Midweek Making 12.9.20

Another week has passed.  Here's what got done this week:

I only had to rip out a little of the basting on the Garden Party (Bonnie Hunter design) quilt that is on my longarm frame.  It was starting to go a little crooked while quilting.  I re-rolled the quilt top and it went a lot better (this round of quilting.)

I finished the longarm quilting on this crib quilt for a friend.  I quilted it with Tumbling Teddys from Urban Elements.  She was pleased.

She gave me another small crib quilt to longarm.   

I pieced a pile of blocks to move forward my Go Four It quilt.  (This pattern is from AMERICAN PATCHWORK & QUILTING, April 2015.)  I have decided to piece all of the blocks and then assemble the quilt.  (In the past I just made enough for a row.)  I have all of Block A complete!  I need about 20 more of Block B and all of the remaining end to finish the quilt. 

This will give you an idea of what this quilt will look like when it is finished.  It is larger than this now, but I couldn't find the current picture.

I decided to give a few quilts to my neighbors for their grandkids.  The neighbor usually buys eggs from me once in a while.  She was really excited.  I hope the kids like them.  I didn't have anything really masculine for the 5th grade boy, but I hope the colorful one will be okay for him.  She told me they will love them and this photo is the quilts on her dining room table.  I left these quilts on the porch with her eggs:

The elves patiently wait for Owen to do his school work.  He does most of his remote learning from the kitchen table.  They are sitting on my leader/ender spools table topper.  I LOVE this little quilt!

Chippy and Blue escaped the evil elf-eating Christmas tree.

Blue learns the importance of not swallowing gum and shares his newfound knowledge with others.

I currently have 59 on-going projects on my list.  They are separated into stages.  This seems like a lot of projects, but I used to have 93 items on my list.  I love the fact that it has gone down so much.

Pieces Need to be Cut & Sewn

 1.  Cheddar Jack cat pattern from 

 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.  Go Four It!  Scrappy 4-patches started as leader/ender, June 2017

 7.  Patriotic Folk Animals (from Americana Quilts Book) 8/8/19

 8.  Leah Day Building Blocks QA

 9.  Jelly Roll Rug

10.  Classic Meets Modern BOM

11.  Veggie Patch from Katie Mae Quilts

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

13.  Owl's Well That Ends Well (RSC19 project started 1/26/19)

14.  Kevin the Quilter's Sapphire Stars Mystery (started Summer 2017) I can't find it!!!

15.  Temperature QA (changing this project to a table topper)

16.  Kite Girl (RSC14)

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

18.  Cabins at the Lake (from Fons  Porter Magazine) only one house block complete.)

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

20.  Waffle Blocks (August 2019 -- RSC19)

21.  Little Houses (3.5" blocks)

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

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

24.  Linen & Threads Mystery SAL, Started 1/1/20 for my sew-to-go-bag

25.  Slabs with White Rectangle (RSC14 started -- needs blocks each month)

26.  Bonnie Hunter Box Kite class from March 2017

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

28.  Orange, pink, grey kite blocks 2015

29.  Maroon Sampler Quilt

30.  Gypsy Wife QA started in August 2017

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

32.  2016 Plus Blocks (from left over pieces of Soul Searching Blocks

33.  RSC16 Folk Art Birds

Blocks Still Need to be Made

 1.  Bluepatch Mystery Quilt

 2.  Scrap Crystals (RSC15)

 3.  We Can Do It Skill Builder Sampler

 4.  Drunkard's Path Variation quilt

 5.  Finding Nemo Scrappy Trip quilt 

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

 1.  Block Swap Adventure Orange/Yellow Sampler (2011-2012)

 2.  Cruise blocks won from Libby

 3.  Orange/Blue Fish Blocks That I Won

 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.  Fortune Teller (RSC14)

 8.  Sonja's Windows string quilt

 9.  Block Swap Adventure (2013) Churn Dash Blcoks

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

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

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

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

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.  Sand Castles -- Bonnie Hunter string quilt started January, 2019 -- an RSC project

Ready to Longarm

1.  Bubble Gum Pink & Navy Quilt

2.  CM Blue HST  Crib Quilt -- I picked it up 12.4.20 

3.  Soul Searching -- Julianne sent it to me on 8/29/19

4.  Bonnie Hunter Garden Party (started 3.18.17) -- On the frame!

I'm linking up with Midweek Makers  Enjoy all the eye candy at Quilt Fabrication.