DECISIONS....DECISIONS...WHICH FIVE UFO'S WILL I DO FIRST....

UFO STAGES ....ACCORDING TO RMB

1.  FABRIC/S CUT/NOT CUT  WAITING FOR FUTURE PLAN....INSPIRATION.."OH THIS WOULD BE GREAT FOR"...


2. STARTED...RAN INTO A SNAFFOO...."FORGET ABOUT IT"


3.  IN PIECES OR BLOCKS WAITING TO SEW TOGETHER


4.  TOP DONE...."NOW WHAT SIZE???? BORDER" ??? MY FAVORITE STAGE


5.  EDGE OF QUILT LEFT TO DO AND BINDING...JUST OFF THE FRAME

MORE WARM-UPS INCLUDING THE VICTORIAN SIDE OF THINGS!

BATIK FERN

VICTORIAN MEMORY QUILT

VICTORIAN FALL

 SAMPLES OF QUILTS USING DIFFERENT METHODS...BATIK FERN IS PRINTED USING STAMPS AND FABRIC PAINTS..THEN CUT UP INTO 5" SQUARES FOR THE X BLOCK METHOD.


VICTORIAN METHODS ALSO VARY...THE FIRST ONE IS RANDOM PIECING USING 16" SQUARES AND 9" CENTER PIECING.  ALL THE EMBELLISHMENT CAME FROM FAMILY WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY...ALL THE WOMEN LEFT THINGS LIKE HANDKERCHIEFS, NECKLACES, LACES, OLD QUILT MADE FROM CLOTHING, BUTTONS, TRIMS....IT IS AMAZING HOW SOON THINGS COLLECT AND THIS IS AN UPCYCLE IDEA!!


VICTORIAN FALL...A THEME IDEA USING A CENTER PIECING METHOD.  EMBELLISHMENT USING FABRIC LEAVES.

WOW VICTORIAN MACHINE COVER

EMBELLISHMENT...BUTTONS, BEADS, LACES, TRIMS, RIBBONS, EMBROIDERY FLOSS, EMBROIDERY THREADS, PRE-MADE MOTIFS , EMBROIDERY STITCHES , EMBROIDERY AND QUILT PATTERNS AND ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT HOW MUCH IS TOOOO MUCH!

CORNER OF VICTORIAN SEWING COVER



CORNER OF VICTORIAN FALL



SNIPPET OF VICTORIAN SEWING COVER

THESE ARE DONE! I CALL THIS A WARM-UP FOR THE NEXT ROUND.

CHRISTMAS GEMSTONE MQ AND ECHO HQ

CHRISTMAS STAR MQ

FRIENDSHIP STAR SPARKLE HQ

 ALL OF THESE ARE DONE!  PIECED BY RMB AND MACHINE QUILTED BY JOANNE  LENDARO...OR HAND QUILTED...BY RMB

MOM'S CAT QUILT MQ

WYATT'S BASEBALL DAYS HQ

RM #1 PINWHEELS MQ

LET THE UFO COUNTDOWN BEGIN!

EACH PIECE HAS BEEN NUMBERED....IT IS EASIER TO KEEP TRACK OF AND SHOWS A WORKING HISTORY.  THE QUILT TOPS WILL NOT FOLLOW ANY NUMBER ORDER...MORE LIKE WHAT IS THE EASIEST TO GET DONE.  SOME WILL BE HAND QUILTED AND THE OTHERS WILL BE MACHINE QUILTED.  I MAY ALSO TRY SOME ON MY OWN USING A REGULAR MACHINE.   We shall see!!  My hands and the small space at the machine plus a quilt is toooo small and really not that great for hands...I am thinking about lap size for starters.  The question is....WHICH ONE???  I will have two on going projects...the hand quilting ALMOST DONE PIECE and THE TOP that is missing boarders.  Pictures of before and after will follow...

STUDIO 241...UFO'S

NOW THE FUN BEGINS....I will be working on UFO'S ...the quilt tops and pieces that have been posted in the past...now to complete each one.  It looks like a two year project...maybe 3YEARS!!