Design Wall Monday - August 11, 2025

Good Morning Quilters!

This week I had my nose to the grindstone, and managed to get all 15 of the remaining 169 blocks of the Jane Stickle quilt finished.  Here is a current picture of the design wall, with the 15 blocks circled:

Next, they will all come down from the design wall, and the outside borders of triangles will go up there.  I am excited to see the triangles on the design wall.   There are 52 regular triangles plus the four bigger corner triangles in the quilt, and I have 19 completed, and 33 to go.  

Most of them will be paper pieced.  I am learning to tolerate paper piecing.  What I like most about the method is the results.   The actual process makes me think upside down and backward, and I’m not good at that.

My handyman friend has replaced my friend’s mailbox post, and they have a brand new mailbox……(last week, I backed my car into it)…………the hornets have been removed from our own mailbox, and letter delivery service has been resumed at both homes.  Peaceful life has been restored.  God is good.

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Design Wall Monday - August 4, 2025

 Good Morning Quilters!

August is here and I am getting so close to finishing the 169 blocks for the center part of the Jane Stickle quilt.  There are only 15 more to go!  I may push myself to get them all done this week.  It probably won’t be possible, but I’m going to try.  

I took down rows G and H as all 13 blocks were completed and I moved the remaining rows up higher on the design wall.  Here is the picture of rows I,J,K,L,and M, with only 15 holes to fill.  So exciting,

The bottom of the design wall has my other UFO project, Collection for a Cause, Faith.  I am working on a round of square within a square blocks.  As you can see, I have about half of them made, but none of them sewn together into strips for each side.

Progress is happening.  It has been such a nice week, the weather has been just right - not too hot, and nice and cool in the evenings.  Lovely.  I hope you are enjoying August where you are too.

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Design Wall Monday- July 28, 2025

 Good Morning Quilters!

This week’s progress looks similar to last week’s progress, so I hope I’m not boring you.  There are five more blocks on the design wall in the Jane Stickle quilt.  Here’s a picture:  (new blocks circled)

Only 20 more to go.  Next week, I hope to have the outside triangles up on the design wall, to see how many of them are made, and how many need to be made.  There are 56 triangles and I think I have about 1/3 of them made.

The medallion quilt that was on the floor is now on the design wall, and I am continuing to assemble the third and fourth rounds.  It’s Collection for a Cause - Faith, with some substitutions from my stash of blocks.

Here is a picture of the progress, although it doesn’t look much different than last week.  But there are more seams added and less pins, so progress is being made.

I am excited about both of these projects, so I am happy. 

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Design Wall Monday - July 21, 2025

Good Morning Quilters!

Here is my progress on one of my UFOs - the Jane Stickle indigo and shirting project.  Rows G through M are on the design wall, and I have circled the blocks made this week in the picture.

There are 25 blocks left, and last week there were thirty.  It is so gratifying to move closer to the end of this project.  I just realized that last week I said I had thirty left, and now I have twenty-five, which means I made five, but I have six circled.  lol. This project defies math for me.  But I am seeing the end and that excites me.  

I am also working on the pink/brown Collection for a Cause - Faith UFO too.  I have more of the flying geese sewn together, and am still deciding and switching out which of the six inch blocks to use from the other UFO.  Here is a picture taken yesterday:

Someone asked what putting 20 blocks into this quilt does to the plans for the other UFO that I took them from…….the big stack of eighty some six inch blocks……the answer is it doesn’t do anything to the plans for them…….because there are no plans yet!  I’m still waiting to be inspired to do something with them.

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Design Wall Monday - July 14, 2025

Good Morning Quilters!

Well, I looked at the two UFOs that I pulled out, and I made progress on one of them, while I’m still thinking about the second one.  Here is the progress:

The UFO is a kit, Collection for a Cause - Faith, pictured here:

I sorted all the fabrics, read all the directions, and looked at what was done previously.  The medallion style starts n the middle, and I added the hourglass blocks around the center part.  The star and pink and tan pieces  were assembled before, and also the hourglass blocks were made previously.

Then I made a lot of flying geese for the next round.  Here they are on my “floor design wall” waiting to be sewn together around the center.  They are not sewn, just put there, overlapping each other as I work on them.

While making the flying geese, I realized I could substitute 20 of the six inch finished size blocks from the other UFO into this UFO, and eliminate making two rounds of the medallion.  Win-win!  So that is where it is at this point - on the floor because the design wall has the Jane Stickle quilt blocks on it.  What do you think about the substitution?

 

 

The design wall has the Jane Stickle quilt on it, and it has three more blocks now. 

Here is a closeup picture of the three…..they are each so cute!  it is a treat to finish one block, and then add it to the wall.

There are only about thirty left, and then I will start on finishing the triangles for the border.  

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Design Wall Monday - July 7, 2025

 Good Morning Quilters!

Happy 4th of July to all of our United States bloggers.  It is hard to believe it is now July!  The year is quickly happening.  My design wall again has my shirting and indigo Jane Stickle quilt on it, and again, I made some progress.  

Here is a picture of the blocks I made in the past two weeks:

It seems like I make about five blocks a week, so I calculate it will take me seven more weeks to fill all the empty spots.  I don’t know that I can keep this project on the design wall for that long……my attention span is fairly short.  

My thoughts on bringing out another UFO to work on……….I have two possibilities that will hold my interest.  One is a stack of six inch blocks, the note on top says there are 86 of them.  All different pieced blocks that were made as part of an internet 365 Days of Quilt Blocks a few years ago.   I am not sure how I will put them together into a quilt.  

The second is a kit -Collection for a Cause….Faith.  I am not sure how much of it is completed.  Pictures of both are below:

I am planning to look at both options this coming week, while getting more Jane Stickle quilt blocks made while I decide.   I suspect I may move forward with both UFOs.  That would be so like me.

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Design Wall Monday - June 30, 2025

Good Morning Quilters!

My cataract  eye surgery went very smoothly, and now both eyes are healing.   I am so happy to see colors so much better.  Every day is a bright new day!   Amazing.

Since The Cousin’s Walk quilt is ready to send out to the machine quilter, I am ready to get out another UFO to work on.  It is fun to choose one.  That is my task today.  Stay tuned.

The indigo and shirting Jane Stickle quilt blocks are being made too.  I had trouble with one of them this week.   But I will keep on keeping on with it.

Here is a picture of the blocks on the design wall - now:

Sometimes progress seems very slow, but it does happen, and the blank spaces will keep filling up by adding more blocks each week.

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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:

This is such a happy quilt,  I am looking forward to seeing what the machine quilter adds to it.  

The log cabin quilt has been sewed into rows and six rows are together, with five more rows to be added.  I decided to not add any border to it.  Thanks for your input.  Here it is on the ironing board:  

The small log cabin doll quilt has also been sewed into six rows and is back on the design wall.

Also on the design wall are rows G through M of the shirting/indigo Jane Stickle quilt.  It will stay on the design wall until I fill in the blocks that need to be made to fill the blank spots.  Each block is a fun little challenge.  Here is a current picture of the design wall:

So lots going on here, and hopefully my recovery time will be spent making Jane Stickle quilt blocks in the coming weeks.  

What is on your design wall today?  I see Julie (Julie’s Quilts and Costumes) is also working on Jane Stickle quilt blocks.  So many beautiful quilts and sewing projects each week.  You all are amazing.  Thanks for participating in our Design Wall Monday Linky Party below.  You are appreciated.  And now, after my eye surgery today, I will be able to see your fine work even better!  God is good.

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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:

And here is what the rows looked like last Monday:

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Design Wall Monday - June 2, 2025

Good Morning Quilters!

June is here and my quilt mojo is back, so I’ve been very productive.  The log cabin blocks have multiplied to more than 100 blocks.  These blocks will finish at 7.5 inches square.

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:

I have made at least five blocks since I last took a photo, and having it on the design wall is motivating me to fill in the gaps.  Three rows are now complete.  I could even start sashing them.

The doll quilt log cabin blocks (that finish at 3 and 3/4 inch square) are almost completed.  I need only four more blocks, and that won’t take long.  

The doll quilt blocks are on the design wall:

And my red work “Snowmen A to Zzzzz” quilt blocks now number four completed ones:

So I am feeling very productive once again.  But it is all part of the ebb and flow of life, isn’t it?  Some weeks are filled with other parts of life, and some weeks are filled with quilting.  Life is good, either way.

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Design Wall Monday - May 26, 2025

 Today is Memorial Day.  A day set aside to honor those who gave their lives in service to our country.  It used to be called Decoration Day and I remember going to the cemetery for a memorial service each year.  My father wore his Army uniform from WWII and was proud to be part of the memorial service.  I also remember the 21 gun salute and how loud the gunshots were.

Now, as I age, I do not go to the cemetery on Memorial Day, but I pray a prayer of thanks for all the brave ones who gave their lives for our country.  

The Flanders Field American Cemetery and Memorial is located in Belgium and has graves of Americans who died in WWI.  

This week I sewed more Log Cabin blocks and also embroidered another redwork snowman block for my Christmas quilt.  It was a very productive week.  How about you?  Please join our Design Wall Monday Linky Party below and let us know what you are  doing this week.

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Design Wall Monday - May 19, 2025

Good Morning Quilters!

This past week, I worked more on appliqué leaves and flowers for the Cousin’s Walk quilts.  I have one end of two of the borders yet to do, and am feeling the surge to finish it.  So glad that I am working on it again.

Here are the ends of two borders that are now finished:

The second project ongoing is the UFO of Log Cabin.blocks.  I made 10 more blocks that will finish at 7.5 inches square.  While sewing them, I wondered what little blocks would look like.  You know I like to make little blocks.  

So, dividing the measurements in half, resulted in little blocks that finish at 3 3/4 inches square.  Here are two blocks side by side:

And here are ten of the little blocks on my design wall:

I had fun making them, and have started the next 10 blocks in each side.  There is something soothing about adding strips to a block on the sewing machine.  And batching them in tens makes the completion count go faster.

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Design Wall Monday - May 12, 2025

 Happy Mother’s Day to you!

Last week I got out my UFO log cabin quilt blocks.  I looked back on my blog posts and the last time I had this project out was February, 2021.

But last week, the simplicity of adding strips of dark and light fabric around a center red square was just what I needed.  Here is a picture of the 200 center squares that were the start of this project many years ago:

I had only about 16 blocks (that will finish at 7.5” square) before this week, and made some good progress on 10 more blocks.  Here is a picture of the 10 blocks partially finished:  

 

When complete, there are four lights or four darks around the center.  I hope to get these 10 blocks completed this week.  It is fun to use so many different fabrics in a quilt, and I am once again having fun quilting.

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Design Wall Monday - May 5, 2025

 Good Morning Quilters!

I worked a little bit this week on the unfinished border on Cousin’s Walk.  Slow and steady is the plan for this project, as somehow, I don’t want it to end.  

Here are the two borders I am working on:

I have still been knitting dish cloths and tried a pattern that looks like herringbone.  I made one in turquoise and it was not the size I like, and I also made some mistakes in the pattern.   Then I tried another, but ran out of  yarn before finishing it.  I have started my third dish cloth in this pattern, and I know I have enough of this yarn to finish it.  And by working this pattern three times, I have figured out the pattern so I don’t have to refer to the directions all the time, (and not make so many mistakes).  Here is a picture of all three:

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