Progress !

 This is an update on the list of on-going projects.  I am finding that knowing I need to report on my project progress kinda keeps me moving along.  So here is my list:

1 - Temperature Quilt - Got this one up-to-date last week, and now behind again :)

2 - Coronaville Quilt - Got this one up-to-date last week, and now behind again :)

3 - Brimfield - I completed the paper piecing of two more blocks, Block 9 and Block 10.  Block 9 is totally complete, but I still need to applique the Block 10 to the background.

4 - Hollyhock Quilt - Completed

5 - I Stitch Club - Wish You Well - Completed three blocks - January (shown in earlier post), February and March

6 - Baby Quilt - Whirligig - Completed

7 - Lone Star - All the Rose Stars are appliqued in place and I have designed a border of diamonds that I am in the process of making and appliqueing to the top.

8- Adeline's Quilt - I did not list this one before as I  forgot about it.  I had taken it to a long arm quilter for quilting.  I now have it back, need to make the binding and get it finished.  This will be my "Big Girl Quilt for my granddaughter, Adeline.

9- Cottage Grove - This is a quilt I started in 2011 along with a good friend of mine, Darlene.  We were each working on our own quilt and had them about 1/2 completed when for reason we set it aside.  We dug it out two weeks ago and are meeting once a week to get it done. We have the appliqued borders and blocks complete. There are 5 cottages in the quilt, we have completed 2 and for the last two weeks worked on number 3.  Cottage 3 is done - on to Number 4 next week :)  (Cottage 3 is my favorite - a Quilter's Cottage quilt shop.)

Momma's Blocks

 Completed this quilt.  The blocks were hand appliqued by my mother sometime before 2009, which is when she passed.  These were leftover blocks from quilts she had made.  I have the Hollyhock quilt, one of my favorites and she gave it to me several years before she died.  She hand appliqued and hand quilted the ones in my quilt, using a quilt as you go method.  The butterfly block was left from a quilt she made for my father based on a pattern given to her by my father's mother. I never knew my grandmother as she died when I was 9 months old.   My daughter now has the butterfly quilt.

This is the label I put on the quilt.  It will be a gift to my brother, Jack.

Wish You Well

I recently started a new Block of the Month by Gail Pan called Wish You Well.  I saw a picture on another blog and could not resist.  I am just now getting started and its been going on since January, so I just finished Block 1 for January.  Its a fun block to make and each block has a little embroidery  which is one of my faborite techniques.

 I must admit that I debated with myself about starting this, as I already have so many on-going projects.  Not just UFO's, as I had many of those as well, but these are projects that I am currently working on each week.   So here is a list of what are the projects I am actively working on:

1. Temperature Quilt (Machine work)- I got caught up on that one Sunday.
2. Coronaville (Machine work) - I was up to date on Saturday.  I need to cut out some more fabric as I have pretty much exhausted all the ones I had precut.  
3. Brimfield (EPP and hand applique) - 8 blocks completed, 12 to go.  I did cut out two more blocks Saturday
4. Hand quilting Hollyhock quilt - I have 7 of the 12 blocks quilted.
5. I Stitch Club - Wish You Well (WYW) (Machine and hand embroidery) - Completed block for January.
6. Baby Quilt - Whirligig (Machine work) - Done, just need to add a label
7. Lone Star (Machine work and EPP) - lone star and Rose Star blocks completed but need to add borders in order to fit EPP'ed Rose Star blocks and applique them down.  This will be the next quilt to go on my hoop

Whirligig

In McCall's Quilting magazine, July/August 2018, I found this quilt called Whirligig, designed and made by Nancy Allen.  I thought it so cute and wanted to make it  for a baby quilt, but the pattern  was for a  76" x 92" quilt.  

So I drew it in EQ so that I could get the smaller size templates, but I could not get the pinwheel border to come out right....so I adjusted the pattern to use the sizes I wanted.  Here is the design I came up with and will measure 45" Square.

I have completed all the blocks, sashing and the first row.  

While working on a quilt, often I will also be deciding how I want to quilt it.  This will be a baby quilt for one of the mothers-to-be at my church, and generally I machine quilt with a simple pattern hoping it will be much used, washed and loved.  This first row just seemed like a celebration to me, so I decided to quilt vertical rows using different colors of thread to match the colors in the quilt - like streamers. I found the colors in my machine quilting thread stash - Can't wait to try out the quilting.  Might make wavy lines, maybe just keep it simple and straight.  First got to finish the quilt top :)