Monday, March 4, 2024

A few things.............


 I wasn't very organized yesterday but I got a few things accomplished.  This quilt came back from my longarm friend Robin and it was time to trim it to prepare for binding.  This one is called Autumn Coneflower 2 and you can see the whole quilt here.   This one is made of batiks and it is one of my favorite quilts so I think it needs a hand stitched binding.  I need to look for a suitable fabric today.

I also added one more batting strip to a pieced batting to make it large enough for the bright color flannel quilt.  I also cut the 2 pieces needed for backing and I'll sew them together today.


I didn't have anything lined up to sew last night so I grabbed box one of two with 2" strips and started making some 9 patches.





There are 2 layers of strips in the box (and the same in the other box) that I started cutting about 20 years ago and continued adding to the boxes for several years.




I started making some strip sets.  I'll probably work on these for the next 2 nights as I contemplate what quilt to make next.  This will be a long term project that I'll use as a fill in when I don't have anything else planned to be sewn.







Carol, you don't have your email enabled in your Blogger account so I couldn't answer you by email.

You asked how much I buy and how do I decide which patterns of a new line to purchase.  I'm only doing fill in for my extensive Kaffe stash (I have every fabric starting with #1 in the 1990s) so the amount I purchase wouldn't be the same as someone who is newer at purchasing Kaffe fabric.  I usually only get 1/2 yard, which is the minimum on most online shops, of most of the fabrics.  I get 1 yard if I recognize it as a winner right away.  As far as which fabrics do I purchase from a new line, it is usually a color that grabs me or a design that I like, no other reason.  I will usually not buy any larger yardage until it goes on sale the following year.

9 comments:

Carol said...

Thank you Wanda for answering my questions! I will try now to enable my email, not sure how to do it!

Mary said...

A 20-year-old assortment of batik strips! I bet you had fun making pairings from that.

Nann said...

"nothing lined up" soon becomes a great bunch of blocks!

JJM said...

Autumn coneflower 2 is truly a gem. Of course binding needs to be hand finished on this one. Fun just to see the strips you re working with now.

JJM

Julierose said...

Lovely batik strips you've been collecting--they give you such a wide range of colors to work with--nice!!
I also like that autumn coneflower 2..sooo pretty...looks like a Florentine tapestry...
51 here this late morning--we walked on the CT riverside this morning and it looked like a Mill pond--beautiful relections...
hugs, Julierose

Barbara Anne said...

What a wonderful array of strips and fabrics that are just waiting for your inspiration of how to best use them and I envy your "just sewing pairs" to be ready for anything that comes to mind! What joy!

Nice to have a pieced backing to go with the flannel quilt, too.

Hugs!

Patty said...

Autumn coneflower is a gorgeous quilt!

sewyouquilt2 said...

So pretty. Love the c olors

Mystic Quilter said...

Glorious colours for your Coneflower quilt and it's been interesting to see your photos of the new KF collection. I bought a few last week, sadly the store here isn't carrying the Reflections range from Brandon!!