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Fall Rail Fence – Finished Flimsy

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This quilt was inspired by a quilt in the January 1999 issue of Traditional Quilter called, Christmas Village.  I started making my quilt just after the magazine was issued so I can easily date this UFO! 
The quilt in the magazine had the same 3″ rail fence blocks as the center of my quilt.  The differences in the two quilts are in the border treatments.  Christmas Village had a border comprised of paper-pieced house and tree blocks that were supposed to look like streets in a village.  By the time I had the center of this quilt put together I was starting to second guess whether or not I wanted to paper piece the village blocks for my quilt.  I decided that a quilt top that has aged on the shelf for 13 years needs to be finished–paper pieced border or not!  I added a simple gold inner border and a wide sunflower outer border to finish off my version. 
This quilt is now 69.5″ x 87″ and was loaded on the long arm Sunday night.  I made a pass Sunday night and will take a pass now and then as I have time.  Before I know it, this one will be quilted and ready for binding.


Bryce – Finished Flimsy

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In September 2011, my husband and I took a holiday that involved visiting many of the National Parks in Utah.  Our favorite park was Bryce Canyon. 


This is my Bryce Canyon inspired quilt.  The pattern is Fire Escape by Terry Atkinson of Atkinson Designs. This quilt top is lap size–approximately 60″ x 72″
I picked out the batiks a week ago at my LQS and last Friday I spent the morning washing and drying the fabrics.  I started to cut the strips later in the day–only intending to do the cutting–kit the quilt so that when I was ready later to sew, everything would be ready.  Once I started working with the fabrics, I couldn’t stop.  I finally called it a night just after midnight Friday night with about 2/3 of the sewing done.  I was able to do a bit of stitching Saturday between errands and a family potluck dinner with the last seam stitched Sunday night.  This was a true weekend quilt project. 
I am now in search for the perfect backing fabric.  My husband got pretty good at spotting lizards and geckos in the parks we visited on this vacation so I would like to find a backing fabric that features these sorts of creatures.
These are some of the pictures I took during our visit to Bryce:

Few places are as spectacular as the natural beauty of Bryce!

Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Tonight I finished another flimsy.  Three finishes in one weekend is a record for me.

After finishing Popsicle Sticks on Friday night and Got Stripes? on Saturday night, I was ready for a reward project today.  It is nice to be able to decide on a project and make it entirely from your stash.

This top was made from a panel that I had in my stash for quite some time.  I used Kari Nichols’ pattern Sidelights.  Because my panel was not the size that Kari had in her pattern, I had to make some adjustments to the pattern.  This panel was not perfectly square which added to the challenges of putting together this quilt top.

This quilt top finishes at 47″ x 54″.

Got Stripes? – Finished Flimsy

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I finished “Got Stripes?” to the flimsy stage last night.  It took most of yesterday to get the two borders on.  It always amazes me how long it takes to measure, cut, and attach borders to the perimeter of a large quilt.  I usually underestimate the time I need for this task.
This one is technically queen size, but I think it would fit a king size bed too as I made the outer border wider than the pattern said. I took the border fabric I had on hand and figured out how many pieces I needed, did the math, and made the border the corresponding width. The only piece of fabric left was the piece that was trimmed off in the beginning when I was squaring up the fabric–every other last bit was used! I love no leftovers!  
Finished size:  100.5″ x  117.5″.

This is a Terry Atkinson design.  The pattern can be found in the book, “Time Out Quilts”.

This one has been added to the growing, “to be quilted” pile.