Vintage Juki Spring UFO

This is my UFO completion for the month of April.

I started this about a year ago as the inaugural project for my new Juki sewing machine. The fabrics were all 'vintage' calico's from my storage box, one I remember making a dress from in high school and my 30 year reunion is this year... that makes them (and me) old!  All things combined that make the name of this quilt Vintage Juki Spring. 

Its large, a generous queen size, approx 85x85.  I FMQ in a large stipple type design.... love to do that, so relaxing!  I asked my husband to hold it, but typical male, he had to involve tools and got out c clamps to hang it from the deck off his office.  I think it looks pretty and my just leave it there.

WIP 4/25

New starts this week: none yet, but a stack of fabric is calling my name

Worked on this past week:

Juki Spring, a UFO that will be a completed project soon!

Completed this past week:  nothing

Sitting quietly this week: Rainbow blocks, Chubby Stars QAL, American Jane blocks, 36 patch QAL, HST project, New Wave, Pinwheel Sampler, Hope Valley round-and-round QAL, postage stamp, Granny, Swoon

WIP Stats for week: new starts-0, completed- 0, total WIP's outstanding - 12



My stalker girl story

After an exciting season, Guard is over and I get to concentrate on sewing again. 

The girls took thier show on the road, and I went too... to Dayton, Ohio for the Winter Guard International World Championships!  It was a great trip with the girls competing well in a class up from where they started the year. They got bumped up mid season, penalized for doing well....  but this parent is not bitter :)  They got lots of possitive feedback on thier exciting and entergetic show... and .. guess who I saw at one of thier performances? 

Yep!  I saw Jay McCarroll!  Star of Project Runway and creator of several fabric lines... including what seems to be everyones favorite this year, Habitat. And yes, I was stalker fan girl... totally cool when he was 2 feet from me, then giggling when I got back saying 'guess who I saw, guess who I saw'....  unfortunatly none of the other parents or girls had a clue who I was talking about.... except our dirrector who responded with, ' Jay, oh, he's my friend, I marched with him'....

WHAT?  yep, look at the bio, Jay is a marching band geek! Who knew?

I am working on a WIP that is about an year old...  I WILL have it done to share somewhere on Friday....  with no flags and shows I have all this spare time :)

WIP 3/14

I didn't get a lot of sewing done this week but I had fun sorting and cleaning my sewing area.... 

New starts this week: none
Worked on this past week: see below, that's all
Completed this past week:

This was the UFO selection of the month that I got out and finished up.  You can see more about this quilt in yesterdays post.

Sitting quietly this week: Rainbow blocks, Chubby Stars QAL, Juki Spring, American Jane blocks, 36 patch QAL, HST project, New Wave, Pinwheel Sampler, Hope Valley round-and-round QAL, postage stamp, Granny, Swoon

WIP Stats for week: new starts-0, completed- 1, total WIP's outstanding - 12

 

How is your WIP stack?

Storytime UFO

 

This is how my Storytime Squares Quilt looked last Friday.

This is what it looks like now!  The pattern is by Made by Rae and can be found here.  It was used by many last fall as part of the 100 quilts  for kids project.  I had good intentions and started it, but I lost traction when Christmas presents started popping in to my mind.

I used Spring Green kona for the binding and for the back a Michael Miller print from my stash that features children's rhymes, Hey diddle diddle, Rub-a-dub-dub, Jack be nimble, Hickory dickory .... you know... all those....

 

The gnome approves. The gnome is happy that this is one less UFO hanging out.

This was a painless finish of UFO # 8, which was the month of March's UFO challenge.

Pretty Piles

I spent some time yesterday and this morning putting away fabric.  After pulling out odds and ends for the Granny Squares I had stuff all over and decided it was time to get things put away.

I don't know about you, but once I start playing with my fabric, I mean putting stuff away, I end up with piles for prospective quilts...  these are the ones I came up with....

I have no real plans for the piles, although any of the three would be great for a queen sized tumbler quilt for my bed.....  but nothing is happening with any of these until a couple of the projects in progress get done so i better start sewing!

WIP 3/7

Looking back, this has become a monthly rather than weekly report.....

New starts this month:

I fell into the granny trap and I keep fantasizing about one made from my AMH with even larger squares.  This one is scrappy and made from 4.5" squares.  

Worked on this past month:

I now have three Swoon blocks done... I need to pick up the pace this month.

Completed this past month:

My daughters tumbler quilt was completed and was well used on the bus to regional competition.

My UFO of the month, County Fair 1-2-3 which is now on my bed!

And with all the spring blooms, I could not resist making a small table runner.

Sitting quietly this month:Rainbow blocks, Chubby Stars QAL, Juki Spring, American Jane blocks, 36 patch QAL, HST project, Storybook Quilt, New Wave, Pinwheel Sampler, Hope Valley round-and-round QAL, postage stamp

WIP Stats for month: new starts-1, completed- 3, total WIP's outstanding - 13

 

How is your WIP stack?