Woolie Baskets Quilt Top - Done!

Woolie Baskets - Done

This is the completed quilt top with all three borders.  It will hang on the design wall while I try to decide how to quilt it.  After taking a free motion quilt class and continued practice... I seriously dislike the technique.  So,  straight lines and soft curves are what I will be looking to use to complete the quilt.

Woolie Baskets Quilt

Warm Woolie Baskets - April 28

The past week I have only had time to work on the Warm Woolie Baskets quilt.  The photo shows my progress... there are two more borders to add.  The quilt is coming together quite nicely.

Woolies Churn Dash - Top Complete

Yippie! The top is complete -- no idea on how I will quilt it.  On to another project.

Woolies Churn Dash - Completed Blocks

In the fall, Sunday is usually for football.  Today my teams are playing so poorly I am sewing rather than knitting.  Drowning out the sound with my machine is a welcome distraction.  There is still some time for them to come back -- I hope so.

The churn dash blocks are ready to be assembled into a quilt.  This is the final arrangement with each block marked with it's position in the quilt.  I use the inexpensive flower pins to mark my blocks.  By using a fine tip sharpie I put row and block numbers on the pins and then attach to the blocks.  When you want to change the notations on the pins just use a bit of alcohol and the marker will wipe right off.

Almost Woolies Churn Dash

The Woolies Churn Dash blocks are complete -- rather, as complete as they can be until I decide on placement.  This is the first look at block placement.  I'm certain that it will be changed multiple times before I decide on the finished color placement -- so, it will be on my design wall for several days before I begin the final piecing.

Woolies Churn Dash Update

It is pretty well established that I am not the fastest stitcher, quilter or crafter.  But that's ok because I like the end results.

These are the "almost" churn dash blocks that are complete -- about one-third of the blocks. 

Almost A Block for Woolie Churn Dash

Block one for my Woolie Churn Dash quilt is as done as it can be for the moment.  Working with stripes has changed the way I would normally make this block -- since the churn dash block is one of my favorites it seemed that it would be an easy quilt to make.  Yes, it is an easy block but when you use a stripe for the background things change.

The final look depends on personal preference.  I absolutely must have all of the stripes going the same direction, most quilters won't worry about the direction and they will make quilts that will look just as wonderful. 

Since the quilt doesn't have a sashing, the way the blocks are pressed must be done in a such a way to make sure the seams snug up together.  Normally the pressing would be done like any 9 patch block but these blocks will not be able to be rotated 90° and keep the stripes consistant.  For now, my solution is to wait until all blocks are completed and in postion for the entire quilt before pressing the block units and completing the last two seams for each block.

Woolies Fabrics -- Ready to Go

These are the Woolies Light fabrics for the quilts from One's Done, Another's Begun.  The colors are yummy!

One's Done, Another's Begun - Lap Quilts in Flannel

My next project -- the photo comes from http://allthroughthenight.net/All_large_version.php?pattern_type=3&current_pattern=715

Bonnie Sullivan is the designer of this pattern - One's Done, Another's Begun - and the beautiful fabrics used to make it.  The fabrics are called Woolies and are produced by Maywood -- in my opinion the best flannel on the market. 

This clever idea utilizes the "scraps" from one quilt as the start for another quilt.  As you prepare the Churn Dash quilt, the left over triangles become a great start for the baskets of the quilt pattern Simply Baskets.   If this looks familiar, it could be because these patterns were originally published in the book "Folk Art with Heart" -- they appear as Woolie Churn Dash and Warm Woolie Baskets.