Blogger's Quilt Festival -May 2014- Scrappy Quilt

IT'S Time!!!

My Favorite Online Blogger's Quilt Show HERE

I thought and thought of which category to enter a quilt into and since meeting Bonnie Hunter last year, 

I've gone totally SCRAPPY!

My Favorite Scrappy Quilt that is totally finished is:  

"Parcheezi"

(picture shows Me and the Pattern designer at a Local Quilt show)

"Gameboard" Pattern by Eddie Walker

She was inspired by two books by Kaffe Fasset and Sarah Feilke

I cut the wedges from my Blue, Tan, Cream and Brown Scraps.

The 10 degree Ruler made it easy to cut all the pieces out.

After the second class I laid them out and I thought they looked like "butterflies".

The only fabric I bought was for the setting pieces that were cut with the bottom Template. 

Eddie cut the 'templates' from an old hard cutting mat.

I worked on sewing the blocks together while I sat at the FAIR last Labor day.

Blocks stacked waiting to be trimmed and laid out.

All laid out on my Design floor.

My layout ready to sew together.

I added borders and quilted the swirls on it with my Viking 18-8

Finished 2-12-14
Size: 68" x 67"

I quilted the swirls because you have to spin the wheel before you move on a Parcheezi game.

I hope you like my Quilt and will consider it for a Nomination in the Scrappy Category.

Blogger's Quilt Festival Schedule and full Details are HERE.

May 16-23 – Linky’s Open & Nominate for Viewer’s Choice

May 24-29 – Vote for favorites in each of the categories 

May 30/31 – Winners announced

Thanks for your comments!

Blob-O-Borders

What happens when the sun comes out?  Well, even though it was cold,
 I was happy for a SUNNY Day.

 I  wanted to hang my 3 most recent Finished Flimsies out and take some good pictures to post. 

So TADA!!! count them 

#1 - Nabby's Dowry

 #2 Parcheezi

 #3 SBS Sarah's Choice Christmas Star Swap- 2009

I know I could have done something more than straight borders,

but I'm happy to put these into the TBQ (To Be Quilted) pile.

I know they have to stay as they are- just a bunch of Tops waiting to be quilted SOMEDAY!

Time to Get it DONE Again & NewFo Report

As of TOMORROW---It's NOVEMBER!
 The Clocks get turned back an hour this week-end and I'm going to enjoy that extra  hour of sleep!
These were my October 2013 Goals

1- Parcheezi- to flimsy- [almost there] Trimmed and ready to sew to flimsy - Ready for Border 

2- Midnight Flight Blocks, sew 3 more blocks- Flimsy - Ready for Borders

3- Nabby's Dowry - Flimsy - Ready for Border

4- Sept NewFO- ALOHA LUS - need to sew 10 more blocks Flimsy - need 3 more blocks

5- SBS Star Swap - Need's final border-Flimsy (I can take this one to my visit with Jennifer too.) -Not Done

6- Thank Your Lucky Stars- Flimsy- Not Done

So that makes 3 quilts- that got sewn together and are ready for the Final Borders.  

I'm not beating myself up about those other 3 quilts that didn't get to FLIMSY. 

I will find a DAY at Thread and Bolts to use the BIG cutting table for squaring the quilts ready for borders.

I had 2 NewFO's
one quilted,  one ready to quilt

"Faithful" and "Purple Pumpkin Seeds"

AND I kept up with my Loyal Union Sampler Block of the Week, too.

TOTAL= 13 Blue and White Blocks- only 108 left to make

Almost all of the 35 LUS- ALOHA blocks Finished- 3 LEFT to make.

My NOVEMBER Goals are:

 1- Borders on Midnight Flight

 2- Make Pieced Sashings for ALOHA LUS

 3- Block of the Week - Loyal Union Sampler

 I can use the sashing pieces as Leader/Enders for the Midnight Flight Border units.

Linked up to Getting it Done Post HERE and  NewFO HERE

2013 "Get it Done" September Goals/ NewFo Link-up

AUGUST 2013 Goals:

1- WW Fair Banner- NOT DONE (maybe next year)

2- Borders on Somewhere in Time- Blue CUT, but not sewn

3-Make 3 more Blocks and sew together - Midnight Flight, add Border - PARTS DONE

4- NON Quilt Related- Make Blessing dress - DONE

I didn't do as well as I thought I would on my goals but as you saw on my DWM post, I did a LOT at the Fair.

My NewFO was my Pickle Dish/Gameboard quilt that is now called "PARCHEEZI"

This was a class I started in August so it counts as a NewFO. 

 Linking up to Cat Patches HERE

I am ready to sew all the Blocks together and add the border for September. Picture shows the 9 sets of 4 all trimmed and pressed.

September 2013 GOALS:

1- Parcheezi- to flimsy

2- 3 more Midnight Flight Blocks, sew to Flimsy

3- Somewhere in Time (blue)- Borders

4- Star & Crown- Binding

Linking up HERE for Get it Done Challenge

I have Quilt guild next week and could possibly have the Flimsy tops to show.  I know that I should only show my "FINISHES".  My Sew n Vac friend told me that. I might forget if I've shown them so IF I get them to flimsy I might show them now. I'm saving the Star and Crown to 'reveal' at the Walla Walla Valley Quilt Festival.