Showing posts with label Circles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Circles. Show all posts

Monday, February 10, 2014

Happy New Year and Happy 100!


Did you realize this is our 100th post?  Here’s to the next 100!   Speical thanks to Ruth for guilting us into a few of those to get us into the habit.
I have to say, I do a pretty horrible job with quilt photography.  It is always a last-minute recordkeeping task rather than something that is likely to turn out to be a quality photo.  I wanted to review what I’d accomplished sewing-wise in 2013 and decided that a blog post with a few photo collages might be the best way for me to remember what exactly I’d spent my time on last year.  It turns out that I am even less proficient with photo collages so you’ll have to bear with me.  This was only my second turn at it and, again, I put function over form.  Here goes.

 I made a few crafty things last year as well as a few projects that only made it to the block or flimsy stage.  I didn't bother to include the 20 pillowcases I made for Brady's birthday party.


 



I was surprised to see how many charity quilts I finished.  Some of the things that helped me in that area were the Wildwood charity sewing day, digging through Dianne’s leftovers, and a more realistic review of some of my stash (cut up those flannels and big prints I’ll never use!).



These are all of my finishes that were given to family and friends.  I’ve decided that it is silly for all of these tops to be hanging in the closet instead of on beds.  The biggest challenge is that I seemed to really enjoy making queen sized tops for the first few years.  I’m slowly and steadily working through the pile, though, and I’m using up quite a few yards for backs, too.


I managed to keep up with some of the challenges this year, too.  Thankfully, these are small pieces.


Fellow Divas, I hope you are getting your fabric together and revving your engines in preparation for the Jelly Roll Race on February 22.  It’s always a crowd pleaser and, of course, everyone gets a specially chosen prize!

Sunday, May 27, 2012

A finish

I finished the binding on the spider web quilt this week. It was a long week with not much sewing going on. I had this quilted but didn't get to the binding.
I am happy with this little quilt. I love the colors and the pattern and plan to make more blocks in the same colors for a larger quilt.
I ended up quilting in the ditch over ever single seam although that was not my original intention. I am glad I did because it is nice and flat and SQUARE, really square. I consider this a circle quilt because an octagon is kind of a circle with flat sides. Right?

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Spiderweb

As if one circle to think about isn't enough. I started looking for something I had saved in my favorites and came across Bonnie Hunter's tutorial on Spiderweb blocks. I made this one after dinner.  I think maybe I will make one every other day. I really don't have time to do this right now as I have things I need to get done by this weekend. I rationalize that it is OK because when the blocks are set block to block they form a CIRCLE. I am pondering my other circle on my design wall.

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Welcome

Welcome to our blog. We are a group of quilter who have been meeting for a few years sometimes monthly sometimes more or less randomly. We started when a few people decided to get  together and work their way through the "Quilters Playtime" book by Diana Hire. It was appropriate that we started with this book because that is the way we view our time together. We share our quilting skills and experience and our life struggles and joys. We have a good time getting together and we always have wonderful  lunches.

We are currently working on a circle theme, which everyone is free to interpret their own way. There are only a few rules and there was some talk about being able to disregard one rule.

Lori

Kathy
These are a few of the circles that were worked on today. My photography is even worse than usual but hopefully soon there will be posts with picture from our other members.

Lynn's inspiration piece.

Fran


I worked on getting some freezer paper templates for some small "Rosies" to go with this that I brought along for input on my background. None of the things I had thought of using worked as well as suggestions from other members so I will  be shopping on Monday.