STASH REPORT SUNDAY

Fabric used this week  0 yards

Fabric used year to date  92.75 yards

Fabric added this week  14 yards

Fabric added year to date  21.75 yards

Net used 2016  71 yards

We've  been busy with company this week - our friends and their two granddaughters, age 6 and 8.  The weather has been great for swimming, visiting the aquarium, riding scooters, and other outings.  I've had no time for any sewing at all, and I'm beginning to feel sewing withdrawal.

My order from Connecting Threads was delivered on Saturday, but five of the yards, (the blue with flowers), will be used as backing for a quilt.  The top is complete, and the binding is waiting, so when our company departs on Thursday morning, I hope to dust off my machine and get to work.  I also have a baby quilt top, made from a 24ish inch wide panel, with some additional blocks, to make it wide enough.  I still have to prepare the binding for that one.

Our time is drawing short, and we'll soon be packing up for the trek to our  northern home.  I look forward to watching the bulbs begin to flower - that is, if the squirrels haven't eaten them all!

Check our the progress shared at Judy's blog, Patchwork Times.

JUDY'S QUILTATHON DAY 3

I spent the morning piecing the final border for the black and white quilt.  I had enough block quarter-sections to add 3/4 of a block on each corner.  Then I cut the extra pieces that were originally cut to make the blocks into 6 1/2 inch lengths and started sewing them together, adding some of the narrow coloured strips randomly.  I worked on all four sections, and when the strip became too long to handle, I  stopped sewing and  pressed the seams and measured the length.  Amazingly, when I measured the strip, it was the exact size for the top and bottom borders, so I continued to add more to the remaining two for the side borders!

 I managed to piece the fabric for the back as well, before my sewing room became too hot to work!  I'll have to press the backing in the morning, then hope to get this quilt as well as my version of Pick a Pinwheel basted.  

DH will be enjoying a full day of golf on Monday, so I hope to get a bit of machine quilting done!

Thanks to Judy for encouraging all the quilting this weekend!

"Instructions for Life" quilt

I decided to use the remaining "instructions" 4patch blocks in the backing of the quilt.  I kept the quilting simple on this quilt, as it is very busy.  I enjoyed remembering all the projects I had made with the fabrics that are included in this quilt - it is like walking down memory lane while quilting.

Final Flannel Rail Fence Quilt

I saved all the brighter coloured flannel to make on final quilt.  (I still have more flannel scraps, but they will have to wait for another day.)

This one is twin bed sized.  I added three borders, with the centre one pieced using left-over block pieces.  There wasn't always enough pieces to make a full block (needs 4 strips alike), so I saved them all and stitched them end to end, cutting the length needed for each border strip. 

The bright puppies on the flannel back was the perfect complement to the scrappy front.  I must have found this flannel on sale, as I know that I have used it before, and there was still enough left to back this quilt.  

The cotton binding was made from a bright stripe that was printed on the diagonal.  It mades a fun binding without having to cut on the bias!
I usually buy flannel fabric to back quilts on "black Friday" at Joann's Fabrics - a couple of years ago they had flannel on sale for $0.99 per yard, so I stocked up.  I can usually find one in my stash that will go with whatever current quilt I am working on.......

Baby Quilts 2 and 3....

I finished stitching the binding on the second and third baby quilt made from 2 1/2 inch scrap flannel strips.

More of the same faux rail fence blocks, but quilt number 2 has a yellow border with bears dressed as bumble bees.

I chose a white flannel backing with baby Snoopy, moons and stars and pastel teddy bears for the cotton binding. 
This was quilted by machine, stitch in the ditch.

Quilt number three was more of the same, but with a pastel star border. 

I used a blue flannel with more stars, for the back.

The binding is cotton in a light cream colour with multi-colour toys .

First baby quilt finished.....

I've been busy machine quilting the scrappy flannel rail fence quilts.

 I kept the quilting simple, just stitch in the ditch along the coloured rails and the pink border.

I chose a pink backing for this one.   It is also flannel, with gingerbread cookies, hearts and stars.  The binding was made from cotton, in a pastel harlequin pattern.

Just for Fun again

Thought you might like to see the great frog backing....