Work in Progress Wednesday - it's all about the blues

Hi Everyone!  It's all about the blue and whites this week with two projects on the go, one nearing completion...don't you just love that?....and another that needs a little more work.  



This is my Cool Blues quilt and has been sitting in the UFO pile since June, just waiting for the binding...sure hope I can find the fabric...have you done that too? Set aside fabric for binding then use it in another project?  Fingers crossed that fabric is just where I left it.....somewhere in the sewing room ;-)




A closer look - each block is made of eight hourglass blocks and sixteen flying geese.  There are sixteen blocks in the quilt...oh yes, that's a whole lot of flying geese.  I had this quilt long-armed.  I'm not brave enough to machine quilt a queen-size quilt on my little Janome (yet!).



The second project in the works, my First Snowfall quilt - I'll add a one-inch blue border around this and add another white border before putting it together and quilting it.  I'll be quilting this one myself.

UFO list -
1.girl guide charity quilts
2.my charming stars
3. Stoney Creek
4. Red and white quilt
6. Christmas stockings
7. Flower power wall hanging
is it my imagination, or is this list getting longer...?



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 Enjoy!
Mary-Frances

Cool Blues all done

Hello everyone!  I finally managed to finish the beast..aka my Cool Blues quilt.  I booked some time in the classroom at my local quilt store Saturday night and spent the evening adding the borders to my quilt.  Now it's time to send it off to be longarmed, no way am I going to attempt quilting this one as I am still a beginner in that respect.

Enjoy!
Mary-Frances



I took this photo before I put the three final pieces together.  I knew once I added the borders I would have a tough time trying to take a photo of the whole thing.

 

Here it is, all done.  I asked my daughter and her boyfriend to stand on the couch and hold the quilt up so I could try to get a decent photo.

 

 



Down to the last block

Hello everyone!  I took my Cool Blues quilt out of my "to finish" pile last week and have been working on it, slowly but surely, this past week.  Each block has 16 flying geese blocks and at 16 blocks, that makes 256 flying geese for the whole quilt.  Not a record to be sure, but enough to make me not want to make any more flying geese for a little while!

I have one block yet to put together and then I can begin the process of putting everything together....oh happy day!

Enjoy!
Mary-Frances

Here's the last of the smaller blocks waiting to be put together - yoohoo!

Here's the best shot I can get at the moment of the quilt.  Once everything is sewed together, I still have a border to add, but that won't take too long to do.

Something different for me

Hi everyone!  I'm still puttering around, not spending nearly enough time in my sewing room as I would like, but that's life.  I pulled out my Cool Blues quilt again and have made some progress.  I'm determined to just get this one finished and then send it off to be long-armed...no way I'm going to attempt to quilt this baby.

Stopped in to see what was new at one of my local quilt stores earlier this week and came home with some fabrics that are truly out of my comfort zone.  I do have a project in mind for these fabrics, but you'll just have to wait and see. 

Enjoy!
Mary-Frances



Time to get this one finished.  Three more blocks to go!

 

And now for something completely different!  Skulls and crossbones...oh yeah, and some flowers too.




Couldn't resist this beautiful red batik.

  

Mmmh, definitely not my usual sort of fabric.  Oh well, sometimes you just have to go with your gut instinct, right?



A little sewing is better than none

Hello everyone!  Thought I'd show you some of the progress I'm making on two of my projects:  the Cool Blues & my charm square stars. 

I spent this past Wednesday over at my friend Sue's house and we did some quilting, as we usually do...she has been a godsend during the renovation.  She welcomes me into her home, provides a wonderful lunch and I bring the eclairs...mmmh, I think I'm getting the better deal!!  I managed to make all of the hourglass blocks I need for my Cool Blues quilt and made one more block on my charm square stars project...here's the link for the pattern, in case you missed it last time...
http://www.modabakeshop.com/2010/10/charming-stars-quilt.html#more

Enjoy!
Mary-Frances



I tested out the pattern, using Dilly Dally fabric from Me & My Sister Designs and some white Kona solid...I really liked the results.

 

Two more squares and six to go.  I only have two charm square packages and cannot find another in any of the quilt stores in town...so I'm making a smaller version instead.

 

Here are a few of the blue and white blocks made for my Cool Blues quilt. 



This has been sitting in my sewing room for a few months and it's time to git'er done...this is my second PhD project and I would love to finish it by the end of the month!