Gypsy Wife Quilt Top

I was able to complete my November ‘One Monthly Goal’ (OMG), which was to get the Gypsy Wife by Jen Kingwell (now called Wanderer’s Wife) quilt top together.  

It was a lofty goal and took up all of my quilting time in November.  If it wasn’t for a quilt weekend get-away with a couple of girlfriends I wouldn’t have achieved this goal.  I spent three full days of finishing up filler blocks and then trying to organize the top, which is put together with ten different sections.  

I’d have to say it was like putting together a difficult puzzle.  I love puzzles, so it was a gratifying challenge although I did feel like pulling out my hair at times. 

This quilt was started in 2013 as a Block of the Month (or week) project through a local quilt shop – Out of Hand.  I love the scrappiness and colours in this quilt, I think I’ll have to keep it for myself. 

So happy to have this quilt top complete, now I’ll have to find the right backing and binding.  I already have an idea of which pantograph I want to use to quilt it, that will be a future OMG.

Participating in Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal really helps me to keep finishing my quilting projects. 

We are all wanderers on this earth. Our hearts are full of wonder, and our souls are deep with dreams. ~ Gypsy proverb

Gypsy or Wander’s Wife quilt

Just checked in with Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal (OMG) and realized that I have six hours to post and add my picture and blog link to the group for November.

So I quickly grabbed this bag with the Gypsy Wife quilt that I started and have nearly completed all the blocks.  It’s been on my mind for a while and I think the time has come to finish the blocks. 

It is my intention to get this top pieced by the end of November.

I’m sure many of you are familiar with this quilt which Jen now calls Wander’s Wife, and here is a picture of the original booklet I purchased a few years ago.  

I’m not exactly sure when I started this quilt, I think it was a block of the month (or perhaps week) kit and quilt along that I was participating in through Out of Hand Quilting in Calgary.  

I hope I’m not too ambitious, wish me luck.

What makes things memorable is that they are meaningful, significant, colorful. ~ Joshua Foer

A rainbow of quarter log cabins

I’ve managed to complete another One Monthly Goal (OMG) to participate in Elm Street Quilts OMG.

My goal was to quilt and bind this rainbow quarter log cabin quilt. 

Looking back, I can see that I started sewing these quarter log cabin blocks in January 2018, you can see the first blog post and my inspiration here.

Once I had the blocks completed I decided to put them on point and fill in the edges with more rainbow fabric. 

Quilted with a rainbow variegated thread and a Hermione Agee pantograph called Aqua Flame. 

When looking for a backing fabric I was drawn to this orange Alison Glass sun print, with bits of rainbow colours in it. 

QUILT DETAILS

Rainbow Quarter Log Cabin quilt 2021

The finished quilt measures 56 inches by 71 inches.

Started: January 2018

Finished: October 2021

Don’t seek to be happy; let everyone else chase after that rainbow. Seek to be kind, and you’ll find the rainbow follows you. ~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Green High Fives

 Angela has picked light and lime greens as the colour for the month of October, so I'm continuing to add to my High Five block collection.

On first go through my green scraps I constructed these nine blocks. 

I decided they weren't limey enough, so I had another look through my scraps, and precut strips and made a second batch of nine. 

I'm slowly getting close to having enough blocks to make a quilt top.

Linking up with Soscrappy and Saturday's Rainbow Scrap Challenge.

Writing from a welcomed rainy day in a generally dry Calgary.

Some people feel the rain, others just get wet.

Quarter Log Cabin top

Another month and I have another project I’d like to finish.  This month my goal is to quilt and bind this rainbow Quarter Log Cabin quilt. 

The top was pieced in May, as a bonus goal, and then I went looking for suitable backing fabric. I had orange in mind and was happy to find this Alison Glass sun print in orange, I like the little bits of rainbow colours in it. 

I’m not sure which quilt design (pantograph) I’m going to use, please come back at the end of the month to see what I’ve done (and if I’ve completed my goal).  Consider joining in the finishing fun at One Monthly Goal (OMG) with Elm Street Quilts. 

Can you make a rainbow? Well, maybe not but there are a lot of other things you can do with your talents if you believe that you can despite what others may have discouraged you from doing.
~ Byron Pulsifer

Koi One-block Wonder quilt

September’s goal (One Monthly Goal – OMG) to quilt and bind this quilt for my son Callum for his birthday is complete, and as I hoped I was able to finish it and give it to him by the actual day, September 23^rd. 

Callum has always been intrigued by the one-block wonder quilt and the geometry of quilts, which is one reason I picked this quilt to make for him.  I did incorporate some cubes into the quilt top. 

I thought the Drip pantograph by Beany Girl Quilts played nicely with the Koi. 

I also decided to include some of the original koi fabric in the border, on the front of the quilt, as well as on the back of the quilt. 

One of his favourite colours is orange, so I was happy to find this fabric for the back of his quilt, I like that is has the feel of moving water as well. 

And a label to commemorate the occasion. 

Here’s hoping for great dreams under this quilt.

QUILT DETAILS

Koi One-Block Wonder quilt 2021

The finished quilt measures 73 inches by 85 inches.

Started: April 2016?

Finished: September 2021

 

The Butterfly Dream

Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man. ~ Zhuangzi

Orange High Five Blocks

Playing with orange, the colour of the month for the RainbowScrap Challenge, I sewed up a few High Five blocks. 

High five is a pattern from the book Sunday Morning Quilts by Amanda Jean Nyberg and Cheryl Arkison.

Perhaps after October and November I’ll have enough blocks to complete the top, I’m enjoying slowly adding a few new blocks each month.

Don't fear moving slowly forward...fear standing still. ~ Katherine Harris