Of course it's not the only project I'm working on but Bonnie Hunter's Orca Bay mystery quilt has taken quite a bit of my time lately. It's no longer a mystery as I was unable to keep up. There are about a zillion triangles in this thing HSTs and QSTs. There are also string triangles and 3.5 inch string squares. It's an insanity quilt but the finished product is beautiful.
WE started mid November and the reveal was posted on New Year's Day. Thos of you who've been on QCA as long as I have know how much I struggled with scrappy quilts. My brain refused to think in scraps. I made a break through with Nana's help in the scrap happy group and I think after this I should be over any of those issues.
This is but a small section of the quilt. I put it together to help motivate me as I felt like I was going nowhere with it. I still have not completed all the steps but I'm plugging away mostly while I watch football. What wil I do when the season's over?
Anyway, without further ado, photos:
Here are my QST sewn together into hourglass blocks. They are 2.5 inches unfinished 224 if those suckers:
I made string blocks and HSTs during our virtual panama party. There are 72 yellow string blocks (3.5 inch unfinished) and 350 HSTs (2.5 inches unfinished):
The HSTs get additional triangles sewn to each side to make wings for the blue sting triangles to make flying geese units. In total I cut 1400 HSTs! Ohio star blocks were the easiest of all the steps there are 56 of which I've completed 10.
Here's how they're all coming together:
I think I should be finished the top sometime this year. LOL
Blocks 10 and 11 of Baltimore's Country Cousins:
This is my first full appliqué quilt. I've done a block or two in other projects but nothing like this. I'm using a gingham background with batiks. These are the first nine blocks and I'm currently working on the tenth block. The patterns come from the book "Baltimore's County Cousins" by Susan McKelvey.
I started this quilt months ago but, against my better judgment, I decided to quilt it on my regular sewing machine instead of putting on my frame. It was an arduous process that I won't be repeating any time soon. It is for Madeline's 5th birthday on Wednesday. I finished it yesterday but my camera's charger is MIA so I had to settle for cell phone photos today. It will be delivered tomorrow. The fabric line is "Happy" from Me & My Sister Designs. Perfect for a little girl.
The back is flannel. I bought the fabric over a year ago to back another project. I'm glad I did not use it then as I think it works great with this quilt. The yellow patch is the quilt's label:
I made a pillow case with extra fabric that can also be used to store the quilt:
I was looking trough "Show and Tell" here on QCA and discovered the first project I submitted for show and tell. When this gallery was first started members sent their photos and stories to QCA admin who, in turn, posted to the gallery. It could take up to two weeks for a project to show up with all the entries that were being submitted.
I have yet to set up my own gallery so I'm posting a link to my project instead.
Hooah! for Carlo
I've been working on a Dear Jane quilt for over a year now. While I've been following the assignments in the group here on QCA I have also started putting my first Baby Jane together (I'm working on three). This one follows Jane Stickle's original colour way. I will be hand quilting this in quarters to make it more manageable for me. I have two more rows to add to this before the quilting begins.
Some of my blocks are hand pieced and some machine pieced. It depends on how my hands are feeling when I make the block.
I've been MIA from the blogs for quite some time. I'm still working on many projects and will try to update more often. Meanwhile Oco has learned that quilting is not for lightweights or, perhaps, he's dreaming up a new project.
My DH decided to play with EQ6 today for the first time and came up with his own quilt design. I told him that he has to make it himself. I don't know if that will happen but I think he did a good job. The fabric colours are not exactly right but you get the idea.
He calls it Jaze Haze. Neither of us know why.
Sarah, is one of my co-workers who recently caught the quilting bug. She says I inspired her with all the things I bring in to show her. I also share the photos from QCA with her. She is 21.
This is her first quilt, a present for her boyfriend. She was very excited about it throughout the entire process. I couldn't wait to see it. I think she did a wonderful job and her BF will love it.
She is already planning the next quilt which we will be making together.
Another holiday wall hanging. This one was a breeze to make. It took me less than half a day from start to finish. The center is a panel from Moda's "Crazy 8" line by Sandy Gervais. When I saw it in the LQS I knew I wanted to do something with it. I think the dark borders really complement the panel. Once again I used a decorative stitch on the binding.
Valerie is a co-worker of mine who has been busy making baby blankets for the holidays. I'm always interested when I find another person who likes to work with her/his hands. The blankets are adorable. She makes holes all around the perimeter then crochets a border onto the blankets. She's thinking of making a quilt with fleece blocks connected with crocheted sashing. I think that will look great. Here are two of her blankets, one for a girl and one for a boy.
The LQS issued a challenge. Pick up a $3. package containing fabrics to make 1 block. Make a quilt using that block and any fabrics from your own stash. All quilts and money collected will be donated to a local retirement home. I picked a blue package since it's my favourite colour.
My block turned out to be a churn dash block. I picked the fabrics before I knew what I was going to make. After much agonising I decided to make a quilt from a churn dash block using the original block as the centre.
I named the quilt "In a Dash" because it's a churn dash within a churn dash.
I used a quick turn method to sandwich the quilt. I quilted it in the ditch from the front and the back then added diagonal lines in the 4 corners. My label was attached and the quilt laundered.
I will deliver it today when the LQS opens.
Front:
Back:
Label:
I've been working on a pattern I call "Starry, Starry Night". I've changed it more times than I can remember. DH is sick of giving his opinion since I keep changing it anyway. I'm just not sure it's done. Tell me what you think. Don't be shy and don't worry about hurting my feelings.
This is the EQ6 design using fabrics from Connecting Threads' "Twilight Frost" line:
My first holiday quilt. I will hang it in my living room. Maybe.
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