22 months to the day

I started this quilt January 7, 2007(follow my journey here) And today, after 3 days of quilting(roughly a total of 10 hours), I am finished.

In August, I discovered the quilt wasn't big enough(or it would be if I added 22inches of borders to each side of the quilt). So I did 12 more blocks(bringing the total to 48)

The quilt measures 111inches squared(okay it shrunk to 109x110 after the quilting). I used 15 bobbins, broke 2 needles(one punched a hole through the top and back on one needle break). I figure the cost to be around $500 in fabrics(and that doesn't include the quilting cost or batting) I used the quilting pattern Fay Feathers

It is massive(and weighs a ton!) Wonder how long it will take to get the binding on? lol

i've been making progress

on my Thangles quilt slowly but surely! i am wondering if the sashing strips might be too wide though. what do you think?

this is what happens

when you have 4 boys and 3 cats and leave quilt blocks on the floor overnight *sigh*

somewhere along the line

i goofed lol!

i can't figure out what block it's supposed to be i mangled it so badly lol! and i am very happy i caught it now and not when it was being quilted!

i'm sew excited

at the progress i'm making on my Thangles quilt. course i could have accomplished sewing some of the rows together today but i got this really great book from the library yesterday...

evilest quilt known to mankind

no seriously lol!
i started my thangles quilt in January 07. each month cost $2 and you make 1 block(commonly known as $1/month quilts in the US) i had the great idea of doing two of each month so i could make the quilt big enough to fit on our king-sized bed.
things were going great until July when i stopped doing the blocks every month and this past January i realized if i wanted to do THIS years thangles, i needed to finish last years!

so i finished off the blocks and headed down to Hamels to buy fabric for my sashings and borders. that's when i realized that i needed MORE blocks. so i did 6 more. than mom and i laid the quilt out and figured it was still not big enough so i did another 6 blocks. all in all, i've done 36 blocks, 22 of them in the last month. i am sick to death of this quilt lol!

on the bright side, the blocks are FINISHED! now to start the fun of assembling the quilt and making sure i don't have the same block to close to a twin of it.

but it will be put on the backburner(again) for a few days. Jim's birthday is coming up and i have to finish his gift

ack-sorry for the blurry pictures!

precision

i've noticed that i've become a better piecer since getting my longarm quilting machine. just simple little changes i've made that in the end, makes a better looking project.

i've been spending the past few days trying to get my thangle blocks finished from last year before i start on this year's set. you would think that since you use templates to create each block, your piecing would be basically dead on. no such luck in my case.

i finished this block earlier today and noticed when i was ironing it, how *out* the seams were. i debated about leaving it but i couldn't do it. so i bit of reverse stitching and i am happy i fixed it(sorry the pictures are blurry!).


now on to my last 2 blocks!

Friday night fun

Jim and i took A and J to see Pirates of the Caribbean 3 tonight. not a bad movie-thought it was a bit long this time but than with Orlando and Johnny; did it really matter? heehee


got my Thangles finished for May and June. and i repaired my April blocks as well so all caught up

i'm sew(lol) embarrassed

i did my April thangles block wrong. didn't even realize it until i went to pick up June's blocks and saw the April block on display lol. at least i caught it before it was sewn into the quilt!

now to get May and June done too!

April Thangles Block

thought i would show how easy these blocks are. you get the precut strips(1 of each color each month) and you sew it to these strips. cut apart, iron and sew the block together


don't forget, card Friday tomorrow!

thangles month #3

thangles

remember i had posted about the thangles two bucks a block quilt?

well i finally got the blocks done-January and February lol. i'm doing two of each month and will have a king sized quilt at the end of the year

two bucks a block???

i am in love love love with Moda fabrics new line called Chocolate. i was in Hamels yesterday(Super Stitcher Saturday Sale woo hoo!) and saw a new fun kit.
it's called Thangles
you first month costs $9($7 for the Thangles and $2 for the fabric) each month is than $2 and you get a pattern and the fabric to make a 9.5(unfinished) block. i chose the Chocolate fabrics(i believe the other option was Modas Poetry collection). In the end, you put the blocks together to make a twin sized quilt(there is the option of a queen size and think i'll go with that. it will make a loverly topper for our bed!)

but $2 a block? you can't beat that! and 4 weeks to do the block? it doesn't get easier than that!