Rainbow Ribbons is a Finish

 Rainbow Ribbons is finished.  It is being held by my lovely assistant.

I found the perfect backing fabric for this one.  The rainbow binding I made for my baskets quilt, but I didn't get the right feeling for it on that.  I think it works great for this one!  Here's the back:

I like the texture of the Circle Lord giant templant board called Wanders.  It quilts quickly too!

When I got up to look at my blog feed of the ones I read regularly, I looked at my quilt and realized that the top row is UPSIDE down!  Bummer.  Well, at this point I had already put a black border around the edge, made a back, AND loaded it onto the longarm frame.  Too late...  It's staying this way.  I'm sure it will still make a nice comfort quilt for someone.  Design choice.

This is a blast from the past.  This was a guild project.  We would make circles and applique them onto a square.  Then we could cut them into quarters and sew them back together.  I know this was abandoned because the pieces didn't match perfectly.  This was a group project that ended up in my take-home bin because I was ambitious back then.  LOL.  Now it waits to meet a back and be quilted.  I already have rainbow binding made that I didn't use on my baskets quilt.  Glad I found a place for that.

I'm super thrilled how many I finished this quarter.  I'm digging through some older ufo's that I I have worked on over 13 years ago.  Many will make great comfort quilts.  I've added some new projects too because sometimes I just can't resist a fun squirrel.  I recently found a box that I totally forgot about.  I'll be showing off those tops at the beginning of the year for the Winter goal.  Hope the weather/heat situation continues to hold out in the quilt room.  My husband has been working on some projects in that house and running the furnace there.  So far so good... 

This is my 11th Ravelry UFO finish this quarter.

Here's my Fall 2025 Ravelry UFO Club Projects:

1.  Bit Con double sized quilt -- Needs more rows of strips sewn together

2.   Rail Fence 3.5" RSC block -- 900 blocks needed/need arranged

3.  Piccadilly Circle -- Need a few more circle blocks

4.  Kite Girl -- Needs sashing sewn and put together

5.  Folk Art Birds -- Need more birds and alternate blocks

6.  Bear Claw Mini -- Needs finished hand quilting and binding (very close to being done)

7.  Maroon Sampler -- Needs two more blocks

8.  Old Town -- finished 10/31/25

9.  Pineapple Table Runner -- Completed 10/24/25

10.  Four Patch Fun -- Bonnie Hunter leader/ender -- Continue making blocks

11.  Blue Embroidery Quilt -- sixth finish 11/7/25

12.  HST -- Needs more blocks made and sewn into rows

13.  Tree of Life -- Needs more blocks

14.  Scarborough Fair -- Needs more blocks made

15.  Unity Quilt (Bonnie Hunter 2020) -- on the longarm being quilted

16.  Card Trick 

17.  Acorn Harvest -- Quilt top needs assembled

18.  Sail Away crib quilt -- Blocks need sewn

19.  Fall Table Topper -- Completed 10/3/25

20.  Scattered Stars -- Completed 10/10/25

21.  Fireflies Wall Hanging -- Blocks need appliqued

22.  Shirting Blocks -- finished 11/28/25

23.  Pinwheels -- finished 11/14/25. 7th finish

24.  Bright 9-patches -- working on binding.  It's in my sew-to-go bag for school

25.  Random Blue Blocks -- Hand Quilting -- In the hoop

26.  Dicey -- Blocks need sewn together with sashing and cornerstones

27.  Rainbow Ribbons -- 11th finish 12/5/25

28.  Kathleen Tracey Fall SAL (Darting Birds) Finished 11/21/25

29.  Blue Orphan Block Table Topper -- 85 percent hand quilted

30.  Summit Stitches 2025 Quilt Along at Humble Stitches (25" square project) Completed 12/1/25

Productive Snow Day -- Unity Quilt

We had a snow day yesterday.  Woohoo!  Almost all the schools in our county were closed.  I finished the small borders, made the binding, made a back, and loaded the Unity quilt on the longarm frame.  The Unity quilt along was a round robin style quilt that Bonnie Hunter led during Covid shutdowns in 2020.

I substituted churn dashes for the block that Bonnie suggested. I did the churn dashes in the darker neutrals.  I think that is my favorite round.  I love the stars too.  There are so many fun memories in this quilt!  I see a bunny and gift.  I see presents and dots.  I see a fabric I won and a fabric I bought at a garage sale...  So many tales this quilt could tell.

I'm quilting it using my Circle Lord giant template board called Clam Shells.  I think the soft curves of the clam shells will do it justice and not take away from all the piecing.  I am using a neutral thread.

Our son walked up through the snow to visit.  He was very happy to not have school today like any kid would.  We both have been getting over a virus.  He got sick the Saturday before Thanksgiving.  I got sick the day after that.  My sister-in-law had it too and she wasn't around us before that.  This virus seems to linger on.  I finally started feeling better yesterday on day nine.  Finally...

I thought this was an interesting pic from the security camera of where my truck sits with the snow all around.  It's pretty here.  And yes, I did not get my little tomato bed cleaned out Thanksgiving weekend due to sickness.  It's not going anywhere.  It will be there the next sunny winter day.

Snow Day Sewing

 Snow day!  I think all the schools in our county are closed.  

I wasn't planning on making this until after January.  It's a quilt back for a quilt I hope to longarm over Christmas break.  I'm using panels!  You know, those things that were popular in 80's and late 90's?  I'm enjoying looking at the salvage edges with the dates and such.

These are really nice, quality cotton.  I don't see myself ever making a printed tree skirt.  I don't want this quality fabric to go to waste.  Maybe I will start a trend.  I did not purchase these.  ALL of them were given to me.  I have two boxes of them!  I predict they will become backs to baby quilts, comfort quilts, holiday quilts... The posibilties are endless.  This one is from the tree skirt.

This is from the Santa door hanger.  It's Ohio Amish country quality cotton.

Here's the view from my sewing machine window.  That's the buttoned up (but not too much for ventilation) chicken coop.  I'll get the four-wheeler out to drive up there to feed them today.  You can see the little cat tracks near the window.  The cats like to make eye contact with me from there.  Don't worry about them being cold, outside cats.  They have insulated cat houses out of the wind on the front porch with fresh straw in them.  They have a water bowl heater so that the outside water doesn't freeze.  They get fed twice a day.  They're living their best outdoor barn cat life.

Happy snow day.

Summit Stitches QA is a Finish

This little cutie was finished during my lunch as the gym teacher sub.  I think it looks great on the soccer net.  I finished it while being the substitute teacher for gym.

It measures 31.5" square.  It fits my kitchen table nicely.

I experimented with a dense free-hand longarm quilting design.  Some of the spots I really like, others need a little improvement.  It's still a fun finish.  I used up scraps 4-patches that I made as leader/enders that were just sitting in a box.  It has a frankenbatting and I was able to use up a bunch of small pieces of batting trimmings.  Woohoo!  Win, win!

Summit Stitches QA at Humble Quilts.  I'm joining her linky party here.

This is my 10th Ravelry UFO finish this quarter.

Here's my Fall 2025 Ravelry UFO Club Projects:

1.  Bit Con double sized quilt -- Needs more rows of strips sewn together

2.   Rail Fence 3.5" RSC block -- 900 blocks needed/need arranged

3.  Piccadilly Circle -- Need a few more circle blocks

4.  Kite Girl -- Needs sashing sewn and put together

5.  Folk Art Birds -- Need more birds and alternate blocks

6.  Bear Claw Mini -- Needs finished hand quilting and binding (very close to being done)

7.  Maroon Sampler -- Needs two more blocks

8.  Old Town -- finished 10/31/25

9.  Pineapple Table Runner -- Completed 10/24/25

10.  Four Patch Fun -- Bonnie Hunter leader/ender -- Continue making blocks

11.  Blue Embroidery Quilt -- sixth finish 11/7/25

12.  HST -- Needs more blocks made and sewn into rows

13.  Tree of Life -- Needs more blocks

14.  Scarborough Fair -- Needs more blocks made

15.  Unity Quilt (Bonnie Hunter 2020) -- Needs blocks for the sides to be wider

16.  Card Trick -- almost done!

17.  Acorn Harvest -- Quilt top needs assembled

18.  Sail Away crib quilt -- Blocks need sewn

19.  Fall Table Topper -- Completed 10/3/25

20.  Scattered Stars -- Completed 10/10/25

21.  Fireflies Wall Hanging -- Blocks need appliqued

22.  Shirting Blocks -- finished 11/28/25

23.  Pinwheels -- finished 11/14/25. 7th finish

24.  Bright 9-patches -- working on binding

25.  Random Blue Blocks -- Hand Quilting -- In the hoop

26.  Dicey -- Blocks need sewn together with sashing and cornerstones

27.  Rainbow Ribbons -- is now a flimsy - needs a back

28.  Kathleen Tracey Fall SAL (Darting Birds) Finished 11/21/25

29.  Blue Orphan Block Table Topper -- 85 percent hand quilted

30.  Summit Stitches 2025 Quilt Along at Humble Stitches (25" square project) Completed 12/1/25

Clue 1 of the Bonnie Hunter 2025 Mystery is Complete.

 Clue 1 of the Bonnie Hunter 2025 Mystery is complete.  You can get all the details on Bonnie's blog, Quiltville's Quips & Snips, here.  The mystery is called Lupine & Laughter.

This year I let my husband pick three colors and I added the neutral.  He picked black, grey, and forest green.  Can't wait to see how it all plays out.

I did learn a new skill -- spinning seams.  I have never tried spinning seams.  It worked out okay.  Yes, it's extra work.  But I think it will be worth it in the end.

So here they sit, patiently awaiting for all their friend to join them in the designated bin: