Quilted Delights

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Music Blog Hop

Welcome to day three of the Music Blog Hop. Today I am showing off my newest quilted tote bag!

It's getting close to that time of year when Christmas Carols are played all the time around here. I'll admit I even play them from time to time through out the year. Some of them are just so great you can't go a year without hearing them. I myself am not musically inclined, but I sure like to surround myself with it and encourage my children to develop their own musical talents.

Not too long ago I found a panel that had these festive music prints. The panel was laid out kind of odd and I had to buy a little extra to get five complete sets, which also gave me a few extra squares.

When Carla announced the Music Blog Hop, I knew I wouldn't have time to work on a full size quilt, but I would have time to use one of the extra blocks in small project.

At Christmas time I always end up transporting little gifts in reusable grocery sacks, but this year I will have a festive bag to tote my little treasures.

And check out these paper flowers made out of sheet music. They were a gift to my son from a class mate of his when he was at the South Carolina Governor's School for Arts and Humanities.

SCGSAH is a boarding school for high School Juniors and Seniors who specialize in the arts. Any child who auditions and gets selected can go, it doesn't matter their financial situation. I love that! The school recruits the best young musicians and artists across the state and gives anyone who auditions a chance at a fantastic education that focuses on what they love to do. My son got accepted for Music.

It was a little hard to have him gone his last two years of high school, but he was only three hours away and got to come home once a month for a long weekend. So that helped. It was an opportunity he couldn't pass up. The school really helped him get ready for College and get a scholarship for Music. Next Spring he will graduate college with a degree in Commercial Music.

Boonky, my quilt inspector in training, was falling asleep on the job again, but he was wide awake when I was trying to take photos. He and Carl can't resist jumping into the light box when ever I get it out.

Make sure to check out all the blogs and get inspired by the music themed creations this week!

Monday, November 14th

Just Let Me Quilt

Quiltscapes
Words & Stitches

Selina Quilts

Ms P Designs USA

Homespun Hannah's Blog

Tuesday, November 15th

MooseStashQuilting
Kathleen McMusing

Wednesday, November 16th

Quilted Delights (Me)

Thursday, November 17th

Creatin' in the Sticks

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs
Quilting Gail

Just Because Quilts

Purring Cottage

Scrapdash

Happy Sewing!

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Saturday, November 12, 2022

Cityscape One Block Wonder

I bought seven cityscape panels in September of 2019 when they went on sale.
I finally cut into them this March.

It was my nephew that got these panels moved to the top of the One Block Wonder list. He had gone to an exhibit earlier in the year and saw a quilt using a similar panel, but it had different shading and various quilt blocks surrounding it. It wasn't a one block wonder. He sent me a photo and asked I could make something like that.

I showed him the panels I had bought and told him I planned to make a One Block Wonder quilt with them. He wasn't sure what a One Block Wonder was, so I sent him some photos of my others ones.

He thought they were super cool. So I told him when I finished this one he could have it.

I finally finished it on Friday, but with the remains of Hurricane Nicole coming through it was hard to get some good photos.

But now the sun is out and the wind isn't nearly as strong.

It's really hard to take photos of a quilt in tropical storm force winds. lol

I am loving this city scene I found for the back.

Now that it has had it's photo shoot, it is time to package it up and get it in the mail.

This is my 11th One Block Wonder and I still have more on my list to make!

Happy Sewing!

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Sunday, November 6, 2022

Green Cottage One Block Wonder

A long time UFO is finally finished!

I purchased the fabric for this in the summer of 2014. Shortly after I bought the Universe fabric for my very first One Block Wonder. I cut everything out and fiddled with it on and off over the years.

I even put it away for a while thinking I had picked a bad fabric with too much green.

Every know and then I would think about what to do with it. It sat for years without being touched.

Then earlier his year I decided to see what all this green would look like when I put it on the design wall

It actually turned out pretty good! I had forgotten there was so many other colors in there.

My next dilemma was trying to decide on a background color. Luckily this dilemma only delayed the project just a little and not years. Once I got it out this year, it was the main project that always got worked on in-between my other monthly projects with deadlines. I sewed rows and made sure they stayed on the design wall while I searched for the perfect background fabric. I did not want this to go back in the UFO pile.

For the background, I started out with a dark green fabric and even sewed it on the right side, but I kept thinking I should try a lighter color. After trying several, I eventually auditioned the lighter green on the left and liked it much better.

I unstitched the darker fabric and finished the top with the light green.

With the background picked out, I finally got the top complete and immediately made the backing and got it quilted.

The binding had to wait about a week while I finished up my October projects, but last Wednesday night I finally had a completed quilt!

In my brain I thought this project was mostly shades of medium green. I guess because that is what was on top of the hexagon pile for years.

At one time I even contemplated adding brown triangles around the hexagons to make stars, which could have been cool...

but when I finally got it up on the design wall there was enough contrasting shades that I didn't need to add anything else.

I had fun trying to decide on a layout, but finally chose a spiral.

Leaving the hexagons on the wall for several days staring at placement is one of my favorite parts about making these types of quilts.

I love moving hexagons around, seeing what fits better in different spots.

When the quilt stays stills for a few days I know I have the perfect design.

I kept calling this one the Green Cottage One Block Wonder as I worked on it.

There isn't a cottage in it, but the brown well and all the flowers mixed with shades of green made me think of a cute cottage in the woods.

So I took it to the edge of the woods for a photo shoot.

I enjoyed finishing this one up this year. I made it a slow process, but I find I enjoy going slow more than rushing and trying to get a finished product. I really enjoy watching the project grow and staring at it for days in different stages. The is the best part of quilting for me right now.

Now on the the next one!

Happy Sewing!

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Monday, October 31, 2022

It's in the Bag with By Annie and Island Batik

The Island Batik Ambassador Bag Challenge is one of my favorite challenges. It features patterns from ByAnnie. The patterns are always easy to read and come with extra add on videos. Together you can't go wrong making any of these patterns!

This month I am showing off "A Place for Everything 2.0".
Sewn together with Schmetz Needles

and 50 wt Aurifl Thread in matching colors.

For this project we got to pick out the fabrics.

I chose the main fabric and the coordinating pink from the Sunset Plains line by Kathy Engle. The yellow comes from the Island Batik Foundations lines. I wanted something bright and fun every time I opened the bag. And pink and yellow make a great color combo.

This bag is loaded with pockets!

For this bag, I particularly like how you can take the two pocket pages out.

Annie's videos help you make everything. If you are a visual learner they are a must to watch!

She has free ones to help with binding and zippers as well as the detailed add on video specific to the pattern.

There are so many different options for this bag and you can design the pockets to fit your needs.

The introduction video for this bag has some great idea. You can check it out on the details page for the pattern: A Place for Everything 2.0

There were some bulky seams in some places, but the Schmetz needles went through everything with out any problems. The video suggests using a 90/14 size needle, but I already had an 80/12 in the machine and that just worked fine.

The next step in this project it to fill it up with all my quilting goodies!

And then figure out what By Annie pattern I want to make next!

Happy Sewing!

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Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Gremlins, Goblins, and Ghouls Oh My! Blog Hop

Welcome to day two of Ghoulish Halloween inspiration.

I love Halloween, mostly the cutesy fun part.

Nothing too gore-ish or gruesome for me. And I can't do scary movies!

Mr. Boodegy is my limit. lol

But I do love treats and cute ways to pass them along.

This year I made some festive triangle pouches for some special little Gremlins and Goblins.

I used up some of my fun Halloween Prints for these.

These are super quick to sew up, and hold lots of sweet goodies.

There are many different tutorials on the web on how to make these, just search for Triangle Pouch and you are bound to find one that fits your style.