This first bag was made from a kit, so it counts for the 2019 kit goal. The bag was easy to make, but is a bit smaller than most of my tote bags.
Wednesday, January 2, 2019
Tuesday, January 1, 2019
Goals for 2019 and 2018 Year-End Report
County Line Quilts
2019 Goals
2018 Year-End Report
2019 Goals
- Complete 8 long-armed quilts, including the quilt top from Cousin Sharon. Some of the quilts to be completed are described in following goals, but the total should be 8. This is a pace of 0.75 quilts per month.
- Make a quilt to learn a new technique, such as curved seams or scalloped borders
- Make 1 neonatal quilt for guild
- Quilt a top for the guild
- Make one "kit" quilt
- Make 1 T-shirt quilt
- Make a reproduction quilt similar to the one I made in 2018. This quilt will be made from Mother’s scraps.
- Make 1 quilt from the To Do list of 8 Projects in bags as listed here:
- Dog Park (Quilting Bee--"Community Garden") in Cal-Asia bag
- Sea Star (Binding Tool Star) in clear plastic orange bag
- Garden Gate in Aunt Janet bag
- Marbles (Modern Baby) in UNICEF bag
- Jumping Jacks (quilts from sweet Jane) in MSQC red bag to be named Tomato Soup
- 3 half square triangle quilts in red reptile N-M bag, one red, one blue, one pink.
- Crosswalk in blue clear bag. See MSQC video.
- Alaska fabric from Ann in UNICEF bag. No pattern as of January 2019.
- Finish Sharon’s quilt and any others sent to me from relatives.
- Finish Mother’s wool comfort and any other quilt surprises she springs on me.
- Make a dog bed stuffed with scraps
- Attend the Houston Quilt Show with Cousins Denise and Debra.
2019 Outlook
As in 2018, 2019 will be a year focused on family health issues and possibly Mother’s moving houses. Quilting goals are therefore modest.
2018 Year-End Report
- Completed 19 long-armed quilts, including one for Lily James. The 2018 goal was met and exceeded by 11, thanks to long arming 3 quilts for Aunt Linda, 1 for Donna, 1 for Cousin Laura, 1 for Aunt Joyce, and Sally’s Cousin Quilt. Mother’s eyesight is nearly gone, but Frances finished 2 quilts Mother started and I quilted them. I pieced or appliquéd 10 quilts. Seven of mine were baby/neonatal sized quilts, so they were easier to finish. Goal exceeded for long armed quilts.
- I appliquéd a quilt from a clip art picture, making the pattern myself, to practice a new technique. This was the hardest quilt I have ever attempted, and I never would have been able to do it except for guidance and encouragement from Cousin Denise. So, goal met for learning a new technique.
- Made 4 neonatal quilts for guild. Goal exceeded.
- Did not make a quilt kit, unless you count the top Aunt Joyce sent for me to quilt. It really doesn’t count, so goal not met.
- Made 6 shopping/tote bags. Goal met.
- Did not make a T-shirt quilt. Goal not met.
- Made 2 quilts from the To Do list (PIGS). I stretched the 2 sock monkey quilts into the 3 neonatal quilts. Goal exceeded!
- Did not make a dog bed. Goal not met.
- Made a flannel quilt. Goal met.
- Made Sally’s Cousin Quilt, including a block for Guy. Goal met.
Most, but not all of my goals were met. Increasing demands for my time from Mother and several quilts from relatives for me to quilt and bind, kept me from completing all my goals. I give myself a B+ for 2018. I will move the incomplete goals to the list for 2019. Next year I may have to move the long arm if Mother decides to move to a smaller place, Mother will have bigger health demands, and I may get more quilt tops from relatives, so I will keep my quilting goals modest in line with possible extra requests and disruptions.
Monday, December 10, 2018
Proof of Concept—Reproduction of a Vintage Quilt
From the Pop-Up Quilt Show
Mother and I have admired this pattern for a long time. We want to make one using her scraps. However, Mother thinks 2” finished squares are better than the 1 1/2” ones in the pattern. So, this quilt was put together as a “proof of concept” for the 2” squares. I used 2 jelly rolls to make it, really 1 jelly roll and a few strips from the second one.
I worked on this quilt at the Pop-Up show that the guild held at the San Mateo County Fairgrounds. Many people wandered through our work area. The gentleman were very interested in the old Singer Featherweight machines many of us were using. Sadly, they were not as admiring of the old quilters operating the machines!
- 71" x 86" Twin bed size
- Quilting: Quilted in a meandering loose stipple. Used tan 100% polyester thread (Omni from Superior Threads-named "Light Tan"). Free form quilting. 7 bobbins. Quilting by Patty.
- Backing: Blue print fabric from a fabric.com sale. Printed to look like old jeans. A fun back!
- Batting: 80% cotton/20% polyester Winline “Comfort Blend”
- Binding: Dark blue print cotton from my inventory, also used for the outer border.
- Pattern: "Reproduction Chain" by Julie Hendricksen from her book Preserving History.
- Piecing by Patty
- Pinned into frame December 7, 2018. Quilting on long arm quilter December 10, 2018. (Patty).
- Binding by Patty.
- QC by Spencer
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PATTERN
QC Back
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Dynamic Duo
- 65" x 84" Twin bed size
- Quilting: Quilted in a meandering loose stipple. Used dark red 100% polyester thread (Omni from Superior Threads-named "Cranberry"). Free form quilting. 6 bobbins. Quilting by Patty.
- Backing: Light pink print fabric from Mother's inventory. Bought from a fabric.com sale.
- Batting: 100% cotton Winline “Back to Basics”
- Binding: Solid dark red cotton from Mother's inventory, also used for the set in triangles
- Pattern: "Spice Market" by Vicky Wozniak from a McCall's advertisement.
- Piecing by Mother, Patty, and mostly Frances Worth
- Pinned into frame November 23, 2018. Quilting on long arm quilter December 3, 2018. (Patty).
- Binding by Patty.
- QC by Spencer
Friday, November 23, 2018
Pinal Peaks
QC by Rowan
This is another quilt made from Mother’s strip scraps. Mother and I started it and, thankfully, Frances visited and finished piecing it. This quilt is similar to one Mother made in 2016, named “Spice”. See this blog for September, 2016. The name comes from the similarity of the blocks to “peaks” and from the Pinal Mountains, which were near to Superior, Arizona where we lived for many years. Also, “Pinal Peaks” is alliterative. On Aug, 19, 2019 given to Zebiba Ahmed who was Mother’s best caregiver after she broke her arm and neck.- Size: 64 1/2" x 77 1/2" Twin bed size
- Quilting: Quilted in a meandering loose stipple. Used brown 100% polyester thread (Omni from Superior Threads-named "Milk Chocolate"). Free form quilting. 6 bobbins. Quilting by Patty.
- Backing: Multi-colored print fabric from Mother's inventory. Bought at a JoAnn's sale.
- Batting: 100% cotton, Winline “Back to Basics”
- Binding: Solid brown cotton from Mother's inventory, also used for the set in triangles that finish the sides.
- Pattern: "Spice Market" by Vicky Wozniak from a McCall's advertisement.
- Piecing by Mother, Patty, and mostly Frances Worth
- Pinned into frame November 16, 2018. Quilting on long arm quilter November 20, 2018. (Patty).
- Binding by Patty.
- QC by Rowan
Sunday, October 21, 2018
Blue Line—Flannel Quilt
This quilt was made from scraps left from backs of quilts. Most of the quilts were the ones I made for Narinder’s neices and nephew (see Dorm Series, November, 2016), plus one made for Cynthia (see A Breed Apart, July, 2017) and one made for Nancy (Nancy’s Quilt, March, 2018). There were 8 different backs to use. Most of the flannel strips were trimmed from the edges after the quilts were quilted. All, but one, of the scraps, were neutral or dark in color. So, I used the one bright aqua one as a feature down the center of the quilt. The result is a handsome and humorous quilt top, I think. Mother thinks it’s hideous, but she’s blind. Whatever you think about the quilt’s “look”, it will be cozy and warm for someone in a homeless shelter. I wanted to name the quilt “Blue Streak,” but the urban dictionary gives a nasty definition for that phrase, so I decided on the more acceptable “Blue Line”. This quilt was donated to victums of the Camp Fire that destroyed the town of Paradise, CA. The donation was handled by the Quilt Guild.
- Size: 60 1/2" x 96” Twin bed size
- Quilting: Quilted in an overall vertical wavy line. I saw a picture on the internet of a strip quilt quilted this way. It’s a modern quilt look. However, it was very boring to quilt after the first 2 lines. I will never ever do this again! I’ve had my “modern” moment. Free form quilting. Used blue variegated 100% polyester thread (Omni-V #9006 from Superior Threads-named "Laguna") for the blue line (1 bobbin) and 6 bobbins of light gray Omni 100% polyester (“Silver”). On the top used gold Omni 100% polyester (“Goldenrod”). Top thread color chosen to match the binding color. Quilting by Patty.
- Backing: Gray tonal flannel print backing from a Fabric.com sale.
- Batting: 80/20 cotton/polyester. Winline “Comfort Blend”.
- Piecing by Patty.
- Pinned into frame October 24, 2018. Quilting on long arm October 26, 2018. (Patty).
- Binding by Patty. Used a solid gold cotton fabric from my stash for the binding.
- QC by Spencer. This quilt is good colors for him. I should make him one.
Friday, October 12, 2018
Oliver’s Big Fish—New Technique
This is a quilt made for Cousin Leslie’s new grandson Oliver. The new technique was making an applique pattern from a clip art picture and using Misty Fuse instead of Steam-2-Seam Lite. This was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. I would never have made it through the process without advice from Cousin Denise. She clued me in on selecting a piece of clip art and taking it to a copy store to be blown up the size for the quilt. I found Office Depot to be the best place for enlargement. I had 2 copies made per her instructions. Misty Fuse was hard to use, but the product is less stiff and has a better hand feel than a raw edge applique made with Steam-2-Seam. Finding all the fabrics for the applique was difficult, also. The background (“ocean”) was a jelly roll race quilt. The quilt would look better with some seaweed in the blank spaces (Hannah’s suggestion) but I ran out of gas for the project, so the quilt did not get seaweed corners. Oliver comes from a family of fisher-people. I hope he likes his big fish.
- Size: 50 1/2" x 65” Crib size
- Quilting: Quilted in an overall wavy line to represent water current with occasional free form fish. Quilted around the big applique fish. My rabbit signature was a poor imitation of Kenojuak’s (Inuit artist) “Rabbit Eating Seaweed.” Free form quilting. Used blue variegated 100% polyester thread (Omni-V #9006 from Superior Threads-named "Laguna"). 7 bobbins. Quilting by Patty.
- Backing: Gray tonal print backing from a Superior Threads end of bolt sale. The fabric is really nice.
- Batting: 100% cotton, Winline “Back to Basics”
- Piecing and applique by Patty. Background is a jelly roll race quilt using a Kona Cotton Jelly Roll called “Overcast”.
- Pinned into frame October 13, 2018. Quilting on long arm October 15, 2018. (Patty).
- Binding by Patty. Used a dark gray print from a JoAnn’s sale.
- QC by Spencer
Jelly Roll
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Yum! Salmon for Dinner!
Quilting Detail
Fish Head
Victoria, Marley, and Oliver
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