More Basting and a Top

Since I finished all 12 of the quilts I had pin basted in my October basting party, it was time to do it again!  On my January 1st post I listed all 41 tops that I still need to quilt.  I have been piecing backings and even fusing some batting together and so far have 8 pin basted this weekend. I had some things come up so I didn't get as many done, but I have today off work and have plans to get three more done today.  I might be out of pins by then but we will see!  I do plan on ALL the tops having batting and backing ready for the next pin basting session.   I might run out of batting.  I started with 40 yards on hand.  Some of the quilts are from the mid 2000's and several from before 2012!  Time to get them out of here.

This is a mystery quilt top from this past year.  I am not thrilled with it, but it is growing on me.  You picked light or dark Kaffe Fassett fabrics and everything was provided.  I picked the dark version.   I wish it was longer, I am not in to square quilts so I am trying to figure out if I want to add a border or just quilt it.  It is 83" square. The background is a light blue polka dot.

Kaffe Mystery Quilt 2018

This is a pile of 8 quilts that are basted for quilting.  The quilt top in the background is about 70" square and I made it in 2010.  The pattern was in an Australian Patchwork magazine and it is done with all Fossil Fern Fabrics.  The name is Fossil Fern Fantasy.  The fabrics are feeling flimsy and will need a nice pressing with Best Press.  Strangely, I had not stitched down the applique in the middle and it is sticking well.  I will blanket stitch that before basting it for quilting.  I have the backing ready.

The quilt on top of the pile has 9 Hawaiian applique blocks.  I originally hand appliqued 13 of them in 3 different colors and had an on point setting planned and because it took so long to applique the blocks I didn't have enough fabric and got discouraged.  I finally used 9 of the blocks and will make a table runner out of the others.  I was also discouraged because the Roxanne Glue Baste It I used turned oily and put some stains on the fabric.  But now it's time to quilt it and throw it in the washer and see what happens.  I had all the blocks done in 2010.

One morning on my way to work I saw this to the east.  My house is in the trees on the left of the photo and I headed west but stopped and took this picture behind me.  I really liked the V from jet streams.

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Basting, Basting, Basting

As I have mentioned previously, I have a LOT of unfinished projects.  A LOT!  I do all my machine quilting on a Pfaff Grand Quilter, no long arm, no mid arm, just stuffing the quilts through and moving them around. Because of that, my quilts need to be layered and basted together with some method before quilting.  I was on a roll this weekend.  I started pulling tops out of my cupboard and picking backings (and in most cases piecing them) and started basting them together with pins.  The two smallest ones are spray basted, not a method I use on bigger quilts or quilts that will be sitting before they are quilted.  I apparently had a LOT of safety pins!  I know I have acquired them from various sources, including my mother-in-law's sewing room when she passed away.

I ended up getting 11 quilts ready for quilting in 3 days (and that was taking time out for being gone parts of two days).  Most of them are smaller and most will end up being donated or gifted.  One of them is from at least 10 years ago.  The top has been sitting unquilted and I have some older than that!

I absolutely LOVE my Kwik Klip!  It is one of my favorite tools.  I am also fortunate I buy backing by the roll!

Now I need to start quilting!!!  Yes, two of the quilts are the same!  The quilt top on the wall is auditioning borders.

 My mom found this fabric in a box in her house and had no clue what it was for so I put it together with some "doggie" backing and quilted it and gave it back to her!  She can use it for some of the donation causes for the senior center she is active in.  I also made her two pillows out of a different dog print.

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Bitty Blocks Finished

This weekend we threw an 80th birthday party for my mom.  She only wanted family and thought it was just going to be my husband, myself, my two brothers and their spouses and my niece and her two kids.  My sisters drove six hours to surprise her.  It was fun that we were able to pull that off!

I am excited I was able bind my Bitty Blocks from Quiltmaker's blog quilt while watching the Olympics yesterday.  I am normally someone who "listens" to TV so having to actually watch is tricky!  I should have gotten a picture of my quilting.  I did a free motion allover design, having fun making swirls and suns and fun elements.

I pin basted another top for quilting this week!  It only measures 60 X 72.

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