2013 – Page 7 – Kelly's Kwilts

Ironing Station Finished!

I’m absolutely thrilled with how this looks finished! I put about 4 layers of cotton batting on before I put the fabric on. I decided to use one of my favorite patterns, Equinox by Blank Textiles, since I had a bolt of this bright pink that I haven’t used up yet. I think it’ll hide a lot of the dirt, and if it doesn’t I can always put something else on it! I probably could have done this cheaper by getting a shelving unit for $20-30, but I already use these storage tubs and cubes in my office. It made sense to expand the space for the tubs. Total I spent under $200 for the cubes and plywood. The batting and fabric was already here and I didn’t need to buy any. I think I emptied half of my batting tub on this! I was going to use some hi-loft poly batting, but thought it might melt and I should use cotton instead. I can’t wait to start using it!

Hexagon Diamonds

I’ve mentioned a few days this week that I was going to concentrate on my hexi diamonds. I’ve decided that with some extra borders this quilt should be large enough to fit on the bed in our RV. So I have 6-8 weeks to get it done, because that’s when we get the RV! I already know that I will do simple quilting, a line through the center of each “row”, might not make sense now, but it will later! I started attaching the diamonds to each other last night, I think I’ll put them all together before I start working on making more diamonds. I have all the diamonds and half diamonds kitted up, can’t wait to see what some of them look like finished! Today is HeLP for Hexie-aholics day over at sarah did it!, go take a look at what everyone is posting!

Cavs Cross Stitch Update

Well I did it, I finished the first page! As I think I said before I’m putting this aside for a little while to work on my hexagon diamonds. I’ve been kitting more diamonds and I really like some of the combinations I have setup. So back to the cross stitch, I only have 14 pages left to do, lets hope they go as fast as this one did! The back looks terrible with all the confetti, but that’s ok since no one will see it once it’s framed!

Wiggly Whimsy Quilt

Well I have everything cut out and ready to go on the Wiggly Whimsy quilt for the QAL over at Terry’s Treasures. I’m thrilled I got everything cut out using the black fabric I bought since I stole most of it for the Dear Jane Siggie quilt. It’s unbelievable how quickly I cut it all out using my Accuquilt Go. I was so glad I bought the machine and even more glad that I got the 2.5″ multiple die. So now I’m ready for the next step in February, can’t wait to start putting this one together now!

Late Night Update

I’m waiting for the end of the Cavs game, I just have to finish watching it before bed! I just spent the evening working on cutting 2.5″ squares for the Wiggly Whimsy quilt and using those same fabrics for kitting up more diamonds for my hexi diamonds quilt. I only need 9 more kits of diamonds and everything will be ready for the whole quilt. Well, not the whole quilt because I will still need to get more black for the pathways between the diamonds. I’ve decided that I’m going to put the Cavs cross stitch away for awhile (once I finish the page) and concentrate on the hexi diamonds quilt for awhile. I’m also figuring on this being a good choice for taking camping, since everything is already kitted up it’ll be nice to work on at night or even during the day if we aren’t doing anything else.

The directions for the Wiggly Whimsy quilt say to cut a charm square into quarters so you’ll have 4 of the same squares in the quilt. I’ve taken that to an extreme and I’m only using 1 piece in the quilt. I will not have any matching 2.5″ squares in the quilt. I’ve got 130 sitting here, I just need to find 18 more unique squares. I think I’ll be able to pull from my 4.5″ cut squares to find what I need and I won’t need to cut into my yardage. I absolutely love that I was able to cut so many fabrics tonight using my Accuquilt Go – I never would have been able to get all this done just using the rotary cutter. I have TONS of black to cut for this quilt, not sure if I’ll work on that tomorrow or not. But I will definitely be finishing off the colored squares.

Hubby did help me get the cubes put together, his part was easy putting the casters on. We checked in the garage and garage attic and don’t have any pieces of wood large enough to use for the top, I’ll need to go to Home Depot this week and have a piece cut.

No pictures tonight, I’ll take some of my 148 colored 2.5″ squares tomorrow when they are all cut.

Ironing Station

Well, my order from Joann’s showed up late last week and I got the cubes put together. Need hubby’s help to put the casters on and we need to see if we have a piece of plywood we can use for the top or if we need to buy one. I’m really hoping we have a piece that we can use and that I can get hubby to help me get this finished. I have lots of left over batting and I need to pick some fabric to use. I think I’ll use some of my brown equinox fabric – not a lot of things I use it on since it’s a weird brownish color. No pictures yet, everything is spread out in my office. I’ll get some as soon as it’s all together though!

No sewing or stitching was done this weekend, it was such a nice weekend weather-wise that we took Alex to the park on Saturday morning. He loved playing on the equipment, looking at the geese and then we went walking on a bridle trail. He did not want to turn around and go back to the car! Needless to say he slept quite well that afternoon! I think the fact the he likes the outdoors is a big plus because we bought an RV yesterday! Spent 6 hours at the RV show and decided on one that has 4 bunk beds! Have to wait 6-8 weeks for them to build it and we cannot wait to go camping! Never thought I’d say it though! My idea of camping is A/C, heat, kitchen, bathroom – not tents!!! Oh and now I need to make a queen sized quilt for our bed!!!

I hope to have an update on the Cavs cross stitch soon, I’m working on filling in the white letters now.

New BAP Cross Stitch

Last summer someone had posted on a Facebook group an awesome NFL logo cross stitch that they had received as a gift (the pattern) and said that she got it from ncaasportsoutlet.com (site is now down). This site had NFL, NBA, etc charts for all the teams. I bought Miami Heat, Cleveland Browns and Cleveland Cavaliers charts. So I kitted up the Cleveland Cavs one and had to wait for months to start it because I needed to get Christmas presents done first. So December 29th I started working on it. I’ve been taking pictures every night that I work on it because it’s really cool to see the changes from day to day. I’m currently just about done with the first page (actually page 8 since it’s in the middle). You can see the pictures larger if you click on them.

Stats:

Started 12/29/2012
62,208 total stitches (288 x 216)
16″ x 12″
18 count white aida (cut 22″ x 18″)
15 pages in the chart
45 colors

12-30-12

12-31-12

01-01-13

01-03-13

01-07-13

A Dear Jane Finish!

No, I didn’t finish my Dear Jane quilt. But I did finish my Dear Jane Siggie Quilt! It was really nice seeing the piles of blocks before dinner. I was really concerned that I was missing 2 of the siggie blocks so I sent a note to the group this morning and found that there were most likely only 48 sent to us. I’m thrilled! Unfortunately I had to change the design just a little, one less column and 1 extra row, but I was able to use all the 9-patches I had already started. I used the Bonnie Hunter method of joining the blocks into rows and I have to say that sewing them together was so easy! I didn’t have to worry about getting blocks in the wrong place. I had hubby hold it up so I could get a picture, I think something might be wrong with my camera because the picture is a little blurry, but I might have been trying to take the picture too fast. I just know it’s done and I’m almost ready for the meeting tomorrow! Just need to do a sign up sheet and start working on the details.

Blocks waiting to be sewn into rows

Top half completed

Completed Quilt!

So Excited!

I saw this on someone’s blog and pinned it on Pinterest so I could find it later. I told hubby recently that I wanted to make one because my ironing board SUCKS and is probably 20 years old (inherited it when hubby and his brother moved out of the apartment). He was in my office the other day and we talked about it and he asked me if I could just put it on top of my Super Satchel Cubes. I have my printer on top of the 2 sets (2 on top of each other) that I have now so we had said we’d order more next month after he gets paid. I went looking at prices from the 2 stores I know sell them and found out that Joann’s has a sale going on and they were 40% off! So I ordered them yesterday, using a free shipping coupon from the iPhone app, and they should be here in a week or so. Then we’ll just need to get the plywood and batting and I’ll be all set with a new ironing station and a bunch more storage! Which is fine since I wanted to get some more storage boxes anyway, I love the ArtBin Storage boxes. It might also help me get some stuff off my sewing table and put away!

Dear Jane Siggie Quilt Update

I have to say that I’m loving working on this quilt. Over the weekend I started cutting the strips for around the siggie blocks and started putting those together, after I cut them all down to 5″. I’m doing a lot of chain piecing on this quilt because it makes it so much faster! On the siggie blocks I put the top piece on (1.25″ x 5″) all of the blocks. Then after pressing I added the next side (1.25″ x 5.75″) – log cabin style. I have the 3rd side cut out already and I’m planning on adding that this afternoon while Alex naps. I hope to cut out the 6.5″ side and get that added on this afternoon too, it’ll depend on how long he naps. Then I’ll need to cut out some more 2.5″ black squares with my Go to finish the alternate blocks. Boy are those easy to chain piece too! I saw on Bonnie Hunter’s site once how she will sew together the first 2 blocks in each row, leave them connected together then add the next piece on. Then everything for 1 block is together. I was flying through those blocks this weekend! I have 15 done and 34 to go as soon as I get the black cut out. I really want this done before Thursdays meeting. If I get enough done I’ll be back later, if not tomorrow!