It’s interesting how I can be in a creative funk one month and be on a productive streak the next month. Right now I’m feeling pretty damned productive.
I got up this morning and went and played Pickleball… FOR THREE HOURS! So when I got home I really just wanted to plop down on the sofa and ice my knee. Which I did for a half hour. I even set my timer so I wouldn’t let it drag out.
Then I hit my sewing room and got busy.
I finished sewing the final seams for the strip sets for the quilt I started yesterday. Then I got them pressed, trimmed the blocks and sat down on the sofa to pin the pieces as I watched even MORE Pickleball!
This is all the scraps that were left over! That’s a pretty efficient pattern!
Here’s A big stack of the blocks all pinned and ready to sew. I whipped these through my little Featherweight chain piecing style. It didn’t take long.
Then I got them all pressed and set them aside to work on something more pressing.
That’s all 20 blocks laid out on my cutting table.
Next I got cracking on the backing for the blue lap quilt. I plan to take it to my long arm quilter tomorrow. I had to add a strip down the center to make the piece wide enough. I didn’t want to cut up more of the bird fabric.
Next I dug into my stash to see if I had something to use as a backing for my NY Beauty wall hanging and discovered a left over piece of this wide backing from my blue 16 patch quilt.
And it matches the border on the wall hanging! So perfect!
That orange (the fruit and the color!) at the bottom will be the binding. It’s in the pieced top.
These quilts are all packaged up with their tops and are ready to go to my quilter.
Since I was still feeling like I wanted to get some shit done I tossed the new blocks up on my design wall.
I’m not sure I’d ever put this collection of fabrics together but I kind of like it. I like that it feels dark, but it has some really wonderful pops of color. I’ll still move a few things around after I look at it a little more.
These 20 blocks make for a pretty small quilt top, so I decided that I’ll add some borders. First I tried the dark Kaffe tiddlywinks, the dark pods at the top and the spotted fabric at the right. I sort of liked the tiddlywinks at first, but wasn’t sure about it.
Then I tried some black and white jumble because it almost always works. Nope!
Then I wondered about different color ways of jumble. And I think I found my border!
I’ll ruminate on this for a few days and then order some if I don’t change my mind.
I’m going to play Pickleball again tomorrow morning. Then I’ll wait to hear from my quilter on the best time to drop by.
In the last couple days, someone asked me about the blue fabrics I used in that lap quilt. I can’t locate the email or message to respond. But here’s the fabrics I used for my original blue KFC 16 patch, which is where most of them are from. You can find a fabric list that identifies all of these fabrics here. (For the person who asked the question: try Tennessee Quilts for the fabric you were asking about. I might have gotten it there.)
Look at this cutie patootie French bulldog names Gigi who was at Pickleball this morning. She was so friendly and excited to see me (ie: smell my dogs on me!).
I think I might need a small dog again.
agilejack 
My 2 cents…I prefer the dark pods, your 1st choice.
It brings a deeper dimension to the other darks in the quilt. The blue jumble floats in the middle somewhere and is only an answer.
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Hmm. Interesting. The pods didn’t do anything for me. I love that fabric but it felt really dull with the other fabrics.
anne
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Wow! You have been busy. Beautiful!
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thanks! it went together really fast!
Anne
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Yes, I would say you are one of the most productive sewers I know! 👍 I like the blue jumble one you picked last too. Yes, yes on a small dog. I’ve been gone on a quilt retreat for a few days, nice to sew away without thinking I should be unpacking! We have most of it done but yesterday I realized I can’t find my janome power cord! Not where it should be with the machine and foot control. SMH! If I can order a new one I will surely find it. I just took handwork to retreat so I packed it somewhere for our move. Thankful I have my featherweights ❤️! Hugs to Bender and Rico 🥰
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Hahaha! I just misplaced the power cord to my work laptop! It had been in my sewing room and when I cleaned it out when my friend was here I put it somewhere safe! I tore my house apart on Friday looking for it! Finally found it in clear view on my bedroom dresser… left there after I unpacked it after the trip to my brother’s place! You might find it when you least expect it!
Anne
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I was hoping you would share the pattern for the bucket bag I believe you csllled it? Thank you
Christine Booth🐝
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I’m using a video tutorial by Svetlana Sotak. I included her video in this blog post: https://agilejack1.com/2022/08/05/thinking-about-new-projects-buying-lots-of-crap/
Anne
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I like this newest quilt top. I’m going through my big bin of 2.5″ Kaffe collective strips and will make one of these soon. I think this is a good place to use some of the odd ball prints that aren’t consistently one color.
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I agree. I’m really enjoying making these and actually like the one with more color more than the blue one. I want to try all kinds of color combos. Thinking maybe a really bright one next.
Anne
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Hi Anne, I’m trying to suss out the size of the strips and blocks in your new quilt. It looks like each strip piece is ca 2.5 x 4.5 inches which would make the constructed blocks about 8 x 14 inches? Thanks.
Love your work as always.
Marjorie
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It’s made with 2.5 inch strips cut width of fabric. Once they are sewed into 8 alternating rows, I trim them up and slice off two 5 inch pieces. So each rectangle finishes at 2×4.5 inches.
I used a jelly roll for this one and they had cut off the selvedge, so I BARELY had enough to cut my ten inch piece, so I was really careful in how I did my sewing to make the strip set as straight as possible. You could easily cut them to 4.5 or 4.75 inches wide if you needed to.
I just measured the finished block and it’s 9.5 x 16.5 inches.
Anne
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Thank you! I often find myself up in the middle of the night and like working on a project that gives maximum aesthetic pleasure while minimal effort to make it turn out right! This might do the trick.
Marjorie
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this doesn’t take a ton of brain power! Might be good for late night sewing.
Anne
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You are incredibly amazing! I am always inspired by your massive productivity and seemingly endless creations! Thank you for sharing!!! Have a blessed day! Debra
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thank you! I do manage to fine time for relaxing and doing nothing too!
Anne
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I do like your newest quilt very much indeed and interested to see the fabrics you auditioned for a border. I have no end of 2.5″ strips in my boxes so I might just have to get busy and sew one of these quilts up.
What width are the pieces?
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It’s made with 2.5 inch strips cut width of fabric. Once they are sewed into 8 alternating rows, I trim them up and slice off two 5 inch pieces. So each rectangle finishes at 2×4.5 inches.
I used a jelly roll for this one and they had cut off the selvedge, so I BARELY had enough to cut my ten inch piece, so I was really careful in how I did my sewing to make the strip set as straight as possible. You could easily cut them to 4.5 or 4.75 inches wide if you needed to.
Anne
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Thank you Anne. Sorting fabrics for this one now.
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Oh, Cool ! I can’t wait to see what combo you come up with!
Anne
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You take great pictures of dogs (as well as quilts of course).
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I was just thinking I haven’t posted a photo of my dogs in a while!
Anne
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