Kathy's Quilting Blog

Sunday, December 12, 2021

Cabins by the Lake Progress

Here's block #10 for Cabins by the Lake -- a Fons & Porter pattern.

Here's all ten together:

One block at a time...

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

WIP Wednesday 12.8.21

It's been another productive week! Stay Centered (started as a RSC21 project) has moved to the flimsy stage.

GO! ABCs (also a RSC21 project) has also moved to the flimsy stage.

Another house (cabin) was made on Sunday. Nine Sundays in a row I have made a house. Woohoo for progress. This quilt is called Cabins by the Lake by Fons & Porter.

I'm excited how my commitment to work once a week on this quilt is panning out. This plan could definitely help me move other stale projects forward in the future.

I'm linking up at Quilt Fabrication for Midweek Makers 308.

48 projects on my WIP list, but more and more are closer to the finish.

Pieces Need to be Cut & Sewn

1. Cheddar Jack cat pattern

2. Digging up Bones (Owen's dinosaur quilt)

3. Rock Island Campfire Quilt

4. Picadilly Circle

5. ...And Sew On BOM at Quiet Play (one block to go)

6. RSC16 Folk Art Birds

7. 2016 Plus Blocks (from left over pieces of Soul Searching Blocks

8. Leah Day Building Blocks QA

9. Jelly Roll Rug

10. Classic Meets Modern BOM

11. Unity Quilt Along with Bonnie Hunter (started 4/1/2020)

12. Mod Mod QA (from Block Lotto, circles w/lines)

13. Bonnie Hunter Box Kite class from March 2017 (need 6 more blocks for 6 x 8 layout)

14. Rail Fence Blocks 275/900 complete started during the pink month of RSC21, January 2021

15. Maroon Sampler Quilt--I found this on 2.6.21

16. Kite Girl (RSC14)

17. Amish Country BOM (from Lynn, Johnna's mom)

18. Cabins at the Lake (from Fons Porter Magazine) six house blocks complete.

19. 2.5" Scraps from Dani -- making "cracker" blocks

20. Waffle Blocks (August 2019 -- RSC19)

21. Little Houses (3.5" blocks)

22. Kathleen Tracy's 2019 Mystery Quilt Facebook QA started in March, 2019

23. Dresser Scarf (My Grandma's WIP from the 1970's found 1/1/20

24. Gypsy Wife QA started in August 2017

25. Full Stop, started RSC21 (January,2021)

Blocks Still Need to be Made

1. Bluepatch Mystery Quilt

2. Finding Nemo Scrappy Trip quilt

3. We Can Do It Skill Builder Sampler

4. Drunkard's Path Variation quilt

Blocks Are Made But Need to be Sewn Together (and/or Some Sashing)

1. Tula Pink's City Sampler 100 Modern Quilt Blocks 5/17/17 QA

2. Cruise blocks won from Libby

3. Cathy's CRAZY BY DESIGN Dot Dot Dash Bag, Won April, 2018

4. Split Stars (blocks won from the Block Lotto, October, 2012)

5. African Violet baby quilt (Block Lotto inspired)

6. Tall Fly (blocks won from Block Lotto; October 2012)

7. Pre-printed cross stitch pillow sham (May 2018)

8. Sonja's Windows string quilt

9. Flower Baskets (blue and white with some applique) Block Lotto win 10/1/18

Quilt Back Needs to be Made (Tops are Done)

1. Card Trick (pink and blue)

2. Hunter Green Star Quilt

3. Good Fortune -- A Bonnie Hunter Mystery started Thanksgiving weekend, 2018

4. Stay Centered started February, 2021

5. GO! ABC Quilt started during the pink month of RSC21, January 2021

Ready to Longarm

1. Bubble Gum Pink & Navy Quilt

2. Gobble, Gobble, pattern by Lori Holt, started February 2021 (back made 11.15.21)

3. Slabs with White Rectangle (Started RSC14) 4. Rescue Quilt from my SIL (patchwork squares)

4. Pink Patchwork Quilt (CM) longarm quilting for a friend with Cosmos

5. Pumpkins & the Beanstalk (a 2nd quilt)

Monday, December 6, 2021

It's time to set my OMG (One Monthly Goal) for December already and link up with Elm Street Quilts here. I am going to set a small goal to finish one of my RSC (Rainbow Scrap Challenge) projects. I'm hoping to finish my color-of-the-month blocks with the white rectangle in them crib quilt.

I need to find a back, quilt, and bind it. Hoping for this small December finish. I started this project in 2014 as part of the RSC. I will quilt it weather permitting. It's getting cold in the quilt room. I plan to just do a simple free-hand stipple on it. It shouldn't take too long as long as my longarm doesn't skip stitches due to the fact that the room is cold.

Sunday, December 5, 2021

Another Sunday, Another House

This makes nine Sundays in a row that I've managed to make progress on my Cabins by the Lake quilt (a Fons & Porter pattern.). Here's House #9:

I'm excited how my commitment to work once a week on this quilt is panning out. This plan could definitely help me move other stale projects forward in the future.

Saturday, December 4, 2021

RSC21 -- Another Finished Flimsy!

I actually got an RSC21 project to the flimsy stage in 2021! Here's Stay Centered:

Stay Centered is a free pattern on the APQS site. You can find it here. The pattern was designed by Sheila Van Der Linden. It measures 60" x 70". I arranged my rows a little differently than her design because I accidentally made three purple blocks instead of the two on the pattern. Then I only made two orange blocks instead of the three on the pattern to balance it. I believe I am going to leave the top as is and not add borders. I will make a pieced back.

Most of you that participate in the RSC know the feeling of emptying an RSC project bin! Oh the JOY!!!

I'm linking with Angela at SoScrappy for the RSC21. I'm linking up to the Scrap Happy Saturday here.

But wait... there's more excitement. I kept sewing this week. I finished all the letters of my GO! ABCs throw quilt AND put on the borders. Another RSC21 flimsy completed this week!!! I'm so excited!

The GO! ABCs pattern is currently free on the Accuquilt site here.

I will most likely make pieced backs for both of these quilts. I have a bin and a half of fabrics that can't be sorted by color because they just have too many colors on each fabric. I will probably pull some big chunks of those and make a back for the alphabet quilt.

Thursday, December 2, 2021

GO! ABCs Throw Quilt Progress

All of the letters are complete and this GO! ABCs quilt has made it thus far. I'll be adding a small (3.5" or so) black border on it next. I'm just not comfortable longarm quilting all those 2.5" squares on the edge like that. I'm thrilled how the colors were disbursed in this quilt because I worked on different colored scraps by month for the RSC21 (Rainbow Scrap Challenge).

You can find the pattern for the GO! ABCs Throw Quilt Pattern on the Accuquilt site here. It's a free download as of right now.

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

WIP Wednesday 12.1.21

Happy December! Last week was a very productive sewing week. Let's get to it:

I finished all but the three red letters on my GO! ABCs Throw Quilt. This is getting exciting to have another 2021 RSC (Rainbow Scrap Challenge) project close to being a flimsy.

You can find the pattern for the GO! ABCs Throw Quilt Pattern on the Accuquilt site here. It's a free download as of right now.

I rescued an orphan block and made it into a table topper.

I finished the Botanicals mini from the book Scrappy Improv Quilting.

I kept up with my one-house-a-week plan for the Cabins by the Lake (Fons & Porter pattern).

I added a purple row to the Stay Centered quilt. This is another RSC21 project making great strides now. You can find the free pattern download on the APQS site here.

I made 35 rail fence (3.5" unfinished) blocks. 275 of 900 complete. The collection is building!