It's a Flimsy! Ocean Waves

 It's a flimsy! 

Ocean Waves

88 x 88

I felt a little guilty for getting Fractured Rainbows to flimsy stage when I had this old Ocean Waves UFO with larger and fewer HSTs so got to work on finishing up the 12 blocks I needed to get this made into a top. 

 Looking at previous blog posts it appears I started this in July 2014 after I saw one on Q is for Quilter in June 2014.    I used 30s reproduction fabrics and bleached muslin for the most part but it appears some Kona Snow might have slipped in here and there. I usually use Kona Snow with my 30s reproduction fabrics and it kind of looks dirty when mixed with the bleached muslin.  I think it will be okay since those few Kona squares and HSTs are barely noticeable. 

I usually don't add borders to my quilts but in this case I did to bring it up to the size I wanted. Adding another row and column of 16 inch blocks would have made it too big.  If I didn't add a border it would be a little too small. A four inch border all around made it just right and besides I had all those HSTs already made that I didn't want to go to waste. 

And now it's ready for hand quilting...someday. 

A Flimsy of Spools

 Spools

81 x 87

783 - 3 inch spools

Right now it is just a top

This was a Rainbow Scrap Challenge project so I made a few spools each month from 1.5 inch scraps in the color of the month.  I've been making spools for several years. 

As I made spools I kept them in little baggies separated by color so I could try to make sure I wasn't heavy on one color and light on others. 

When it came time to assemble the top I threw all of the spools into a paper grocery sack and shook and shook and shook it to separated all of those spools out of their color stacks. 

Then I reached into the sack a few times and pulled out a few handfuls at a time to sew into 29 rows 27 spools long.   And then I cut all of those rows apart and sewed them together into panels of 4 rows.   And then the yucky part...I ironed the rows twirling the seams where the spools meet so the quilt would not have little bumps at each juncture. I'd like to say that was a waste of time but it really made a difference and the top doesn't have little seam bumps now. 

This is the type of quilt I like...one with LOTS of little pieces of fabric, one that fits on a bed, one that looks sort of vintage, one that I could just look at all day and smile. 

I spy three different cupcake fabrics, some chicks, a whale, oranges, apples, tomatoes...

Getting these spools into a top was my OMG (One Monthly Goal) for November. 

So now it is time to link up with Elm Street Quilts for the Nov. Finish Party

And

Can I Get a Whoop Whoop? at Confessions of a Fabric Addict

ScrapHappy Saturday (where it all started - as an RSC project)

String Stars - It's a Flimsy!

String Stars

86 x 98

A flimsy for now

This was my One Monthly Goal for June

I used a pattern from The Best of Fons and Porter: Scrap Quilts

I used my bright and long string scraps. 

Most were strings cut from quilt backings. 

From far away the fabrics kind of blend together. Up close you can see a variety of fun things - monster eyeballs, pirates, Santa and Rudolph, spiders...

...and Spider Man...and gingham. I love gingham. 

Ah, the memories of quilts past! 

Linking to:

Can I Get a Whoop Whoop - Confessions of a Fabric Addict

One Monthly Goal at Red Letter Quilts

Oh Scrap! at Quilting is More Fun than Housework

I Topped It!

Lozenges (aka Suppositories)

76 x90

It's a top made from 2 x 4.5 lozenges - 760 of them. 

It's too long for the clothesline and it is very wet outside so...

...here it is turned on it's side. 

I think I have a piece of wide muslin for the back and I think I will machine quilt it on my plain Jane DSM with some straight lines. 

I started working on these late in 2014 and all through 2015 as a Rainbow Scrap Challenge project. 

I have jokingly been referring to these as suppositories because they are kind of a pain in the patooty to make....well, they are not all that difficult to make but they are sooo boring with those little 1.5 inch corners that need to be sewn and trimmed - four of them on each of those 760 units.   Good thing I only made a few of the color of the month each month or I never would have seen these through to a top. I'm not a leader/ender sort of gal so don't make any quilts using that method. 

Holidays are rather stressful for  me. I'm not really a people person even if the people are my family and friends...I prefer to spend time by myself.  These suppositories were just the right mindless kick-in-the-booty type of cure that could see me through the holidays, the people, the stress.  You can't top that! (Er, I guess I did...top it).