Commentary about works in progress, design & creativity
This quilt was returned to the guild’s community quilts project at last month’s meeting by Lee Ann. She named it ‘Leftovers’ after I told her the story of the three food quilts and how I make the Ends quilts.
I am really pleased that a number of my quilt tops have been finished recently.
Sew Day was Saturday and it was great! There is a lot to tell you, but I’ll probably have to spread it over a few posts.
First up, community quilts.
Friend Julie finished the Ends n.17 (Plaid). She even did the binding! What a star!
I am so thrilled that this will soon go to a good home. I really hope that it will provide comfort and nice snuggles for someone who needs a hug.
Julie worked on a second quilt, which I did not make. My first comment, upon seeing it was that it was a weird shape. I quickly realized that it will be a great crib quilt. It is just the right size and shape for a crib, or a toddler bed for a slightly older child.
Ends n.17 (Plaid) is finished! Hooray!
I have used up that taupe fabric I used to separate the print strips. Hooray! That’s out of my life.
I have also made backs for all three Ends tops. I couldn’t not do it. I have another day, so I might make another one of these quilts to hand in on Saturday.
Trying to assuage my guilt at not wanting to make log cabin blocks, I started another Ends quilt top for the guild.
The plaids are from the Plaid Block Party quilt I finished in 2020. I am enjoying using these fabrics again.
I wonder if three quilts is enough to make up for my reluctance to make the log cabin blocks?
Ends n.16 went together very quickly. I actually worked on it at lunchtime the other day, then after work yesterday and I was done. Of course, I had everything out and available, which made the process go faster. Now it is ready for Sew Day next week.
Yes, I used that crazy turkey fabric from the pillowcases I made last fall. LOL!
I didn’t use up the taupe fabric I wanted to use so I started another Ends donation top almost as soon as I finished Ends n.15. I guess I am trying to make up for the fact that I don’t want to participate in making log cabins.
I quickly made another donation top using some of the edges of the good quilts I have made in the past.
I wanted to use up some yardage (the taupe) that I won’t use for other quilts.I still have a lot of strips from the edges of various quilts to use up as well.
Also, there is a community quilt day next month where we will be making log cabin quilts. I don’t enjoy making log cabin blocks, so I decided to make as many quilt tops as I could to donate between now and then.
I didn’t make a back and thought I wouldn’t, but now I think I will.
Ends n.11 was handed in at the December Sew Day, finished. Melinda quilted it as an exercise on her longarm. I was very pleased to see it again finished.
As I have said so many times, I am so pleased that we work on these quilts as a team.
Ends n.13 is finished! I got to see it briefly at the meeting 10 days ago. It is such a hodgepodge of fabrics! Erin quilted this one as well and said that she enjoyed quilting happy looking quilts. This one is certainly cheerful.
Ends n.13 has been languishing long either. I finished the top and back in March of 2022.
We had a discussion of how many quilts we have given away and are in the neighborhood of 130 for the year. That is really great for a small guild like ours.
Ends n.14 (Typewriter) was also in the batch that Laura quilted for the guild. It wasn’t very long ago that I put it together.
I saw it Saturday and couldn’t tell whether what I was looking at was the back or front! I had forgotten that I did a lot of small piecing for this top.
Laura did a random meander and it looks pretty good. It doesn’t overshadow the piecing.
I finally put the black, red and gold ends together to make a quilt. There is some leftover typewriter fabric in the top, thus the Type writer moniker. I have to distinguish between these ‘Ends’ quilts somehow!
The main parts of the fabrics used in this quilt come from the first Stepping Stones quilt I made for my nephew for his graduation in 2013. Yes, they have been hanging around for a long time!
I didn’t have enough to make it quite as wide as I wanted, so I added the red and gold solids.
I didn’t have enough to make the back so I had to rummage for fabric. This quilt might work for a boy quilt.
See all of the Ends quilt on their own series page.
The long lost and latest addition to my Ends quilt series, Ends n.12: Pop Parade, is finished. I mentioned it the other day in my design wall post. I decided just to make a back and call it done.
Ends n.12 is another in the series of quilts I am making using the cut off edges of quilt backs. This quilt, as mentioned, uses Pop Parade, the never-ending fat quarter pack.
This was mostly done. I had to sew a piece or two on, but mostly I had to make the back.
The back uses the rest of that Italian Restaurant fabric I talked about recently.
This will go to Peggy at the next Sew Day.
See all of the Ends quilt on their own series page.
I finished Ends n.11 on Sunday, or maybe late Saturday. It isn’t amazing or anything, but it is finished and I will get some more scraps out of my workroom.
I was feeling like a slacker especially after seeing how many donation quilts were brought to our in person (!!!) guild meeting last week.When I went back and looked, it had really only been since July that I made a donation quilt, Ends. n.10 with the rest of the Pop Parade scraps.
On Saturday, I started working on another Ends donation top. This is Ends n.11 and I will hand it in to Peggy soon.
I found a whole bunch of edges of old quilts when I rearranged some stuff that was going back into my workroom*. Sigh. I thought I was doing so well keeping up with making stuff with the edges of the quilts I finish. This is an old stash, stashed before I thought of these ends quilts.
*N.B. I have three weeks to get all of my stuff back into my room before the Y.M. comes home for Thanksgiving.
These quilts are all made from the edges that are cut off of other quilts as they are being squared up. Sometimes I make the backs larger than needed so I get some large-ish pieces back. Those pieces are hard to store, so making some donation quilts out of them is a good idea.
July 2021
Ends n.10 (Pop Parade)
February 2021
Ends n.9 – see more information
June 2021
Ends n.8 (Bonnie & Camille) – see more information. Since I only make the tops, they don’t always get done in order.
January 2019
Ends n.7 – see more information
October 2018
Ends n.6 – see more information
June 2018
Ends n.5 – see more information
March 2018
Ends n.4 – see more information. You can see that Ends n.3 and Ends n.4 are related.
Ends n.3 – see more information
July 2018
Ends n.2 – see more information
March 2017
Ends (n.1) – see more information – this is the top that started it all!
You could also put scraps together into strips, add some background and make one of these. These are very improv-y and there isn’t a pattern. It is a good way to do something good with fabrics I wouldn’t otherwise use.