UFO #2 Finished

If you will remember, this was the year of finishing up as many UFO's as possible.  My ultimate goal was set at 2 per month, but we have already established that bar was set a little too high.  So, I still want to plow through what I have sitting on my table for finishing up as many UFO's this year.

Last night I finished hand sewing down the binding on this  wallhanging quilt.  This particular one was a project that took longer than it should have, but we crossed the finish line, and I couldn't be more happy with how it turned out.  This is the summer version of a four season set, which was part of a Thimbleberries Quilt Club of 2003(you can go back and read more about it here).  It depicts a row of canning jars, a row of watermelon and it's slice, and a row of ears of corn.

I did special straight line quilting to try to depict the ring on a canning jar, and the slanted lines to show the jar had contents.

Here, I echoed quilted the watermelon to have it looked like it was sliced.

And I did the same type of quilting for the slice of watermelon.

I did the middle corn ears with just some straigtht line quilting, but the ears on the end, I got kinda crazy by using a decorative stitch on my machine to make it look like the kernels.  Turned out really cool, but it took way too much tread and time to do each ear in the row.

The backing was purchased about 10 years after I had punched the kit.  I did a search for the specific Thimbleberries fabric that was used in this quilt, and found a piece large enough to do the backing on Ebay.  The print that I found was used in one of the ears of corn, so the backing will be a good match to the whole wallhanging!  

I use Ebay a lot to find missing or older lines of fabric to either complete a quilt or for backings.  Bay rocks for quilters!!

Warmest...

Hand Quilting

Remember when I said I would be doing some hand quilting on the UFO Project #2 wallhanging?  Well, I haven't been getting much done, in fact, none.  But during the SuperBowl, I did manage to go around once on the outside border.  I started out using dark blue thread, but it made the wallhanging look dirty.  So I switched to a red thread, actually it is a top-stitch thread by DMC.  I think it looks much better.  

Warmest...

Up, Up, and Away

Yes, I am flying out this Saturday for a nice visit with my parents for the next two weeks.  I will be out of touch for the most part with posting anything on the blog.  I am taking some hand work, actually I am going to hand quilt my UFO Project #2 while I am visiting, so maybe you can get some glimpses of my progress during the next two weeks.

Click here to see all of the posts regarding this project, and here is a picture of the wallhanging I will be working on.

Warmest...

Just the Top

Here is a picture of the top of the UFO project #2.  I will have to work on getting it quilted next week, but I wanted to show you that after you get all the parts together it makes for a perfect summer wall hanging in the kitchen.  If you didn't guess what the third part was, it is a watermelon and a slice of the watermelon.  Cute, huh?

The borders make it feel like summer too!

Warmest...

UFO Project #2 3rd and Last Part

Final part of this wall hanging.  I am going to let you guess what this part represents.  Given the other two parts, I have faith you will be able to figure it out!



Now it is time for borders and getting it ready for quilting.

Warmest...

UFO Project #2 Second Part

Ok, squint again, this part is supposed to be canning jars. Trust me, it will take on the look it is supposed to be, when the wall hanging is completed!

Warmest...

UFO Project #2

I blogged a post a couple of weeks ago after I had just finished UFO Project #1, that I had the next UFO project picked out.  I worked on about a third of it and this is the result.  Does it look like a row of corn on the cob?  Try squinting and maybe it will be so?  If not, it will when I get the whole project done.

Warmest...