Category Archives: recycled

ufo on track

So, I have five more parts and this is done.  Right now I am out of thread, but I plan to go to Joanne’s tonight to remedy that.  Then I have two more squares left with the red edge, then three more seams and then three more finishing sections and I am done!  Yay!

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November ufo

What quilt is this that laid to rest under my sewing table for nearly a year?  Can you see it peeking out of the random materials I laid on top of it?  Yes, we are finally back to the denim cathedral windows quilt. I have great faith that I will finish it in November. Now, …

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Paul’s quilt – Blogger’s Quilt Festival

I am entering Paul’s quilt in a competition: Blogger’s Quilt Festival.  If you would enjoy seeing some real show stopping quilts, head over there and scroll past the prizes. The Quilt Stats: Quilt Measurements : 84×84 Special Techniques used, if any: improvisational piecing Quilted by… Roberta Brooks Best category: Scrap quilt, bed quilt Now for …

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September ufo – mending

So these are the two quilts I am mending for my September ufo.  I got these quilts about 15 years ago when my uncle moved away to Hawaii.  He gave me these and many other things he was getting rid of in the move.  These were my favorite things: two quilts from my grandmother.  I …

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ufo number 6

For October, I will be repairing two of my grandmother’s quilts that have some worn areas.  I have to dig them out first, and then I will have photos for you. I’m still plugging away at September’s ufo.  Now that I have the tract, I can finish it pretty effeciently.

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Yes, I did

Yes, I cut into a finished technically finished quilt- bound and everything.  Septemeber’s ufo is the Hawaiian quilt. I cut out all of the squares out.  I plan to reassemble them closer together.  I didn’t like how far apart they were. I have a lot of scraps to add as well.  I’m excited about it now, but it …

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September ufo

This month’s ufo is number 11. This quilt is technically done but yet I still don’t like it.  I have been thinking about cutting it up and assembling it again because there are a lot of elements I love about it.

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August ufo part 2

Yes, I did, not one but two ufos in August. And I completed them both!  This rug I am really excited about because it came out so thick and wonderful.  The denim strips are very tightly packed and it makes an excellent bath mat.  I wish I had thought a little more about color when …

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beginnings and enders

So, in the process of finishing my denim rug ufo, I got out all of my denim scraps to make more strips. But because I am a quilter or crazy, I couldn’t just cut the strips.  I had to cut a new batch of ender leaders. 2014 ufo here I come!  

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productive weekend

Well, I have been pretty incommunicado today.  One phone is down and the internet went down for no reason.  Yet, I had a really productive weekend. Here is my half-done rug.  Simply denim strips sewn to a worn out rug.  Then I fold the last strip and but the next one right against it to …

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