Neutral 1600 inch quilt

Sometimes i forget to show you what i've been doing. just running 100 mph. i quilted up a few smallish quilts that i had in the cabinet for me.

I put this together along the lines of the 1600 inch quilt pattern. don't know how many inches i had....just cut a bunch of neutral fabrics at 2.5 inches and put them together.

And i had that dark brown stripe that was bought for something else but didn't work there so i used it for the border here. it has gold threads in it.

The quilting is just a mish-mash of stuff. some swirls....some feathers...some wiggly and straight lines in the border. it was a 'get er done' moment. LOL

I do enjoy the way these quilts come together. i wish i had more stash that i could use this way.

This one still needs the binding on it....in fact, there are 3 quilts sitting on the table waiting for binding. sigh!!

Today is going to be a busy day....going to town for errands....calling for lumber pricing...packing up once again to leave in the morning. but i believe after this weedends trip i will be home for the month of january at least. i need to get back to my routine.

Stay warm and stay safe.

Later

1600 ?? inches in Pink

Remember the pattern to make an easy strip quilt with jelly rolls? i made a couple of them and then decided i didn't need jelly rolls....i could cut my own strips and do the same thing. i don't know why my brain keeps thinking i can do these things....except that sometimes it really works out.

So, i pulled all my pink girl fabrics and cut 4" strips.  i had carousel horses (sorry for the blurry pic)...photography is not my forte'. LOL

And i had cupcakes

And some princess fabric...

And some plain pink thrown in for good measure. i forgot that i cut them 4" wide instead of the usual 2.5"....so my 1600 inches....maybe 2000 inches...LOL....made me a quilt of unusual proportions.  sigh!! 

What to do.....so after some deliberation....i just cut it in half. hahahaha   so, now i have 2 pink strip quilts basically the same. this one got quilted up on Wednesday and i put the binding on it yesterday. i meant to show you yesterday but the day just got away from me.

This is about 55 x 65".  i found a piece of pink felt in my stash that was the (almost) right size. i had to add a couple of strips of muslin to the sides so i would have something to clamp to while quilting.

I just did a pretty large meander on it. and if you have been here long at all...you know about my lack of planning. LOL   while i am meandering along...i'm thinking to myself....felt.....hmmmm, when you wash wool in really hot water it shrinks all to hell and you have "felted" wool.  would this felt shrink and become a doll baby quilt with a really wrinkly top side?  shucks!!   so, tonight i am going to throw it in the washer on hot water and see what happens. we shall see tomorrow what i show you....a baby quilt  or a wrinkly teen size quilt. only time will tell.  i hope i didn't waste my time on this. it may become a dog quilt. LOL

The first pic of the back is a better representation of the color. i found this piece in a yard sale some time ago...like maybe 2 or 3 years. i remember the woman said she was making halloween costumes. she had lots of fabrics left over and some of them came home with me.

I have the second half of this on my frame now. i am quilting it a bit better and have muslin on the back of it....so i think it will be ok.

Results tomorrow. LOL

1 1/2 hours later

Check it out!

A short 1 1/2 hours later...here it is....top pieced with jelly roll strips. i realized soon after i started that my 2 packages were actually 2 jelly rolls....so i used half of each one. after piecing it came to 53x62".  i really like this idea of how to put it together. it took me 25 minutes to piece the strips all together and then another 65 minutes to get to this point. wow!!   that's a quickie we can all appreciate.

I am going to use the other halfs...or at least part of them...to put some borders on this. i will use the same idea.....stitch the strips together and evaluate after 4 rows are together....that should be enough for a border. will let you see it when finished.....probably not today....perhaps tomorrow.

Will be keeping this pattern....i like quick and easy.