Tag Archives: baby quilts for boys

November Scrap Progress And December Goals

Posted on December 1, 2016 by quiltpaintcreate

I completely forgot about my November scrap goal but still managed to make progress. I planned to finish the second Stitching To Dye quilt. I have the columns sewn together and the vertical sashing and borders picked, but haven’t stitched … Continue reading →

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Stash Report And Comments

Posted on November 13, 2016 by quiltpaintcreate

No fabric added this week and fabric out for the baby quilt. Somewhere along the line I dropped my yarn usage. I’m picking that back up, even though nothing has changed. Thanks to everyone for your comments. I read the … Continue reading →

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A Scrappy Finish

Posted on November 12, 2016 by quiltpaintcreate

I finished the baby quilt for charity earlier this week. It’s made entirely from scraps, except the yellow spacer strips. Even after this quilt I can barely get the lid on the yellow/brown scarp bin. The pattern is called Siberian … Continue reading →

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Stash Report And Sewing Machines

Posted on November 6, 2016 by quiltpaintcreate

No fabric in this week. I don’t know where I would put it if I did buy it. I thought I’d have a finish this week, but I ran out of bobbin thread at 10:00 last night and called it … Continue reading →

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Stash Report And Two Down

Posted on April 24, 2016 by quiltpaintcreate

No fabric bought or used this week. I’m still working on the March blocks for the block of the month quilt. I’ve procrastinated because they had flying geese units in them. For whatever reason, I don’t like sewing flying geese. … Continue reading →

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One Down

Posted on April 23, 2016 by quiltpaintcreate

I finished the first bear embroidery block last night. I backed it with a thin batting which helped stabilize the block and my stitches. It also prevents shadowing. I’m not sold on how the directions tell you to stitch the … Continue reading →

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Finished Series Quilt and Stash Report

Posted on May 4, 2014 by quiltpaintcreate

I finished the second quilt in the “Squares” series, a bust of 1 3/8 yards. The quilt used a little more fabric than that, but I can even it out next time. This exercise came out of the book The … Continue reading →

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May A Lovely Year Of Finishes And Short List

Posted on May 3, 2014 by quiltpaintcreate

I’m stunned that it’s May already. April flew by so fast I feel like I missed it. I did not finish my April LYoF project or anything on the Short List. So far this year I’ve done better in the … Continue reading →

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Back To Squares #2

Posted on April 13, 2014 by quiltpaintcreate

I finally made it into the sewing room, but not long enough to finish anything. I’m just grateful I got in there at all. We had a school function last night that ate up hours of time. They are few … Continue reading →

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Progress, But No Finishes

Posted on April 6, 2014 by quiltpaintcreate

No change in the stash numbers this week. I worked on a lot of different things though. I sketched out the quilting design for the squares quilt. I did a paper mock-up of how I want to finish Confetti Breeze. … Continue reading →

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