Whoop! Whoop! 7.10.2020

I finished framing out my 16 patches. The gray frames towards the bottom blend with the white frames but I'm in a try to 'use the stash' mode.

Here it is with the frames. It ok but a little ho-hum and kinda well, drab.

So, I decided it needed a border. I thought the easiest would be to sew a few of my 2.5 inch strips together. Better, but not sure I'm sold on it! 

pattern: RWB Framed 16 Patches

In the meantime, I'm linking up with:

Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict

and 

Alycia at Finish or NOT Friday

WIP Wednesday 7.8.2020

Yeah!

The white frames were easier than the gray frames! 

Although I'm thinking about calling this quilt 'Brain Dead'...it took me until towards the end of the white frames to get into the rhythm of sewing. It's been a solid three weeks since I sewed ANYTHING. The last bit of sewing I had done were crumb blocks and you don't really need to be too precise when piecing the actual blocks!

Speaking of crumb blocks, here is the beginnings of the last blocks made in Wisconsin.

Here are the white crumb blocks with just a touch of black.

Here are my 16 patches all framed out.

pattern credit: RWB Framed 16 patch

                        (one change...my blocks are trimmed to 10.5 inches unfinished)

Linking up with:

Susan at MidWeek Makers

Design Wall Monday 6.6.2020

Well last week I was working on framing my 16 patch blocks. I was struggling with it, so I put them aside and made a few RWB masks for the holiday weekend. I decided to try and make a few with the elastic. More struggling, lol. So when DH suggested leaving for his parents' cottage earlier than planned (like Thursday after work), I jumped at the opportunity to leave my sewing struggles behind.

Here are a few of the masks. My BIL keep one...

Here is where I started today on the design wall. I had framed out one white and one grey before the holiday weekend.

Well, my struggles continue. I thought I had enough cut for 4 frames but turns out only 3 and this was the end of that particular fabric. One frame is just a hybrid of two fabrics, lol. 

I did finish out the grey frames on the blocks, although the lower blocks are lighter in color. Next will be cutting, sewing and trimming the white frames. Here is it's current  status.

Here's to hoping the white frames are not a struggle!

Linking up with:

Judy at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts

WIP Wednesday 7.1.2020

I decided to work on my 16 patches...and since they seem to vary in size, I thought I would frame them out. :) I'm planning on trimming them all to 10.5 inches.

Here are a few on my design wall.

Here are some strips waiting to be sewn into strip sets.

Oh NO! Looks like I'm one block short!

pattern info: RWB Framed 16 patches (one change...I'm making 10.5 inch blocks!)

Linking up with:

Susan at MidWeek Makers

Design Wall Monday 6.29.2020

I had two small moving boxes jammed full of leftover RWB fabric from about 13 years of QOV-ing. Yesterday I decided to tackle the easier box and today, I'm working my way through the other box. I'm ironing the fabric and then cutting it into sizes that I use the most. My sizes are 2.5 inch strips, 3.5 inch strips, 4.5 inch strip by WOF (for a new pattern I want to try!), 4.5 inch squares and 6.5 inch squares. I did find a few 5 inch squares but I elected NOT to cut more. I did manage to find a few stray FQ's, too.

Here is what I've managed to cut. I should add that if it was at least 18 inch x WOF, it went back into the yardage pile.

Also in the boxes, I found some orphan blocks. I'm going to let these marinate for a spell. I might do something with them or they might go back into the tote. Time will tell...

Linking up today with:

Judy at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts

Whoop! Whoop! 6.27.2020

Still no sewing taking place but I am inching closer...

Here is my sewing/cutting/ironing/design wall space.

Here is the long arm space. I've been oiling up the long arm, after 4 weeks of inactivity, I want to make sure there is oil on the wicks. I'm hoping to start her up on Monday and see where she is at. I really hated to move her as she was really making a fine stitch. I'm low key afraid for Monday...

I did have the opportunity to meet up with DS. He was dropping a load of mulch (or something!) to a Lowe's about 25 minutes from the house. I jumped at the chance to spend a little time while he was working and getting unloaded. Here is his big truck, as he calls it. He drives a Chevy Silverado as his personal vehicle. Hence Big Truck and 'Rado are the nicknames for his rides.

My family thinks they moved about 1,000 tons of card stock and various card/scrapping supplies so this week, I worked on change of address cards. Sorry, I only got a picture of the stack. I need to assemble a few more so I'll try to remember to snap a photo then...

I'm still riding the crumb wave from the Wisconsin house so I leave you with a few crumb pictures. The crumb wave is rapidly approaching the shore..lol!

Here are the black scraps and parts.

Here are a few of the trimmed 6.5 inch blocks.

Linking up today with:

Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict 

and 

Alycia at Finish or NOT Friday

WIP Wednesday 6.24.2020

More crumb blocks were made in Wisconsin. This is a long term project where I am collecting and storing the crumb blocks made.

Here are the red scraps and starters. 

Yes, that is a large plastic bin I store my scraps in. 😍

Here are a few of the trimmed blocks - 6.5 inches.

Linking up with:

Susan at MidWeek Makers

Happy Father's Day! 2020

My husband and son going on a bike ride a few years back having a quick driver's meeting to decide where to ride.

Here is our son when he was moving his motorcycles to Michigan summer 2018. My husband and his dad helped with the loading but I only snapped this picture of DS before Grandpa headed out with DS's prized motorcycles.

My husband and daughter getting ready to head out on a snowmobile ride. Her first one ever!

Also a quick shot of moving our daughter into her apartment summer 2019. We actually moved her in three phases!

ps. You are able to see them a little better when not all suited up...

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL!

ENJOY YOUR DAY!

Of course, here are a few more of my crumb blocks made at the old house.

Here are the purple scraps and starters.

Here are the blocks.

Whoop! Whoop! 6.20.2020

Each day I get a little closer to sewing and quilting.

My sewing closet! along with a few miscellaneous things from the old card room.

My bookshelves for patterns and books and my fabric cabinets for larger cuts of fabric! I need to unpack the books and patterns...

My cutting area! I took down and destroyed my old design wall so to the left will be a new design wall, hopefully one that will be free standing. My old one needed to be propped up.

My piecing and ironing area, I think.

Once I start sewing and moving in the area, I'll be better able to fine tune the arrangement. It's a big open space to fill up!







and what's a quilting blog post without some fabric?!

Here are the orange starters.

Here are the orange crumb blocks made at the old house.













Linking up with:

Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict

and

Alycia at Finish of NOT Friday

WIP Wednesday 6.17.2020

Oh Happy Day!

DH replaced the broken legs on my fabric cabinets with casters. It seemed like the easiest solution rather than building new legs. He also contemplated buying another set of legs but he thought that they just might break too.





The cabinets are made of particle board so he wasn't real confident that they would actually survive the moving van!

Soon, I will be able to set my fabric free from the moving boxes!

DH also re-assembled the long arm table on like, the first day here. I got the feeling that he felt the safest place for the sewing head was on the table! Now I need to find her oil drip pads and I can start working the oil through her again.





and because a post with quilty content is just boring, here are some brown crumb blocks I made while still at the old house.  :)

Here is a pile of scraps with the starters.

Here are a few blocks trimmed to 6.5 inches plus a few leftover bits.

Linking up with:

Susan at MidWeek Makers