Tag: 16 Patch

Started Sidewalk #4

Sidewalk #4 Start
Sidewalk #4 Start

I started Sidewalk #4. As you can see from the photo, I am using my design floor. The design walls are full. I can’t take Country Revival/The Sad Quilt off the large design wall until I get more sewn. 

Sidewalk is too big for the small design wall so design floor it is. Not my preference, but needs must. Too many projects on the go, so I needed to get one of them off my list.

I have been randomly sewing Half 16 Patch blocks to the white background pieces as leaders and enders, so I have a small start. I have a lot to do, however. The Community quilt team for the guild really needs backs, so that is an extra step. I know I normally do it, but was considering being lazy this time. More fabric used, however.

Sidewalk Done

Sidewalk top: done
Sidewalk top: done

Since I had some free sewing time, I spent as much time as I could grab sewing this quilt top together. I concentrated on the half 16 patches first. I had been kind of limping along sewing them in between Triumphant block 2 pieces and was sick of it. I only needed a few more half blocks, so I sat down and sewed them.

I had a few hours while DH was out one evening so I started sewing the blocks together and just continued snatching time wherever I could. Once the half blocks were together this was a relatively easy  quilt to sew together.

Sidewalk back
Sidewalk back

I decided to use red for the back. Shockingly, the back went together very well. Instead of fighting with pieces like normal, this back went together really easily.

I am glad this is finally done! I have some ideas for other versions, but want to get Chain Link and Triumphant pieced.

 

 

 

AKA Sidewalk

Sidewalk sewing started
Sidewalk sewing started

I decided to call this quilt pattern ‘ Sidewalk’. There are other quilt patterns called ‘Sidewalk’, but this one looks more like city blocks surrounded by sidewalks than any of the other others. Besides I can’t keep calling it Half 16 Patch Sashing quilt. That name is too much of a mouthful.

I am making good progress. I have sewn the blocks together and am working on sewing them into pairs.

More Half 16 Patch Sashing Top

Half 16 patch sashing #1 in process
Half 16 patch sashing #1 in process

This top is taking forever and, again, I need the design wall space, so I’ll need to spend some time this weekend churning out half blocks.

That being said, I haven’t been a slacker. I have made some progress and the quilt top is coming together. I also like the way it looks, though it is a bit dark close up. 

There was no way I can finish it to turn in tomorrow at Sew Day, but maybe I’ll be able to finish it for the meeting in a few weeks. Work sure does get in the way of sewing!

Half 16 Patch Sashing Top More Progress

Well, I thought I had done more than I have actually done. Or that’s the way it feels.

Half 16 Patch Sashing top #1 - more progress
Half 16 Patch Sashing top #1 – more progress

I put this quilt up on my large design wall and it turns out I have a whole bunch of sashing/blocks left to do.

I put the sashing/blocks along the outside so I could see the full extent of what I had. With so much white, the outside of the quilt melted away into the design wall. 

It turns out that I have one full sashing/block on the machine, but I still need about 13. I have more than a week until I want to hand it in at the guild meeting.

It has an interesting look. I think when I make the next one I need to be more selective about the colors I choose. I need to have one color used as alternate patches in all the blocks.

 

Progress on Half 16 Patch Sashing Donation Quilt

Half 16 patch sashing #1 in process
Half 16 patch sashing #1 in process

I have made good progress on the Half 16 Patch Sashing Donation top. I used the 2.5 inch squares as leaders and enders as I worked on Old Town. It was getting too big for the small design wall and that helped to spur me on to get Old Town finished. I wanted to see this top on the large design wall. I feel like I am almost finished!

Half 16 Patch Sashing Donation Quilt

Half 16 patch sashing #1 in process
Half 16 patch sashing #1 in process

I am very pleased with how this experimental quilt is coming out.

All the pieces are not in their final location yet, but seeing them start to look like something is very gratifying.

This may turn into two of these as I think I need to have a bit of red in each sashing piece.

Yes, you might recognize some donation blocks that I unsewed so I could use them in this quilt. LOL.

QST #4 To Be

Donation blocks for QST #4
Donation blocks for QST #4

I gathered enough donation blocks – almost – to make another QST donation top. Of course, the grey strip blocks are still on the wall in progress.

I have one block in progress that will be done quickly, if I can every sit down to sew again.

I made all of these blocks, but I scavenged two back from Peggy at Sew Day, so I didn’t have to sew quite so many. I wanted to get to making the quilt.

Now I am wondering how many quilts I need to make before I know I am making a series?

Finished: Pink & Black QST #3

Pink & Black QST donation top #3
Pink & Black QST donation top #3

This quilt is off to be quilted and, thereafter, to a new home.

The variety of blocks does not appeal to my desire for symmetry, but I feel like I need to be able to use the 16 patch blocks I make. I am thinking that I might change the color choices I make for donation blocks going forward. Still, I know someone will like it.

Starting Pink and Black QST #4

Pink & Black QST #3
Pink & Black QST #3

I started the fourth QST donation quilt. I wanted to use the pink 16 patches I had been making and this pattern is still interesting enough for me to want to make another top.

I am quite enamored of pink lately, for some reason. I am going with the flow and not trying to fight off the urge to use some pink.

Pink & Black QST #3 - testing more pink
Pink & Black QST #3 – testing more pink

I thought about using something other than white for the background, so I did a little testing. It didn’t really work out, so I ended up going with white.

I am glad I used my mantra “make visual decisions visually”. Even a solid (lower left hand corner) was a little too much pink for me. I could have tried other pinks, but decided just to get it done, so I cut up some white.