Alexis' Quilt

Well after a few twists and turn in the project it's finally done! I'm very happy with the outcome & hope that the wee one and her family will be as well. The completed size is 48" x 48". I quite like it but don't really care for square quilts.... If I were to do this particular pattern again I would make it rectangular as they just seem to be more practical to me. But I digress.

Without further ado here is the photographic evidence:

Another FO so soon! :)

Well as it turns out I have managed to turn another UFO into an FO! :) Yay for getting in quilting / sewing time!

The FO of the hour is the crib / lap quilt from my Summer 2011 - UFO group on Ravelry. It's the 10th quilt down. I'm not entirely sure when or where the fabric came from or how it even came to be a UFO. But as it turns out it only needed a bit more more to call it an FO. I went for the birthing / pillowcase method rather than binding it. It's a pretty low quality fabric all in all & the batting appears to be an old crib size mattress cover. So I didn't want to add any nice quilting cottons onto it for that reason alone. I do quite like one of the fabrics though & maybe in another time would have tried to pull some of it off of the top and replace it with something else, but I didn't. It's real cute, it has wee people on it, they spear to be walking & the smaller ones appear to be ready to throw either a ball or a snow ball! Very cute. Also at first glance I thought that the man in the blue coat was a policeman, but upon further inspection he appears to be a businessman. I figured this would be a good quilt to try out free motion quilting, so I did a smaller stipple along both of the long sides, I like way that it looks too so that's s bonus! For the body of the quilt I did a very wavy line back and forth, also using the free motion style.

All in all I'm satisfied with the quilt..... It certainly could have been better, but what is one to do when you pull it out of a bin and it's all sandwiched together and ready to go?! I'm not sure what will come if this wee vintage fabric quilt, but I'm sure someone will enjoy it. :)

Thanks for looking!

Ta ta for now!

FO - Summer 2011 BQ

Well here It's nearly midnight and I'm making a quick post. I finally finished another quilt... It has been waiting for the binding for just over a week. I came across a pin over at Pinterest about a new to me way of doing binding. It's a great tutorial with step by step details, measurements and pictures! I was totally keen on giving it a go, so as it had turned out this quilt was ready and waiting! It's my BQ quilt. I don't have pics or links ATM but in the morning I will update with pics and links! But for now I'm just happy to have another finish to speak of ;)

Will be back in the am!
Gnight all :) I'm back with the pics as promised! They aren't very good in the color dept :( But they will have to do... Top.

Bottom corner showing new binding technique.

Folded up showing the top, binding & backing.

ETA: Links, tags & pics! :)

UFO Club - Summer 2011 List

Well It's been awhile for me for sure since I've had a true FO. Since my LO is nearly 2 it can be very challenging at times to do anything :(Including typing this post, as she's on my lap and won't stop moving around!)

I have had a small success today and have my first FO of this session to report! It's the Dolly Blankie. I Birthed / enveloped it & did a wavy kinda quiting around the outside edge & then did a circular kinda quilting staring in around the center.

The completed measurements are 18 x 13.

The pics are IPhone pics so the quality isn't the greatest :( I may try for some better ones :)

Front of the blankie:



Back of the blankie:



Thanks for looking! :)

UFO Club - Summer 2011 List

Here it is... the list. Or should I say, the admittance of the quilting UFO's / WIP's that I have hanging around here.

But before I share the list I should share why I've gather up all 12 that I could find of my WIP's / UFO's. I've decided to join the UfO Club - Summer 2011 group over at Ravelry in the Quilters Knitting group. The requirements are to post 5 WIP's/UFO's and complete at least one and encourage / cheer on the other members of the group. "Summer Session will begin July 1st. Although, sign-ups will be open through July 7th. Any qualifying UFO should be posted (with a photo in the thread) no later than September 30th." We can either post our list with pics in the thread or post them to our own blogs and then make a post in the thread sharing the link.

Here goes, hopefully I can post my list with pics! :)

Alexis' - top done - needs sandwiching (S), quilted (Q) & bound (B)
* Completed October 17th as part of Fall 2011 - UFO Group over at Ravelry.





Jodi's - top done & binding ready - needs S, Q & B




Dolly Blankie - top done - needs S, Q & B * Completed first in the UFO Group - Summer 2011 group over on Ravelry




Lap Springy Batik - top done - needs S, Q & B




Mini Springy Batik - top done - needs S, Q & B * Completed first in the Winter 2012 - UFO group over on Ravelry






Earthy Batik twin / lap - top done - needs S, Q & B




Baby Lola stack & whack - pieces cut - needs making top, S, Q & B




Bryn's leftovers - squares done - needs assembling top, S Q & B




Orange & Pink mini - squares done - needs assembling top, S Q & B




Crib / lap size - top done & layers pinned together, ready to be birthed & Q
* Completed third in the UFO - Summer 2011 group over on Ravelry.




Crib Size Trip Around World - top done - needs S, Q & B
* I ended up adding a border and birthing this quilt rather than sandwiching, quilting & binding.
* Completed Second In the Fall 2011 - UFO group over on Ravelry.




BQ baby quilt size - pieces cut - needs making top, S, Q & B * Completed Second In the UFO Club - Summer 2011 group over on Ravelry



Ooops make that 13! Almost missed one :)

Orange & Pink Split Rail twin - top done - needs S, Q & B




The list is in no particular order but the three that I hope to complete the soonest are, Alexis', Lola's & BQ.

I'm hoping to come back tomorrow (not sure if I can add to this post though after the fact) and add the couple pics that I don't have and add the pic of the cut up pieces for Lola's Quilt.

ETA: Well I seem to have figured out how to edit a previously posted post! Yay! Also while adding the two pics I have noticed that I put up the pic of the fabric before cutting for Lola's quilt. Well I will get back to this tomorrow as it's late now and amend that.

March 27/12 eta updated list

Hmmm... It sure has been awhile!

I must say it's been over a year since I did anything with this. I guess it's not really my thing. Words are not my strong point and have never been.

Maybe I'll try and use this as an area to put up my quilting projects. Being as I'm an avid Ravelry user and quite like having it as a place to keep all of my knitting projects details all together.

For now I still need to figure out this Blogger site as mine is oh so plain and the ones that I've been trolling over this evening are all so loverly!

I guess that's it. A plan in the making, to make my site easy on the eyes & to get some of my quilting goodness posted with pictures.

Well I guess tomorrow is a new day and we'll just have to see what it brings! :)

The Great Dickie

I have just completed my Pa's second Dickie also known as the sleeveless sweater.
My Pa loves a good Dickie, his mom used to keep him well stocked with them. All different of course. She made him ones with all sorts of different kinds and colors of yarn to wear for working outdoors, there were ones for when he skied and for day to day use... Oh the Dickie's she made for him were truly made with love.

He only has a couple left that she made for him before passing. There was a terrible incident with the Dickie's (it really could have been a Seinfeld episode)a few years ago that has left him with only a couple and the urge to stop strangers on the street and ask were they got the Dickie from that they are wearing.

As a very new knitter a year or so ago, I asked my Pa for one of the remaining Dickie's that my Gramma had made him before she passed. I then headed out for my weekly knitting group gathering with a plan and the Dickie in hand. I told them all about my Gramma and the Dickie's that she would knit amongst other things and asked if someone would please help me figure out how to make one for my Pa. Shannon then took the challenge (I'm sure it wasn't a very big challenge at all for her but none the less she took it) right away and there she sat with her stitch gauge and other little tools and made up a pattern for me. Making note of suggested yarn to use, stitch gauge required to get the desired outcome and so on and so forth. I was so very grateful, and happy to have Shannon as a new friend. Shannon is an accomplished knitter, being very detail oriented the pattern is just perfect!

Thanks to Shannon, now with pattern in hand I have a plan to keep him well stocked with Dickie's. I don't mind if he makes a request for the yarn color and or length of the front and back flaps. I am just happy to make them for him. He once told me that he would be happy with anything that was knit for him with love that fit properly no matter what color the yarn used was. I have no plans to make him a rainbow Dickie but if the urge ever rose to do so, I'm pretty sure that he would happily wear said Dickie :-)