Uneven Nine Patch Top

It's a top!

Uneven Nine Patch

42 x 49

I've been trying to empty a box of 3.5 inch strips and squares. I mentioned the other day that I had made enough Uneven Nine Patch blocks from scraps in that box for two quilts.  This is the smaller of the two quilts. I mostly used the blocks with novelty and geometric prints. 

This is the third top made from scraps in that box of 3.5 inch width strips and squares. 

From the scraps in that box so far...

1. Streak of Lightning top (blue/gray/neutrals)

2. Hollow Nine Patch top

3. This one - small Uneven Nine Patch top

And sew on...

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With a little cooler temps and lower humidity the last couple of days I've been doing lots of weeding. There is still a lot of color in the gardens. 

And sow on...

 

Snowballs - A Complete Block Set

I've been trying to empty a box of 3.5 inch width scraps and squares. One of my old Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) projects has been Nine Patches of Snowballs I will alternate Nine Patch Snowballs with dark corners and Nine Path Snowballs with light corners in the final layout. My goal has been 24 blocks with light corners and 24 blocks with dark corners. I needed 11 more blocks with dark corners in order to meet my goal. So I made them and now I have a complete block set ready for assembly. 

And sew on...

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John's mandibulectomy surgery was scheduled for August 5. Darn it all...they called today to reschedule to September 1 because Dr. is not available on August 5. Well then why did his surgery get scheduled months ago for August 5?  Now that sets everything back. After surgery he was supposed to get a heart monitor for 30 days because his echocardiogram showed moderate aortic valve stenosis.  If we had known his surgery was not until Sep. he could be wearing the heart monitor now for 30 days. Now I just have to help him stay well enough for surgery for another month.  Waiting...waiting...waiting...

I am also kind of upset because I put some gardening plans on hold. I wanted to start a lot of perennials last month so I would have them ready for planting out in September. With repotting and hardening off as part of the process I didn't figure his August surgery would allow me to sow all the perennials I wanted to and be successful. 

Well, I guess I will look on the bright side...at least he passed the presurgical evaluation and tests and is eligible for the surgery. 

 

Uneven Nine Patches - Two Complete Block Sets

I've been working on emptying a box of 3.5 inch width scraps. One of the projects I started as a Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) project was Uneven Nine Patches with wild and crazy sashing.   I only needed 47 more blocks for my goal of 122 blocks for two quilts - one with 42 blocks (6x7 layout - 42 x 49 inches) and one with 80 blocks (8 x 10 layout - 56 x 70 inches) - so I spent a little time the last couple of days making those 47 blocks. 

Now I just need to divide up the blocks for two quilts and put together a couple of tops! 

And sew on...

Using Some Aqua, Turquoise, Teal, Blue-Green Scraps

Aqua, etc. is the Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) color of the month. 

This week while playing with aqua, etc. scraps I added another round to my BIG Potato Chip. It is now 27.5 inches square. 

Buckeye Beauties

6 inch

I have been making these blocks for maybe a couple of years with whatever scraps I have in the RSC color of the month.   After I made these with aqua scraps I noticed I only needed a few more blocks to reach my goal of 108 blocks so...

...I made more blocks and met my goal. 108 blocks will make for a quilt layout of 9 x 12 blocks of 54 x 72 inches.   I happened to have some orange/black and pink/black little Four Patches made when those were the RSC colors this year. I just never got around to making the HSTs for the blocks. 

I don't think I'm going to assemble the top this month so I'll put the block set in my Some Assembly Required (SAR) bin. 

Streak of Lightning 

9 inch finished

A and B blocks

Courthouse Steps

7.5 inch finished

Uneven Nine Patches

7 inch finished

And sew on...

RSC ScrapHappy Saturday

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John had his PET-C stress test yesterday afternoon. Hopefully the results will see him fit to have his mandibulectomy surgery next month.     My stress test involved the drive into unfamiliar territory over the river and through a detour to the cardiovascular facility branch in Illinois.  

I guess the pre-surgery evaluation team is concerned that the echocardiogram they ordered showed moderate aortic valve stenosis. The reason they ordered the echocardiogram was because they were concerned about the atrial fibrillation episode he had during his April hospital stay. 

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Oh joy! 

I received a box with a beautiful bouquet of floral fabrics from Julie. I'm not sure how she could part with those! John loved looking at each piece too. 

And Sandi sent me a box of goodies too. All kinds of things from backings to batting pieces to scraps and even some roses were in there. 

I am very thankful. And my spirit has been lifted!

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I finished the last three books (17-19) of the David Wolf mystery thriller series by Jeff Carson - Echoes Fade, Silent Country and Windburn.  

It's a Finish! Orphan Gabriel

It's a finish! 

Orphan Gabriel

54 x 78

I used 58 six inch finished orphan blocks to make this comfort quilt top back in November 2025. 

I think only three of the blocks were made by me. The rest were given to me over the years by many different folks. 

For this orphan block quilt I made Quarter Square Triangles (QSTs) for the alternate block. I had a lot of yardage of the lighter green and combined that with lots of different darker green scraps to make the QSTs. 

I quilted it on my sewing machine with diagonal lines. 

There's lots of green in this one! The backing is green too. And the binding is same fabric as backing. 

And sew on...

Finished Or Not Finished Friday at Alycia Quilts

 

It's a Finish! Orphan Elroy

It's a finish! 

Orphan Elroy

42 x 42

It started with these four orphan blocks someone gave me.  The fancy blocks never seemed to go with any of the other orphan blocks I was given so one day in August 2025 I finally decided to use them as the center of a small medallion quilt. 

I'm never good at thinking of what to add for borders on medallion quilts. Nine Patches are pretty easy! I used a constant orange fabric and different green scraps to make them.  I wanted to alternate green and orange corner Nine Patches; however, I did not have enough of the orange fabric to do that. As it is I think I had to penny piece some orange fabric to have enough squares for the Nine Patches all with green corners.

I quilted it on my sewing machine using the points in the center blocks as a guide.  I also stitched in the ditch around the green striped border. 

And I happened to have a backing fabric in about the same colors as the center medallion blocks. I used the same fabric for binding. I thought when I made the top last year I made binding for this top with the same green stripe used in the top; however, I looked in the binding box and it is not there so I guess I used it on a different quilt. So thankfully I had enough of the backing fabric to make the binding. 

And sew on...

 

It's a Finish! Orphan Delilah

It's a finish! 

Orphan Delilah

42 x 56

Top was made in August 2025. I framed 12 inch finished orphan blocks received from others with black and white fabrics.   I quilted it on my Brother sewing machine with swirls.  I bound it with a black and white stripe.

I was thinking I was going to back the quilt with black and white stripe I used for the binding. I wound bobbins and threaded my machine with a light gray thread then went off to pin baste the quilt. When I went to pin baste the b/w stripe fabric I had prepared (and thought I measured before I ironed it) was not quite wide enough. Darn it! Well, I had this red fabric prepared for another quilt so used it instead of the b/w stripe. So....I am so darned mad at myself that with the change of backing I did not change the bobbin thread to red. So the backing clearly shows every place where my old fingers slipped, paused or went off course while quilting- a bumpy ride.    I guess since it is a child's comfort quilt I could always include a little toy car and say the back is a maze, a road for a car. 

And sew on...

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And these old fingers had to once again replace John's G-tube yesterday. 

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I'm glad to report that the portable air conditioner I installed is keeping the dining and living room cool! What took me so long?