Design Wall Monday

Here's what I have cut so far for my Bonnie Hunter class, Bricks in the Barnyard.  I only have this evening and a couple of hours tomorrow to do any more cutting before I leave.  I'm hoping to feel more prepared for this class than any other class I've taken at our guild.  I want time to focus on the tips and techniques that she will be giving us, rather than cutting my fabric.  I'm also hoping to haul my Juki to the class.  It is my favorite sewing machine and has lots of bells & whistles (like needle down & a thread cutter, which saves on thread).

Fabric cut and on my ironing board

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Missing my 6 1/2" Easy Angle

Next month, I'm taking a Bonnie Hunter class and she recommended using the Easy Angle for making the half square triangle units.  I knew I had that exact Angle and had it for quite some time, so where could it be?
So, as I was looking for it; I continued to put items away and sort through fabrics.  Amazingly, after about two hours, I found it.  I imagine if I could lose a few more things, I could actually get my Sewing Room in some type of order. I'm going out of town for a week and when I get back, I'll only have two days to get ready for my class plus I'll be exhausted after my trip.  We are going to be making a quilt from Bonnie Hunter's book:  Scraps & Shirttails II.

I had wanted to finish my Bonnie Hunter Grand Illusion Mystery Quilt from 2014 but too many other projects have been started, so I plan to show her the part that I have completed.  I'm hoping that some of her energy will rub off on me.

Design Wall Monday

One of our guild members taught a class in June 1999 and again in June 2005 on making a "Miniature Double Wedding Ring" quilt. I remember how much fun our members had learning the technique and bringing back their finished quilts at the next guild meetings.

Mini Wedding Ring Quilts from June 1999

The picture above shows (2) Mini's that I made in June 1999.  Good thing I brought these out to show because I now realize that the "mini" UFO that I started in June 2005, is missing the 4-patch blocks at each
intersection.  As I was quilting it, I thought it was odd that the rings were not finished at the intersections.

Mini Wedding Ring Quilt from June 2005

The picture above shows the Mini that I thought was almost done except for the sleeve at the top.
I discovered it is missing the 4-patch blocks.  Now to round up contrasting fabric to make
(20) tiny 4-patch blocks.  I hand quilted around all the rings with gold metallic thread to match the background fabric and machine quilted three times around the rings with gold thread.  I will also need
to make a label.


So, as not to forget the "Major Project" that I've been working on with a deadline--the end of June 2016.
Oh, who am I kidding???  I know, you will look at it and say "It doesn't look that bad".  However, my camera doesn't take wide angle shots and about one third of the stuff is hiding in a corner of my bedroom and my cutting table is also piled high.  I have created a wider walk-way than a few weeks ago.

Sewing Room - mid June 2016

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Design Wall Monday

My 365 Quilty Circle Project is up to date through Saturday, June 4th.  The (3) rows I have pictured include April 30th, through June 4th for a total of 36 HST with a circle and journal entry related to that day.

Quilty Circles from 043016 through 060416

The next picture is of a QOV  "in process".  I started making this quilt in mid April 2015 and wrote about it on my DWM post dated 04/20/2015.  All it needs is a narrow red border all the way around and a wider blue border as the final border all the way around.  I had been using a nice white muslin for the backs and had recently purchased a entire bolt of 90" wide to be used for my QOV projects.  I recently found out that I must use a white on white fabric instead of white muslin.   One of my friends from my sewing group is going up to Whittles Fabrics located in Smiths Grove, Kentucky and plans to look for some 90" fabric that will be suitable for my QOV projects.

Carpenter Star Top needs borders

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Mrs. Bunny building her nest

I have spent the entire morning watching a "new mother to be" build her nest.  Heavy rain was predicted for this morning and Mrs. Bunny may have known rain was on it's way.  She was busy gathering dry grass from our yard and taking it back to the nest she was preparing.  She chose a nice spot right between my iris and a foot high wooden raised garden bed.  She scurried back and forth for over an hour-resting now and again.

Gathering grass for nest

Lots of grass options

Perfect Nest Spot as seen through the blinds

Then came a huge downpour of rain.  I noticed that Mrs. Bunny had moved out into our yard and
was sitting out under a tree, getting soaked.  The next time I looked, she was gone.  The sun has now appeared, which is good.

Well, I need to get busy on my "365 Quilty Circles".  At present, I'm caught up through June 1st.  It is so easy to get behind.