Archive for March, 2008
Another dishcloth
I think I’m being counterproductive here. This was all sorted and cleaned in preparation for the move but now it’s a disaster again thanks to the string log cabin blocks. Only 10 more to make and then I’ll have to clean this up again.
Can you tell what this is a picture of? Click on the photo to enlarge if you need to.
Working on my list!
Phone calls, errands and some knitting today. I started a new knit dishcloth and maybe later I’ll make some more blocks for my string Log Cabin quilt.
Someone gets very demanding around dinnertime!
Log Cabin quilts
Log cabin quilts were my favorite the first couple years I was quilting and while I’ll still love them, they’ve been replaced somewhat by string quilts. I was looking through my old quilt photos and scanned these in to share. All of these were made and quilted before I got my longarm.
Adam’s first quilt, Log Cabin quilts are also a favorite of his and HE designed the layout for these blocks.
This was donated as a raffle quilt for a local Senior Center, Adam has yet to forgive me for not giving this quilt to him!
This was made for Keith’s Aunt Trudy. (It was also a favorite of Adam’s)
Quiltathon progress
I’ve been busy making log cabin blocks today. I’m going to use 35 of them for this quilt – no border (I LOVE quilts without borders) and after a couple more rounds I should have 25 of them done by the time I finish working tonight.
Deb posted a photo of my top that she’s going to quilt for me. I fell in love with this pattern and Mom pieced the top as a gift for me. I’ve been afraid of messing it up so I sent it to Deb to quilt for me. She does great with large open white space.
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Quiltathon
Judy’s having another Quiltathon today. I have some things other than quilting that need my attention but I’m working on my log cabin blocks in between.
These blocks will go faster now that I’ve figured out what I’m doing with them. The idea for this quilt came when I was working on the crumb/string blocks for my last quilt. Those weren’t *built* exactly like a log cabin but almost. Just a couple things to note:
- All the blocks start with a red square or rectangle
- I call these strings but in my string bins I also toss ALL my leftover strips so you’ll see a lot of strips of different widths in addition to wonky strings being used.
- I wanted to end with a dark round so the block size ended up at 11.5 inches unfinished.
A new quilt
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
We attended the Minneapolis St. Patrick’s Day parade and then went out to dinner. Hope you all celebrated too.
Quilt show
Deb posted a couple photos on her blog from the Venice, FL show. She won several ribbons but only posted photos of the two *big* winners. I’ve said it before but it bears repeating, it’s a good thing I don’t *try* to quilt for show or I’d get my butt whipped by her.
I’m typically a very competitive person but since I don’t enter quilts in shows or quilt for customers that do, I can just be happy for Deb without feeling like a loser!
She does such beautiful custom quilting that I sent her a top that Mom had pieced for me a few years ago. It’s the quilt she refers to in the link I posted above and I can’t WAIT to see what she does with it.
PS: It’s snowing! They’re calling for 3-6 inches and I love seeing it come down. I don’t think we had near enough snow this year.
A new list
Since I don’t accomplish much without a list – here are my goals for this week.
- Bind the 2nd Stashbuster/HeartStrings quilt
- Quilt 1 top
- Start a string log cabin quilt (this one wasn’t next on the list but there’s no cutting involved since I’ll use my strings and I can get right to work)
- Knit another dishcloth
- Set up start and stop dates for all the utilities for the move
- Pick paint colors for the new townhouse
- Write and send out change of address notices
My Stashbusting efforts and accomplishments were rather lame this week.
- 1/2 yard from stash used for the binding on this HeartStrings quilt which was bound and mailed out.
- 1 dishcloth knit
- 2.5 yards in fat quarters purchased while I was at Mom’s.
