Rainy and Windy Weekend Sewing

How was your weekend? I hope you had a good one. 

Here, it was 'quilting weather'; intermittent rain, strong wind and cold. With high humidity, it feels colder than it is. BRRR! While writing this (Monday morning) it's pouring rain.

Two quilts (UFOs) were thread basted;

A Quilting Life's BOM 2025

Pat Sloan's 182 Day Solstice

It measures approximately 87 inches / 220 cm square. It's a monster to quilt on my domestic sewing machine, but it will be done, eventually. My goal is to finish it by end of September (this year!). I forgot taking a photo of the flimsy and the pieced backing. It will all be revealed when finished. Patience, please! 

After spending some hours prepping and thread basting these two quilts, I was not ready to start quilting any of them right away.

Instead, I pulled out the box containing 5" squares and made two 99 Charms Quilt tops! You may remember I made some earlier this year (here and here).

 I had squares of some odd 'red'. I don't know exactly what colors they are; they are not red, not pink, not purple, but something in between. 

I came up with the idea to mix them with purple, black and brown. Most squares are from the box, I just had to cut a few to get enough. I don't know how many times that grape fabric has been in and out of the shelf, same with the floral William Morris fabric (left and right side of the quilt). I'm so glad these two are out of the shelf forever! lol 

This one I have just added rows in the same colors. I had to cut 2-3 squares of some colors to get enough. There are still squares in the box, a mix match of colors. I'm quite sure there are still enough squares for one quilt, whenever I feel for making another one.  

As you may have noticed, a few purple squares are added to these two.

Tuesday Update:

Currently quilting 'Solstice'

I started quilting 'Solstice' today. 

I'm custom quilting each block (25 blocks!). If I can do two per day, I should reach my goal this month. 

Wish me luck! 

Linking up with 

OMG - Stories From My Sewing Room

So Scrappy

Sew & Tell - Melva Loves Scraps

Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

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. 

 

RSC Color for May is Orange / A Squirrel popped in

Who sent the squirrel?!

...and one can't work on UFOs all the time, right? 

 

I've been admiring the '99 Charms quilts' in RSC colors at GraceandPieceQuilting. Nancy has done a fabulous job on those quilts, using 5 inch squares from scraps, and quilted beautifully! 

I got inspired! 

I have a shoe box full of 5" squares and wasn't sure how to use them. Not that it was a priority to use them, but after admiring Nancy's quilts, I decided to do the same. Thanks for the inspiration, Nancy! 

There were squares  in colors I have more of than other colors;  

'99 charms' quilt in red and red & white

Blue and yellow

Brown, orange, green and some neutrals to fill in.

I'm out of orange, no yardage. The squares used in this quilt is what I had left from other projects. I have orange squares in sizes from 1.5 up to 4 inches, but no yardage.

(Dark and dreary today, the photos don't give justice to the colors)

It did make a dent in the box, but I think I still have enough for 2-3 quilts in the same size. They would be more scrappy in colors. 

I loved making these quilts. They are fun and really fast to make. They are all flimsies and I'm not going to finish them now (unless I get bored with other projects). I think I have some flannel pieces I can use for backing. 

Since the RSC color for May is Orange, I continue quilting 'Remember 70's' UFO. I've given it that name due to the colors that were popular in the 70s; brown and orange. Thinking about it now, not a bad combination actually, but after having those colors in the kitchen for some years, I really hated it! ..and I know for sure I'll never use these colors as interior colors in any room! lol

I have a couple of flimsies and a finish to show, but that'll be for another post. 

Linking up with:

Angela and RSC 2026 (Rainbow Scrap Challenge)

Melva Loves Scraps / Sew & Tell

Small Quilts & Doll Quilts - Design Wall