Some More Completions

I have been very busy chain piecing a couple of different projects.

Before leaving for deer camp I completed my blocks for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. These are the string blocks with the bonus strips. I forgot to take a picture of the 9-patches but I have 10 of those completed also.

While I was at deer camp I worked on these star points.

When I got home I finished sewing these together and pressed them. I have 420 units that will make 105 blocks. I am planning on using these star blocks for Quilts of Valor.

I also worked on my tumbler piecing. I had 10 strips going at the same time and I am now half way finished with them. I need to have 40 tumblers in each row.

I have my feather weight set up on my dining room table and have now started the brown star units. I probably will have the same amount of units as I do of the the blue. I need to cut over a hundred more back ground triangles to go with these wings. These units are all left over cuts from the Smith Mountain Morning quilt I finished back in January. I got a little carried away cutting out these wings.

Well, this is all for now. I will keep on scrappin!

Slow Stitching & Completions

I have been very busy slow stitching and completing a couple of projects.While we were going down to the deer camp I hand stitched the binding on my hexie table runner.

Aurora picked the backing for this runner. It was not 30's reproduction but it fits nicely with it anyway.

This will look very good on the dining room table come spring.

I also have completed my Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt from last year. This means it has taken me almost a year to complete it but now I can move on.

I hand stitched the binding while I was at deer camp.

This is a beautiful quilt. I used a variegated Superior thread that had orange and green. I don't remember the official name.

The colors in this quilt go well with the fall decorations I have out.

I used the baptist fan for the quilting. I really like this pattern and the texture looks great. Sorry the picture doesn't show it very well.

This is all for now. Until next time....

Rainbow Scrap Challenge-Brown-October

I have pulled all of my brown, black and dark gray fabric strips from the string bin.

I have actually started sewing on these strips but I have not completed them yet.

I have also almost finished sewing together these 9 patches in brown. I was very surprised that I had this many browns, blacks and dark gray fabrics. I was also a little hesitant about doing the blocks in these colors.. I have been pleasantly surprised with the results so far.

I will not be making the Craftsy blocks this month in brown. I only have two blocks left for this quilt and so I have decided the wait until next month to see what color is chosen. These two blocks really need a color that I like better than brown.

Other Things I Have Going in the Quilt Studio

I know I have been rather quiet in blogging for the last 2 weeks but I have been busy doing a number of things.

First off I have finally quilted the table runner I have had on the HQ for the last couple of months.

This was going to be a hexie quilt but I down sized this because I lost interest in hand stitching the hexies.

I did a simple stipple in the white background and a simple swirl in the flowers which cannot be seen. I also did a half feather in the outside border but no stitching in the blue border. I am happy with the results. I have the binding all ready to be sewn on. I will show this when I have a completion in a couple of weeks.

I have also put the small borders on the memory quilt I have been making and I have the backing cut and ready to be sewn together. I will be putting this quilt on the HQ as soon as I finish the mystery quilt that is loaded now.

This quilt will finish at 89" by 89". It is a very large quilt.

I have one other thing to share.At the end of September I shared that I was busy sewing 2" strips together to clean out 2 drawers full of very old and ugly fabric. I have finally finished cutting and trimming these into 2" 2 patches that will soon become 4 patches.

I have filled to bins very full of these 2 patches. I am pretty sure I have a couple thousand of them.

I will be sewing these together while I am at deer camp so hopefully by next week I will have about a thousand 4 patches all ready for the quilt I have planned to make. I will show how this goes when I get back late next week.
I also will be taking my very old tumbler quilt along to make some progress on it. I need 13 more rows put together to finish this top.
I will also be working on sewing together some extra wings for star points left over from my Smith Mountain Morning quilt I made at the first of the year. I got a little carried away cutting the wings and have large zip locks full of these that need to be put together. I have cut out probably 300 hundred background triangles to sew with them. It will be interesting to see just how many star points I will end up with and just how I will use these units for a future quilt.

I will talk again soon. Keep on Scrappin!

Bonnie Hunter's New Mystery?

I have a completed top! It is the Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt from last year. It is called Celtic Soltice.
I have it loaded on my HQ right now.

This was a great quilt to make and I was able to make this quilt just by shopping my stash.

Even down to the border fabric that my daughter helped me pick out.

Bonnie has started her mystery quilt this year by announcing the name of the quilt and the colors that will be used. The name of the quilt is Grand Illusion. I was not going to make the mystery quilt this year and mentioned that to my husband. He said why not? I said the colors are not colors that I use often such as teal/turquoise and I don't have enough of that color or a 2 yard piece of yellow that would work for this quilt. He said I should make this quilt anyway so I have been thinking about it.
I will pick up the color strips from Lowes this week and when we get back from deer hunting I will see about buying the needed fabrics. I have plenty of green, black and neutrals to do this quilt with no problems.

I will talk about this again in a couple of weeks.