Just Unfinished Tops

Here is the next box, and sadly there are no unfinished quilts.....all UFOs.  This first one is Shakeskpeare in the Park.  It is in The Creative Pattern Book by Judy Martin.  I made this one for my son and daughter-in-law's wedding.....I'm embarrassed to tell you that it's older than a decade.

In this photo, the colors look more realistic.  This is Tiki my quilting assistant.

Here is another of the Northcott flower of the month table toppers.  I believe this one is the same pattern as you saw in the last post except that I've used Christmas fabrics.

I participated in an Amish block swap many years ago at a Dear Jane retreat in Shipshewana, Indiana.  These are my blocks from that swap.

This quilt is made up of second Saturday blocks.  This is one of those deals where you buy the first block for $5 and if you can get that block done and take it back to the store before the sun rises (or thereabouts) on the first Saturday of the next month, that block kit is free.  If you don't get there in time, then you can get the next month's block kit for $5.  There are extra blocks available for sale (of course).  I remember my friend, Pam, and I meeting at the store and buying these blocks.  

I drew this Valentine String Heart quilt in EQ5 and posted it in a Valentine's post here.  These are string blocks.  There are 48 blocks total:  40 blocks that are half red and half white; 2 blocks that are all white/background; 6 blocks that are all red.  The blocks in this quilt are 8" finished.

That's all I found in this box.  I am going to have to come up with a plan to finish some of these quilts.

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More Unpacking

I've done a little more unpacking.  I've saved the quilt and yarn boxes for last for the most part.  This quilt is from Edyta Sitar's book Friendship Strips and Scraps.  This is a top that needs quilting.

I had some blocks left over, so I made a table topper with those.  The top right block was made by my daughter years ago.  She wanted to try this pattern (I can't remember what it was), so I bought her the book and ruler.  This was her venture into quilting.  Once she finished this block, she taught herself to knit and is now an awesome knitter.  The bottom right is just a little Christmas table topper made from 1" half square triangles.  So far everything needs quilted......

I spray basted these two Halloween panels awhile before I packed them in the box.  I'm not sure where I was going with either of them, but I found them in Tennessee on vacation.  So more UFOs.

This table topper is finished.  This one and the one below were a series by Northcott called Flower of the Month.  Each month there was a pattern and fabric that was appropriate for the season.  

If I find more of these, I think they will all be made from either the pattern above or below.  I sort of liked the star below (and it was easy), so I think I just mainly used that pattern.  I quilted both of these on my home machine.

And a blue churn dash table runner.  This one has been around awhile because I don't normally do things that are so much of one color.  I think this one is going to be a gift.  

That's the end of this box.  Even though I made a detailed list of what I packed, some of the names in my journal don't ring a bell.  I've found some surprises that I forgot about.  It's beginning to look like I need a plan to finish some of these UFOs.

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I hope you are finding some time to stitch today.  

Opening My Quilts

This is the first box of quilts that I've opened.  It has a couple of UFOs and some finished quilts.  The first one I found is Peppermint Twist from Remembrances by Jo Morton.  I love this little quilt.  I hope to hand quilt it.  

This quilt is from a round robin I was in a few years ago.  I did the center block from an Edyta Sitar pattern in the book Hop to It.  This one and the one above were spray basted and then after a time folded and packed away in a box.  They are going to have to be taken apart and pressed to get the wrinkles out.  

These three are finished table toppers for Valentines.  The top one is made from small string blocks.  The link to my heart strings tutorial can be found here.  The bottom left is a red work heart that should have been set on point in another quilt.  I re-purposed it into this quilt as you go table topper found here at Sew We Quilt. I used the same technique in my Halloween Dresden Table Topper linked below.   The bottom right is made from half square triangles.  That post can be found in my post Heart Strings Alternative here.  

The Halloween quilt as you go topper below top left is made in the same way as the redwork heart quilt as you go table topper above.  The tutorial for the Halloween Dresden Table Topper is in my post here.  It was part of the Wicked Blog Hop over at Sew We Quilt a couple of years ago.  The bottom right is a little table topper from 1" finished half square triangles.  The bottom right table topper is made from my tutorial:  Turning Squares into an On Point Quilt tutorial found here.     

The flags are from the Little Quilts All Through the House book.  The flying geese table topper is just something I made.  My tutorial is here.

I have also linked to all of these tutorials on my side bar.  

The table runner below is from an old leaflet that I no longer have.  If anyone recognizes the pattern, let me know.  The little tumblers are from a give away that I won on Kathy's blog (Inspired by Antique Quilts).  The other little quilt is from a quilt along by Lori at Humble Quilts blog.

I hope you are enjoying a nice weekend and taking some time to stitch.

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