Couldn't Take the Mess

 

I have been in clean-up / organization mode this past week. I have gone thought every closet, dresser, fabric tower and a few bins trying to get some type of order out of the mess in each area...pretty much a hopeless task. ;o)

I moved everything that was one yard or greater into the long arm room closet, sorted by size. I went through the dresser that has all my reproduction fabrics and sorted them by size and color. I went through all the fabric towers, pulled anything greater than a yard, then sorted by color.

I cleared off all the flat surfaces in the sewing room putting everything where it belonged...this of course will not last long.

I found one tote box about half full of scraps and went through it, sorted, and cut to my scrap system sizes. 

Next up...

This bin of flannel scraps.

Whenever I do this, I swear I'm never going to buy fabric again...famous last words. I also went to an estate sale.

I couldn't resist the pinks or the 30's reproduction fabrics.

I have a large number of possible projects in bags, no pattern, no idea what to do with them, and not sure anymore if I want to do anything with them. Like this pretty set.

The year on the selvage is 2000. I still like the fabric, but I know I will never make anything with it. I have at least six other sets like this. Some with lots of yardage. I think I'm going to try to sell them. We'll see how that works out.

I also finished the 17 Brightly star blocks.

I swear I didn't fussy cut that center square.

Eliva is loaded and I started some of the ruler work.

To make it easier to quilt, and with fewer passes, I loaded it horizontal. It was a pretty tight squeeze. To baste the edges, I have to take off the ruler table with each pass. 

 

Slow, but I think it will be worth it.

Progress and Quilting Status

 

I am making progress on my Brightly quilt.

The star block are about half done. I'm still really liking this quilt. This picture doesn't do the colors justice.

I loaded and quilted this scrap quilt last week.

This quilt top was donated to Quilts for Kids. After a few repairs, I quilted it with loops and added the binding.

Since getting my Moxie last May I have quilted 36 (!!) quilts, 33 of those quilts have been donation quilts, I made 7 of the donation quilts. Until I looked at my spreadsheet I didn't realize I have only quilted two quilts for me on the Moxie. Wow. That number needs to change. So next up is a me quilt.

Eliva, made in 2021. I even know how I'm going to quilt it. As you can see it is almost as wide as my frame, so the quilting should be an adventure.

Progress and a Finish!

 

Winnie the Pooh is done.

Again I used a combination of rulers and free motion. I outlined the umbrella, Pooh, Tigger and Piglet using a ruler called BFF by The Quilted Pineapple. I used it more as guide to move the hopping foot than to follow the curve.

It's about 4.5 inches long. After a bit I found, in some cases, it was easier to free motion outline versus having a ruler guide. I did all of the borders free hand - turned the quilt to do the side borders. I think I did pretty good keeping the lines straight even if the width between the lines is not consistent (you can tell where I moved across the frame without stopping the machine...width is wider...oh well). ;o)

I also made some progress on Brightly. I think I'm really going to like this quilt.

Two Posts in One Night

 My first post was for the Hands2Help challenge. This one's for me.

I decided to go for it and ordered camel colored Cuddle fabric for the back of the Kira quilt. I'm still waiting for it to be delivered.

In the meantime, I've started a new quilt.

I'm going to make it a little bit longer than the pattern shows. The fabric is Home Sweet Home by Stacy Iest Hsu. Can't wait to start sewing.

As I mentioned in my last post I'm about halfway through quilting the Winnie the Pooh panel. Most of the quilting has been outlining the printed design.

Kind of an interesting process, and very slow going.

Hmmm, June's UFO Challenge quilt is another new project - again not a real UFO so I've decided not to start it. I really should dig out a real UFO and get it done. Goodness knows I have plenty. ;o)

On a side note: my grandniece graduated from high school yesterday. The class of 2023 had 37 graduates. I think my graduation class had 370. 

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Brooklyn and my mom. Congratulations Brooklyn!

Hands2Help

A while back I signed up to participate in Confessions of a Fabric Addict's 2023 Hands2Help Comfort Quilt Challenge.

I felt kind of guilty signing up as I would have made and donated these quilts to the Kiwanis Quilts for Kids regardless.

Below are the quilts I have donated in the last 12 weeks.

March:

April:

May:

And June's is half done:

Go check out all the fantastic quilts that have been made for this year's challenge. It amazes me (although it shouldn't, cause I've known it for years) how generous quilters are.