Get It Done UFO Challenge 2018 - March

This is the March installment of the Get It Done UFO Challenge 2018.

The challenge this month is for Number 9. My number nine is On Ringo Lake. It was a risk putting it on the Challenge list, but otherwise I may never finish it. 

I've been working on it between other projects. I pieced all the blocks. This shows them laid out without sashing. 

I finished all the sashing early in the month. Time to get to the assembly.

On point blocks are a challenge. On point, with sashings is even more challenging. I sure hope all those sashings are in the right spot!

I really like how my quilt differs from hundreds of others. Next step: quilting!

I loaded it up and got quilting. I wanted the quilting to run down the length of the quilt, so I loaded it on the frame so a long side is parallel with the rails. 

The back is a great diagonal hash that hides the thread. I used these wavy lines as an all over design. I didn't want the quilting to compete with the piecing. Not that the piecing is perfect. Just that with all that piecing seeing quilting detail won't be easy.

I used So Fine #50 from Superior Threads for the top thread and Omni in a coordinating gray for the bobbin thread. 

I embroidered the label onto a piece of leftover green fabric. Normally I embroider the label directly onto the backing fabric, but I remembered to do it after I had loaded the backing, batting, and top onto the frame. The label came out great, so no loss there. I had about a yard of the green print so it was the perfect choice for the binding. The lighting in this photo makes the fabric look much more yellow than it is in person. 

In this picture the label looks closer to the right color. Labeled and bound makes that a finish!

I wonder what's next on the Get It Done UFO Challenge? Because I'm ready. 

Charity Quilting

This past week I've spent a bunch of time on getting charity quilts quilted. I have a few that have waited a long time to become quilts.

This simple panel quilt was quick.

I pieced this one using some odd-sized bricks leftover from another project.

My meander has been getting a workout.

Fun tumbler quilt.

I'll take these back to Annapolis Quilts for Kids in April for binding.

2018 Charity Quilt Count: 24

Find your local Quilts For Kids by finding your local chapter on the Quilts for Kids website.

Green Hour

This quilt is on my list for the Get It Done UFO Challenge 2018. It is number 1 on my list. I'm sure I failed to finish some other project when I pulled it out to work on it, but at least it is done. 

As I've said before, I don't usually have backing fabric on-hand. I picked up the two green prints from Spring Water Designs. They were on the discount shelf and I thought they would be the perfect backing for this quilt. The cream print in the middle was a leftover from a wide backing that worked to make the two cuts of green long enough to be backing for this quilt. Making a backing like this costs more than just buying the wide backing, but the leftovers are more interesting.

I even remembered to embroider the label onto the backing before I loaded it onto the frame (this happens more than I care to admit).

Loaded and ready for quilting. I loaded it so one long edge is along the top of the frame so I could do the wood-grain quilting the length of the quilt. For more about the construction of the blocks for this quilt, check out this post.

Here is back of the quilt after quilting. I always end up with way more knots in my wood grain than others, but I really like the texture. Check out Angela's quick video on quilting the wood-grain texture.

I used scrappy binding on this one, too. Because scrappy binding makes everything better.

Charity Quilting

Last weekend I grabbed the stack of quilted charity quilts (five total) and headed to Annapolis Quilts for Kids. I dropped off these little quilts for binding.

I also picked up a couple more finished tops for quilting. 

On Sunday I loaded up and got quilting. 

Two more charity quilts ready for binding.

2018 Charity Quilt Count: 19

Find your local Quilts For Kids by finding your local chapter on the Quilts for Kids website.