It's been so nice to spend some concentrated time in the sewing room the past few days. I got both of the chandelier quilt tops done and ready for quilting. I love how these turned out and was very happy to use a lot of leftover veteran quilt backings as the background for these quilts. After I finished the quilt tops I still wanted to do more sewing but I'm not ready to start another quilt project yet. Looking around my sewing room I found a couple of 100 yard reels of grosgrain ribbon that I purchased specifically to use to make surgery drain bags. that seemed like a perfect project to start and work on for a few days. I've had this key print fabric in my stash for a long time so I cut it all up into pieces for these bags and I cut up a leftover camo fabric that I used for a quilt back. Both of these would work well with gray ribbon as the strap. I think I have 33 in progress. I really want to get some veterans quilts loaded for quilting but I was out of backings so I headed to the studio yesterday to quickly dye some backings. Each bin is one piece big enough to quilt 2 quilts, except for the single light blue on the right. Here I have 2 gray, 2 medium blue and one light blue. That's enough for 9 quilts. But that's not all! I have 2 golds and 1 green for 6 more quilts.
We also buy some printed backing in bright blue and tan so I pre-cut a few of those to have ready to go as well. I think I have about 10 tops that Brenda and I will be able to get started on this weekend. I'm also finishing up Barclay's blanket and should have it to share tomorrow as my last finish of 2022.
Gene Black
12/29/2022 07:16:42 am
You certainly do a lot of work on those veteran quilts. Brava!
Alycia Quilts
12/29/2022 09:57:44 am
Those two turned out beautiful!
Mary Anne
12/30/2022 09:34:19 am
Wow - no after-Christmas sloth going on in your house! Comments are closed.
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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
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