Finally making progress

I finally got the binding sewn on that large 16 patch quilt. I still need to sew the mitered corners, but that won't take more than an hour. I will get it trimmed, pressed, then hand sew the binding this weekend while watching football.

I laid out all the 16 patch baby quilts tops to see how many I had. Here are seven baby sized and one lap top

plus two baby tops on the design wall.

I was digging around and found quite a pile of batting pieces. Before I start pin basting the baby quilts, I am going to piece these batting pieces together and use them for these baby quilts.

Have a great weekend!

Binding and UFOs

I have had a couple long days so when I got home I haven't felt much like doing anything. I did get the binding cut and some of it sewn and pressed. Tonight I plan on getting it sewn on the quilt after I pin it.

Vicki of Colorways by Vicki Welsh had posted recently her goal of getting her UFOs down to 10 by the end of the year. I haven't' been very good about keeping track of what was on my UFO list so I decided to look at it this morning. I had taken pictures of the projects, printed them out, and hung them on a door next to the studio. I was surprised that I got to cross off two items as they are now WIP and one item was just crossed off.

I am down to 10 items and I would love to knock off one or two more, but I don't think that will happen by the end of the year. If I don't get all those baby quilts done they will end up being added to the UFO list. I could start a WIP list - no, I don't need another list to manage! LOL!! I have the double wedding ring quilt to finish too. I am just glad I got to cross off the pictures of piles of fabric ends that have and are getting turned into quilts - the homespun is used up, the flannel pieces are mostly used up and all I have are a few scraps and blocks, and the African pieces are also mostly used up.

16 patch baby quilt tops

I was not feeling that great this weekend as I have a bit of a cold coming on, but I still managed to get the laundry and grocery shopping done. Then I got most of the 16 patch blocks sewn into baby quilt tops.
number one

number two

number three

and number four

I ended up with 18 blocks left. I will set those aside for now. I will either use them for doggie quilts or make 12 more blocks to get enough for a baby quilt.

I only managed to figure out what color of Kona I am going to use to bind that big 16 patch quilt.

So I guess my plans for the week is to get the binding on the big 16 patch quilt then start pin basting all those baby quilts.

Weekend goals

On my list is to turn these blocks into baby quilt tops

and to get the binding on this quilt which has been done for a number of months. It is for my nephew and his wife. It is the quilt that got me started on the 16 patch venture!

Have a great weekend!

Now where was I?

I remember now! LOL!!! The 16 patch blocks! Now that the design wall was empty I put back the two 16 patch baby quilts I had laid out before I started on the pink flannel quilt.

Thanks for all your lovely comments about the pink flannel quilt. The husband of the woman I made the quilt for was surprised and said his wife would love it.

While at the hospital yesterday I took a picture of the steel mounting that is on the ceiling of the operating rooms we are building. This is where the robots will be mounted. There are two of these in each room. That is some serious steel. We are building 4 new OR's and remodeling two other ones. These are things you don't think about. It is amazing how much goes into building an operating room! Next week they start the terrazzo floors.

14th finish for 2019

Yeah, I got the pink flannel quilt done last night. It is 72" x 84". I wasn't liking this quilt that much, but once I got the darker binding on it, that made me come around.

I will deliver it today and then it is back to the 16 patch baby quilts after I clean up the studio. It is a real mess right now from all the little nips of flannel I cut off the seams.

Weather wise where I live in NE Ohio we maybe got 2" of snow. Right now the sun is shinning and it is a bit colder than usual for this time of year - 15 degrees. Whew, it had finally cooled off! LOL!!!

A bit more done

I had a busy night last night so I only managed to get the binding on the other two sides and the mitered corners sewn.

Between a phone call and texts I was busy! I will not have any problem finishing the binding tonight so I can deliver it Wednesday. I will machine sew the binding down, sew on a labe, and it will be done.

We got a little bit of snow, but nothing to get excited about. The weather people kept on and on about it like the end of the world was coming. My ornamental grass has been bent over by the weight of the wet snow.