Posts from — January 2008

Okay, now I have crossed 5 things off my original January 2008 WIP list, but I also added 1. . . I know I’m not suppose to be thinking finish 2 and then add 1 to the WIP list (that’s my friend Cindy’s rationale for the year); but I have a really good reason for adding another one to my WIP list. (*Really,* I do!) I have always liked the quilt, Oklahoma Backroads, on Bonnie’s site and since that’s where I’m moving, I *need* to add to it my list, right? I’m not “officially” going to start it, I’m just purposely cutting up scraps and setting them aside to make it after I move. LOL

1. Valance - my room (HSY)
2. Backing - mom’s cabin quilt for summer (HSY)
3. 9 patch leader/ender - 90 of 128 blocks completed
4. Caddy Corner #2 DONE 8 Jan
5. Valance - my closet DONE
6. Musical Scrappy - cutting, ironing & squaring up 480 half sq triangles
7. Houses Wallhanging DONE 8 Jan
8. Scrappy #2 - cutting, ironing & squaring up 480 half sq triangles
9. Goose on the Loose - blocks need squaring up
10. Backing - Caddy Corner #2 DONE 8 Jan
11. DWR - 25 of 40 arcs sewn
12. Nathan & Koren’s Wedding Quilt (HSY)
13. Oklahoma Backroads - Cutting and organizing fabric scraps for this one.

I finished this up last night and just got it ironed and the picture taken. I got the block pattern, Happy Scrappy Houses from Bonnie @ Quiltville. I wanted to make a small wallhanging with words about standing out from the crowd fused on the borders. Two of the houses are different than the “crowd” — one is a *little* different and one is *totally* different.

When I get back to this one, I’m going to fuse the words in the borders, hand quilt it, and make a piped binding. (Who knows what happened to the picture of the finished quilt top, because that one up there isn’t it. . .) [sigh]

I received the wrong item in my order from Hancocks of Paducah. The wrong item was suppose to be the fabric for Nathan & Koren’s Wedding Quilt–one of my WIPs that *needs* to get done. I had ordered the Oak Leaves and Reel Fat Quarter pack by Terry Clothier Thompson. I think it has about 48 FQs in it. I got the Oak Leaves and Reel Convenience Quilt. Definitely not the same thing–it’s like a cheater cloth panel thing-ey that’s suppose to make a quilt top that looks like appliqué. [sigh] Not at all what I had in mind for a quilt for them. Their’s needs to be something with a more contemporary feel.

I hope this project doesn’t end up being one with quite a story attached. I don’t need “one of those” projects right now! Hopefully a call to customer service tomorrow will get this all straightened out. Quickly!

Yay!! I finished Caddy Corners #2. This pattern is a Laps from Fats one by Ellen Replogle of Good Intentions. I’m adding this to my To Be Quilted list because I have the backing and binding finished for it also (2 things off my WIP list!!). I have an oak leaf/acorn machine quilting pattern to use for this one. Here’s a picture of the finished top:

I made it smaller than the pattern because I was using an Acorn Hollow FQ pack from Nancy Halverson. It’s only 6 x 6 blocks instead of 7 x 7. But a 12 count FQ pack works perfectly for it. It measures about 65″ x 65″.

1. Valance - my room (HSY)
2. Backing - mom’s cabin quilt for summer (HSY)
3. 9 patch leader/ender - finished 7 more–83 of 128 blocks completed
4. Caddy Corner #2 - blocks complete, top sewn, inner border attached, binding made, needs final border
5. Valance - my closet DONE
6. Musical Scrappy - cutting, ironing & squaring up 480 half sq triangles
7. Houses Wallhanging - needs borders
8. Scrappy #2 - cutting, ironing & squaring up 480 half sq triangles
9. Goose on the Loose - blocks need squaring up
10. Backing - Caddy Corner #2 (HSY)
11. DWR - sew 40 more arcs
12. Nathan & Koren’s Wedding Quilt (HSY - fabric should be here January 8th)

BTW, if you’re interested, you can see pictures or more information about these WIPs on my WIP page linked at the top of my blog.