It's A Finish! Wonky Windmills

 

It's a finish! 

Wonky Windmills

56 x 72

I started making the blocks in 2023 as a Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) project. Each block is made with rectangles 4.5 x 5 inch - two each of the background and other fabric. Then they are stacked right side up, cut and shuffled and then sewn together. 

In August 2024 I decided to see how many blocks I had and how many comfort quilts I could make from all the blocks I made from scraps up to that point.  I divided blocks into four piles -- novelty, geometrics, florals and pink/black.  

In August of this year I assembled the top. 

I quilted it on my DSM with swirls of gray.

I used up a lot of scrap chunks of gray for three backgrounds. 

I bought a bolt of black and white crazy daisies to use as the backing for several quilts. This is quilt #3 and I have enough for another one with a little bit left over. 

And sew on...

Finished or Not Finished Friday at Alicia Quilts

It's A Top! Orphan Justine

It's a top!

Orphan Justine

36 x 48

For this orphan block quilt I picked orphan blocks in a similar color range- mostly orange, yellow and purple.

If blocks did not finish at 12 inches I framed them so they did. All of these orphan blocks came from other folks. Some were small blocks I put together to make a 12 inch block like the Double Nine Patch and the framed Buckeye Beauty block. 

And sew on...

It's A Top! Orphan Ignatius

 

It's a top! 

Orphan Ignatius

36 x 41

This orphan block quilt is a row quilt. For this one I picked out orphan blocks with some black in them. 

Then I arranged them in rows by size. 

And sew on...

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It has been getting cold. I have been doing a little winter sowing of seeds that need cold stratification. Later in the year I will winter sow in pots and milk jugs set outside on the deck. Spring seeds is the only way I can afford all of the flowers I want in my gardens. 

And sow on...

It's A Top! Orphan Heidi

It's a top!

Orphan Heidi

40 x 60

I had a difficult time taking a photo yesterday because it was so cold and windy. This is another orphan quilt. One orphan block is mine and the rest came from other folks. For this quilt I chose fifteen 8 and 8.5 inch unfinished blocks. I framed them in different blue scraps so they finished at 12 inches. Then I made a column quilt with a blue multicolor fabric washing between the rows. 

And sew on...

 

It's A Top! Orphan Gabriel

It's a top! 

Orphan Gabriel

54 x 78

For this quilt I used 58 six inch orphan blocks. I only made a few of the blocks. Most have been given to me by others. 

I made Quarter Square Triangle (QST) blocks for an alternate block. 

I don't have yards of a lot of different fabrics so my choices were limited as to what to use in the QSTs. I have quite a bit of that lighter green I have used for backings so decided to use that and a variety of darker green scrap chunks to make the six inch QSTs. 

I learned through trial and error a long time ago that when I use QSTs as an alternate block it is best to use an uneven number of blocks in rows and columns so the same block appears in all four corners for a more balanced look.

And sew on...

 

What's In The Hoop?

 

I finally, now that it is cooler, have something in the hoop again for hand quilting. I am big stitching on Waffle Cone Roses, a top I finished back in December 2021. It is another quilt for my collection of quilts featuring rose fabrics. 

In the big print rose sections I am using a stencil and pounce pad to mark. I am not sure yet if that will be enough quilting for those sections. I will decide if I need to add more after I finish quilting more sections. 

There are several large triangular sections. I'm not sure yet how I will quilt those areas.

In the sections with strips I quilted along the seams. 

And sew on...

Slow Sunday Stitching at Kathy's Quilts

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And speaking of roses...I can't believe I still have some roses in bloom in November!

I also have a few other flowers still in bloom too.

Helenium (Sneezeweed)

Cosmos

Calendula

Sedum

But most things are going to seed. Some seeds I collect. Some seeds the birds collect. Some seeds blow in the wind. I think I love the earthy tones of Autumn in the gardens as much as I love the bright colors of Summer and the cooler colors of Spring.

Chive seed heads

Milkweed

Hydrangea

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One of my brothers lives near Nashville. They must do a lot of filming there. Since he retired a few years ago he has been an extra in a few movies and lately a TV show 9-1-1 Nashville.  I have no way to view the show. He was evidently in the last episode.

My brother is the diner seated by the window looking this way!

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I finished a book! The Lion's Den by Eoin Dempsey. It is book one of a series of six books. Unable to find much work during the Depression a widower with four children moves his family to Berlin to manage his ailing uncle's factory at a time just before Hitler's rise to power. It was a little repetitive in spots and sometimes slow moving. It also ended abruptly so I guess I will have to read the next book in the series. 

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I received a package of beautiful fabrics from Julie. Oh happy day! I spy some gorgeous quilt backs!

Buckeye Beauty Finish

 

It's a finish! 

Buckeye Beauty

60 x 78

 In 2020 I started making several different blocks that used 3.5 and 2 inch pieces. I cut those width pieces from a scrap "chunk" in the Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) color of the month and then used those scraps in several different quilt blocks. Buckeye Beauty was one of those blocks. 

For these blocks I combined scraps in the RSC color Of the month with shirts from the thrift store or black multicolor scraps or red multicolor scraps.   The blocks finish at six inches. 

I finished the top back in June 2022.

I quilted into it on my sewing machine on the diagonals.

I had a lot of black multicolor pieces in the leftover binding box that I used for the binding.

I have been using a bolt of black and white daisies this month. I think I will be able to use it on the back of four quilts. This is quilt #2. 

And sew on...

Finished Or Not Finished Friday at Alicia Quilts