Quilt Qwazy Queens Blog Hop: Rapid Fire Hunter Star UFO

Welcome to the Quilt Qwazy Queens Blog Hop Day #3.  It is great to participate in this fun blog hop.  This year, the theme is UFO's.

Here is a list of today's participants:

Monday, March 19, 2018

| Just Because Quilts | MooseStashQuilting |

| Pumpkin Patch BC | Quilting Affection Designs (me) |

| Ms. P Designs USA |

I have many UFO's in my little closet that I have not finished or even started. Many of them have been sitting there long before I even dreamed of becoming a Full-time pattern designer and having my own business.

The one UFO that I choose this year to finish was my first Studio 180 Design Project. It is a Rapid Fire Hunter Star quilt, that just needed the borders added and to be quilted.  I started this project way back in 2011 or 2012; not really sure about the exact time. I took this as a class when I was starting to get back into quilting full time. I wanted to learn something new and to practice my sewing skills. To finish the quilt, I just needed to add borders and it would have been finished. However, it just sat in my closet, with all the remaining fabrics, I just never got around to finishing the borders.

I had to really laugh at myself when I pulled this quilt top out. It had so many points not lined up correctly. I couldn't believe I left a quilt in this shape, so I decided to take it apart and correct some of the major problems.

Once I had all the blocks apart, I figured out my main problem was with my seam allowance. It was not set to 1/4".  Which makes all the pieces off when you use the Rapid Fire Hunter Star ruler to trim the pieces.  

So, I decided to trim them up as much as possible and stitch it all back together using a true 1/4" seam allowance. When it was back together, it looked so much better, and I was happier with the outcome. It was not perfect due to some of the blocks needed to be redone from the beginning. Anyway, I decided to go ahead an add the borders to the quilt top and finish it the way it was.

After some quilting and the binding, you can't tell I had to take it apart. I have finally finished my first Deb Tucker Studio 180 Design project, that I started years ago.  I want to make more of these now, they are so much fun.

Now, I can cross that off my UFO list!  In the last couple years, I have come to love, and use the Studio 180 Design Rulers in my pattern Designs and projects.  

Be Sure to check out my website: www.quiltingaffection.com for my latest pattern designs, such as my Block of the Month that uses the Studio 180 Design tools, also sign up to for my newsletter and get a free pattern.

 

Also follow my blog here to keep up with my progress on the Studio 180 Design BlockBuster Master the Rulers challenge.

Thank you for joining me for this year's fun. Make sure you enter the fantastic blog hop giveaways. 

Tina
"Designs to Inspire"

We have two giveaways today.

Today's for Monday, March 19, 2018, Main Giveaway is:

Studio 180 Design -  Rapid Fire Hunter's Star Petite Star Tool

Shipping to the US Only - Value 25.50 - Shipping Is US Only



This giveaway will end at 11:59 est. Monday, March 15, 2018

a Rafflecopter giveaway

The FatQuarter Shop March 15 - 22, 2018
150.00 Gift Certificate

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Winners will be announced on the Seams To Be Sew, blog daily.  Be sure to read the following rules.

Giveaway Rules:

• Rules and guidelines are also listed on the Rafflecopter window of each blog.
  Giveaways offered by sponsors are assigned to the various bloggers for their featured day.
• There are no prior announcements on who is doing which sponsor except to the sponsor themselves.
• You’ll have to visit the blog or the featured blog to enter the giveaways.
• All giveaways can also be entered at Seams To Be Sew. You must have commented at each of the blogs prior to entering at Seams To Be Sew, Winners who win from entering at Seams To Be Sew will be checked for the comment. When you enter at Seams To Be Sew, you need to enter the name of the blog you are entering for. You can only create one entry at this site for one of the featured blogs of the day.
• I will start announcing winners on March 15, 2018, and finish announcing winners on March 22, 2018.
• In most cases, the blog where you won at also will announce their winners.
• You must give a valid email address when you enter the giveaways, any email returned to me, loses the ability to win automatically.
• With the exception of The Fat Quartershop and Aurifil, all giveaways run for approximately one day.
• You are given 3 days to answer the email, if you do not answer within 3 days a new winner will be drawn. Check those spam/junk mail folders, you may miss that winning email if you don’t do so because there are no exceptions to this rule.
• If you are notified that you are a winner, in all cases except for the Fat Quartershop winner, you will need to provide your name, address, city, state, zip code, country, telephone number, and email address.
• In all cases except the Fat Quartershop, you will be asked to comment on the blog to enter the giveaway… do the right thing and thank them for the time it took to post and participate…
• Thank the sponsor by buying their products for the giveaways. This helps them continue to offer great prizes for these types of events. You can also comment on their social media pages. Even if you don’t win, letting them know you love their products is a huge incentive and they really do love hearing from you.
• No purchase whatsoever is necessary.
• You must be 18+ in order to win a gift.
• You are responsible for claiming and paying any tax owed on the value of any gift that you win. Prizes valued at $500.00 should be claimed.
• All winners are chosen at random.
• All winners will be announced on the blogs via the Rafflecopter entry form and/or post by the blogger at the site where they won and here at Seams To Be Sew. All winners must allow for their first name and first initial of their last name to be announced on this blog.
• Odds of Winning a prize are based on a total number of rafflecopter entries during each week and in total for all giveaways.
• This giveaway is void where prohibited by law.
• Participating bloggers may enter any of the giveaways.
• The word giveaways in the rules and guidelines are also known as sweepstakes.
• I am not rich and I do not ask sponsors for money, they provide prizes only.
• If they shipped the prize to me, you will be asked to pay for shipping.
• All giveaways will be shipped that are in my home within 72 hours of my having heard from you.
• An invoice will be sent to you via Paypal, and shipping will take place via Paypal, so your Paypal email will be needed to send the invoice. You will receive a tracking number except for overseas shipments. All shipping will either be at priority mail rates this year (due to the weight of gifts, none of the giveaways are less than 14 ounces. Paypal fees are added to that amount to cover that fee.
• Please note, every effort is made to protect the prizes. They go into a plastic bin when I receive them, and it is covered by an airtight cover. I have a dog in my home and I have a smoker in my home, so I do everything possible to protect the prizes.
• Most companies are very good about getting prizes off to customers quickly also, but some companies are overseas, so please allow all sponsors a 2-week time period before you report to me that you still haven’t received your prize. When the company is overseas, it can take 6 weeks to 90 days for an item to also arrive.
• Whether or not you read the above, the rules for giveaways are in place to protect everyone. I do not want to hear you didn’t read them, they will be posted on my blog daily during each featured day. There is no excuse for not reading them. 

Quilt Qwazy Queen

Blog Hop Schedule

Thursday, March 15

Quilting Queen Online 

 Tu-Na Quilts, Travels, and Eats

 Melva Loves Scraps

 The Quilted Snail

Friday, March 16

FunThreads Designs

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Quilting with Vanda

 Life in the Scrapatch

 Thrift Shop Commando |

Monday, March 19

Just Because Quilts

 MooseStashQuilting

Pumpkin Patch BC

Quilting Affection Designs

Ms. P Designs USA

Tuesday, March 20

Words & Stitches

Sew Many Yarns

Quiltin’ Grandma’s Blog

Books, Hooks, Sticks, etc.

Adventurous Applique and Quilting

Wednesday, March 21

Kathy’s Kwilts and More

Seacoast Quilter 

Desert Sky Quilting

 Seams To Be Sew