Design wall Monday

I’m cheating… it’s actually Sunday afternoon, but I’m pooped and have nine million things to do tomorrow, and I’ll probably forget to make my post if I don’t do it now!

This quilt is getting worked on in between everything else, but all the time consuming parts are now done, I just have to put my four borders on it.  Speaking of borders… why do I keep seeing quilters lately talking about their “boarders” on their quilts?  Aaagghh!

The skinny half inch red border around the center, then the log cabin border, another red border (an inch this time) and finally and black floral outer border… which hopefully I have enough fabric for!

You may notice my center block changed again!  I didn’t have enough of the tan fabric for the star, so I had to come up with a block that used more of the other prints.  Then I ran out of the checked black, and so this block wasn’t quite what I had in mind either!  And oh what a booger it was to piece!  I should have redrawn it so that there wasn’t any set in seams, as it was there were eight of them, bleh!

That’s kind of a cool block though isn’t it?  Reminds of “Card Trick”, only with a star in the middle.

Jim should be home Tuesday night, woohoo!  Seems like he’s been gone forever… and I need him to come home and save me from ice cream overload! 

Make sure you head over to Judy’s (tomorrow) and see what everyone else is up to!

Update on Monday, October 31, 2011 at 7:04AM by Created by CJ

And the first two borders are on… heck I may get this finished by tomorrow, woohoo!

I have wool felt pieces all over the carpet… I must finish so I can vacuum and avoid OCD overload! 

Update on Monday, October 31, 2011 at 12:33PM by Created by CJ

And done!

Jazzilicious!

Have you seen Sarah Vedeler’s new embroidered quilt design, “Jazzilicous”?  What a stunner!

This is definitely on my to do list for 2012, although probably not in pink!  I may do it in black and cream.  I can’t wait until this pattern hits the stores!

I did manage to get all my log cabin blocks pieced yesterday, and one of the eight inch snowflake blocks done… it resized with no problems at all.  But I had to stop for the day, as I’ve run out of washed wool felt and have to wait for another piece to dry, and I had to order more fabric.  I have exactly enough of the beige to do the remaining three snowflake blocks, but not enough to do the center medallion.

I ordered a bolt of the By Anne “Soft and Stable” that everyone has been telling me about, and plan to use it on the next sewing machine cover so I can compare it to the fusible fleece I like so well.

My monthly quilt group is starting a project in December that I’m going to join in on.  I never participate in these projects, because I’m always too busy working on something else, but this particular project grabbed my interest.  Everyone is to bring a medallion of any size, divisible by 6 inches to the December meeting. It can be anything you like, a purchased panel, an appliqué block, a pieced block… whatever.  Then, once a month for the next eleven months, someone is going to draw two borders out of a hat.  Everyone will be adding one, or both of those borders to your center medallion.  You’ll have no idea what the borders will be from month to month.  Sound fun?

I’m going to do mine in hot pink, turquoise, yellow and lime green.  A little outside my box for sure!  And my center medallion is going to be… well you’ll just have to wait until I get caught up a bit.  LOL

Chaos and creativity go together like peanut butter and chocolate!

My sewing room is starting to get a little chaotic again, I’ve got bits and pieces of “ideas” laying around everywhere, as I make little samples for the next sewing machine cover.  Funny, I knew exactly what I wanted for the Bernina 830 cover and the Bernina 1300MDC cover, but I don’t yet know what the Bernina 630 cover is going to look like!

It isn’t going to be made with jelly roll strips, although I’ll be using the same Moda Etchings fabrics of course, since that’s my studio remodel theme.

I don’t know how well you can see the fabric in this ruffle, but I will be using it for the main body of this cover.  And I do know the bottom is going to have a big red ruffle!  And possibly side pockets.  And that’s all I know!

This ruffle is one I’m considering using.  I made it by serging both edges with a wide rolled hem, using DMC #5 floss in the loopers, then I used the ruffler foot to gather the center.  Just playing at this point!  I also made some ruching and I may perhaps use it!

Since a design hasn’t fully formed in my head yet, I’m working on the Yuletide Magic quilt while the creative process simmers in the background.  I just wish it would stop keeping me awake at night!

I should get all the log cabin blocks finished today at least. I’m back to second guessing the center block though.  It may change again!

Playing!

I haven’t had much time on the computer with my son here, but did play briefly this morning with the Yuletide Magic quilt borders.

I’m rather liking the addition of a partial log cabin border, with more enlarged snowflakes added… not sure if I can resize them that much but I think I will have to sew a test sample as I really like this!  Of course, by the time I finish adding more borders to complete it, it will have gone well past a wall quilt size!

As you can see, I still have made up my mind about the center block (13 inches).  This is my EQ rendition, so I’m having fun playing with it.  With the addition of the log cabin borders, I’m thinking a large star block in the center might look better than the embroideries. I’m in no hurry with this one, but am really enjoying the making of it, so who knows yet what my end product will be!

Update on Saturday, October 15, 2011 at 9:41AM by Created by CJ

Okay, provided the snowflakes will enlarge enough to stitch out at 8 inches, I think this is how my Yuletide Magic quilt will be.

I added a second small red border after the log cabin blocks, and a two inch floral border, and swapped out the center embroideries for a star block.  Works for me!