Day 3 of UFO Challenge

Well,
Decided to work on the Challenge Quilt today.  Finished now are all the red triangles.  I decided to go back and do a little extra quilting on the Christmas print.  I buried some threads and made binding yesterday.  I also decided on the quilt design for the background fabric.  This is a slight alteration from the original stencil.

  I think that it is going to turn out well.  This shape is found in the sashing between all 9 of the blocks.  That only leaves the inner border to figure out.  I started practicing with this shape.  It helps so much to take 5-6 trips around the shape prior to starting on the real thing. I started on the real thing—broke a thread right off the start.  Decided that I made enough progress and called it a night.  The girls were home from school and decided to hear all about lunch, teachers, study hall, etc.  It will be a few days before I can get back to it. 

Went to the local quilt shop today, after heading to the doctor.  I bought 4 fat quarters—needed a little fix after being told to loose weight, stop itching the eczema and to relax.  Blood pressure pills are now needed because of the inability to relax. 

I did exercise, change the bed, do dishes (big pans that I was avoiding) and actually called the doctor for the appointment today. 

Happy Quilting,
Just Another Quilter

The UFO Project. January #6

Judy L. over at The Patchwork Times drew her number.  She drew the # 6.

Now I just want to explain something.  I have many quilts that are in process.  Some quilts are quilts that need to be finished.  Some quilts are so far from being done that I was going to have some big explaining to do when they suddenly showed up in my life.  I was laying in bed trying to imagine what project on the list was going to be picked.  How am I going to rationalize the putting away of quilts or projects (socks) that I have been putting a lot of time into?  How is the family going to take it?  Can you see the anxiety building?

Well the number that was drawn-6.  I put my quilts in no particular order.  Does one remember that order?  No.  The anxiety is building as I go to the blog.  What am I going to  be going working on? 

Let just say God is on my side.  I will be working on the “Alaskan Christmas Quilt”.  Last year this quilt was given to the family for Christmas.  I told them I would finish it in the next few months.  That was over 1 year ago.  It is made from fabric purchased in Alaska in 2008.  This trip included my mother and step-father accompanying us.  The hubby had to come get me from the quilt shop so that I did not miss the bus.  (I had plenty of time.)






This is probably the best and most appropriate quilt for me to be working on.  I worked on this quilt yesterday.  Where am I at right now?  The medallions are quilted, two more sets of triangles around the medallions still need to be quilted.  The quilt patterns are in the final stages for the cream background.

I look forward to accomplishing this goal. 

Just Another Quilter

Christmas Quilt for the Family

In 2008, I had the pleasure of visiting Alaska. My family along with my mother and step-father had a beautiful trip that included a train ride and a cruise ship. We saw some beautiful places and I brought home some great souvenirs. Like many quilters, I would rather have fabric as a souvenir then a cup or spoon. While in Fairbanks, I stopped at a great shop just behind our hotel. I picked up a beautiful red, white and green print. Our family does not have a Christmas quilt and I thought this fabric might make a great quilt someday.

Around November, on the AllPeopleQuilt.com site, this picture of a lovely Christmas quilt kept coming up. Now, we have a slower internet connection than many of our friends (not dial-up) and I get the opportunity to look at some pictures longer than others as the page is loading. That month I saw the picture very frequently. I kept coming back in my mind to the fabric from Alaska.

I took the brave step of cutting into the fabric, fussy cutting out the design that I wanted to highlight. Many times cutting into the prize fabric is sooooo hard. After the second square was cut, I was an old pro. This quilt worked up very fast. It can be found in the December 2009 American Patchwork and Quilting Magazine.

The green stripe and the Christmas border print were purchased at the local Hancocks on 50% Christmas fabric. The other fabrics I found in the stash. I have just figured out the quilting. For me, this is one of the harder things about quilting. The quilt top was made in secret and found under the tree on Christmas morning. The family always knows that these quilts are not going to leave the house. So many times quilts are made and then given away. The family always enjoys having one that will stay here.

The background fabric is a Fossil Fern that is left over from the KING. I thought that it looked like snow falling from the sky.

(Oh by the way--It is nice not to have to resize the photos to put them on the website--It does take alittle longer to upload them though.)

I hope to have a quilt or 2 completed by March. This is one of them!

Happy Quilting from Just Another Quilter