Finishes and Starts

Quilting - I'm starting on quilt #13 on the longarm. Still having some tension issues with thread, usually when I change weights. Here are some of the finished quilts:

Half-Rectangles 46" x 37.5"

Blue Strips for Justina 87" square

Double Trouble 60.5" x 49.5" Class Quilt

Rose's Quilt 76.5" x 60.5", charity

Charms Plus 80.5" x 67", charity

Purple Gingham 55" x 55", charity

Roses & Rails, 78" x 66", charity

Piecing - I've been cutting pieces for several quilts from a box of blue/aqua/green scraps, and as I kept pulling in new pieces to the mix, the box is never empty! As I cut, the pieces were sorted by size Most of the tops are twin sized, the size requested for two of the charities I quilt for.

First pull - Plaid-ish from Kitchen Table Quilting, a free pattern. It's squares and strips, and needed all values, so some darker prints found a home, and some purples were brought in. This will be a twin. All pieces cut and ready to sew. 

2nd pull - a bright lime paisley and a lime/blue batik were cut 6.5" for center squares, and strips cut for 3" finished Thangles, 8 per block. This will also be a twin, so 84 Thangle strips have been stitched, trimmed and pressed into 336 sub-units. There are some matched sets and some mixed colors in the half-square triangles. Cornerstones are scrappy. This will be a twin and it's ready to sew.

3rd pull - "bricks" cut 3" x 5.5", only six per block to make a rectangular block, medium to dark values. I played with the design in EQ8 as a column quilt, every other column is rotated. This will be a twin. 420 pieces cut and ready to sew.

4th pull - smaller "bricks" cut 2.5" x 4.5", eight per block for an 8" finished square. This quilt has some lighter values. Still cutting through the leftovers, size of quilt TBD.

5th pile - all the scraps too small for the specific sizes, including strings, gathering in the box for a future scrap quilt (or two.)

Knitting - cast on a new sweater, Gridlines by Susanne Sommar. It's an interesting construction, knit side-to-side starting at the center front. It has many options for length, neckline, and sleeve length. I'm using Svale by Dale Garn, cotton/rayon/silk blend, a light green DK weight.