One Block Wonder Class

I taught a One Block Wonder class yesterday.  There were five students and completely different fabrics being used.  I love seeing how they turn out.

It is really going to be fun to see these as they get finished.  Can’t wait.

Melinda

Last Day of the Quilt Show

The show closed last night.  It was a great show.  One of my final jobs for the show was to organize giving all the quilts back to their owners.  Lynda and I had a great group of volunteers that helped us and we were done ahead of schedule.  Of course there were a few people who were late, including one who completely forgot she was supposed to pick her quilt up.

There about 20-25 quilts that were shipped to me and they also came home with me.  I will package them up early in the week and get them ready to ship back.  Most of them came via UPS and there is a prepaid shipping tag to put back on the packages.  I will then call UPS to pick them up and my job will finally be over for this show.

Here a photos of some of the One Block Wonders that were in the show.  I somehow missed taking a a photo of Brian’s beautiful quilt.

Melinda

One Block Wonder Class

On Saturday we had a One Block Wonder class.  There were 10 students in the class with very different fabrics being used.  Two people were using panels while the others were using yardage.

Here are the blocks.

I can’t wait to see the finished quilts.

Melinda

More UFOs–Numbers Four, Five and Six

Getting closer to having my list of eight UFOs ready.  Here are numbers 4, 5 and 6.

Number 4 – This is a quilt from more than 10 years ago.  It was a Bag Lady kit and is almost finished.  Somehow some of the rail fence blocks got sewn on incorrectly and I had to take some of the blocks apart.  It still needs to have a couple of rows added at the end, and a few blocks turned in the last two rows that were already sewn to the quilt.  I have the borders in the box with the quilt pieces so think I will just need to find a back, get it quilted and bound.

Number 5 – This is an accidental variation of the double slice pattern by Missouri Star quilt shop.  I did it from memory and my memory wasn’t working that day.  Anyway, I still like it and know I have some of the black scissor fabric around for border or binding.  I need to look for it and put it with the quilt top.

Number 6 – This green and brown quilt was made as a shop sample several years ago and hung in the shop off and on for quite a while.  I think the binding is already made so I guess I will go on another treasure hunt and attempt to locate it. As I remember the binding is the diagonal stripe.

OK  - only two more UFOs to find and commit to.  One will be the Halloween OBW.  The bad tension quilting still needs to be taken out and redone.  Not my favorite thing to do but it needs to be done.

That leaves one more to decide on.  I will go looking and see if I can decide on which one to do.

Melinda

One Block Wonder Quilts

Two of my students stopped by the store today and shared their OBW quilts from the last class.  First here is Brian’s – he still needs to quilt it but it looks great.

Chris had hers quilted and bound.

Love seeing finished (or almost finished) quilts, especially from one of my classes.

Melinda

Design Wall Monday–October 13, 2014

Yet more OBW blocks on my design wall.  I took the rest of the blocks to Bonnie Hunter club at Tiny Stitches yesterday and got all these made.

After the meeting, I brought them home and put them on my wall and here they are will all their friends.

After putting them up, I still have enough triangles to make 19 more hexies.  Hopefully I can get these done soon so I can get to the fun part of deciding how to put the quilt top together.

We spent a lot of time talking about the new mystery colors and most of us have decided to use colors close to Bonnie’s selections.  Should be a lot of fun but a long way to wait until we get the first actual clues after Thanksgiving.

For more design walls, go to Patchwork Times.

Melinda

Marti’s One Block Wonder

Marti was at Quilt Till You Wilt yesterday with the center of her OBW finished.  She still needs to add borders but it is really looking good.

I can’t wait to see others from the class.

Yet Another One Block Wonder

At the OBW classes, I took yet another piece of fabric and got it pinned for a third OBW.  I can’t seem to stop looking at fabric in a whole different way.  Here is the one after the Halloween quilt.

I can’t wait to see what this looks like cut up.

Melinda

One Block Wonder Classes

I taught two classes yesterday – what wonderful quilts these are going to be.  Here are a few blocks from most of the students.

Can’t wait to see the finished quilts.

Melinda

Halloween Panel

I have had several questions about the panel I used for my Halloween OBW.  It is this years panel from Deb Strain by Moda.

I am going to put this on the back so I will be able to show everyone where the blocks came from. 

I started quilting the other OBW but ran out of time because I had to meet friends to go downtown to a lecture by Kaffe Fassett.  We had a great time (except for the extreme cold from excessive air conditioning).  After the lecture we went out to dinner so no more quilting last night.

I plan to finish the OBW today, in time for class tomorrow.  Hopefully I will get the binding done also.

Melinda

Halloween OBW Progress

I have been working on the Halloween One Block Wonder quilt top.  This has been a lot of fun.

Here are all the blocks up on the wall in no order.

Here they are on the bed in perhaps the final order.

Here are the first three rows sewn together.

This is going to be a really fun quilt.

Melinda

Design Wall Monday–September 22, 2014

Today on my design wall I have more One Block Wonder blocks.  After completing all the hexagons for the first quilt, I started thinking about the panel challenge that the Atlanta Modern Quilters Guild is focusing on.  Simple rules – make something from a panel.  I realized that the repeat on my fabric for the current OBW is 24 inches and that is what the width of the average panel is.  I decided to see what happens if you stack up six identical panels and cut them up.  This is what I have so far.

Interesting!  I have about 6-10 more hexagons to make before I try to arrange them.  This should be fun!  I bought an extra panel to put on the back of the quilt so you will be able to see where the blocks are coming from.  When I get the top together, I will post a photo of the panel for comparison. I am having a great time playing with them.

I plan on quilting the first OBW tonight so it will be ready for the class on Thursday.  This one will still be in process so students can see how it is put together.

For more design inspiration, go to Patchwork Times.

Melinda

One Block Wonder

Here is my One Block Wonder quilt.  I added the borders after I took the photo and hope to get it quilted after work.

I am teaching a One Block Wonder class on Thursday so just got this done in time.

Melinda

Design Wall Monday–September 15, 2014

I am starting to sew together my OBW.  Here it is laid out on my bed.

Here it is from the side.

After talking the photos, I started sewing the blocks together.  I just got two rows done before it was time to meet my friends for breakfast.

Looking good so far.

For more design walls, go to Patchwork Times.

Melinda

Design Wall Monday–September 8, 2014

Still working on my OBW – more progress but still a lot more to make.

They are just stuck up on the wall, lots of rearranging to do when they are all made.  It is so much fun to see each one and how it turns out.

I did finish a quilt also.  This pattern is called Split Decision and the fabric line is Elementary by Sweetwater.  I love everything they have designed.

It has wool batting so the texture of the quilting really shows up.

For more design walls, go to Patchwork Times here.

Melinda

One Block Wonder First Blocks

Here are the first six blocks I have made.  This is so much fun and there are dozens more ready to sew.

Melinda

One Block Wonder

I am making a One Block Wonder for the shop.  Here is the fabric I am starting with.

At the Atlanta Modern Quilters Guild sew-in last night I got all the triangles cut.

Now for the fun part – starting to piece the hexagons.  I can’t wait!

Melinda