 Oak Moth Quilt, 57" x 67" The Oak Moth quilt is done! I really enjoyed this one. It's a pattern by Pen + Paper Patterns. It's very well written and easy to follow. I used this project to make a dent in my stash of vintage and reproduction feedsacks.  I used more of the vintage fabrics for the back.  I don't have a recipient for this quilt yet but I did wash and dry it to get it soft, cuddly and ready for delivery. It was also good to test the fabrics to make sure the old fabrics would hold up to washing! Everything did well and there was no bleeding.
If you want to see more close up photos, check out the page dedicated to the Oak Moth Quilt. This weekend I also finished the crochet poncho and it's being blocked as I write this. But that's not all! I got 2 veterans quilts quilted but ran out of steam before I could get them trimmed. All these projects will be shared later.
6 Comments
 Yesterday I spent most of the day at sewing with my quit club. I was working on a new veterans quilt and I forgot to take photos before I left. It's possible that I could have most of a new top together by this evening. After I came home, I got the Oak Moth quilt trimmed and the binding cut. I picked this purple for the binding mostly because it's the only fabric that I had enough of to cut binding strips.  I had been waiting to bind this quilt because I was waiting on these labels. Normally, when I make a quilt I make a custom printed label. But, for this quilt, I don't have a recipient designated. I wanted a generic label for this and other projects. Our veterans quilts use labels made by this company so I ordered some for myself to use in cases like this. If you are looking for labels, I've been really happy with this company. They always send you proof images to approve and shipping is faster than they tell you. They have sew-in, sew-on and iron-on label options.
 I didn't post yesterday because I was too lazy to get on the computer after I got home from our quilt club meeting. But, this is what I would have posted. Tuesday afternoon I finished putting this veterans quilt top together. I really love it. These rectangle string quilts are a lot of fun to make and they all look different.  The quilt club meeting was a huge success. I brought home 13 finished veterans quilts and 7 more tops to quilt.  Yesterday I started prepping for our sewing retreat to Sandbridge today. First, I'll show you the progress on the poncho. I 5 more rows I'll try it on and see if the length is good. It might be done soon.  For my retreat projects I decided to take scraps to make placemat tops and I'll take this blanket as my crochet project. It's pretty mindless and I can work on it while we watch golf.  Yesterday morning, I thought I could make a little progress on the Oak Moth quilt. I thought I could at least get it loaded and basted so that I could quilt it when I get home next week. But then I kept going and got it totally quilted! It's ready for binding next week.
I'm not taking my computer to the beach so I won't post again until Tuesday. Have a great weekend!  Yesterday afternoon I sat down to get a final arrangement of the blocks on this quilt. I had a good book on to keep me from getting distracted so I started cutting sashing. About 6 hours and 1 meal later, I had the top all together. I have no idea where this quilt will ultimately go to live but I'm so glad I made it. I think it's really cute. I'll start piecing the back today and I'm going to try to get the quilt totally complete by the end of the month. I have 2 veterans quilts on the longarm right now but when they are done this can go on for a quilt pantograph treatment.  On Thursday, Mom and I and two friends went to Jamestowne. The whole thing was prompted by the book on Jamestowne that I read in February. I thought that I had been there when I was young but I'm not so sure. I didn't recognize anything. But I don't think they really started doing a lot of work there until the 1990's when the serious archaeology was undertaken. They had a archaeology tour that was very interesting and there's a museum with many of the treasures, including a couple of skeletons. I think that one thing that really struck me was just how small the fort is for the number of people that it was supporting. Privacy had to be at a premium. It was really good to see so many families with kids there. On the tour there was one young girl, I guess around 10, that asked some very good questions. She had obviously been studying and I'm guessing that she's homeschooled. She caught the archaeologist making some seemingly contradictory statements but the clarification answer made sense of it all.  In more current news, the bluebirds are back! I assume we'll get 5 eggs, as usual.
 I met my goals yesterday. I added 2 more rows to the crochet poncho and got these 2 veterans quilts quilted. I think this one was made by Mary.  This one was made by Peg.  This one is really fun because it's made with shark fabric! I quilted both quilts with the Macrame pantograph. I have 2 more to get quilted before Tuesday.  I also got the rest of the Oak Moth blocks done. I'm going to study this for a couple of days and then start adding the sashing this weekend.
I felt like it was time to get out of the house and do something different so Mom and I and some friends are going to Jamestowne today and be tourists.  The Oak Moth leaf blocks are a little tedious with those half inch stems and veins but I'm almost done with them. Only two more blocks to make and they will get done today. Then I'll look at the arrangement for a couple of days before I start putting it together with all the sashing and borders. I do really love it. I think the vintage fabrics work great in this pattern.  I also got 2 more veterans quilts loaded. My goal is to get these quilted today too.
 I want to quilt some veterans quilts this weekend so yesterday I spent a couple of hours ironing a pile of quilt back laundry. I dyed all of these week before last and it was time to finally get them prepped. I'll get one loaded today with 2 veterans quilts. After my ironing session I was outside in the beautiful weather raking up pine straw and pine cones for a while.  Then I got the first of 8 leaf blocks done for the Oak Moth quilt. This block wasn't nearly as tedious as I thought it would be. All the HST parts that I've sewn already was, by far, the worst part. If I focus, I can get all of the leaf blocks done this weekend.
I ended the day watching the last episode of Reacher and doing some crochet.  I got all of my extra pieces cut and other pieces re-cut and all the white HST's sewn. I can start assembling leaves and stems today.  The only problem that I had was this fabric. I didn't have enough of this fabric to re-cut these pieces. I only had just enough to add a half inch insert. I think it will be fine in the finished quilt....from a distance.
 I was so pleased with myself yesterday. After some time outside I settled in for a few good hours of sewing before dinner. I'm working on the leaf blocks and I got the corners sewn on all of the top leaves.  Then I pulled out the rest of the 2" squares and started drawing the diagonals. A truly mind-numbingly boring job. Thank goodness for a good audiobook.  Finally, I could start sewing the corners of the rest of the leaves (HSTs). This is where the profanities started. First, I discovered that I only cut half as many HSTs as I needed which led to tie discovery that I didn't have enough of some of the fabrics to cut more so I had to pick some additional green fabrics. Not a problem.
With the new fabrics I had to cut the top leaf pieces again and that's where I discovered that the ones that I had already cut and sewn were cut 1/2" too short! Next thing you know Chris is coming in and saying "What's up with the foul language? Also dinner is ready." After dinner I finished all of the recutting so, hopefully, this afternoon I'll be back doing some actual productive sewing. Otherwise, all is well here. The weather is beautiful and things are blooming and greening up very nicely. We are still waiting on the last stage of our outside reno project, replacement of the porch railings. We thought it was happening this week but this week is running out quickly. It's not stopping us from anything except putting the porch furniture back. Chris is away this afternoon so I think I'll rewatch the Super Bowl while I sew. That will make me happy.  If I had bothered to post yesterday this is all I would have had to show for Monday. Mom and I went to see a friend's new house and I was late getting to sewing. I was so excited to get the first 2 moth blocks together when I saw that I swapped the antennas on the moths. I just turned off the lights and let it alone until yesterday. It was an easy and quick fix but I just wasn't in the mood.  After the block is made it gets triangles added to each side. The design is kind of genius because you don't have to worry about the seams being perfect. Once you sew the corner triangles on the block is then trimmed down to 10" square so it's a very forgiving pattern.  I settled in for lots of sewing yesterday afternoon and I got all of the moth blocks done and trimmed before I headed out for a neighborhood zoning meeting. these blocks are so cute! I'm so glad I decided to make this quilt. My neighborhood meeting was about a neighbor wanting to subdivide their 10 acre lot into 2 lots (8 and and 2 acres) so their daughter could build a house. Normally in this part of the county you could not subdivide a 10 acre lot but their lot used to be divided into 2 properties anyway so they are just setting it back to the way it once was. No one had a problem with it. I just love living in this neighborhood. We used to have one really cranky neighbor but he died several years ago. Now everyone else is lovely.  I am still making progress on the poncho and I still love it. I try to do two rounds every morning after breakfast when the natural light is good. It takes a lot longer now, there are over 230 stitches on a round now and about every 10 rows it goes up another 21 stitches. I'm getting near the end of the second ball and will probably use one more. I have enough for another project, I way overbought!
Today I just have some yard work and a run to Costco and then I can get on with the leaf blocks for the quilt. |
FeedsTo subscribe click the RSS Feed button and copy the URL of that page into your blog reader.
In Bloglovin you need to search "Colorways By Vicki Welsh" to find the blog. About Vicki
I'm Vicki Welsh and I've been making things as long as I can remember. I used to be a garment maker but transitioned to quilts about 20 years ago. Currently I'm into fabric dyeing, quilting, Zentangle, fabric postcards, fused glass and mosaic. I document my adventures here. Categories
All
Archives
April 2025
|
RSS Feed
