Tag: Ends Donation Quilt

Finished Ends n.25

Ends n.25 top finished
Ends n.25 top finished

I finished Ends n.25 a few weeks ago. I just handed it in and made time to post about it.

The background doesn’t provide the required contrast to make the oranges and yellows stand out. They don’t, however, blend together either. 

This is a great example of what is fun about making donation quilts. I can play around with fabric combinations that I wouldn’t otherwise consider for my own work. I guess making backing is a little of the same.

Ends n.24 back
Ends n.24 back

The back, like the back for Ends n.24, uses some old solids that have been around since the dark ages.

Started Ends n.25

Ends n.25 top
Ends n.25 top

Almost as soon as I finished Ends n.24, I started Ends n.25 using the same background fabric. I got the background fabric for free somewhere and never used it, so here we are.

You can see that there is a shortage on the bottom right so I’ll have to add something in there.

I am still working through the edges of the back of Orange You Glad, which make up the color in this quilt. I have a few other red and orange edges that I added in, some still hanging around from the back of the Lobster table runner.

Finished Ends n.24

Ends n.24 top finished
Ends n.24 top finished

I finished Ends n.24 pretty quickly, but have just had a chance to post about it now.

The edges I used are on the older side, including Orange You Glad, and were waiting for a new home and/or a new life. 

Ends n.24 back
Ends n.24 back

The fabrics for the back were even older. I used some solids from a bin of solids. Some of them I think I used in Mary Mashuta’s Pushed Neutrals class about a million years ago.

Started Ends n.24

Ends n.24 start
Ends n.24 start

I have been trying to fit the making of another donation top into my flurry of sewing. I feel like I have been doing so much. I have to acknowledge that some of the problem is design wall space. I finally started a top after taking the Warm Four Patch Fun off the design wall.

Welcome Ends n.24. Can you believe I have made 23.5 of these quilts? Yes, I have made that many over 9 years. It is kind of astounding, but also makes perfect sense. I keep producing quilts and Colleen sends the edges back. Thus I have the edges of bunches of quilts and if I don’t do something with them, they would just pile up.

Ends n.23 Start and Finish

Ends n.23 Top
Ends n.23 Top

I wanted to make a second donation top for the year and going through a stack of fabric helped. I found the neutral background and that cemented my resolve.

I used the edges that Colleen cut off of Gelato #2 to start this donation quilt. That back was quite large, so I had long pieces from which to choose. 

I shoot for about 40×40 for these quilts so a yard of fabric total works. The neutral I found was a half yard.

Ends n.23 back
Ends n.23 back

Except for the back, I didn’t need to dig into my bins of fabric. I chose some light oranges for the back, then dutifully measured and put together some batting scraps for the batting.

 

Ends n.22: Improv CR Donation Top

Ends n.22: Improv CR
Ends n.22: Improv CR

Since I went and retrieved the quilt for Cyndi and Ruth from Colleen, I ended up with the edges. Thus, Ends n.22.

I decided to work with what I had and not try to add a bunch of fabric. The big blobs of red-violet are a little odd, but I know someone will like it.

Yes, the bottom is a little wonky. I haven’t trimmed it yet. I might leave it to see what someone else does with the bottom.

I meant to take it to the meeting the other day, but I left it on the design wall. It gives me more time to make a back.

Ends n.21 Started

Ends n.21 in process
Ends n.21 in process

I have started another donation top, this one part of the Ends series. Can you believe this is the 21st?

This is made from a random piece of background fabric and the edges of the Hugs & a Kiss quilt. The sparkles in the dots are fun.

I accidentally started this series in 2017 with the first one, made from what I called ‘dreg ends’. I have a box with the cut off edges of finished quilts. I still have it, though there are many fewer edges. I am trying to keep up with using the edges as they come back from being quilted, but that box still has old edges in it.

Ends n.20 Top Finished

Ends n.20 top finished
Ends n.20 top finished

I did finish the Ends n.20 top and back in time to take it to the guild sew day to hand in.

I cut the piece in half and rearranged the strips as I described the other day. I think it looks a little better, but it isn’t perfect. I know someone will like it and it is certainly improv!

I used a large piece of a sea green solid with some added white strips to make the back.

I have only one more set of strips to use up, though I should be getting some quilts back soon.

Progress on Ends n.20

Ends n.20 nearly finished
Ends n.20 nearly finished

I finished Ends n.20 the other day, but I am not sure the top is really finished.

I don’t like the distribution of the strips. It looks unbalanced to me.

I know it is a donation quilt and I shouldn’t care that much, but I don’t like sending ugly quilts out into the world. It isn’t ugly, but it isn’t right either. It also isn’t good for me to not do my best. I use these quilts as a design exercise and need to do my best.

Ends n.20 where to cut
Ends n.20 where to cut

I am thinking of cutting the quilt as shown and sewing the right edge to the center. That is flipping the cut off piece 180 degrees. The dark and the grey ‘L’ will be in the middle if I do this.

Started Ends n.20 Donation Top

Ends n.20 start
Ends n.20 start

I am trying to use up all the ends from various quilts. This is another group of fabrics from the BAMaQG IRR quilt with a few from Pointillist Palette n.4 thrown in. The pieces seem to be a random assortment of sizes, so I am doing a bit more fiddly piecing than I normally would.

The PP fabrics on the right are a little heavy, so I may move one of the pieces to the left. It will kind of ruin what I have going with the grey strips, but maybe I can create something better.

I hope to get this done before Saturday’s meeting, so I can hand it in. We’ll see.

Ends n.19 in Process

Ends n.19 in process
Ends n.19 in process

Cyndi gave me a few yards of white from an estate sale trove of fabric she got, thus I decided to use white on this quilt.

I know white for a donation top is a bad idea as it will get dirty, but a design wants what a design wants.

I have one more section to sew before I decide if it needs to be larger. Without the left hand section sewn, the top is about 40 in. x 40 in. at the moment. I might not want a white strip on the end. We will see.

New Donation Top: Ends n.19

Ends n.19 start
Ends n.19 start

As I work through some sewjo challenges, I decided to make another Ends donation top. I have already handed in two donation tops this month, but an empty design wall doesn’t work for me.

I had various ends laying around the workroom and slapped a few up on the wall to see if I could make anything.

Ends n.18 was finished in September, so it is time for another one. I want to use a background fabric with the pieces shown, but I haven’t decided what color yet.

Finished: Ends n.18

Ends n.18 donation top: finished
Ends n.18 donation top: finished

I was able to finish Ends n.18 over the Labor Day Weekend. DH was out and about participating in various activities, so I had time to concentrate on clearing up projects that were hanging around.

I know Labor Day was a long time ago, but things are busy and I am sewing quite a bit.

Didn’t have quite enough of the grey dots for the background, so I added in a solid grey that has been hanging around for a long time. I have quite a bit of various background fabrics, so I just decided to add it in. The quilt top is about 48×48 inches, which is a nice size.

The back is very much off balance. I thought of putting the scrappy bit in the center, but couldn’t be bothered taking more time on it. It looks kind of cool as is.

Starting Ends n.18 Donation Top

Ends n.18 donation top start
Ends n.18 donation top start

I started a new Ends donation top with the leftovers from Scrappy Celebration. I also used some from the back of the Diagonal 9 Patch #3.

I did some processing of the various ‘ends’ I had received back from Colleen over the past few months. I decided I had enough to make another donation top.