Stay-at-Home Round Robin … finished!

April 30, 2020May 1, 2020 / quiltinggail / 24 Comments

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My 2 Round Robin quilts are all finished! Quilted and binding done!

The Purple

Here is the purple one that was done as a quilt-as-you-go. Eagle eyes will notice the pins in the binding at the top … that’s because this quilt is waiting for a special little one to be born and that’s where the label will go.

The Blue

And the blue one … I quilted and quilted and quilted and I LOVE it! I even did some ruler quilting!

The Quilting

And, close-ups of the quilting:

I know that the centre square (below) turned out wonky … but that’s just the way it is and it’s staying that way. Perhaps the next time I do it, it will be more non-wonky!

Disclaimer: Thanks to Island Batik for the fabrics for the tops of the 2 Round Robins, Hobbs batting, Schmetz Needles, Aurifil thread and AccuQuilt for providing the necessary tools and supplies to make the quilts!

Linky Party

This will be the last Linky party for the Stay-at-Home Round Robins … Post a picture of your completed or in-progress Round Robin!

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!
Gail

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Linking to:

Midweek Makers @ QuiltFabrication
Wednesday Wait Loss @ Inquiring Quilter
Happy Needle and Thread @ My Quilt Infatuation
Put your Foot Down @ For the Love of Geese
Andrée / Free Motion Mavericks @ Quilting & Learning – What a combo!
Muv / Free Motion Mavericks @ Lizzie Lenard Vintage Sewing
TGIFF @ Slice of Pi
Off the Wall Friday @ Creations – Quilts, Art, Whatever
Sherry @ Powered by Quilting
Can I get a Whoop Whoop? @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict
Finished or Not Friday @ Alycia Quilts
Michelle @ From Bolt to Beauty
Peacock Party @ Wendy’s Quilts and More

April 27 Monday Report

April 27, 2020April 28, 2020 / quiltinggail / 23 Comments

I have no finishes this week … except for this one mask. My daughter asked me to make it for a coworker of hers … his nick-name is Plant Dad … so, via messenger, we picked out the fabric and she asked that Plant Dad be stitched in their company’s pink colour. Apparently he said, “I really love this.”

Design Wall

Piecing:

Masks: lots in progress. I started serging the ties – much easier!!! And a friend gave me some florist wire – much nicer for the nose & should hold up better than pipe cleaners!

Pillow Cases: Some in progress … for a guild charity … It was an opportunity to go through my stash and pick out some fabric …

Quilting:

The blue round robin is ready to quilt … machine set up, bobbins wound …

TO DO

I’m linking up to Roseanne & Sue’s “TO DO” Tuesday. Their blog is “Home Sewn by Us.”

Last week’s list:

Round Robin: add the last borders: maybe finish the purple one since it’s a quilt-as-you-go. √ done … well at least the star borders are done
Masks: being made as leaders & enders … pull out the serger and serge the ties. partially done … ties are serged … only one mask completed
Scrappy 4 patch 2″: No quilting done … and now it’s 2nd in line for quilting

This week’s list:

Quilt Blue Round Robin
Bind Purple Round Robin
Finish 7 masks
Finish 7 pillow cases

Stash Report

SS yellow

Nothing finished, no shopping, no changes …

Fabric Used this week 30.5 yards
Fabric Used this year: 120 yards
Fabric Bought this week: 0 yards
Fabric Added this year: 9.5
Net Fabric used 110.5 yards
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Husband’s Purchases 0

Stitchin’ Time

I am aiming for 30 minutes/day – at least!

15 minute days: January – Mar. 90/91
15 min days/ April= 26/26
Total days in 2020: 126/127
Percentage = 99%

For more Stitchin’ Time, you can check out Kate’s blog: Life in Pieces

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Nothing completed … no change

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One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!
Gail

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Linking to:

Sunday Stash @ quiltpaintcreate
Oh Scrap @ Quilting is More Fun than Housework
Stitchin’ Time @ Life in Pieces
What I Made Monday @ Pretty Piney Quilts
Monday Making @ Love, Laugh, Quilt
Main Crush Monday @ Cooking Up Quilts
Design Wall Monday @ Small Quilts and Doll Quilts
To-Do Tuesday @ Home Sewn By Us
Colour Inspiration Tuesday @ Clever Chameleon Quilting

Stay At Home Round Robin … Part 6

April 24, 2020 / quiltinggail / 14 Comments

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Here is the blue Round Robin with the stars added. I used the AccuQuilt 8″ Qube dies #2 and #5 to cut them out. It took me less than an hour … and that was with bits and pieces and scraps of the fabrics. Hopefully in the coming week(s?), I will get this sandwhiched and the binding on.

Here is the purple round robin. I had a limited amount of space left for the stars, so I had to make them smaller (4.5″ square). I wasn’t able to use the Accuquilt for them (only because I don’t have the appropriate size dies). It took me over 3 hours to cut these out. What a difference from using the Accuquilt! I was already “sold” on using the Accuquilt for curved pieces and the Block on Board, but this really illustrated to me how time saving it is for regular squares and triangles!

On the purple quilt, I just quilted Stitch in the Ditch along the seams of the stars. I contemplated outlining the stars, but since I wanted to only use the walking foot to quilt this quilt, I didn’t want to be turning the quilt a zillion times. It would have been a breeze if I did free motion, but I was determined to just use the walking foot!

I didn’t have time to bind the purple quilt. Hopefully, that will happen this week and I can show you the final quilt(s) next week!

Fun Facts about the quilts:

All fabrics were given to me by Island Batik. As an ambassador, I was also given Aurifil thread, Hobbs batting, the AccuQuilt dies and Schmetz needles from each of the industry sponsers. Thank you!

For both quilts, I used Aurifil thread for piecing.

For the purple quilt: I used #2515 for quilting and, I used Hobbs batting 80/20 (scraps joined together).

The Accuquilt Cube 8″ dies were used, when appropriate.

Blue is approximately 48″ square. Purple is approximately 42″ square.

Part 7

Is actually quilting and binding your quilt. We don’t want to have any more UFOs – right? If you did a quilt-as-you-go (like the purple one), it should be a matter of trimming the quilt and applying the binding.

Linky Party:

Here is a Linky Party for you to show off your work! You have a few options for posting … you can post a link to your blog, a link to your Instagram or a link to a Pinterest page.

I was Featured!

Screen Shot 2020-04-24 at 2.16.44 PM.png #1: Wednesday Wait Loss featured the Round Robin quilts from last week. See HERE.

#2 For the love of geese also featured a Round Robin Quilt

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!
Gail

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Linking to:

Midweek Makers @ QuiltFabrication
Wednesday Wait Loss @ Inquiring Quilter
Happy Needle and Thread @ My Quilt Infatuation
Put your Foot Down @ For the Love of Geese
Andrée / Free Motion Mavericks @ Quilting & Learning – What a combo!
Muv / Free Motion Mavericks @ Lizzie Lenard Vintage Sewing
TGIFF @ Kathleen McMusing
Off the Wall Friday @ Creations – Quilts, Art, Whatever
Sherry @ Powered by Quilting
Can I get a Whoop Whoop? @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict
Finished or Not Friday @ Alycia Quilts
Michelle @ From Bolt to Beauty
Peacock Party @ Wendy’s Quilts and More

UFOs … just keep getting done!

April 20, 2020April 21, 2020 / quiltinggail / 27 Comments

Yes, Another UFO Finish!

Frolic is finished! Borders on, label on, quilted and binding! Done Done DONE!!! It usually takes me 4-5 days to quilt a full sized Bonnie Hunter quilt, but with my new machine (Janome M7), the quilting was done in less than 2 days! Those extra stiches / minute really do make a HUGE difference!!!

I’m loving how using mostly whites for the neutrals, along with the colours make for a nice cheery summer quilt! This will be on a bed as soon as it’s washed!

The batting is Hobbs 80/20. For quilting, I did a large swirl, with echoed flower petals around it. I was amazed at how this pattern caught all of the 1″ squares quite nicely! A light grey CanSew thread was used for the quilting.