Sometimes progress seems very slow, but it does happen, and the blank spaces will keep filling up by adding more blocks each week.
Monday, June 30, 2025
Design Wall Monday - June 30, 2025
Sometimes progress seems very slow, but it does happen, and the blank spaces will keep filling up by adding more blocks each week.
Monday, June 23, 2025
Design Wall Monday - June 23, 2025
Good Morning Quilters!
Today I am having cataract surgery on my left eye, as scheduled. The right eye surgery went well two weeks ago, so please pray that today’s procedure goes well too.
The design wall has been actively used this week. I finished the last of the appliquéd flowers on the border of The Cousin’s Walk quilt, and put it up there to take a picture of it. This quilt is too big for my design wall! Here are pictures taken this week before I send it to a long arm quilter:
So lots going on here, and hopefully my recovery time will be spent making Jane Stickle quilt blocks in the coming weeks.
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Design Wall Monday - June 16, 2025
Good Morning Quilters!
Yesterday was Father’s Day, and also our wedding anniversary. We have been married 62 years! It seems impossible, but there it is. June 15, 1963……..to June 15, 2025…….and as in the story books, we have lived happily ever after. I am so blessed.
Quiltwise, I have had another productive week. First, the Cousin’s Walk appliqué quilt was worked on again, and I made progress on finishing up one of the border corners. Here is a picture of my progress…..a yellow flower to sew down, and another leaf to add on the opposite side of the vine, and this part will be finished. There is one more border corner to work on.
Re the design wall, I finished the first six rows of the Indigo/Shirting Jane Stickle blocks, and took them off the wall. I am excited to get the final seven rows up there to see what blocks I am missing. Here the six rows are before I put them away.
But the log cabin blocks were stacked on the floor, staring at me. So, I put the log cabin blocks up, and here is a picture of the design wall now:
The block arrangement is called Barn Raising, and I found I needed two more blocks to finish the plan. So I made them, and am now sewing the blocks together into a quilt top. The blocks finish at 7.5 inches square, with the logs at 3/4 inch wide. Do you like a border around a log cabin quilt or not? I haven’t decided yet.
The little doll quilt (half the size of these blocks) has been moved to the “design floor” area near the design wall. It will be assembled next. So it was a good week, and I am happy.
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Design Wall Monday - June 9, 2025
Good Morning Quilters!
Today I am having cataract surgery on my right eye. Please pray that it goes well, and that my eyes will be well again soon so I can continue quilting. The surgeon said I should be able to see colors more clearly after surgery, so that should be a good quilting thing! If all goes well, the left eye will be done two weeks from now.
Progress has been made on my two UFOs up on the design wall. I made the remaining four blocks for the log cabin doll quilt. Next, it will be sewn together into a top. The blocks finish at 3 and 3/4 inches square with the little “logs” finishing at 3/8 inch each. The doll quilt should measure 22.5 inches square before I bind it. It was fun to make.
The large log cabin blocks (over 100 of them) will go up on the design wall soon. The larger log cabin blocks will finish at 7.5 inches square.
The Jane Stickle indigo and shirting quilt squares are coming along nicely. It is true that seeing it on the design wall makes me want to finish squares to fill the holes. I next need to make five more blocks so that the row A through F are complete. Each little 4.5 inches square block is a challenge to make and I enjoy filling up the holes in each row. When the next five blocks are made, I will take this half down and put the rows G through M up on the design wall. Here is a picture of what the design wall looks like today:
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Design Wall Monday - June 2, 2025
They are awaiting their time on the design wall. There is no room because the design wall has my indigo and shirting Jane Stickle quilt blocks on it - at least the first six rows:
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