Heidi's wedding quilt

The wedding quilt is finished!

It's large and therefore hard to get a picture of.  However, it wasn't too large for my quilter, so that was awesome.  The pattern is from the July/Aug '19 issue of Quiltmaker and designed by Sylvia Schaefer.  (The official name is Glow Tiles.)  I'll admit, I didn't like the pattern in the magazine.  It's one of the first patterns I've made from a magazine, so they might all be this way.  There were a few details that were missing so I had to do a lot of flipping the page and using the process of elimination.

I also don't love the quilt.  This also has a few reasons...I'm used to working on smaller quilts and I think I just got bored.  I had some significant problems with the quilter also really threw a damper on things, although by the end of the quilt they were mostly fixed.  There are also a few mistakes in the quilt that I just really don't like.  I'm not sure anyone will ever notice, but...they're there.

Ok, enough of the negative.  Let's talk about the things I do like.  I do like how I quilted this.  In the glow tile part I did a dense stipple, which really made the glow tiles pop.  Outside of that I did some zig-zags, but also added some thread fireworks to make things a bit interesting.  I like using thread so that it stands out from the fabric, but it's a bit nerve-wracking too.  The fireworks on the bottom should be on the bottom side of the mattress and not on the top.

The colors that were used were Kona's Teal Blue, Dark violet, Violet, Orchid, Gold, Curry, and Mustard.

I backed it with minky.  As always.  Because adults love the softness too.

Linking up with Q4 Finish-A-Long (#1)

Q4 FAL

1. Heidi's Wedding Quilt: I just finished piecing and pressing it.  (I did not enjoy the pressing part!)  I need to trim a bit on the top but it's almost ready for quilting.  I just need to get the new dryer installed so I can prep the backing.  (I'm hoping to finish this within the month.  It's already cold out...)

2. Baby girl quilt (BHS).  I added some pink and put this together with leftover HSTs from another quilt.  The quilting is about half way finished and going quickly.

(The remaining items are hold overs from last quarter.  I did finish [or remove or consolidate] several items though, so I'm down six items!  This is the smallest number on my list in quite some time, and I'm hoping it gets a bit smaller this quarter too!)

3. Meshing solid HSTs: This needs to be quilted.  Densely, so the grey variations aren't so prominent.

4. Stash Bee: All the blocks are here, I just need to put them together.

5.  Scrap bee blocks 2017: This got all put together and now needs to be quilted.  I also want a scrap backing, so that needs to be pieced.

6. Temperature quilt.  I need to quilt this.  It's from 2017, so it's rather low on the priority list.

7. Rainbow Log Cabin.  I need to decide what to do with this.  I was thinking of making it reversible.  If I don't want to do that, I need to just finish it up!

8. Scrap quilt. Surprise, surprise, it needs to be quilted.

9. Winter quilt.  I have the fabric and an idea for the pattern.  It involves triangles and a sketch is somewhere on the blog.

10. Pillow with green/purple fabric.  I just want to make an easy pillow.  I just need to do it.

11. Black scrap quilt.  This is so close to being finished.  I want to square it up before binding, and the task seems daunting.

12. Green stripes.  This isn't square.  I don't really know how to square it up well (or easily), so it's been sitting around for a long time.

13. Quilt for Ryan.  I found a Bargello quilt pattern that I can scale down to a mini-quilt.  I'll just be using solid scraps for it.

Things that don't count for the Finish-a-long but I want to remember them:
14. Jeweled floors
15. Trying to fit in - left over triangles
16. Fabric from Christmas

Joining the Q4 FAL.

Q3 FAL

Q3

Here we go!  I made some good progress last quarter, even if I didn't work on many items.

1. Lego quilt (M): This is all made and the quilting is up next!  I'm not sure how I'm going to do the bear yet.  His stomach is two different variations of Kona straw (frowny face) so it needs to be semi-dense.  Also, ironically, I had to take the picture outside because the floor I normally take pictures on was too full of Legos.

2. Heidi's Wedding Quilt: I have a pattern and fabrics...this is the next item I will be piecing.

3. Stash Bee: I'm queen bee in July, so I have made my block and more are coming in!

The rest are hold overs from last quarter and I didn't work on them at all...
4. baby girl quilt: This is made but needs to be quilted.

5. Meshing solid HSTs: This needs to be quilted.  Densely, so the grey variations aren't so prominent.

6.  Scrap bee blocks 2017: This got all put together and now needs to be quilted.  I also want a scrap backing, so that needs to be pieced.

7. Temperature quilt.  I need to quilt this.  It's from 2017, so it's rather low on the priority list.

8. Rainbow Log Cabin.  I need to decide what to do with this.  I was thinking of making it reversible.  If I don't want to do that, I need to just finish it up!

9. Scrap quilt. Surprise, surprise, it needs to be quilted.

10. Winter quilt.  I have the fabric and an idea for the pattern.  It involves triangles and a sketch is somewhere on the blog.

11. Pillow with green/purple fabric.  I just want to make an easy pillow.  I just need to do it.

12. Black scrap quilt.  This is so close to being finished.  I want to square it up before binding, and the task seems daunting.

13. Wedding quilt left over HST II (JNK).  While I don't have a pattern in mind yet, finding one for HSTs will be pretty easy.  I was considering adding in some pink to have a pre-made girl baby blanket.

14. Green stripes.  This isn't square.  I don't really know how to square it up well (or easily), so it's been sitting around for a long time.

Things that don't count for the Finish-a-long but I want to remember them:

15. Jeweled floors
16. Wedding quilt pillows
17. Quilt for Ryan  
18. Trying to fit in - left over triangles
19. Fabric from Christmas 

20. baby quilt (BHS)
21. Christen's mom's quilt
22. Quilting some table runners

Joining the Q3 FAL.