Kitty Kondos Quilt Completed in 21 Days

I started this quilt on Oct 30.  My previous post, Nov 3, has a photo of the quilt layout.  I am placing it here, as well, so you can see the metamorphosis from bare bones to completed.  It is now in the happy hands of it's new owner.  

How it looked on Nov 3, on the design wall.  Scroll down.

All finished!   What a difference!

I used a flat flannel sheet, I purchased from LL Bean.  You can buy just one sheet from them, instead of a whole set, and it is high quality flannel.  I used 505 to spray baste the layers together, then I stitched in the ditch. Then between all the ditches, I stippled the rest. As I was working on piecing it together, the boxes appeared to have windows, and the blocks looked like condominiums.  Thus the name Kitty Kondos!

What's On The Design Wall in November?

I have not posted a "What's On The Wall" in quite awhile.  I have two quilts out for quilting and one packaged up for continuation at a later date.  I am growing a flannel quilt for my husband.  I started it last Wednesday, October 30.  I sent my fully flannel kitty quilt, that I made for myself several years back, with him when he and our daughter went on a cross-country RV adventure at the end of September.  When he got back, he said he wanted a nice warm flannel quilt like that.  We went into my flannel stash and picked out some fabrics that would go together and a package of 6" squares with cats on it to get started.  I believe this one is going to be another wonderful flannel cat quilt!  I home machine-quilt my flannel quilts.  Here is what is on the design wall so far.  I have two yellow flannels that I will be using in between the blocks you see here:

I am using fabric I have on hand.  If I use enough of my flannel, I will be able to make room for something else.  Looking at my stash, I would say I have a few children's quilts to whip up, to make more room.  I can donate the kids quilts and make someone smile!  I have more of those 6" cat squares; I bought three packages off of E-Bay years ago and never used them.  Well, time to use those up!

Baby Grande Quilt

I work with some fabulous people.  I have been invited to a baby shower for a 'couple' of people that I work with.  When I started this post, Little Vinnie was not here yet.  He is now exactly one week old.  Happy Birthday to Vinnie!  Anyway, when I heard we were having a baby shower for C and JP, due to the impending arrival of their new family member, I whipped up this fun baby quilt from fabrics in my "Juvenile Fabrics" stash.  It is good to not have to go shopping for more fabric when you just want to whip something up!   Plus, I had stacked some odd fabric bits on top of that bin, so I went through them and cleaned up part of my stash cabinet.  After I sewed the top together, sandwiched, and basted it, I stitched in the ditch on my Husky, then stippled and loopy-de-looped on my Necchi.

Doing loop-de-loops!

I had more of the yellow elephant fabric, so that is what I used for the binding.  The backing fabric is from Wittlich, Germany. I bought it at Das Nah Haus in August 2018.  It was just waiting for such an occasion!  Love that bright blue with polka dots fabric.  It goes with everything!

Showing off backing fabric.  (the eggie pillow is from SK)

Teresa's Black and White Mostly Quilt

Teresa died last October.  I got her blocks that she had sewn together into rows, and I completed her quilt top.  I got it long-arm quilted in January, but only just got the binding put on about two weeks ago.  I am pleased that it is finally done.  It does look amazing in this photo.  I believe she would be happy with the borders I added.

Thank you, A, for holding it for a photo.

Moving Right Along Slowly

Greetings!  I finally sewed the binding on to my B&W Mostly quilt.  Things have been so different this year.  Sometimes it is hard to get motivated to put the final touches on some things.  I did hand-sew the binding on this one.  I did consider making a doll quilt like this, but decided to leave that to 'the girls'.  Check out their recent posts by using the link, to the left, titled "Gluten Free Doll Quilts."

I wish Teresa was here to see my B&W Mostly quilt.  I think I will measure it and hers, then see if they will hang side-by-side on my big display wall.  It is time for the Wonky Houses quilt to take a rest in the closet.  It has been hanging up there for three years.  B&W Mostly is refreshing.  What I was not sure of, but am now, is the b&w stripped edge on the right and left sides of my quilt.  It is a design element from quilts earlier in the 20th century.  It just did not make me happy until it was all finished.  Now it looks just right!

Black and White Mostly Quilt

My B&W Mostly quilt top and back is finished and delivered to my favorite long-arm quilter.  It took me and T too long to get started on these quilts and me too long to get mine finished.  We shopped and collected quite a variety of b&w fabrics over about three years. I discovered piecing with one inch strips of fabric is not as bad as I thought it would be.  I really like the effect of the one inch strips dividing up all the blacks on white and whites on blacks.  The majority of blocks are black with white, so I think I need to make another quilt, like this, but with the majority of whites with black fabrics.

Fabrics include sewing motifs, buttons, sewing machines, scissors, geometric prints, musical notes, bears with

party hats, several cats, birds, polar bears, cows, jack rabbits, goats, bunnies, sheep, cats in space suits,

 space ships, flowers, lady bugs, trains, polka dots, s'mores, aboriginals, and etc.

Council Quilt Show

Over the wonderful long Fourth of July weekend, we took our RV up to Cambridge and stayed a few days at the Mundo Hot Springs.  On July 5, we went up to Council  (about 20 miles north) and visited the Council Quilt Show.  I am sad to say, I did not win the beautiful raffle quilt donated by Janell, however, there were many wonderful quilts to view and enjoy.  My most favorite did not win any ribbons, but is beautiful and unusual.  This quilt is by Sandra Hansen, of Cambridge, ID, and she made it as a way of displaying her antique ladies belt buckle collection.  Well done indeed!

The name of the quilt is: Buckle Up.  I just had to share a photo of my favorite pick from the Council Quilt Show.  I plan on going again next year.