Christmas Joy Quilt Top Finished

Yesterday, was a very productive day in the sewing studio.  After a few errands in town, I finally got to start sewing around 1pm and was finished by 5pm. 

I started by adding the Poinsettia row on the quilt top, which it lined up really well was please.  Then I then cut 9-5" strips out of the border fabric.  After carefully measuring and making sure the quilt was square I then, add the borders a little different than I have on other quilts.

I started with the long side borders first.  The went on very smoothly.  Then I prepared the top borders.  First, I made 72" piece of green border fabric, then I added the checkerboard blocks to each of the sides of the green fabric for both pieces.  Then, I carefully pinned borders to the top and bottom to make sure the corners lined up perfectly and sewed them on.

I'm finished and it is ready for quilting now.  But that is going to have to wait, a little bit.  I have a trip coming up starting next Tuesday to California.  I need to finish a couple of patterns under development before we go, due to they are going with us.

Today, finishing cleaning my sewing room and some quilting on the longarm. Hope everyone has a great weekend.


Live, Inspire and Create,

Tina

Christmas Joy Row 6!

The last couple of days have been busy ones.  Tuesday, while I started cleaning my sewing room I got distracted by my UFO Christmas Joy Quilt project that has been sitting on my side table since last October, that should of been finished by Christmas.  I decide since I just need to finish one more row, I would go ahead and finish it.

I left off with last row #6, Poinsettia Row.  I had finished the first section of the row, during my class I was taking on the quilt.  Before I stopped working on this quilt I had finished the piecing of the blocks, so they just needed the poinsettia stems and leaves machine appliqued on the blocks. 

After all the poinsettia blocks where finished, I add the background fabrics almost to make the blocks set up on point.  The rows finished at 72 1/2" wide.  I just need to trim the make the height at 14" high.

The I finished by add checker border row to the bottom of the row.  It just need the row sewn to the bottom of the Basket row and the main part of the quilt will be finished.  Then Borders, I think I will finished this week.  Yeah!

Yesterday, I did not get any sewing done, I was doing errands and desk work!  This afternoon, I plan to get in the sewing studio and get this quilt finished. 

Hope everyone has had a great week so far!

Live, Inspire and Create,

Tina

Primrose Path Top Finished

Well yesterdays, was a good day in the sewing studio.  I finished Primrose Path quilt top.  I left off with all the rows made, so I started by adding sewing all the rows together.  When you have all the rows together you will end up with 4 blocks across and 6 blocks down. 

Then is was time to sew on the borders, starting with the inner border, which was a cutting 6-strips at 2" and sewing them all the way around. 

The last border, 6-strips at 5 1/2" wide. The finished quilt top measures at 56" X 76".  All that is needed now is a nice pantograph quilting and binding.

Today, I think I will work on a few things in the sewing studio while starting to clean the studio. 

Have a Great Sewing and Quilting Day!

Live, Inspire and Create,

Tina

New Quilt Top Started!

Wow, some time the weekends go fast, wishing they were a little longer.  Today, I will be back in the studio, finishing a new quilt top I started on Friday.  This one is called Primrose Path, by Pat Steiner the pattern came from Cottonseed Glory in Annapolis, Maryland.  I bought this pattern last November as a kit on the Shop Hop bus tour.  

This pattern uses 12 different color of Fat Quarters to make a lap Size quilt top.  You cut the 18" x 22" piece of fat quarter into 10 pieces.  2- 8" x 8" pieces, 4-2" x 11" and 4 - 2" x 8".  In cutting this pattern,  I trimmed and squared up the two sides of the fat quarter after ironing it flat.  Then, I cut the fat quarter twice with out moving any of the pieces.  I stated by cutting 2 pieces of 8" x 22' out of the fat quarter.  With one of the pieces I cut 2 it into more pieces, 8" x 11" and 8" x 8", and set them aside.  The other piece, I cut into 2- 8" x 8" pieces, and then put them aside into a stack.  Then taking them 8" x 11" and the 8" x 8" you cut from the first stack you need to cut them into 2" strips.  I did my strips using my Accuquilt Go!  So much faster!.  Now you are ready to start assembling.

Starting with the 2" x 8" pieces sew them on the sides of the 8" x 8" square.  Using different fabrics on each side.  Then sew on the tops and bottoms using the matching fabrics that where used on both sides, so you will have used only 3 different fabrics.

Once you have all the sides on the blocks you will then cut the squares in half through the 2" x 8" sides. 

Then, matching up the half blocks up with another block and sew them together to make a new full block. Making sure to match all the seams together. 

Then you can start to assemble the rows.  Sewing 4 block across. 

Today, I will be finishing sewing the rows together, and adding the borders.  I can't what to see this quilt top finished.  Will Show the finish quilt top tomorrow.

Have a Great Sewing Day!

Live, Create and Inspire,

Tina

Busy, but still Quilting!

The last couple weeks have been busy.  We have been balancing 2 remodeling projects on the weekends.  The first one is at my house were we are completely remodeling the entry way and the hallway to your house.  The wall had this old wallpaper which needed to be removed.  Under the wallpaper where bare walls what had no primer or paint on them from past remodeling and the Sheetrock work was done poorly.  So my dad suggested that we texture the walls. But before that we decided hang new bedroom and closet doors since a couple of the doors need to be replaced anyhow.  So the are now done, so this Saturday we decide to go ahead texture the walls.  That is hard work applying the texture, but it is well worth the time and effort.  You can't see the imperfections in the walls now. 

Now that is was drying this Sunday, we went to my friend Lynn's house and Sheetrock and mud her basement bathroom.  After we took all old Sheetrock that had be come molded from a couple floods in her basement.  That was a fast job on Sunday, but it the first step in the remolding of her basement.  She should be painting the bathroom this weekend and then we can lay the tile and put everything back in so the bathroom can be used.

I have been quilting, while during the week, but the projects I have been on top  secret mode right now, do to they are patterns that are in the finishing stages for development.  I may start working on a project on the side so I have a quilt to show you all.

Well time to get busy in the sewing studio.

Live, Inspire, Create

Tina