Sweet Dreams Are Made of These - Finished

...just in time to go into a silent auction tonight!

For a random "hey, I wonder what happens when I slice a charm pack with my Tri-Recs" project, I think it came out well. If I were to redo it, I'd square off the center on the purple instead of using the bits of charms. Then I would have enough bits of charms for the border.

The backing is a plain vintage sheet from my stash.

I quilted in the ditch and I love the way it looks on the back.

It measures approximately 40x44.

Fabric is Dream On by Urban Chiks, Thistle Kona, and vintage sheets. Binding is a pink scrolly print from Hobby Lobby.

And an outtake. My binding clips are with the Cinderella quilt in Florida - I'll catch up with them soon! Luckily, this is how I do my hair most days. :)

Disaster in Progress - Week 1

I work so well under deadlines...

Due tomorrow:

Sweet Dreams just needs the binding. That'll be finished sometime this afternoon. Hopefully.

The Dude has PJ Day on Friday, and all his are 3" too short. Fine for home, not for school. Luckily I had the flannel on hand!

Due next week:

There is a row of the Charm Pack Quilt Along draped on every surface of this room. I'm just thankful I labeled each row, otherwise I'd really be in trouble right about now.

Unpictured is the pile of stuff to be quilted, which includes Bad Romance (oops, was that for Valentine's Day?) and a heart table runner (oops, was that for...oh, nevermind.)

My LQS is having a quilting retreat on Monday, and I think I'm going to go - mostly because that will force me to clean everything up and get organized this weekend.

Because right now I can't even find the ironing board.

Everyone else at Freshly Pieced is doing much, much better.

Sunday Stash Report - Week 9

A couple little purchases this week, and finally, the finishes are starting to roll in.

I bought another 1/4 yard of the purple Kona - which is actually Thistle, not Petunia - to finish up the borders. I ran over to my favorite quilt teacher's house to shop her stash when I realized I was exactly three 3.5" squares short on the triangle border. We found some that blended nicely, plus some actual vintage sheet that made a great second border.

I finished this quilt this afternoon, but you'll have to wait until Tuesday to see it. ;) It used up 3/4 yards of the purple, one charm pack + five extra squares, and 12" of the vintage sheet.

I finished the sailboat top and decided to weigh it, since there so much random piecing in it. I read that a yard weighs between 4.4 and 4.5 ounces, which makes the top about 1.82 yards.

Oh, and I bought 21" of a U.S. Navy print from the remnants at Hobby Lobby. Because I might not have enough military fabric.

Used this Week: 3.75

Used Year to Date: 22.14

Added this Week: 1.67
Added Year to Date: 39.44
Net Used for 2011: (17.3) yards

 

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Design Wall Monday - Week 8

Two things on the wall today.

On the bottom is Dream On, which I might have worked on this week even though I swore I wasn't going to. I realized I need to donate something to my Officers Spouse Club's Silent Auction next month, so there you go - purpose.

I really like the border triangles on the bottom, but the math indicates I'd be better off the way they are on the left side.

And this is the top...

Yes, I'm finally finishing the Charm Pack Quilt Along! I decided to toss up two rows at a time for leaders and enders, instead of being tempted to start something else for that purpose.

Notice what's not there? That's right, I finished the sailboat quilt yesterday. Told you I was focusing!

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Design Wall Monday - Week 7

Still the sailboat quilt...

Hatteras is complete, I decided on my sizing between the sky and the water, and I really should, at a minimum, be adding sky to the boats on top of the water, since that's the easiest measurement.

But noooooo, what am I doing in the bottom right? Randomly slicing into a Dream On charm pack that has no place, whatsoever, on my project list.

I think I have quilting ADD. 

The top row, the triangles are 2" apart; second row, 1.5"; third row, 1". I think I like 1.5" the best. 

But seriously, I'm not going to cut the purple sashing until I've put sky on those boats. And quilted Bad Romance. And caught up on the Layer Cake Quilt Along. Seriously.

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