Design Wall Monday Oct. 4

 To see what other quilters have on their design walls go to Small Quilts and Doll Quilts.

I have been feeling a little scattered lately. A lot like the leaves that are falling. There aren't a lot of them, but they are steadily falling. I am NOT ready for fall, and especially for winter.

Husband continues farming - between rain sprinkles when this photo was taken.

We got enough rain over the weekend to put a stop to that.

I have flitted from one project to another, finishing none.

I cut fabric for a new project - Pins and Paws from Missouri Star Quilt Company.

The cutting was done while on the phone with Son. The good news is that I am cutting up fabrics from stash during these phone conversations. The bad news is I am getting a lot of projects cut, but not sewn!

The next clue for the mystery quilt my group is working on has been posted. I am just randomly putting them up on the design wall.

I don't know what the final layout will be yet, but I kind of like the staggered placement of the stars.

I'm looking at Diamond Head and contemplating loading it on the quilt frame.

I'm not crazy about this quilt, but it would be a good way to practice with the longarm.

I got some more blocks made for the Disappearing Rail Fence quilt.

I have 14 blocks made. I need 99.

I got the rainbow scrappy squares quilt quilted, trimmed, and am sewing down the binding.

I thought this backing fabric was perfect for this quilt.

I wondered how the backing would look as binding.

And that is what I am using. I'm kind of second-guessing that choice now, but I am not taking it off. I thought about making a scrappy binding, but I knew I would want to make the colors in the binding match up with the colors of the quilt and I really didn't feel like doing that. I may regret it later. And, yes, that is a hand quilting project under the scrappy squares quilt that I am also working on.

I continued to search for fabric to go with this panel.

I had already received the panel and coordinating print. I found other fabrics that I thought would work with them and they have been ordered. Last week I texted the person who asked me to make it showing him photos of the fabric and pattern idea I had along with the cost. He finally texted me back today saying it was more than they wanted to spend. Well, darn, but that's ok. I am going to make it anyway. It may end up as a fair project. Who knows, maybe someone else will like it .

These are the last of the Endangered Species quilts. 

Stay safe and well.

Happy quilting!

I saw something unusual today...

I needed to run a few errands today. When going through town I did a double-take at the 4-way stop. This is a horrible photo and it is hard to tell what I was taking a photo of, but...

...that yellow and green blurry blob just right of center in this photo...it's a PARROT! I least I think it's a parrot. It was a big, colorful bird, just hanging out the window (like a dog) enjoying the ride.

The hummingbirds are still hanging around.

The starlings made a stop in our yard one day.

I've been busy this week.

I helped Husband bale corn stalks. He uses them for bedding.

There are seven big round bales still in the field. We baled 120 small square bales, too.

I got a butterfly made for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge using orange, the color for September.

I finished the quilting on the Beachcomber jacket.

I quilted a different motif in each star block and in most of the filler pieces. I have learned a lot about my machine and how it works!

 I started sewing the pieces together this morning.

I started sewing together blocks from the scraps I cut during phone conversations with Son. This is Disappearing Rail Fence by Create with Claudia.

Sometimes when he calls he talks for hours so I try to be productive. So far I am only using green and white all from my scraps and stash. I know that I don't have enough of either cut. I haven't decided if this will be a green and white quilt or if I will mix it up. I think I have too many greens already cut to add too many colors, but gold/yellow might be nice. Green is my favorite color and Son votes for leaving it green and white only so that is probably what I will do. 

I got all the setting triangles cut and three rows sewn together on this Exchange quilt.

I got the backing loaded for this Rainbow Scrappy Squares quilt.

I have been asked to make a hunting quilt similar to the quilt I made my son. This is my son's quilt.

 I had entered it at the county fair. A guy saw it, liked it, and contacted his friend to see if he knew who made it. That friend knows our family and contacted my son who relayed the message to me. The guy wants something similar for his son-in-law who is a duck and goose hunter. Some of the fabrics have arrived.

 I will be using the Panel Plus pattern,  Option 2, pending the approval of the person who requested the quilt.

Of course, the center will be the Duck and Goose panel. The borders will be fabrics to coordinate with the panel.

Here are a few more Endangered Species quilts.

The center detail of the coneflower was strips of fabric and pom-poms.

The shark's teeth appeared to be real ones!

And, now I need to go do some yard work and later clean up this mess on the bed in my sewing room. 

In defense of the mess, I know exactly what is what - I am trying to organize my yard and get it all in one tub. Also, projects in various stages of completion, patterns that have parts available for weekly printing, stacks of fabrics for projects waiting for the rest to arrive, scrapbooking supplies. In time it will all be better organized and hopefully finished. I hope no one needs to spend the night any time soon!

 

Stay safe and well.

Happy quilting!