Vic Bushfire Quilts

Haven't posted in a while....not too much quilting has been happening till the last week. I have made a couple of quilts for the Bushfire effort. I had some panel fabric that was for a commission quilt, but the lady end up not wanting the quilt made so I got stuck with the fabric. However it has made up into a couple of kids quilts that I hope some little boys will love. Also quilted up some cheater cloth. I had bought it for backing but when I realised it was crazy patch fabric I thought I may as well just quilt it. I also made a pinwheel queen size quilt and it's all finished and ready to be sent off to Jan Mac for distribution. And have another QS one almost ready to quilt.

FAD

Well I fell of the wagon yet again. Had to go to my LQS to pick up some quilts I had in there and saw this divine pack of Black & Whites. Well, it's only a LITTLE pack and it will get used as I will be making a few B & W quilts this year. So had a little stumble on my FAD - Fabric Addict Diet, but considering my past I think I'm doing pretty good.

Not much sewing getting done around here at the moment so, when I should have been doing something else today, I rebelled and did a little on the B & W quilt. After I took this photo I realised some of the sewing together would be a bit tricky. And this is a throw together fun quilt so I didn't want to think too much so re-arranged bits to make it easier.

I'm on several ....AD's this year. I have my FAD - Fabric Addict Diet, my GAD - Gadget Addict Diet and my BAD - Book Addict Diet. This arrive in the mail recently but as I ordered and paid for it last October I don't think it counts.

Stashbusting January 2009

Well, no progress this week....very little sewing and no quilting. guess some weeks are like that.

Fabric added this week: .8 yard

Fabric added this year: .8 yard

Fabric busted this week: Nil

Fabric busted this year: 42.4 yards

Stash Report

Finished 2 quilts this week. Pretty Nines and Railroad Crossing. Pretty pleased with myself and can count this week as a minus. I only count my usage when the quilt is qulted and bound otherwise I would get lost with my calculations.

Fabric added this week: NIL
Fabric added this year: NIL

Fabric used this week: 8.3 yards
Fabric used this year: 42.4 yards

That's progress!!!

Things you find in the cupboards

A friend was around the other day and we were talking about "Unfinished Works". I commented I had bought this kit recently. Just couldn't resist. Had only ever bought one kit and that was about 8 years ago. And as I was getting it out of the cupboard I saw this package. Gee wonder what that is. Ooops it's a kit. Forgot I had bought this about 18 months ago. Don't know why it got itself lost in the cupboard.

Just cleaning up my files on the computer and realised I hadn't put up all my images of the Mystery BOM. I have a few more blocks to do so have to get stuck into that.

An Oldie DONE

I got another finished this week. Two done for January. This quilt has been waiting for quilting for a very long time. It's not very big - around 49" x 53". I was going to custom quilt it but in the interest of actually finishing quilts this year I decided on a panto. I quilted in a mustard coloured thread and it looks great agains the black.

I lived in a remote town when I started quilting and we had a tutor visit and we did a mystery quilt (haven't quilted that yet either - but that's the one that got me hooked). After the class she did a trunk show and I loved this quilt (and another, but can't remember that one for the moment). Anyway, the tutor told me how to make it and I scribbled down some instructions. So off I zoomed and made this quilt. 1/4 inch seams - what are they - had no idea you had to do that. And as you can tell I had no idea how to do the sides either. Had never heard of set in triangles so pondering how to do the edges I figured just do a full block and I could just cut the edges straight later.

So it's now quilted and bound (no fabric left from way back then) with a brownish fabric from a few years ago and ties in with the quilting thread colour. The bias edges played up a little but not too much.

I made this either 1994 or 1995 so it's great to be finally done. Have a few others from the same era that are waiting patiently for their release also. Just wish life would stop getting in the way of my quilting.

First finish for the year

I'm so excited. I have my first finish for the year in the One Project A Month Challange. I had done some of the quilting on it and then it sat around for several days because I couldn't think how to quilt the rest. I had to do a customer quilt so that meant I had to get this off the machine. So thought I would do the border and then take it off. Then thought "Just get it DONE". Suddenly inspiration hit and it was quilted.


It's not the best quilting job in the world but it won't be going on display, or in any competition and ave I said it - IT'S FINISHED. But I must say I like the effect around the nine patches.