Distracted by 99 Charms Quilts

Who is determined to work on UFOs, WIPs and nothing new? Not me! 

As many of you already know, this year - for me - is dedicated to working on UFOs. My UFO/WIP list is long, but there are progress!  

So far this year, so good! I have finished several UFOs (need to take photos!!).

But it comes to a point where other projects are more tempting, like the '99 Charms Quilts'. I just needed to do something else, something new, and these easy, fast and fun quilts caught my attention! 

I have a big shoe box full of 5" squares, which I started to attack! 

First I made 3 quilts - here. 

I needed a break from stitching down binding on two big quilts and this is what happened:  

This one has a mix of brown, orange, red, green, turquoise, teal, neutrals

Blue and white, with bunnies in the centre, and a touch of red

I woke up one morning and the first I thought of was this bunny stripe! I knew I had it somewhere and knew I could use it in a quilt. 

The stripe was long enough to be divided into two. I had some leftover narrow strips I added in between the bunnies stripe. Blue as well as red 5" squares were used to finish the top. 

It's slightly longer then the other 99 Charms quilts

By getting distracted from UFOs as well as inspired to make these quilts, a dent in the shoe box is visible! 

6 quilts = 558 5" squares.

Approximately 11 yards fabric used - for the tops

I'm soooo glad I was able to use that bunnies stripe! The bunnies have been hopping around on the shelf for too long! 

Not empty, yet! 

The shoe box containing 5" squares is not empty (it was full when I started making these quilts). There are still some squares. There should be enough for at least one quilt, maybe two. I also have a small box containing 5" Christmas fabrics. I don't remember how much, maybe enough for one or two quilts. 

I don't think I have enough batting either, except if I do some frankenbatting (which is long overdue!).

Earlier this week I dived into the 'flannel shelf'. I found more than I thought I had! As if that was a surprise! LOL 

I haven't used flannel for a long time and didn't remember what I have. Some pieces can be pieced together. I have two flannels of the same pattern; cute teddy bears on blue and red background. 'Of course' they were not wide enough, not more than about 3" inches missing. I just made it easy by cutting each piece into half and added a strip in beige big dots on cream in the middle. Voila! Done! 

These are backing for the blue and red tops I posted here. 

Of course I forgot to unfold them to show the strip I added in the middle on both!

Oh well, I'll do it when they are finished. 

 

Quilting Weather

Rain = quilting weather.

It was nice in the morning, but got cloudy in the early afternoon with rain off and on. 

What's better than spending time in the sewing room? Well, not actually a 'sewing room'. My 'sewing / quilting room' is the dining room table, because that table is big; 42 x 84 inches / 107 x 255 cm. I love that! 

I have just finished two RSC (UFOs) quilts, the Scrap Jar Stars quilts. Yes, I know; I have to take photos!!! I WAS going to take photos today! Then it got cloudy, dark and dreary! SIGH! 

I have two quilts to be quilted; UFO #20 (Country Charm) and #8 (Got the Blues), both thread basted. (UFO list) 

I'm quilting 'Country Charm' in loopy swirls design.

About 1/4 is done.

My goal is to get it done by the weekend. Let's see how that goes! 

 

RSC Week 21 - Orange

Another week has passed (how did that happen?).

What has happened in your sewing room?

This is the only orange that happened in my sewing room - one 9-patches from 2" squares

In between working on my UFOs - mostly quilting - I've been piecing some scrappy 16-patches. As I've mentioned earlier; I have thousands (I'm not exaggerating!) of 2" squares from swaps as well as my own. Some are used, but there are still a lot. I just have to start somewhere, right? I've yet to decide what to do with these blocks.

Seven 16-patches (2" squares) from swaps

Now that I have 'Dear Nina' back home and in perfect working condition, I uses it for piecing and 'Helena' is set up for quilting. That way I can alternate between the two. It's good to take breaks from quilting big quilts, and piecing together squares is a no-brainer.

Daily life in Mauritius

Quatre Bornes fruit- and vegetable bazaar

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