I spent 3 weeks working on a customer quilt... custom work, twenty 15inch blocks, with each block uniquely quilted... and some simple feathers in the sashing and cornerstones. It seems each summer I have one big free-motion job, and this was it! I stressed over getting everything perfect, but it was worth it in the end, as the customer was very happy! My biggest disappointment is that I have been unable to take a picture that shows all the quilting that went into it.
Once that was done, I was free to get Easy Street quilted, bound and entered into the FCE Cultural Arts Competition... winning a blue ribbon! I will be entering it into the County Fair this coming weekend and it will progress to the Regional FCE competition in September.
I also completed the quilting on Matthew's Puppy Quilt... it will also be entered into the Fair competition. Then he will decide if he wants to sell it, or not, and how much to ask.
And, as if I didn't have enough UFOs to work on, I started another new project... POTC.. (I forget what the letters stand for.. will have to go back to yahoo groups and check) It is a hand-pieced elongated-hexie block swap! The swap doesn't officially begin until September, but I am working on my first one as a practice! So far, I am enjoying it!
I made a bit more progress on my Spring Wall Hanging.... fusing the daffodils and some hyacinths onto the background. The tulips and narcissus and more hyacinths are still in progress.
WORK COMPLETED IN July
.....03.....customer tops quilted (YTD 39)
.....01.....customer quilts bound (YTD 11)
.....00.....flimsy completed waiting for quilting (YTD 13)
.....02.....quilted flimsy (YTD 11 )
.....20.....hand-work hours (76 YTD )
MY PROJECTS COMPLETED THIS YEAR:
Lucky Charms wall hanging (1/21/13)
Basket Sampler Welcome wall hanging (2/15/13)
Knitted afghan (3/20/13)
Scrap Mania quilt (3/19/13)
Orange/Blue Jelly Roll quilt (3/18/13)
Hope Academy Banner (3/27/13)
Jaxson's quilt (3/22/13)
Baltimore Album (4/5/13)
Civil War Snowball (4/5/13)
Big Brother Quilt (5/7/13)
Easy Street (7/22/13)
Matthew's Puppies (7/25/13)
Projects Waiting to be Quilted
Sloanie Christmas Star Swap
Floribunda
Projects in Progress
Spring Wall Hanging....backing prepared. preparing flowers for applique, some fused to backing
Disappearing 4 patch...blocks are completed, ready for assembly
Sweet & Sassy.....9 blocks completed, sashed and quilt corner assembled
Becky's Barn basket wall hanging...4 blocks completed, assembly to be decided
Novelty Quilt... blocks cut, need assembly
Happiness Key...background complete, needs applique/embroidery
Floral & Pinwheels.... made 4 pinwheels then renamed.... Florals&9patch
POTC... a hand-pieced hexie swap project.
Bonnie Projects in Progress
.....01.....cheddar bowties blocks hand-pieced (YTD 1 of 81) ... (81 of 162 in 2012)
.....00.....cheddar bowtie rows stitched (YTD 0 .... 9 of 18 in 2012)
...done....Orca Bay Step 1 hourglass blocks made (YTD 49 plus 21 in 2012) total 70 of 112
....done...Orca Bay Step 2 3.5in string blocks made (completed in 2012 )
....done...Orca Bay Step 3 2in HSTs (YTD 55 plus120 in 2012) total 175
.....done..Orca Bay Step 4 5.5in string blocks (YTD 08 plus 24 of 32 in 2012) total 32
.....done..Orca Bay Step 5 cut 350 triangles and stitch to part 3 to make winged triangles (175 of 175)
.....00.....Orca Bay Step 6 cut 2.5in squares and assemble Ohio Stars (0)
.....00.....Orca Bay Step 7 make flying geese (0)
..done.....Floribunda Blocks assembled into flimsy and ready to quilt!
..............Talkin Turkey..... 2 blocks complete plus parts
..............Midnight Flight....1 block complete plus parts
..............Winston Ways... 2 blocks complete plus parts
..done....Easy Street is now assembled into flimsy and ready to quilt
