On the design wall...

I got half of the shirt blocks up on the design wall.

I'm sure I will move some around before I start sewing them together.  In the end it will be 84x96.  Do you think it needs a sashing or just like this?  I have a million men's shirts!  I really need to put them to good use.  I think I have 3 large totes full.  A little thrift store in town has all you can fit in a trash bag for $6.  I usually get all that I can find that are good quality which is around half a bag.  

I think I will take the Christmas tree down tomorrow.  I love Christmas but I'm just ready for the decor to be put away.  

A little pic of Everleigh...  she's not feeling well today.  

Back to quilting... I know that I have been working on a few UFO's lately but I think I'm ready to cut out something new!  I'm just ready for a new project.  I got a bolt of beautiful solid Poppy Red in the shop the other day.  I would really like to use it in a red and white quilt.  Nothing fancy just simple.
 

Men's Shirts and UFO's...

We had a wonderful Christmas with the family.  All 4 of the grandkids were here.  We are very Blessed.

I decided to work on a few more UFO's before starting something new.  I figure I will keep doing this until I get tired of them again.  :)  The first UFO that I worked on was this...

I had some of these blocks finished.  My original plan was to make a larger quilt with these but at this point I've decided to turn it into a baby quilt.  I think I figured up that I needed 16 more blocks to do that.  

A little more digging and I found another one in red.  

I'm not sure if this one will end up as a baby quilt too but maybe a little larger since I have several blocks already cut for it.  

So while deciding completely on these I worked on another one.  :)  This one I intended for it to be a huge quilt.  Blocks are made from men's shirts and a solid white background.  Blocks measure 12" finished.  My plan is for a 7x8 setting.  I needed 19 more blocks to make a total of 56.  I got those finished!!!  YAY!  I forgot to mention that all of the blocks are red, white and blue...mostly reds.

Also in the tub with these blocks was a few bow tie blocks also made from men's shirts.  I don't remember starting those but I figure I will eventually finish it up.  

I had 12 of these 8" blocks.  Maybe it will end up being a lap quilt or something.  

I'll pop back in later in the week to show you a little more progress.



 

Working on some UFO's...

I've been trying to finish up some UFO tops that are almost complete.  Seems like a have several like that.  In my last post I was working on this sunflower scrap quilt, just trying to use all of those scraps up.  I got the top completed and I think it ended up being 64/72.  I also picked up a backing fabric for it.  Now it will go into the pile to be quilted.   Sorting through some stuff I swear if I didn't find more of these scraps.  I had a few leftover blocks from this so I will put them with the scraps and maybe make a baby quilt.

I listed a few of my close to finished UFO's and I have been drawing them out one by one.  

So after getting the sunflowers ready for quilting, I pulled another UFO.  This time it was this Cheddar and White 9-Patch on point. 

The lighting was not the best in this photo, but they are solids.  The solid cheddar and solid white I have in my shop.  I think this 9-patch on point makes a nice crisp design.  All that I needed to do was trim up the top and add the cheddar border.  This is another huge quilt.  I think it was 104" square.  I also cut cheddar for the binding and now it will go into the pile for quilting.  I plan on using a solid white backing.

Then I pulled another from the pile of UFO's.  This time it was this 30's Star.  I love this one!  

They all need pressing since they were just folded and in a tote.  Anyway all this one needed was also a border.  Nothing fancy just a solid white border.  I didn't measure but if memory serves me right then it's about the same size as the other one. 104" square.  

I am itching to start something new!  I'm trying not to until I get a few more UFO's ready for quilting but it's hard.  LOL!  I got this beautiful bolt of Poppy Red in the other day and I am dying to use it in a red and white quilt.  

I probably will not work on anything else until after Christmas.  So I have a few days to make a decision on what I will work on.  

I probably will not have another post out until after Christmas.  Merry Christmas!!!!!  May you all have a wonderful and Blessed Christmas!