Orange Crush Update

The setting triangles are made, yippee!

Things are getting pretty exciting as I start laying out the blocks...

These are looking great and I am loving the look of them. Then I add the other blocks

and I am not loving it. Not sure about these blocks together at all. I love both sets of blocks on their own, not so much when they are together. Feels like everything is too busy and both blocks are fighting with each other, not sitting in harmony with each other. Here are the orange and blue blocks on their own...

Just when I thought that this would be an easy job. I am wondering about using the blocks to create two completely different quilts. I also have these that I may be able to use?

I think I have some serious playing and auditioning in my future along with some serious thinking.

Stick around and check back to see how I get on with this one or maybe two quilts.

Happy stitching everyone.

Donna-Maree

Another UFO?

Interesting - I thought I had completed my list of UFO's and you can imagine my surprise when I keep finding more! I have had to add a few more to my UFO list as I tidy the sewing room, but I really did think I had found them all.

I woke early this morning and spent some time straightening up in my sewing room and came across this UFO. It is Orange Crush a mystery quilt designed by Bonnie K Hunter and I had totally forgotten about it. The thing is that all of the blocks have been made and all that is waiting to be completed are the setting triangles. I have been busy this afternoon making the components for those and I am nearly there.

This isn't one of my Top 5, but it is so close to being a flimsy that I just can't help myself. It isn't going to take much more to get this one done. I have one more component to cut and then all of the components can be sewn together.

Watch this space....... Happy stitching everyone.

Donna-Maree

First up on my Top Five is.........

My Orange Crush mystery quilt. Just a quick post this morning to give you all a bit of an update. 

Here are the completed components so far... 

All that needs to be completed for this quilt to become a flimsy are the set square units and the border units. I worked on this quilt yesterday afternoon and again this morning and more components are now completed.

These are the borders all sewn together just waiting to be pressed and sewn to the quilt. It feels good to be making some progress. Still to go are the set square units - watch this space!

I have club this morning so I need to get a move on.

See you soon, happy stitching everyone.

Donna-Maree

Getting organised - yet again

Yes I find myself doing this again and again - getting organised, re-prioritising my projects and along the way I often find things, projects or components that I had forgotten about.

Here are two bags of the same thing! The bag on the left are 4-patches that were sewn as leader and Enders at retreat a year or two ago. The bag on the right is the one that I keep in my strip drawer and there are already 300 4-patches in there!

I found these when I was sorting another project, my Bonnie Hunter Orange Crush Mystery quilt. The interesting thing is all of the blocks are made - I completed these on the retreat I talked about earlier and just have the setting triangles and pieced border to sort. 

I am further along on this project than I remembered and seriously it isn't going to take too much to get this one to the completion line, music to my ears.

Completed components - looking good.

This week I have compiled an honest list of my projects and yes I knew I had a few but seriously I have been blown away by just how many I do have. However, taking stock of the issue is the first step. From this list I am going to choose five projects that have the highest priority and I am going to work on these projects until they are done! 

Yes, you have read it here and now I have put it out there in print, I am accountable.

As I complete these projects and they get crossed off the 'Top Five' list, other projects will be promoted to the top five list and they will have their turn to shine. My objective with this system is to overcome the pressure that is stalling me from working on anything because I can't decide what to work on first as there are so many. Check back and see if I am on task and which project I am going to tackle first.

Until then, happy stitching everyone

Donna-Maree

Progress so far...

I thought that I would lay out the blocks for Orange Crush, a mystery from Bonnie Hunter that has been sitting as a UFO which I worked on last weekend while on retreat.

Looking good so far, what do you think? Let me know in comments below.

Cheers Donna-Maree

Results from Retreat

I am very pleased with what I got done at retreat this last weekend. 

This is everything that got completed. I know some of you might be disappointed that this is all to show for my time away, however I am thrilled. This UFO is Orange Crush a Bonnie Hunter Mystery that I started in 2011 and it has been sitting until now awaiting its turn to come out of the cupboard.

There are 20 blocks here on the left, I made the little corner units for these and put them all together this weekend. On the right are 30 of the border blocks that are required, not many to go and the units in front are for the rest. Feeling great about getting this flimsy much closer to the completion mark.

Now for anyone that hasn't been convinced about Bonnie's Leaders and Enders, check this out

These piles are what was sewn together as Leaders and Enders by my friend and myself over the weekend. They were twin units waiting to be sewn into four patches, which they are now. They aren't for anything specific at this stage, I just grabbed them as they were sitting ready it go. My girlfriend didn't have anything and was sewing onto a scrap and of course I had something better, so we shared them.

I will save my other photos for a later post, so until then - happy stitching everyone.

Donna-Maree