May UFO

This is what was picked for my UFO for the month. It's the bag I've been collecting all my small quilt projects in. I counted and there are 30 different projects in the bag. I'll have to get one a day done!!! Guess the challenge is on. I started by doing some sorting. I'm starting with the items that are nearest to getting done.





Here are the first 2 completes. A cup cozy and a little quilt. Both only needed one or 2 sides of binding sewn down. An easy start. I'll try to post all the projects as I finish them.

May UFO

This is what was picked for my UFO for the month. It's the bag I've been collecting all my small quilt projects in. I counted and there are 30 different projects in the bag. I'll have to get one a day done!!! Guess the challenge is on. I started by doing some sorting. I'm starting with the items that are nearest to getting done.





Here are the first 2 completes. A cup cozy and a little quilt. Both only needed one or 2 sides of binding sewn down. An easy start. I'll try to post all the projects as I finish them.

Gray Bias String

Gray Bias String Quilt

I got one done this month. This is the UFO for April I was hoping to finish up. I had inherited a few bias tape packages from a friend what to do with them I would never use them for what they are made for. The narrow ones are really worth less to me but the wider ones may be useful. I washed them and used a few of the grey ones for the centers of some crazy string blocks. Used some other grey fabric scrapes to make a few more. And I have a quilt. Why this was a UFO for so long was.... The back had a lot of terrible wrinkles in it after quilting. ( I tried a different basting method that was a disaster) So I dug it out ripped out some quilting basted the areas and requilted and requilted till it was better not perfect but alot better. I sewed on the binding and I got it done by the end of the month.

Gray Bias String

Gray Bias String Quilt

I got one done this month. This is the UFO for April I was hoping to finish up. I had inherited a few bias tape packages from a friend what to do with them I would never use them for what they are made for. The narrow ones are really worth less to me but the wider ones may be useful. I washed them and used a few of the grey ones for the centers of some crazy string blocks. Used some other grey fabric scrapes to make a few more. And I have a quilt. Why this was a UFO for so long was.... The back had a lot of terrible wrinkles in it after quilting. ( I tried a different basting method that was a disaster) So I dug it out ripped out some quilting basted the areas and requilted and requilted till it was better not perfect but alot better. I sewed on the binding and I got it done by the end of the month.

Broken Dishes

It's done I looked back and I started this quilt in June of 2008. I'm giving it to my grand daughter for her 3rd birthday in March. I started the month with the quilt about 1/3 quilted. It's been sitting in my sewing machine at that stage since last May. And the things got busy and crazy and I just stopped sewing for the summer. Now thanks to a few good snowstorms and very cold weather I back into the groove of sewing. Hopefully I'll get a bunch more done this year. I'm off to a good start so far.

This is the first quilt from Judy's UFO challenge you can check it out at Judy's blog HERE . For February Judy picked number 10 on the list. I'm going to have to get busy to get it done by the end of the month I only have the blocks done. But it will be a good UFO to get off my list. I'll post about it latter this week.

Broken Dishes

It's done I looked back and I started this quilt in June of 2008. I'm giving it to my grand daughter for her 3rd birthday in March. I started the month with the quilt about 1/3 quilted. It's been sitting in my sewing machine at that stage since last May. And the things got busy and crazy and I just stopped sewing for the summer. Now thanks to a few good snowstorms and very cold weather I back into the groove of sewing. Hopefully I'll get a bunch more done this year. I'm off to a good start so far.

This is the first quilt from Judy's UFO challenge you can check it out at Judy's blog HERE . For February Judy picked number 10 on the list. I'm going to have to get busy to get it done by the end of the month I only have the blocks done. But it will be a good UFO to get off my list. I'll post about it latter this week.

2009 Quilts In Review

Not in any order here are the quilts I finished in 2009. I finished 12 but need to find pictures of 2 yet and some I never took pictures of them completed yet. Here is what I have for now.
I may have to take some pictures and come back and edit this post a little.

2009 Quilts In Review

Not in any order here are the quilts I finished in 2009. I finished 12 but need to find pictures of 2 yet and some I never took pictures of them completed yet. Here is what I have for now.
I may have to take some pictures and come back and edit this post a little.

Shirt Quilt

Just showing off the back first.Shirt quilt is done. I started this quilt last winter. I thought I would give sewing with second hand fabric for a quilt a try. I had been collecting shirts and started in. Cutting up the shirts is a lot more work then I thought it would be. And the fabric from one shirt to the next is not very consistent with the others. The main problem I had was one would be a lot more stretchier then what I'm used to. I love the homey homespun look of the quilt but doubt I would collect more shirts for future quilts. That said I will have to make one more to use up what I have left. A red white and blue one to use up all the red shirts I collected.

For a pattern I used a Dear Jane block H-1 Peek-a-boo if you have the book.

To stay with the thrifty theme of the quilt I used a old blanket as the batting. Machine quilted it with my sewing machine. I quilted circles in the centers of the blocks the meandering between the circles.

I used leftover pieces of shirts for the back and an orange shirt I cut up for the binding.

Shirt Quilt

Just showing off the back first.Shirt quilt is done. I started this quilt last winter. I thought I would give sewing with second hand fabric for a quilt a try. I had been collecting shirts and started in. Cutting up the shirts is a lot more work then I thought it would be. And the fabric from one shirt to the next is not very consistent with the others. The main problem I had was one would be a lot more stretchier then what I'm used to. I love the homey homespun look of the quilt but doubt I would collect more shirts for future quilts. That said I will have to make one more to use up what I have left. A red white and blue one to use up all the red shirts I collected.

For a pattern I used a Dear Jane block H-1 Peek-a-boo if you have the book.

To stay with the thrifty theme of the quilt I used a old blanket as the batting. Machine quilted it with my sewing machine. I quilted circles in the centers of the blocks the meandering between the circles.

I used leftover pieces of shirts for the back and an orange shirt I cut up for the binding.