My quilting WIPs and UFOs in May 2018

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One month has passed since the last progress update on these, so I thought I'd write an update on how far I've gotten on all of my projects. During April, I've (among other things) been to a sewing weekend at Arbis, so that helped with getting some of the projects a little further along.

Some projects have been moved from UFO to WIP, and vice versa. The lists are fluid that way :)

These are my WIP:s

1. the Blue Roses and Denim quilt


  • This one is DONE! And it looks great :)

2. the 12 Color blocks quilts


  • Yes, twelve of them. And so far, three have been completed. You can see them here; first, second, and third.
  • No progress at all since last time I wrote. Which is a bit bad, but I have wanted to get other projects cleared away to have time to work on these.
  • This project still needs some backing fabrics, now that I have bought batting. And quilting plans for all of these.

3. the Odd blocks color quilt nr 2, aka Violet and Orange Sawtooth Stars


  • I've made some progress! I now have 21 violet stars done, and 25 orange ones. Out of the 36 that I need of each.
  • I need more white background fabric for the rest of the blocks, as well as for the sashing. And more unique violet and orange star point fabrics...
  • Thus, I have to -still- finish sewing blocks for the top and back.

4. the Pecking Order quilt, nr 2



  • I've written about this one here. And it is still "stuck" in the same state, because I have no idea about how to make the borders yet. But I've made some plans, and I think it will involve the bonus HST from the blocks, and star shapes.
  • So, borders and it also needs backing fabric.

5. the Fake cathedral windows mini-quilt


  • This one is DONE! And even though there are some parts of it I would have done differently, now that I know the technique, I am never the less so happy the quilt is finished.

6. the secret sewing Cars quilt for my kids


  • This one is also DONE! And it is in active use by the kids.

7. Rainbow Scraps quilt


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And these are my UFO:s

1. the One Block Wonder, or OBW quilt

  • Still needs to be ironed, and have borders attached. So it's still at the same stage it was since August 2017. I need more white backing fabric for it.
  • So, it still needs borders, time, and a plan on how to finish it.

2. the Jeans 10/10 cm quilt

  • No progress on this one either, because I still haven't bought "the right orange" thread. And it still needs 80 more 10x10 cm denim squares. An I haven't even  gotten to the cutting up denim part.

3. Pecking Order nr 1

  • have cut out the pieces for the star blocks, in the same natural white as the one above in WIP:s. I have also the accents fabrics picked out, I just need to get it under way.

4. Peking Order nr 3

  • have cut out 75 background pieces in black, still need to cut out solids for the star points.

5. the Odd blocks color quilt nr 1

  • all odd 5x5cm pieces left over from the color block quilts, sewn together into 16-patches. So far, I have just a few done.

6. the Odd blocks color quilt nr 3

  • same type as the one above, but maybe with sashings.

7. Wanta Fanta

  • a paper piecing pattern I wanted to try my sewing skills on. I have a few blocks done, but no inspiration for it now.

8. Circles of color quilt

9. Three free motion quilting projects

  • This involves fleece blankets and my maternal grandmother's doilies.
  • No progress on these either, because I need more grey thread.

10. the I-spy-blocks

  • These also were a thing I just wanted to sew because I couldn't make progress on other project. The idea with them were to learn how to make this type of block. It has many names; economy block, square-in-a-square block, diamond block. But what it does is provide you with a nice way to show off fussy cut fabrics.
  • So far, I got 6 blocks, and then I ran out of both the black and the polka-dot-blue fabric. And I'm stuck with what I want to make out of  them, because I ran out of the fabrics.

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And that should be it for all my current ongoing quilting projects and in-the-closet-languishing-ones. I hope to write another update in one month :)

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