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Dee's Attic Windows - Quilted 12/23/2019

9/25/2019

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Nov 22: Cut the batting.
Dec 05: Prepping & loading. Backing wasn't square so that was extra work.
Dec 08: Loaded.
Dec 13: Quilting. After 6 blocks were done, Intelliquilter (longarm computer) started having problems. Tried to repair things like I did on Dee's earlier Log Cabin quilt. Didn't work this time.
Dec 14: Drive wheels are worn out beyond repair. Ordered & waiting for new ones from Quilt Foundry in northern Ohio - 3 days shipping minimum. I still have time to meet the deadline Dee & I discussed -- receive by the 23rd. And so it goes.
Dec 23: Quilted. Dee decided several days ago to have me hold shipping until the 27th.

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Dee's Log Cabin - Quilted 11/25/2019

9/25/2019

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Nov 21: Dee called getting a bit anxious about her quilts. Decided to go ahead and prep this one.
Nov 22: Loading. Oops. Realized I have no Natural White thread. Ordered some. While loading, I realized I cut the batting the width of the top rather than the back. Hmm. Re-cut the batting.
Nov 23: Finished loading. Quilting. Have a couple of remnant spools with just enough thread to get started. Sewing the top border. Started having problems quilting the blocks. Put in distress call to Intelliquilter.
Nov 25: Quilting nicely. Finished the center & bottom border. Unloaded the quilt. Squared it. Reloaded sideways. Quilting the side borders as I type. Quilted.

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Fireside Puppies - Quilted 10/22/2019

9/23/2019

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Sep 23: First saw this on Sept 15. Joan: "This is Fireside Puppies and the pattern was a Henry Glass one. It used two panels that were broken down into blocks...It is very cute and a second one nearly identical would follow as these are going to go in the "kids" room -- now their guest room -- during the holidays this year."
Oct 01: Using Bam longarming pantograph.
Oct 22: Prepped, loaded, quilting, quilted.

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Haberdashery Twin

9/23/2019

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Hmm. The fabric colors is not what I expected. May have to rethink this.

Sep 22, 2019: What a Day!!! Emad is Samira's son. Samira is Munirah's sister. The sisters live together. In all of the quilt discussion going on, Emad saw the Mosaic Red/Orange fabric on the dot screen. Without further ado, he said "I want that in a (no-piece) a simple quilt with just one border 60 x 80--just big enough to share with someone on the sofa. Just like that. I found these fabrics so far. Waiting for his feedback.
Sep 26: Final selections made. Fabric is ordered.
Oct 02: This quilt just got canceled. Any one interested before I try to see if I can return the fabric? If not, I'll shorten it to a throw, add a gold inner border & enjoy. And of course use wool batting. It will be a twin to my beloved Haberdashery.
Oct 03: An order for $107.92 came in today of which I only need one $5.50 panel for Blakley's quilt. Ouch. The fabric is gorgeous. My picture does not do it justice.

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What a Day!!!

9/22/2019

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I drove to Greensboro to see a dear friend, Munirah, to work with her granddaughters planning quilts they would like. And to get one of her awesome haircuts. NO ONE else has cut my hair the way I like it, the way I feel like me, for nearly 20 years.
The moment I entered her home at 2 PM, I was greeted by, not just by Munirah, but by her sister, Samira, too. It was as if I had entered a whole new world. Awesome home. Aura of peace. Compatible sisters sharing a home. Before the girls arrived, Munirah brought out her 2013 Red & White Twister Quilt. Next thing I knew Samira was brainstorming for a quilt for her bed.
We planned quilts in that whirlwind of activity & excitement from 2-6 PM. Samira ordered pizzas. We concluded our day in fellowship around the table. I had a quiet 2 hour drive home then sat down to capture the details in writing. Five hours later, I could rest.

Eve likes unicorns, narwhals, dolphins, porpoise, etc. Oh, and purple! Sumira will help her select exactly what she wants. One fabric, when she saw it, lit her up like a Christmas tree--the purple dogwood batik I bought for the coverlet quilts. She said, with no prompting at all ... put a unicorn in the middle with this around it (border). Doubt that will work but perhaps as the backing for when/if she outgrows unicorns. She also told me she wants all of her favorites in the quilt (panels in memory quilt type layout). Hmmm. WIll be fun to see what this narrows down to...what she chooses. I'll be making renditions of all of these to show her & see what shakes out.
Blakley asked for beach fabrics because of the way the beach makes her feel. She at once loved Sea Cottage fabrics used in A Dad's Gift to Caroline made into an Easy Peasy Disappearing Nine Patch Quilt patchwork quilt. Can do a rendition in no time ... if I was not full up at the moment with deadlines.
Samira is so excited about quilts now. Each is better than the last. I think she is up to about 4,000 favorites so far. Well, may only 10 or so.
Emad, Samira's son, walked in, saw the Mosaic Red/Orange fabric on the dot screen. Without further ado, he said "I want that in a (no-piece) a simple quilt with just one border 60 x 80--just big enough to share with someone on the sofa. After I ordered the fabric, Emad decided he didn't want his quilt. (Now Haberdashery Twin.)
The big winner of the day was the Sonata pattern. I had it with me. Everyone loved it but no one chose it. Shhh! I bought the fabric over 2 months ago at Ye Olde Forest Quilt Shop after my previous hair cut. It sits quietly in my projects queue waiting on me while I am waiting on Munirah to accept it. Considering the BIG acceptance we discussed at table, this is nothing. It is just what I do when compelled.

Three by Christmas (Samira). Don't think so. Maybe a year from now. I explained the stack of quilts in the queue already planned and promised. I wonder when oh when will I actually piece again with all this planning going on. I do love planning.

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Noah's Ark Quilt - Quilted 10/29/2019

9/12/2019

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Ivory Dogwood Batik Twin - Pieced 08/30/2019. Quilted 09/02/2019. Bound 09/04/2019.

9/4/2019

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Aug 02, 2019: The fabric for the Ivory Dogwood quilts is here. I will be making two, perhaps 3.
Aug 03: The print is so much larger than I expected that I am trying to get a feel for how the quilting might look. First task--pre-wash...tomorrow. May take several tomorrows ... lol
Aug 04: The lights are washed.& ready to cut.
Aug 05: The darks are washed, not dried or pressed.
Aug 06: Working on partly custom, mostly whole cloth layout for the 2nd quilt. It will be awhile before a final plan emerges. I've been having an unusual number of "unforeseen circumstances", all good, but hard to get anything I planned done. Good thing too. Just learned my quilt recipients are enduring "unforeseen circumstances" too.
Aug 09: The last few days, I finished the washing, drying, pressing & folding all the fabrics--a good pause point. I have decided we all need to leave this alone for a while, me too. The parameters & options & decisions & life are conflicting--solve one question, three pop up in its place. There is no urgency here.
Aug 30: Pieced ready to quilt.
Aug 31: Backing is prepped ready to load.
Sep 01: Loaded. Quilting.
Sep 02: Quilted.
Sep 04: Bound.