Red & White Challenge- Phase 3 "Make it" Revealed!!!

Today is the Deadline day!

 As of last evening my Red and White Quilt is a Flimsy. 

I have enjoyed very much seeing it come to life under my needle. 

I changed the way I assembled it a little from the EQ7 layout I made first HERE.

The center Block was made in June. HERE

 For the 4 corners I change the Mitered corner to a straight corner and 

put the tri-recs on the fold and eliminated that seam. The "recs" part (c,b) still is cut the same and sewn on each side meeting in the center of the diamond (tri- f) shape.

Next I added the 2"border.

I cut 2-12" squares, then sub-cut once on the diagonal  for the corners.

(note: I trimmed and squared down the block to a 1/4" from the 4 point where the red meets)

Doing it this way the extra triangles were eliminated on the corners.
That makes 12 seams I didn't have to sew.

Here is the 2nd red border added and testing the Pieced borders - ready to stitch on.

I added a 3.5" final Border of the Red Shadow Play fabric

AND...the Flimsy is DONE!!!

(a day early, I must say, scheduling this posting for the am)

I LOVE IT!!!!
42" square

I re-read the FAQS over at SewCal Gal and it says I can link up with just the top for now.  

Phase 4- "Show it" I will get it finished the rest of the way. Oct 1st-10th

I don't want to rush the quilting.

Red or White thread?  Maybe a Verigated???

Linking up HERE

Design Wall/Floor Monday- September 29, 2014

There are just two days left in the month to work on my September Goals.

I was 50% done with my goals HERE.

How much can I get done before the 1st of October?

The main deadline looming is my Red and White Challenge to link up over at Sew Cal Gal's Blog.

Will I or won't I get it finished?

Between the Quilt Show and the Shop Hop I haven't been at the sewing machine much.  

I need to remedy that this week. 

This quilt is back on the DESIGN FLOOR!

I Un-Sewed the Pink Print border while watching QuiltCAM.

 I like the green.  It needed it to bring the green out from the center.

I will add something in the corners of the green and the last border to allow the borders to fit better.

This quilt needs to get finished before I can move on to more fun projects.

I have a RETREAT coming up and I don't want to feel guilty about sewing on something else.

I tried the Gigantic BOF quilt on M & C's Bed on Saturday.

YEA, It fit and I can take off that extra 5" of the Opps quilting. 

Then it can be bound and given to them.

While I did that the grandchildren brought their quilts I made them in 2009.

Funny kids!

I'm glad they like Grandma's Quilts!

Linking up HERE

Come back on Wednesday for October goals and re-cap of September Finishes

Friday Finishes! Shop Hop Pics

 

Here are my Pictures of the Pam Buda SAL!

I had some fun taking pictures of it outside in my back yard.

As you can tell by the label I finished it September 12, 2014

I waited until I saw it on Pam's Blog.

Pam has been showing her "Airing of the Quilts" HERE

I've been traveling with these Walla Walla Friends Shop Hopping!  

This photo was taken on Day two at our last stop.

Below are some of the Quilts the shops made to show how to use Fat Quaters.

 We were given a different color at each shop.

Urban Log Cabin

Metro Rings

 After visiting all 12 shops our name goes in a drawing for this Machine.

 On our LONG trip around from Halfway to Joseph, we saw two Barn Quilts.

 Walla Walla Sew n Vac had a Quilt Challenge 

Only two of us got our quilts done.

They decided not to have the Shop Hoppers Vote and put our names on them.

We BOTH get a Gift Certificate from the store.

 Can you guess which one is mine?

Hunter's Star

The Sewing Basket has a NEW Building in the back.

Check out the Floors!

It's full of fabric, shelves to the Ceiling! 

The front section is still a Maze with fabric stacked all around on the floor.

Aunty Ida's Bento Box

This is MINE!  
I used the "Block Magic" Books by Nancy Johnson-Srebro.
The car and Maple tree are 6" blocks and the Quilt Shoppe is 15".
It was fun to fussy cut the faces to put inside the car windows.
That fabric is from some of the St Jude line that we had at Hancock's.

I call it

"All Roads Lead to the Shop Hop"

Did you guess right?

Today I Finished my Passport and turned it in at Aunty Ida's in Hermiston, Or

The Fat Quarter's I got from each shop!

I'm not showing the rest of my new Stash Enhancement...

It's Ready for Binding- YAHOO!!!

I'm doing the HAPPY DANCE Tonight!  

 The Green and Purple gigantic quilt came off the Quilting table today.

 Just in time for me to quilt & finish a Challenge quilt (that will be shown later).

Here it is on the table.

"Bouquet of Friendship"

Original Layout design (c) by Lynn Wilson & Mary Crowther

I have to give some STATS!

7 yards Light Green

3.5 yards dark green

3.5 yards Light & Dark Purple (approx)  Thread & Bolts - Jackie Robinson's "Roses"

2.5 yds 108" Green Backing (Sew n Vac)
2.5 yards 124" Warm & Natural batting (JoAnn's)

Quilting Pattern "Feather Ramble" by Celine Spader for Intelligent Quilting

1 week on the frame.

6 spools of Green house (verigated) Signature Thread (5-Thread & Bolts,  1-Kissed quilts)

14 Bobbins- 12 passes plus 5"

It isn't perfectly spaced but I am getting better, thus the 5" part. :(

Started the project May 30, 2014

Top completed August 9, 2014

Finished Sept 24, 2014 (except binding)

Size 106"x 99"

 Extra Wide Borders to make it big enough.

I will have to spend a few evenings hand stitching the binding down.

I'm going to use the green from the backing, I think.

2014 WWVQF -People's Choice Winners

Here are all the People's' Choice Winners from the 

Walla Walla Valley Quilt Festival this year.

On Sunday- I remembered to take a few pictures of the Featured Nat'l Quilter's Quilts.

Coming Full Circle 

 Woven Dreams

 Palace Lanterns

Vertical Vision