the summary. I finished only 4 of the quilts that were on my UFO list last year :( Not a very stellar record. Four did progress from in progress to ready for quilting, so that's something. The good news is, I started AND finished an additional 3 (photos are below). So, 7 finishes for the year. There were however, more than 13 new starts. So, net negative on quilts out the door, last year.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicAOC38FMwp0UBGT6F6vnE51Q9QFZ5WkrF6nG86EO7CbaDftNpr4qT2g7mHtHHxEx8dtCTurv6GyhLVgX10dAM5OeAlxhAso_jWNWIXGa3UnsCkqC3gV-opZQBX-AwMEG0BzP77-SDgL0SjaS9cA_qMu0kcctkO_PIJnV4biGvauCvjR0KdENTYlv308l_/s4608/20230513_101622.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2592" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicAOC38FMwp0UBGT6F6vnE51Q9QFZ5WkrF6nG86EO7CbaDftNpr4qT2g7mHtHHxEx8dtCTurv6GyhLVgX10dAM5OeAlxhAso_jWNWIXGa3UnsCkqC3gV-opZQBX-AwMEG0BzP77-SDgL0SjaS9cA_qMu0kcctkO_PIJnV4biGvauCvjR0KdENTYlv308l_/w113-h200/20230513_101622.jpg" width="113" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_t3EGYw-NXV4k5Uubdc7u-77p0IyXg5bA_0w0LkCuIfXdRk234vu2lOLKpinEcCQnnYWnALVTP1bNAOKb51k7R1XKcuFqPdHNaVd6UWNx1bfECmg2x0-IHgcoESd48pzXUuF7hWAZmZ3GQnNXr1pr9WGDcVZJK6coJYaD8i-Kch-oKD7rbCy4lJugkdww/s4608/20230901_211704.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_t3EGYw-NXV4k5Uubdc7u-77p0IyXg5bA_0w0LkCuIfXdRk234vu2lOLKpinEcCQnnYWnALVTP1bNAOKb51k7R1XKcuFqPdHNaVd6UWNx1bfECmg2x0-IHgcoESd48pzXUuF7hWAZmZ3GQnNXr1pr9WGDcVZJK6coJYaD8i-Kch-oKD7rbCy4lJugkdww/w200-h113/20230901_211704.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIygiUJhFZW-HCbNd01Qjn6rgsI0DhNA2sQyBWGRjmqiTf7ArqpmTR4t9H_KBFLKZ1qSbJMbpbjdiJovKEgjMsHPz9ff0nS1QjcIcIjJwn08s9ehhaaTgYAO3MfTwubyWFY1vZEK-_yi5KvWcHr-4kvL7YDZuGxsZmf_iJ4Ry39qweA4WqUQJ-W6_Bu1G7/s4608/20230513_100523.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2592" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIygiUJhFZW-HCbNd01Qjn6rgsI0DhNA2sQyBWGRjmqiTf7ArqpmTR4t9H_KBFLKZ1qSbJMbpbjdiJovKEgjMsHPz9ff0nS1QjcIcIjJwn08s9ehhaaTgYAO3MfTwubyWFY1vZEK-_yi5KvWcHr-4kvL7YDZuGxsZmf_iJ4Ry39qweA4WqUQJ-W6_Bu1G7/w113-h200/20230513_100523.jpg" width="113" /></a></div><p>Of course, I also took up weaving in 2023. First project - 5 placemats
(of a set of 6 plus table runner) are done, and got used for Christmas
dinner! No specific plans for this year's weaving, but I do plan to
continue with it (first I guess, to finish that last placemat and the
runner).</p><p>UFO details. At the start of last year I had:<br /></p><p></p><p>Ready for quilting:<br /></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Block of the Week - started 2014</li><li>Winding Ways - 2015 KQG Crayola challenge</li><li>Edge of 17 shop hop - 2015 <br /></li><li><strike>Tell it to the Stars - 2014 Judy Laquidara quilt along - <span style="color: red;">DONE</span></strike><br /></li><li>Reflections of the North - 2015<br /></li><li>Paper pieced houses (Downtown) - 2013<br /></li><li>3-D cubes (Paul Leger class) - 2017<br /></li><li>Improve - Krista Hennebury 2017<br /></li><li>Row by row - Water theme - 2015 - <span style="color: red;">ready for binding</span><br /></li><li>Symmetry in Stars fractal - 2019<br /></li><li>Slow and Steady (2022 mystery, twin)</li><li>Rainbow Cats - 2019<br /></li><li>Butterfly OBW - 2022<br /></li><li>Starburst - 2018<br /></li><li>OBW stripes - 2019<br /></li><li>Jelly roll quilt - 2022</li><li style="border: 0px none; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px none; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Spinning star table runner 2020 - ready for quilting</span></li><li style="border: 0px none; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px none; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">French braid placemats - 2012?</span><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px none; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span> </li></ol><p>(Ugh, that doesn't look good. )<br /></p><p>And a few in progress:</p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><strike>Chillhowie [at Midnight] - Bonnie Hunter - <span style="color: red;">DONE, 2 of them</span></strike><br /></li><li><strike>2022 BOM - <span style="color: red;">DONE</span></strike><br /></li><li>blue/white One Block Wonder</li><li>Jacob's ladder leader/ender</li><li>CQA mystery ($3.31) - <span style="color: red;">ready for quilting</span><br /></li><li>Star is Born virtual retreat quilt - <span style="color: red;">ready for quilting</span><br /></li><li>Snowman BOM (2014)</li><li>Gardener's Alphabet (2013?) </li><li>Cathedral Window</li><li>Apple core</li><li>mini checkerboard</li><li>Ombre geese</li><li>Owl embroidery</li><li>little bear</li><li>Fall Foliage</li><li>Hexi stars</li><li>Canada Geese</li><li>Northern Animals</li><li style="border: 0px none; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px none; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pink spinning star - two quilts - 2023 - </span><span style="border: 0px none; color: red; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">one ready for quilting</span></li></ol>Well, that can't be right. I know I finished a few this year! I did some digging and rounded up the missing participants from 2023.<div style="text-align: left;"><p>So, these were all started in 2023:<br /><br /><br /></p><p></p><ol><li style="border: 0px none; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pojagi maple leaf - 2023 - <span style="color: red;">DONE</span></li><li style="border: 0px none; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Elephant abstractions - April 2023 - <span style="color: red;">DONE</span></li><li style="border: 0px none; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Alaska Rainbow wedding quilt April 2023 - <span style="color: red;">DONE</span></li><li style="border: 0px none; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span>Wing and a Prayer - Guild quilt along - </span><span style="color: red;">DONE <br /></span></li><li style="border: 0px none; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Canada goose OBW x 2 - ready for quilting</li><li style="border: 0px none; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Passacaglia - 2023</li><li style="border: 0px none; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Falling leaves (big) </li><li style="border: 0px none; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Heart, shamrock, wreath window quilts - 2023 <span style="color: red;">ready for quilting</span></li><li style="border: 0px none; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Wing & a Prayer #2 - 2023 quilt along - lap - 2023 - <span style="color: red;">ready<span color="inherit" style="border: 0px none; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span> </span>for quilting</span></span></li><li style="border: 0px none; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px none; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bonnie hunter Indigo Way 2023 - big and miniature</span></li><li style="border: 0px none; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px none; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Diamonds - 2 - 1 ready for quilting</span></li><li style="border: 0px none; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px none; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pojagi duvet cover - 2023</span></li><li style="border: 0px none; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px none; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">My Blue Heaven (Bonnie Hunter) - 2023 <br /></span></li></ol><div style="border: 0px none; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px none; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br aria-hidden="true" /></span></div><div style="border: 0px none; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px none; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">And started this year (already!)</span></div><div style="border: 0px none; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px none; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Merry Mayhem - 2024</span></li><li><span color="inherit" style="border: 0px none; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1" squares (leader/ender project) - 2024 <br /></span></li></ol></div><div style="border: 0px none; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br aria-hidden="true" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /><br /></div><p><br /><br /></p></div><p> </p>Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00537141175261483876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686403090969704623.post-2168611797351382832023-12-28T11:03:00.003-05:002023-12-28T11:03:22.012-05:00Placemats<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Just in time for Christmas, I finished 5 (of my 6) placemats. Just enough for my small Christmas gathering. These were so much fun! I used 3 different weaving patterns, just for some variety, but kept the stripes the same for continuity.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8f9p6d32EkcmfFKnj8ChQsjPxAOIgGTEjNUvG3B8i7c4y0zcJXLa0qrFx49OXC-an2qoa02Sa_ZsNVCr-KmF5gCmqtMuhXienWTkvjsLmx-0mktI6-N37G-7uEBTP6Dlmh95XsLuA7gh4p9aAOW6KpWxXjciLssffOGCs47WJkkvYs3RBtN2EuqGOc4oP/s4032/20231224_222215.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8f9p6d32EkcmfFKnj8ChQsjPxAOIgGTEjNUvG3B8i7c4y0zcJXLa0qrFx49OXC-an2qoa02Sa_ZsNVCr-KmF5gCmqtMuhXienWTkvjsLmx-0mktI6-N37G-7uEBTP6Dlmh95XsLuA7gh4p9aAOW6KpWxXjciLssffOGCs47WJkkvYs3RBtN2EuqGOc4oP/s320/20231224_222215.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p>This the first one, just off the loom. I gave it a wash and it tightened up some. It is far from perfect, but I'm pretty happy with my first attempt.<br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitbUIKXQ9rH1tauPYrWof2xoSOINl91dLLq_RnHGzeRtibJ5NY5HDg0vdHn44-TFjECQ34_vKRX-ShQ2l1geaQDwxwvzTDQUrT44MVS524uTiEL6RjFVeswAA2rO1i-Mnmdr9PCeR7gCPemkx7B3lzDl0SDLGrIIViZsJPjrhDh4XifFe4o8Fyx7cVeZQH/s4032/20231214_155853.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitbUIKXQ9rH1tauPYrWof2xoSOINl91dLLq_RnHGzeRtibJ5NY5HDg0vdHn44-TFjECQ34_vKRX-ShQ2l1geaQDwxwvzTDQUrT44MVS524uTiEL6RjFVeswAA2rO1i-Mnmdr9PCeR7gCPemkx7B3lzDl0SDLGrIIViZsJPjrhDh4XifFe4o8Fyx7cVeZQH/s320/20231214_155853.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <p></p><p>This was the pattern I chose for my second pair of placemats. I think I saw it called "Cat's Cradle", but I'm probably remembering that wrong. I can't find it again for the life of me, so, it will remain a mystery :)</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIKZ0cCjc6oosKs6lcEb-QL2sRDdSWhNqBaytvTZVqZ_BOjYwOfXGqEcyx8FqpOrOKPPk4uNS_msXLkynT5K0mw6T0CZuNuCWzjC6cO23P6YptAgEZhLQQVpOrYoM5IVCZQGQcUFmN1rI3C8k0iwTF_8EbdcgLj3PLnT1Z-sOGtS4DL7_ITc0y84BsIYPj/s4032/20231219_214938.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIKZ0cCjc6oosKs6lcEb-QL2sRDdSWhNqBaytvTZVqZ_BOjYwOfXGqEcyx8FqpOrOKPPk4uNS_msXLkynT5K0mw6T0CZuNuCWzjC6cO23P6YptAgEZhLQQVpOrYoM5IVCZQGQcUFmN1rI3C8k0iwTF_8EbdcgLj3PLnT1Z-sOGtS4DL7_ITc0y84BsIYPj/s320/20231219_214938.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00537141175261483876noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686403090969704623.post-69006733344740735892023-12-19T22:40:00.009-05:002023-12-28T11:03:36.254-05:00A New Adventure<p> I'm a quilter at heart, and I expect I always will be. But OMG, I've found a new hobby!</p><p>Over the summer, I visited my sister and we went to a small fair in her neighborhood. I saw a weaving demonstration there, and I was entralled. How did she do that? The weaver had created a sampler that was 2" squares, and every square was a different pattern. I could understand every row (or set of rows) being different, but how did she get the pattern to change ACROSS the row? My engineering brain latched onto it immediately! </p><p>I chatted with the weaver for a while, and got a general understanding of how it works, but now I wanted to know how to create those designs. I went home still thinking about it, and not being a very patient person, I found myself trolling Kijiji for looms within a week. And trolling, and thinking, and missing out... And then I found one. And my wonderful sister was kind enough to deliver from Prince Edward County all the way to Ottawa.</p><p>I of course had to load something up right away. This was a complete mess - I lost my cross so the threads were a complete mess, but I did my best to turn it into something I could play on. I broke about 3 warp threads, and learned a whole of what not to do :) <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6O9gWMcgyw5-Jgysa3XZoqJOK4i3ddFPiDpfraArJ5Wy-7Y_pa4Ypgb0aEv-FSwmVNAJtQWt5BNJ82pUUwUJqCixsyVncbWa3W-DZDAPkgpsFV8GrYsMwn2eMMN6j_on8KEumhCOouVpHM_Gcu32MGsZqm5HWHQT5M82Fcy8N8LJKxBhh0mjNwcyK1P0c/s4032/20231128_185722.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6O9gWMcgyw5-Jgysa3XZoqJOK4i3ddFPiDpfraArJ5Wy-7Y_pa4Ypgb0aEv-FSwmVNAJtQWt5BNJ82pUUwUJqCixsyVncbWa3W-DZDAPkgpsFV8GrYsMwn2eMMN6j_on8KEumhCOouVpHM_Gcu32MGsZqm5HWHQT5M82Fcy8N8LJKxBhh0mjNwcyK1P0c/s320/20231128_185722.jpg" width="240" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But I pushed through, played with some different treadle patterns, and got my first "piece" off the loom. then I tossed the rest of the warp threads (all 2 1/2 yards) that were irretrievably tangled. The weft is some chunky yarn I had on hand - my original plan was to weave all my yarn stash into "something". <br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtCeQaEbqqoZsQbMfhLibRxzxBmjE6WAoMMVfLCGx8-MiHlnKD8YijbLxcTaKSDijW1zbjv_kCQrM2nNgwdMJl-8WAd2V9qZNfKt2ypPyxAHVsmhzLqqVyS6tY0bBtC9_Qvwe6x9bwVULBS1o0CrGp7Vdwf50j-5ysIZcFic-cpPD9536JmlZ-cDE05GnY/s4032/20231208_114003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtCeQaEbqqoZsQbMfhLibRxzxBmjE6WAoMMVfLCGx8-MiHlnKD8YijbLxcTaKSDijW1zbjv_kCQrM2nNgwdMJl-8WAd2V9qZNfKt2ypPyxAHVsmhzLqqVyS6tY0bBtC9_Qvwe6x9bwVULBS1o0CrGp7Vdwf50j-5ysIZcFic-cpPD9536JmlZ-cDE05GnY/s320/20231208_114003.jpg" width="240" /></a></div> <p></p><p>That's still an option, but... I needed a few odds and ends (and a few
more, and some more) for the loom as it came with no accessories at
all. So, when I ordered my shuttles I added some weaving yarn to the
package. I thought I could make some Christmas placemats. For NEXT Christmas, because I'm not completely crazy. So, the fancy cotton arrived, I found a neat "starter" project from a book that included all the details about how to calculate number of threads, and length, and everything. Added a bit - because why make 4 placemats when you could make 6. And, more carefully the time, warped my loom.</p><p>And here is some practice with more scrap yarn.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ-M8gmWz4sWj65IyBc1ILa95MKhMFMvtLappjJR6Zn9NJJYb-0l376Cjc1fToJSc4oa4gIxLlHMoKbrcM1WD0_s4Px8SGdsfphlOgjAP1zY_5j7SxSQPwhZEeH1qcFgbd1Mr0gAXyWLk0FF5mmnuaozlnDkIB5C_vOEYs69ZhK_vAj_xVOz_BF70gEDC6/s4032/20231212_221855.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ-M8gmWz4sWj65IyBc1ILa95MKhMFMvtLappjJR6Zn9NJJYb-0l376Cjc1fToJSc4oa4gIxLlHMoKbrcM1WD0_s4Px8SGdsfphlOgjAP1zY_5j7SxSQPwhZEeH1qcFgbd1Mr0gAXyWLk0FF5mmnuaozlnDkIB5C_vOEYs69ZhK_vAj_xVOz_BF70gEDC6/s320/20231212_221855.jpg" width="240" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After which I jumped right in, and voila! Placemat number 1. I learned that you can actually unload a piece off the loom, and retie the warp to continue the next project. A friend - the weaver from way up top and also the previous owner of my loom - suggested taking the opportunity to wash & dry this piece, because I was unhappy with the density (very loose) on the loom. It tightened up nicely, so now I go onward!<br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwzOueqzokIYaSYMSFpehu98ylYTv5G5zwpe0bgyXic9P6xFNkHXdN3yPzzid2SV7_5s5fXfp3e2F4KvZ32r_Nu0dkjuqszj0gKp5Oshi6S2U6rk1T5xgGdWN1WkAuxotscGShlJr0aQdgcGGe4Yfqv7Vr-guwM3oQTp2n2T4olyLf1QON-4wnOF9tJXTS/s4032/20231215_094943.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwzOueqzokIYaSYMSFpehu98ylYTv5G5zwpe0bgyXic9P6xFNkHXdN3yPzzid2SV7_5s5fXfp3e2F4KvZ32r_Nu0dkjuqszj0gKp5Oshi6S2U6rk1T5xgGdWN1WkAuxotscGShlJr0aQdgcGGe4Yfqv7Vr-guwM3oQTp2n2T4olyLf1QON-4wnOF9tJXTS/s320/20231215_094943.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />And here is the start of placemat #3. A different weaving pattern, because it's important to keep things interesting :)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9bDG95-cVi8Mh-E6dw5iUdIBDQY5QaJJVMfMTTGCcgLrUJc_ipoSvU3AYwGRTEB4Hih4YLVL-4-88mgmxxOp0Z6_8IaqVNBBrsJ7LKTt_WpPSMcXPgHNbxuK264sydzc52dUCp2xCACJ3w6K6u7CylY37VtrmIL2h3qpwTc-cCgngUjke0qJPnQmoXzzQ/s4032/20231219_214938.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9bDG95-cVi8Mh-E6dw5iUdIBDQY5QaJJVMfMTTGCcgLrUJc_ipoSvU3AYwGRTEB4Hih4YLVL-4-88mgmxxOp0Z6_8IaqVNBBrsJ7LKTt_WpPSMcXPgHNbxuK264sydzc52dUCp2xCACJ3w6K6u7CylY37VtrmIL2h3qpwTc-cCgngUjke0qJPnQmoXzzQ/s320/20231219_214938.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00537141175261483876noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686403090969704623.post-64269303151333440662023-12-18T09:03:00.000-05:002023-12-18T09:03:03.921-05:00Wedding Quilt<p> My son got married last year, so I asked him and his wife if they would like a quilt. I was fully ready for a "no thank you", because I gave them a quilt at Christmas the year before, and my son has 2 or 3 others from when he was at school/graduation. But, they said yes!</p><p>I don't quilt to order, but I asked what colours they liked, and was told "happy, spring colours" and her favourite colour is yellow. </p><p>The Alaska quilt had been crossing my feed a lot around then, and I really liked it, so I decided that was going to be their quilt. I changed up the colours from "Alaska Rainbow" to add in more yellow and highlight the center a bit more. I also needed it bigger, so it would fit their queen size bed, so I designed borders for it.</p><p>I started and finished the top (minus the borders) in one weekend at a retreat. The borders got added at my next retreat. I custom quilted it, because a wedding quilt needed special handling, and here it is, all complete.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0LH-XT7yPKdxO1I8QavLFs02T77E5JgDJ9y8bUZI_4lBI6-3BM1PwAs0OVlULqlt81e275r51Ixvjtc1LvOY2X7zqlshf4TFzOg8i0ldh2sO3ki9XEFfJ288Dhq7_seCVkVnVc-b9-I0E84KN-XO7062vQFux2judcJvOnbrF36dVWMQtmHd1DT6ByVyn/s4608/20230901_211704.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0LH-XT7yPKdxO1I8QavLFs02T77E5JgDJ9y8bUZI_4lBI6-3BM1PwAs0OVlULqlt81e275r51Ixvjtc1LvOY2X7zqlshf4TFzOg8i0ldh2sO3ki9XEFfJ288Dhq7_seCVkVnVc-b9-I0E84KN-XO7062vQFux2judcJvOnbrF36dVWMQtmHd1DT6ByVyn/s320/20230901_211704.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I love this backing. When I was making the quilt, I knew exactly what I wanted to use on the back - I put this - in black - on the back of a different quilt about 4-5 years ago. Which of course means it's likely out of print. But the internet is a wonderful thing. I managed to find a shop, in my province even, that still had some so I ordered immediately. It's called "Radiance" by Henry Glass, and it's perfect. I used the leftover to make a storage bag for the quilt.</p><p><img alt="Radiance Quilt Back Fabric: Radiance, White/Bright (per 1/4 metre)" border="0" data-mpimaxs="0" data-mpipimw="200" id="im-a7807_2d2" src="https://www.cottonpatch.co.uk/acatalog/th7807002.jpg" style="max-width: 200px; width: 100%;" title="Radiance Quilt Back Fabric: Radiance, White/Bright (per 1/4 metre)" /></p><p><br /></p><p></p>Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00537141175261483876noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686403090969704623.post-79652289536308281072023-11-28T23:38:00.002-05:002023-11-28T23:52:38.838-05:00Catching up<p>
It's been a while since I posted, and my quilt journal is sadly out of date. So here's a quick update of some of the work that happened this year.</p><p>This project was a quilt-a-long with <a href="http://www.patchworktimes.com" target="_blank">Patchwork Times </a>way back in 2014. The top has been finished for years, but I finally pulled it out as part of my UFO challenge this year, and got it quilted and bound.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRLsRcAFvbElYPjjtqweInwpP7Yx3Y_bJjJlsWKbBlIJAkbJGP-n3yjBPhanFcpooYJWryq4vHH_DBZpIeDyIJVJpqMXZpYHssA323sgKW3teSqtZ8P2-6dDITcQ1WaC506DEBAX6i-t0KXO84TN40aHYXKcsNzHzAQ6ZZhInlU1wexE0sGVYccWIXGkQq/s4608/20230220_161400.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRLsRcAFvbElYPjjtqweInwpP7Yx3Y_bJjJlsWKbBlIJAkbJGP-n3yjBPhanFcpooYJWryq4vHH_DBZpIeDyIJVJpqMXZpYHssA323sgKW3teSqtZ8P2-6dDITcQ1WaC506DEBAX6i-t0KXO84TN40aHYXKcsNzHzAQ6ZZhInlU1wexE0sGVYccWIXGkQq/s320/20230220_161400.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><br />
<p>Over the summer, I joined a workshop on Pojagi quilting. This as a lot of fun. One layer (so not officially a quilt, if you want to enter something in a show), but all finished edges. Essentially, every seam is a flat-felled seam, so the raw edges are all enclosed. It's not great for a really accurate quilt top, but something more free-form, where you can avoid a lot of bulk at seam intersections, it is really neat.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyUjmMkQaB0q60z4wI7-iZOad_AV8WQj_GxDPDuIW920sHsCh-r70ELyIxSURC4nghT9zmCwpf_W2mlDfx5o7KZuSEtrhigqM9Hdp0RKi9w-Hw6fv__ypFd10xn3MkOqdhseK2DN3BNlEQpr8ofQ9CH8GAkoscDo-2i1lqNK8xMWWgGJjYju1lAzrTJ70C/s4608/20230308_204429.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyUjmMkQaB0q60z4wI7-iZOad_AV8WQj_GxDPDuIW920sHsCh-r70ELyIxSURC4nghT9zmCwpf_W2mlDfx5o7KZuSEtrhigqM9Hdp0RKi9w-Hw6fv__ypFd10xn3MkOqdhseK2DN3BNlEQpr8ofQ9CH8GAkoscDo-2i1lqNK8xMWWgGJjYju1lAzrTJ70C/s320/20230308_204429.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<p>For the past few years, I have designed a quilt and offered it as a quilt-along/mystery quilt for a couple of my guilds. This year, I did a "block of the month" instead. Each month we made between 1-4 blocks of a particular design, and after 8 months, they were assembled into this quilt.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihioB4FK5Fb-5iXSgLUISDKAuTmZcq6RyOAwA6ku0_4RuLRgJAEm9bLcGYn44KkHOSgl8bHcREIfwWgHEKRMn-ztGpJNGxX7Iy7Cub3YxRicgdcl0VIgQBEy0vOwG_OeLQXvjEyzny7QYm5uuq89zWB0-cBZgliuN6c812UF4ZjFfpRY82JCCcwQQ3J45z/s4608/20230418_142701.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihioB4FK5Fb-5iXSgLUISDKAuTmZcq6RyOAwA6ku0_4RuLRgJAEm9bLcGYn44KkHOSgl8bHcREIfwWgHEKRMn-ztGpJNGxX7Iy7Cub3YxRicgdcl0VIgQBEy0vOwG_OeLQXvjEyzny7QYm5uuq89zWB0-cBZgliuN6c812UF4ZjFfpRY82JCCcwQQ3J45z/s320/20230418_142701.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<p>I quilted this with 2 layers of batting (Hobbs 80/20 on the bottom, wool on top). I wanted a "whole-cloth" look on the back, so I quilted with that in mind, rather than sticking to the blocks on the front. I love the way the back came out, and the texture on the front is fabulous. I would not do this quite the same way again, as the mistmatch between the quilting and blocks on the front was a bit distracting.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbyUTzvQBxteJgFl4bof_wIAfsbez6JBp6-iqNKinBkkAx4hSBH9o3H75pkkddPQPPruW_FUStQA3gBKRc6AGldu0hM-QmyKTUYy5Vfv83488oX2pA7cL0ilDnihUQotT9Ehr7TisFpg-Wb9ChdZuLJvRIhyKXuxas_DmV7DVMGinXtCQsn8sZbhtnnWJ6/s4608/20230418_135808.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbyUTzvQBxteJgFl4bof_wIAfsbez6JBp6-iqNKinBkkAx4hSBH9o3H75pkkddPQPPruW_FUStQA3gBKRc6AGldu0hM-QmyKTUYy5Vfv83488oX2pA7cL0ilDnihUQotT9Ehr7TisFpg-Wb9ChdZuLJvRIhyKXuxas_DmV7DVMGinXtCQsn8sZbhtnnWJ6/s320/20230418_135808.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<p>Here is a better view of the front.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCuqSpjEzN8kEb0ZdaFp9RjBd9J_kuXzksxUw12VJ58yRGw5lw5cxxxvForP2ArVn9sOXsYiFqm4iTVIUeYECkSp1D5uxccr7CCUJd_CoVoKv1ugqAbi0vDc_UUSdYL4gUllUq9CBt7hCfd8DLvT7d7j_Ya-W8y3JWAdQeB0sBQH6v1xlralUnkYjhhufg/s4608/20230513_101622.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCuqSpjEzN8kEb0ZdaFp9RjBd9J_kuXzksxUw12VJ58yRGw5lw5cxxxvForP2ArVn9sOXsYiFqm4iTVIUeYECkSp1D5uxccr7CCUJd_CoVoKv1ugqAbi0vDc_UUSdYL4gUllUq9CBt7hCfd8DLvT7d7j_Ya-W8y3JWAdQeB0sBQH6v1xlralUnkYjhhufg/s320/20230513_101622.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><br />
<p>And Elsie. I love Elsie. The pattern is Elephant Abstractions by Violet Craft. I made a smaller size - about 60% I think - by printing the foundation papers on 8 1/2x11" paper rather than 11x17". I pulled fabrics entirely from my stash for Elsie. I wanted something other than grey, but not too outlandish. I think the green/brown theme worked well. The background was interesting. I've had that fabric in my stash for 10 years. It was bought on sale, to be used as backing for something, because it is a lovely brushed cotton. But it is the ugliest colour, and in 10 years I have never found a quilt that worked with it for backing.</p><p>When I went digging for background for Elsie, I tried about 5 different fabrics and narrowed it down to this one and one other. My quilting group unanimously chose this - and they were absolutely right (I just had to let go of the fabric I loved, which did not work nearly as well when viewed objectively). I turned the brushed cotton backwards, so that it looks & feels like regular cotton, to match the rest of the quilt.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRX7f9wlY1HaJ5eXYrEZzh4avwcytDKMI0wMZiSkFaSa0iyyblvV8EPN_3H9QEowrZWamWIJj8gXr0WtN69PWw0dQJRHi_99f7PNYkq4BmaVytRz2-chZiYA93Zt-MI79dhDGKb0A3R00A1lvRx_7fuhhB_N7B8tOpNYZmPMv4ij7pn3zQRtviGQHVKLf-/s4608/20230513_100523.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRX7f9wlY1HaJ5eXYrEZzh4avwcytDKMI0wMZiSkFaSa0iyyblvV8EPN_3H9QEowrZWamWIJj8gXr0WtN69PWw0dQJRHi_99f7PNYkq4BmaVytRz2-chZiYA93Zt-MI79dhDGKb0A3R00A1lvRx_7fuhhB_N7B8tOpNYZmPMv4ij7pn3zQRtviGQHVKLf-/s320/20230513_100523.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00537141175261483876noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686403090969704623.post-49801587157766426092023-01-03T11:37:00.001-05:002023-01-03T11:37:07.520-05:00Woven Quilt<div></div> <div> <meta content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> </div> <div style="color:rgb(33,33,33); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br> </div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1LwxvZJfrVzcFbRWk_BNRjvGzN1b7xTVSSr6oYxOFoM6sh6WtIiw_Ot_U-AO5rZ_3N2BN2AD5HXf8L0QZp_W7yDfQWfAtUz_y91vlXiTohgSPhdFQobsF90ntDVHMj7_713Ial_1NsCJg0uNOyKHI5OeOQkoJm8srpD7hSvEle2l-jPYcASG9ZoEI8A"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg1LwxvZJfrVzcFbRWk_BNRjvGzN1b7xTVSSr6oYxOFoM6sh6WtIiw_Ot_U-AO5rZ_3N2BN2AD5HXf8L0QZp_W7yDfQWfAtUz_y91vlXiTohgSPhdFQobsF90ntDVHMj7_713Ial_1NsCJg0uNOyKHI5OeOQkoJm8srpD7hSvEle2l-jPYcASG9ZoEI8A=s320" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7184465956718435906" /></a> <div id="br-id-164d7bfa-368d-432e-8cf6-e9ac0113c4fd" dir="auto">I quilted this design for a few customers, and wanted to try it out. I used ombre fabrics that changed color throughout. An interesting result, but not exactly what I was hoping for. Finished in 2022</div> Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00537141175261483876noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686403090969704623.post-57815342990601610352023-01-03T00:58:00.005-05:002023-01-12T11:26:10.685-05:00<p> Time for a UFO count. A few of us have challenged each other to end 2023 with fewer UFOs than we started with. This of course requires knowing where I stand today. Turns out things are not nearly as bad as I thought they were. At a guess, I would have said I had >20 reading for quilting. But I had a productive year in 2022, so that number is way down. Over the next few days, I'll hopefully catch up on posting my finishes.</p><p>Ready for quilting:<br /></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Block of the Week - started 2014</li><li>Winding Ways - 2015 KQG Crayola challenge</li><li>Edge of 17 shop hop - 2015 <br /></li><li>Tell it to the Stars - 2014 Judy Laquidara quilt along<br /></li><li>Reflections of the North - 2015<br /></li><li>Paper pieced houses (Downtown) - 2013<br /></li><li>3-D cubes (Paul Leger class) - 2017<br /></li><li>Improve - Krista Hennebury 2017<br /></li><li>Row by row - Water theme - 2015<br /></li><li>Symmetry in Stars fractal - 2019<br /></li><li>Slow and Steady (2021 mystery)</li><li>Rainbow Cats - 2019<br /></li><li>Butterfly OBW - 2022<br /></li><li>Starburst - 2018<br /></li><li>OBW stripes - 2019<br /></li><li>Jelly roll quilt - 2022<br /></li></ol><p>And a few in progress:</p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Chillhowie [at Midnight] - Bonnie Hunter</li><li>2022 BOM</li><li>blue/white One Block Wonder</li><li>Jacob's ladder leader/ender</li><li>CQA mystery ($3.31)</li><li>Star is Born virtual retreat quilt</li><li>Snowman BOM (2014)</li><li>Gardener's Alphabet (2013?) </li><li>Cathedral Window</li><li>Apple core</li><li>mini checkerboard</li><li>Ombre geese</li><li>Owl embroidery</li><li>little bear</li><li>Fall Foliage</li><li>Hexi stars</li><li>Canada Geese</li><li>Northern Animals<br /></li></ol><p>Done this year</p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Merry Mayhem Jan 1 mystery</li><li>Dancing 9-patch</li><li>Bonnie Hunter Unity<br /></li></ol><div><p><br /></p></div>Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00537141175261483876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1686403090969704623.post-75254548796397844942022-08-15T09:34:00.001-04:002022-08-15T09:37:04.462-04:002019 Mystery<div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal" ><span style="color: #212121;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8ySyd21jwKZjcqn3w0QP9QCpT7miWKSGlVpqtK6x24ce6KlSJy-fywp41H1sdkChj4f2uU-UuGmPeXOKDrFRxZPhRDY4P_rSQQ4-vo9_nBYsXAHFbIP0voYzI6wxMrWx0ozQuegzlsTJYJEVG5Il7qUUCUD-bXKQ53EF-BLLQ3Adp7OClNXUYMwEHnw"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7132095827677779234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8ySyd21jwKZjcqn3w0QP9QCpT7miWKSGlVpqtK6x24ce6KlSJy-fywp41H1sdkChj4f2uU-UuGmPeXOKDrFRxZPhRDY4P_rSQQ4-vo9_nBYsXAHFbIP0voYzI6wxMrWx0ozQuegzlsTJYJEVG5Il7qUUCUD-bXKQ53EF-BLLQ3Adp7OClNXUYMwEHnw=s320" /></a></span><span style="color: #212121;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div id="br-id-22d8c8f4-c86c-48d5-b15c-453d9909ef0b"> <p class="MsoNormal" ><span style="color: #212121;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><span style="color: #212121;">
I designed this quilt as a mystery for my guild, back in 2019. It turned out to be a bit more difficult than I planned, as it was pieced with minimal seams. No y-seams, but lots of triangle work. If I were to do it again, I'd replace most of those odd pieces with HSTs and make the assembly simpler, even if it means more pieces to work with.
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The pattern is available <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1069507910/ribbon-stars-quilt-pattern">here</a></span></p> </div> Kristahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00537141175261483876noreply@blogger.com0