Wednesday Works in Progress

My plan is to post each Wednesday and Sunday. Here is what my design wall looks like today:

A little skimpy, I know--I took the big quilt top off the wall and since I do not like to see it empty, I put up a few works-in-progress.

The 1880 Sampler Sew A Long from Temecula Quilt Company is coming along. Find info about it here.

My Quilter's Scrap House Neighborhood is growing--these are so much FUN to make, I wish I could just sew these for hours:

I even added this as a 3-hour workshop for guilds and classes--fun and fast!

The Lifetime Quilt is getting to the almost-done stage, only 4 more 20" blocks to go, then the 100" x 100" quilt top will be finished.

More info about it here. This photo was taken in March, I am much farther along now:

What are YOU working on?

Let's quilt!

Barbara

Projects in Progress

I am hard at it, working on Long Time Gone #2:

The six sections are joined together, only the borders remain. When I made the first Long Time Gone, I completed the borders as the pattern suggested, only enlarging the last set of strips:

This one I intend to enlarge to queen size, from the 60" x 61" it is now. Here is the plan:

This quilt is being made with a kit from Homestead Hearth. There is a lot of fabric left from the 12 months of kits so I figure it's time to use it, so I don't have to store it. And I usually make a project harder than it needs to be so, go figure...

While working on this quilt, I am working on smaller projects. Here are the Temecula Quilt Co. 1880 sampler sew along blocks:

I've kept up with the Temperature Quilt  but have decided this will be a 6 month project, when it finishes to about 26" x 30" before whatever border I decide to add:

My Lifetime Quilt is getting done each week too. More info on it is here and here. I do plan to have it finished this year--then find a NEW Lifetime quilt to make:

The Patchwork Barn Quilt is keeping me busy and I'm doing the Block By Block 40th anniversary quilt from Patches & Stitches. No photos of them yet, I need the design wall for that. Soon...

Next up is quilting Little Monkey:

The outer border is marked for hand quilting, the middle part of the quilt I will machine quilt, some stitch in the ditch, some free motion. That is how I quilted Stella's baby quilt--this is the quilt for her new brother or sister, joining the family this September. We are very excited and so thrilled--another baby to love!

I am teaching quite a bit and have a few new irons in the fire--more on that soon.

What are you working on?

Let's Quilt.

Barbara

Bits and Pieces

Now that I am feeling oh, so much better, I am back at it, making blocks, teaching 6 classes I had to postpone, answering email, booking trips,, all the usual stuff.

Here are a few things I'm working on. The Temperature Quilt, showing the first 5 weeks of 2018. More info about that here.:

More Little Monkey blocks, a section to be added to the section that is currently on display at Barb's Sewing Center:

A small applique' top, used as a sample with the Sunday Sew and Sews who are working on the Patchwork Barn 2018 Block of the Month. Applique' appears in month 9, practicing a bit now will make you comfortable when you get to that step. Some of this is machine, some is hand:

My first 6 blocks of the Patchwork Barn quilt--there are actually 3 of each of these blocks, for a total of 18 so far:

Temecula Quilt Company has a new, simple little sampler, with 4" blocks. I couldn't help myself and to keep it easy I'm using the same fabrics as the Patchwork Barn quilt. Find out more 1880 Sampler Sew A Long:

The design wall is bright and cheerful--time to get the last section of Long Time Gone done. And I am making good progress on my Lifetime quilt--it will be finished this year. More info on that here.

Let's Quilt!

Barbara