A few more finishes

Okay, I forgot to take a final photo of this quilt.  It's a charity quilt for hospital use in the preemie ward.  They need basic quilts that can be washed a lot.  I used my Asian themed charm packs for this one.

I quilted the African Inspired Card Trick quilt.  It was one of the scrap quilting club projects.  The pattern is from All People Quilt. 

Instant Karma was made for a great niece who wanted an orange, pink and purple quilt.  Weird color combination but it does reduce the family quilts I need to make.  It should be less than ten now; I need to check the list.

Made the small tumbler changing pad/quilt for my step-daughter.  She's have a baby in February but the shower was today. Of course the tumblers were cut from my Accuquilt die cutter.  If you need a tutorial, visit my tutorial tab.

And the final quilt in this post is Jitter Buzz, a retreat project I started in February 2009.  I sometimes think of it as the quilt from hell as the directions were not correct when I was piecing the top.  I'm just glad that it's done and I really like it.

Don't forget that tomorrow is the last day to enter the drawing.  See previous post for instructions.  Also, I have one more quilt I completed but need to clip a few threads and sew the label.

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Design Wall Monday

What's old is new again.  That's seem to be so true with quilt making.  I had a guild member ask me if I knew about the tessellating pinwheels quilts made with the new Twister ruler.  Since I'd previously taught the pinwheels class a few times, I knew of the technique which is the same technique as Square Dance by Martha Thompson.  

 That reminded me of the quilt I made in 2004, Tessellating Pinwheel based on the technique.

Back then I wanted to make this quilt in queen size.  I collected squares as I cut scraps during the last 6 years, but never got around to making the quilt.  I've used the squares for other projects, but not for the intended use.  So I got the squares and made a small block to test the directions since it's been so long.  I got addicted and made 8 blocks.  I then decided to make a larger panel.  I haven't cut it out yet, but I now have a start on a queen size quilt even though its not exactly how I thought the design would be.  That's okay as the whole point here is to enjoy the process.

 This must have been the week for experiments because I made a few Arrowhead Blocks using Anita Grossman's technique in the Nov/Dec10 issue of Quiltmaker magazine.  It's a really cool way to make these blocks.  It must be some kind of "good scary" thoughts rolling around in Anita's head.  If you haven't seen the technique, please get the magazine and try it.  It's amazing how these blocks are created.

 I finished the top for my African Inspired project.  The only deviation from the pattern was to use traditional card trick blocks in the border corners.  I had so much fun working with the African prints in my collection that I definitely can't wait for the next quilt that I'll make using those fabrics.

 I finished sewing all the leftover pieces from cutting my Drunkard's Path quilt.  I'll put them up with some other crumb blocks I have around here.  One day I'll make a very interesting crumb quilt.

 I also have 10 of 30 Pineapple Nine Patch blocks pieced.  I'll leave this on my design wall so I will not push this project to the side, again.  I really want all the fabric pieces laying around here into a completed top.

Other than throwing the family Halloween party and handing our 95 bags of candy to trick or treaters, that's how my week went.  To see how other quilters spent their week, visit Patchwork Times.
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Design Wall Monday

I worked diligently and got my string blocks I started and mentioned last week all sewn.  What did I do with them you say?  Glad you asked, LOL.  I made them into this Drunkard's Path quilt.  It's part of my Just String Series of quilts that I use for workshops and lectures.  I did mention that more curve quilts would be shown soon.  These blocks were cut with plastic template rulers and they are 7" finished.  If you'd like to see more string quilts, see my post yesterday as string quilts were assigned to my scrap quilting club and we had the "big" reveal.

 I just couldn't stand to throw away the left over pieces from cutting the drunkard's path quilt that I started sewing them into these crumb units.  It was really fun but did remind me that it takes a little time and patience to build crumb blocks.  I'm still working on these and I have no specific project in mind.  I'll just add them to my collection of crumb units I already have on hand.

 This photo shows what I still have left of the project to sew into something.  I'm very proud that I'll end with very little wasted fabric; not that fabric is a shortage around here...

 This quilt, African Inspired, is the assignment given to the scrap quilting club yesterday.  It's a take on the "old fashioned" card trick block.  I decided to utilize some of the "African" influenced fabrics I've been collecting for years during my travels to Paducah, KY - Nashville, TN - and Houston, TX.  I used 35 different prints in the blocks and I didn't even get to touch all the African fabrics in my collection.  I still need to decide on my border for this one.  Yep, this photo decided to turn on it's side.

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