Charity Quilt Week 1 - Day 2
For the second day I managed to get about 9-10 hours.
I spent the day just sewing, cutting, and pressing.
I had enough things already chosen out to do so that I didn’t have to spend much time making decisions. That helped me get more done.
Here’s a sample of what I did.
Toggl (an app I have on my computer/phone) told me that today I spent 10 hours 24 min. on cutting/piecing and pressing. I got an early start.
In that, I did spend about 30 min. in trying to get my order right for the backing for the charity quilts. I had to communicate with a couple of companies here in Poland.
Otherwise, I spent:
8:39 minutes - uncovering my coral fabric - it was hidden back in a recess of my storage.
1 hour, 31 minutes - ironing tops
45:42 minutes cutting tops and borders
7 hours, 28 minutes sewing tops and borders on charity tops. I did get kind of tired of it - moment of transparency here. It is making me appreciate those who sew for a living 8-12 hours a day!
So far I have a small pile of tops ready to be sandwiched.
I have 8 small/singles and 5 doubles/queen size tops ready to go so far.
Of those tops, 2 of the small/singles were tops donated by people from the Facebook group (a huge thank you!) and the other 6 were ones I’ve made - and the doubles were all made primarily by my friend, Fran, in AZ. All I did was add borders to make them a nice double/queen size.
I have been digging in piles I’ve not touched for a while. it’s kind of fun. I decided to tackle a couple of fun pillow panels I found today - they had a lot of coral in them. I decided to make them kind of wild. I actually was thinking about doing just a round and round border effect with some of the pillow panels, but making them longer than wide so they wouldn’t be square - so gradually make the top and bottom strips larger than the sides.
I’m pretending I’m Kaffe Fasset (HA!) and using wild (ish) fabrics as I go round these. the problem, of course, is that I really may not have that many truly wild fabrics as they haven’t been something I specialized in.
So “my wild” and what people who really get into that would be two different things.
Here the gallery of finished tops for today. Some are very similar to each other.
The Strippy quilt I first saw many years ago on a website called www.maryquilts.com. Let me see if I can find it for you. I liked her proportions, but then for obvious reasons, I’ve just incorporated the idea into my own fabrics and such. I sometimes add borders if they aren’t wide enough for what I want. The Polish fabrics that I buy are over 60” wide, so I don’t need a border to get the 60'“ wide. However, if I don’t want to piece the centers and I’m using a 45” wide fabric, a border makes it all so much easier. Here’s the link.
This was my original plan - and how I learned how to make these. Mary has a lot of really nice stuff on her website. Lots of nice patterns and a nice blog. Check it out!
Summary picture of today’s finishes:
And that’s it. That’s what I got done today! Check back tomorrow for the next installment.
Be sure to check out what my sis has for you in the store!
Colors may vary slightly from what is portrayed. Screens vary as well as our eyes sometimes see things differently, but we've made every attempt to have the color be accurately portrayed.
Price is by the Yard.
100% cotton
41/43" wide
Local quilt shop quality fabric
Grunge by BasicGrey for Moda
Grunge combines a solid backing with layers of fabric applied to the solid for a distressed look.
It works as a double sided fabric with a Moda Bella Solid on the backside. The color number listed is the same Bella Solid color that is known world-wide, making it an easy way to have a dual purpose fabric.
Metallic look creates a specialness about this grunge.
Pumpkin Metallic