Thanksgiving

Wishing you all a day full of reasons to be thankful.

Cherie

Pre-Thanksgiving Friday

I’m linking up with Alycia’s Finished (or not) Friday. I can report I’ve finished all 40 uphill and 40 downhill scrappy mountain majesty (SMM) blocks, whoop, whoop!

It will either be very easy or very frustrating getting these SMM blocks laid out, lol. I’m working on the Starfire units to free up the design wall.

I quilted a couple more passes on RRCB.  Both Sophie and the quilter did well 🤓. I do better quilting in short sessions…….it will be finished soon enough.

I’ve made progress on the backing for Quadrangle. I over cut some 2” orange pieces so I’m noodling over how to incorporate them.

And in other news, Julie let me know the fabrics for the cheddar solids quilt are Moda Bella and suggested I contact the Fat Quarter Shop about sending them a swatch to color match. Done & in the mail!! I went ahead and asked to match the cheddar as well……then I can use it for the backing if I want. I decided I’d be happier getting as close of match as I can and will sew up the non-matching HST’s and start yet another project 😂😂😂. Thanks for your thoughts about my dilemma !

Thankfully, Cherie

Quilting Started and Backing Play

I spent some time with Sophie, my longarm, and quilted a bit of Roll Roll Cotton Boll (RRCB). Sophie is quilting well. The quilter, she is a bit rusty. RRCB needs concentration because it’s hard to see where I’ve quilted, although you can see it in the side picture below, lol. I love the green print on the back which I believe is a Jo Morton.  

I’ve also started puzzling the back for Quadrangle. It takes way more time to piece a backing but I have fun doing them.

We’ll see where it goes from here 😃  

I’m continuing to sew the Starfire units and hope to get the top together this weekend. Another cheddar block is in the works as well  and I have the parts needed to make three more for the 3 x 4 setting. 

It appears, before this went into time out, I found a cheddar in my stash that was almost the same cheaddar color (really, really close, like same color, different color run close) and used it to get the pieces for these extra blocks. It also appears I had a green that wasn’t so close of a match but used it to finish cutting enough HST’s for the border so some original green, some replacement green. None of the replacement green is in the blocks. 

Julie has since let me know the fabrics she sent were Bella solids so do I use the green I’ve cut already or go on a search for the matching Bella green that may be a closer match. I’m am of two minds here. The triangles are already cut, but the green really is different 🤔🤨🧐

Any thoughts?

Cheers, Cherie 

Progress……

……on two projects. I continued sewing units for Starfire and parts are hanging off the design wall now, lol.

I’ve added another block to the cheddar project. Still toying with the idea of making this one three by four blocks with a cheddar border followed by a HST border. I can do this *IF* I have enough fabric.  

I also sewed a heap of crumb blocks and over did trimming them as now my left wrist aches. I know better…..I know I have to spread trimming over multiple days. <<shakes head>> 

Time to come up with a plan for some of these…….😜

Happy sewing, Cherie 

Finished!

I finished moving my scraps into my new drawer unit….

……8 color sorted drawers with crumb blocks in progress.  It’s a beautiful thing!

Previously they were in salad containers, puzzle boxes, etc, lined up on my cutting table.  

They looked messy and I had to move them a lot but they were handy for me to use.  The drawers are just as handy and look so much better 😁

I also finished hanging a present to myself.

I bought one of Wanda’s color wash quilts and I am in love!  Her post about this quilt is here and here.  

Linking up with Alycia the Quilty Girl’s Finished or Not post.

Cheers, Cherie

Not Like the Pattern

With apologies to Kelly, I am making the crossroads blocks differently from the pattern. My luggage tag units are very wonky….I’m sure if I’d been in Kelly’s class they would be perfect. Anyway, sewing them together with the white corners to the middle looked awful so I sewed them white corners out as it hides my wonky blocks better.  

I finished the sashing blocks & am getting them sewn to the star & crossroads blocks. Rows of star blocks alternated with crossroads blocks will go between these units if you can picture it, lol.

I added another cheddar block so there are now seven. I labeled them as they are not interchangeable due to the way the seams are ironed.

That is one thing I love about Bonnie Hunter’s patterns, she provides ironing instructions so all units nest or, rarely, are ironed open. And speaking of Bonnie’s quilts, I only have 22 more Birthday Girl blocks left to sew 😀.  And I have 19 of the up & the down hill Scrappy Mountain Majesty blocks sewn.  So progress on four projects!

Happy Sewing, Cherie

Package

Quilt Diva Julie asked if I would like some Christmas fabrics she was moving out of her studio. She had no way of knowing I, only the day previous, talked with DH about making a Christmas quilt since I haven’t ever made one for us.  How serendipitous was that?!?!

Imagine my utter surprise and excitement when a very, very heavy box arrived yesterday and this is what I saw on top.

Not exactly what I’d call Christmas fabric but gold so it could be in a Christmas quilt, right? I unpacked the box to find…..

……there were wasn’t just Christmas fabric.  I’m still overwhelmed with Julie’s generosity (22 yards, but who’s counting), almost speechless 😉  My absolute favorite is the triangle fabric on top. It’s so very cool!

The sewing machine panels are fun and neutrals are always useful.  The black holly print has enough for a Christmas quilt back! And, AND, all the fabrics have been washed….. another gift because I wash all my fabrics before they hit the shelves. 

Thank you, Julie 💕. Ideas are percolating and the squirrels are running rampant.

‘Tis the Thanksgiving season, truly, Cherie 

Finished ;-)

I finished another cheddar block…..and sewed five crossroads blocks ;-) I sorted the gift tag units into blocks so I didn’t have two of the same fabrics left for the last one. Does anyone else do this with scrappy quilts?

While doing that, I realized I should take a look at the Celtic Solstice units and start sorting them into blocks as well. Gave myself a scare when I counted the units…..that were short!!!

I started thinking about pulling colors to make the missing units when…….

I spied the “missing” units tossed out of the way on my batting rolls, WHEW!!! I’d completely forgotten about the six blocks I sewed together just before this project went into time out. 

Linking up with Alycia at QuiltyGirl.

Had the two week follow up appointment for DH’s knee replacement early this am and everything is going well. No more compression socks or bandages, yay! He’s still not sleeping well but that will pass in a few weeks. He’s glad he’s not an octopus with eight legs, lol.

Cheers! Cherie 

Starfire & Friends

I got all the Starfire flip corners sewn and they look like luggage tags, lol.  

I started sewing them into the crossroads units and they are looking good. Notice another cheddar block has been completed, sweet! I think 9 cheddar blocks was the plan but feel like there are a lot more parts than that in the box……so maybe it’s 12 blocks? I feel like the cheddar quilt needs Baptist fan quilting which I have never done.

Happy quilting, Cherie

About Those Goodwill Bins

 I mentioned I stopped at the Goodwill Bins Outlet last week which is always experience. People hang out there waiting for new bins to be brought to the floor and then it’s a mad scramble to search for treasures. Since I’m not shopping for what other folks are, I stay out of the fray and peruse the clothing bins until I spot a cool looking woven shirt.  I can almost tell by looking if it will be cotton or not.  In about 15 minutes I snagged 11 shirts @ $1.79/pound so ~$10.00. 

I weighed the shirts after I deboned them……2.8 pounds so approximately 8 1/2 yards estimating 3 yards to the pound.

Cheers, Cherie