WIP Wednesday 11.24.21

 This quilt was added to my list of WIPS this week.  It's not mine, but I will longarm quilt it for a friend.

This week I finished making the one purple block for this crib quilt and assembled it.  It was a project started in 2014 for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC14).  I think it turned out cute and will be a snuggle charity quilt.

I'm super happy to move another project closer to "finished" list!  I am thinking about backing it with a soft fleece.  That would be a quick back because it would be one piece--that is if I have a piece long enough.  Fleece seems to quilt nicely for me.

I reached into another bin of purple and found a large piece and made a pieced back for my Pumpkins & the Beanstalk quilt (it's a Fig Tree & Olive pattern.) I'm happy to move another quilt to the "to be quilted" list!  I had to throw in some greens and a grey, but I'm happy with another pieced back.  They keep things interesting.

I made good use of my waiting time and cut all the neutrals while I waited for our son to finish his weight lifting session at the school.  I LOVE to see the expression of happiness and self confidence when he leaves that gym.  He loves telling me about new exercises that he has learned.  I'm going too have to make sure that the coach that allowed him to do this unusual schedule of weight lifting with the high school students knows how much we appreciate him and his encouragement towards our son.

Here's my little cutting station.  I have to be very, very careful nothing slips and I cut my leather console top!

Yesterday I had time to sew the pieces I cut in the truck together for the Stay Centered quilt.  I kept digging into the purple scrap bag and cut all the pieces for the other three blocks in the row.  I love having little "cut kits" ready for some mindless sewing some days.

More rail fence blocks were made as leader/enders this week.--twenty-two to be exact.  240 of 900 3.5" blocks (3" finished" are complete.  These seem to be adding up fast.

I'm linking up at Quilt Fabrication for Midweek Makers 307.

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

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

13.  Stay Centered started February, 2021

14.  Rail Fence Blocks 240/900 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)

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

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

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

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.  Botanical from Scrappy Improv Quilting, November 20217 (on the frame)  

4.  Rescue Quilt from my SIL (patchwork squares)

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

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

7.  Slabs with White Rectangle (Started RSC14)