Monday, April 4, 2011

Design Wall Monday

I've been very busy this week, completing a few quilt centers and even starting another project.  First up is my Zigzag 9 which is part of scrap quilting club.  This top is due at the April meeting and I actually got it ready 3 weeks early.  Last week I sewed the blocks into rows.  This week I pressed the rows, make a few corrections (ripping) and now have a quilt top.  I do plan to add a couple of borders although not required by the pattern.

Then I pin basted the quilt I would like to have completed by the end of the month.

The majority of my time this week was spent machine embroidering the blocks needed to finish Bloomin' Flowers.  I even have the entire center sewn and the 2nd pieced border is ready.  I selected fabrics as I made blocks and am so happy with my UNplanned quilt.

I was blessed this week and received 3 Accuquilt GO! dies in the mail! They are Dresden Plate, Double Wedding Ring, and Robbing Peter to Pay Paul.

Of course I couldn't let them all sit in the packages.  I decided to make the sample project included with the die, four rings, to test the die cutting accuracy (see if I need to use paper or not) and ease of piecing.  I got a few units cut and laid out on the design wall.  Hopefully I can get this top sewn this week.

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12 comments:

  1. Your Zigzag 9 quilt top sparkles!

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  2. Love them all..the ZZ top is wonderful in the greens. Tell me about the unplanned top. Are those appliqued flowers?

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  3. I especially like your unplanned quilt...you must like it too, because it is coming together so quickly...lots of hours in that one already!

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  4. love the zig zag qult, very pretty. What fun to have new Dies!! I am still happy playing with tumblers and half square triangles on mine but will have to pick up a few more dies soon.

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  5. You have some great project there but I especially love the zig zag quilt.

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  6. As always, you have so many fun things going. Have fun with your new dies.

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  7. I had to jump to your design wall when I saw the picture of your unplanned quilt...awesome...as are all the quilts you've been working on. I enjoy seeing your progress.

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  8. Love the zig zag 9 and I would love to try that one. The flower quilt is lovely, too. The more I see of the die cutting machine the more I am tempted and the double wedding ring is one of my fav's but to cut it out with a template, ugh.

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  9. The applique quilt is my favorite of what you are working on.

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  10. Your Bloomin Flowers is so nice and bright, love it. And I am so envious of your GO and dies.

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  11. You make me wish I had a GO! Love your quilts.

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  12. Wow! Great projects, all so different. If I had to pick a favorite, I think it would be the UNplanned quilt, but your GO project looks pretty cool too!

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