I finished this QOV this week. I love it. This is a one block quilt.
When I had the blocks on the floor trying to lay out the design Bill comes in and as nicely as he can tells me I somehow messed up the pattern. Apparently, he likes his quilts to be symmetrical. He also thinks that everyone else who sees the quilt will think I messed up the design. Did I? I even showed him many quilts online that were also off center, Nope, couldn't convince him to like it.
I needed to start and finish a quilt really fast - 2 days at the most. I just wanted a fast finish as the UFO I
am going to work on this month will take awhile to finish. This next quilt accomplished that need. Started Thursday and finished it on Friday. I used Moda's Puzzle Pieces and Kona white. This is a great donation quilt. Do you ever just feel the need?????
I am still pinning and sewing the apple core blocks. I pin until I run out of pins and then I sew the blocks together and repeat. I am only working on these blocks two evenings a week. I figure I will be putting in about 10,000 pins before this top is finished.
My goals for 2012 are simple~
1 - make one QOV each month.
2 - make one quilt for Ronald McDonald House each month
3 - finish one already started quilt each month (have about 20 of these, some more than 3 years old)
4 - if I complete the above 3 goals each month I can start one new quilt
I am doing pretty good on goals 1 and 2, not so good on #3. Any finished quilt is always a plus.
Used since last post - 20.08
Used YTD - 185.67
Added since last post - 13 yards
Added YTD - 87 yards
Net used YTD - 98.67
2012 Finished Quilts - 18
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10 comments:
Very pretty quilts. I like the offcenter design in your QOV. Don't feel bad, My Guy is often the same way about a quilt. He has definite ideas about what a quilt should look like. I've only once changed his mind. Still it's nice they take the interest.
That's a great price. Went to a quilt shop here locally in North Carolina and most of the SALE FABRICS were over $7 a yard.
Lovely additions to your stash - what a great price! Very pretty quilts, too, and so quick with the Puzzle Pieces. LOL!, my DH would probably say the same thing.
Everyone needs to do a simple, quick quilt now and then. It gives such a sense of immediate accomplishment that the ones that take longer don't give as quickly.And it is a great looking quilt, as well.
Great quilts!!! I love that star one, would you please send some of your mojo this way - you get an awful lot done!!! The moda quilt is a great one - was it a free pattern?
I agree with Alicia! Great quilts! Thanks for sharing and inspiring! :)
I love that off-center star quilt! Thanks for sharing!
I hate to disagree with Bill, but that star quilt is amazing!! I will have to keep it in mind for future QOV. I admire all of your progress! I wish I could borrow a little bit of your quilt work ethic! I can't seem to focus on one project long enough to finish it...sigh.
Thanks for sharing with us!
I love the star quilt and that the pattern is off-center. It creates so much more interest that its not symmetrical! Good job!
I think the way you are using your stash that stopping for 13 yards for future projects isn't a no no at all. I'd say with a haul like that going back sometime would be well worth it. Come on Bill think outside the box! The quilt is more than lovely. Great on goals 1 and 2. It can be more fulfilling to sew for charity than ourselves...well almost. As long as you've got needle, thread and fabric if you are like me you will be happy. Sandi
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