Lavender Candle Wicking Quilt

This week I am working on finishing up the top of my lavender quilt. One of the blocks was so stained after being squirreled away for over 25 years I had to use everything except the kitchen sink, but I finally got them out. I had 16 blocks to work with. I’ve pieced 3 rows and have the fourth still to do and the top strip. I picked the lavender floral and solid because they fit perfectly with the old blocks. Then I found the pink and lavender pansy with the light green background material to use for the back, but decided to also use it on the front. It looked so old timey to me. Now, I have to decide what color panels I am going to use at the top and bottom and on the sides. Think I will probably go with white, but I am always changing my mind.

This post is linked with WIP Wednesday over at Freshly Pieced.

Finally Figured Out Partial Seams

I only have 5 blocks left of my Vintage Quilt Revival quilt. I tried and tried to figure out what I was doing wrong with my Tilted Star block with its partial seams but was having no luck. Then I went to Sukie’s blog and to my happiness it is the block for Week 7 and the short tutorial is right there waiting for you. WOOHOO! I DID IT!!!! If any of you are having trouble, be sure to check it out. These are the 2 block for this week in our block-along.

 Tilted Star ~ Block 14

Wheel of Fortune ~ Block 12

 I have started whipping down the black binding on my Crazy Chicken Checkerboard quilt.

 The outline stitching of one end of my March topper is done.

And, I am starting on the strips for the 5th block of my purple candle wicking quilt.

This post is linked with:

WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced and Sukie’s Vintage Quilt Revival Block-Along

Slow Sunday Stitching~March 2, 2014

While scrounging around in my fabric room, I came across 16 blocks of lavender candle wicking I did at least 30 years ago for my daughter. She was in Sigma Sigma Sigma at UVA and these are the colors...purple and white. Some of the muslin is spotted, but all in all they are in great shape. I have decided to finally make her quilt, and this one will be done all by hand. These are the things I have been working on for the last few days and today in particular. I switch back and forth from one to one. I wonder if others of you do this.

 This is the first one I put together.

 As of today  I have completed four.

My happy hand stitches.

When doing it by hand, where my seams meet always turn out so much better.

I am also basting the binding onto my son’s birthday Crazy Chicken Checkerboard quilt. I will stitch it and then whip it by hand.

 A group of us are making monthly table runners, and this is my outline stitching. 
This is so relaxing.

Here’s the way it should when completed. The fabric is green and beige tho’ the camera does not show it that way.

This post is linked with Slow Sunday Stitching over at Kathy’s Quilts.