That is a beautiful quilt, SBG!!! I love each block and all the fabrics. Congratulations on finishing such a challenging quilt! Hopefully you are keeping this one for yourself?

Those Farmers wives are. Huge undertaking. Congratulations on your beautiful finish.

SBG, lovely with the reproduction fabrics and a few feed sacks. Wow what a treat to some some of the real fabric from the era. .

I am still plodding along with mine. Up to 81 blocks finished. Only 29 more to go! Oops, 30 to go. On block needs to be redone for better color contrast. I am look at a Christmas time finish. So many blocks and so many other quilts to do. https://cdn.quiltingboard.com/images/smilies/hug.gif

Congratulations on finishing, Sewbiz- it’s gorgeous, and very cool that you had some real feedsacks to use along with the reproductions.

Rob

Congrats on a great finish SBG

Thanks so much everyone! If it wasn't for the QAL (The Pony Club group) I may never have made it. Took maybe a year to get the blocks all made, two per week. Then they just sat in a stack for years. So glad to get it completed. It's one of my favorite quilts I've ever made.

Sewbiz, such a gorgeous finish, just lovely

Stay safe everyone

cherryb

Stunning, sewbiz! Fantastic finish and it would be a favorite for me, too. Just beautiful!

SBG~ Your FW quilt is a real treasure! Congrats on the fab finish!

Thank you for all your nice comments about my Farmer's Wife 1930's quilt. So glad you like it!

This morning I visited my friend here & she dug through a closet looking for fabric to cover a large cushion. In the depths we found many, & I mean many, finished quilt tops. Her daughter who lives out of state sewed them 15-20 yrs ago. One has been quilted so I brought it home to bind it. It has issues- folds & tucks, but I do not want to take it apart. The top is really pretty & my friend loves it. I will complete it as is & return it to her. I like precision, but I'm not undoing all that stitching. My friend won't care at all. So I hope to add a UFO to our June tally

I wouldn't take it out either. Who quilted it, maybe it's part of the love that is comforting.

Conchalea: Bless you for letting it go and binding it. Your friend’s happiness will make it worth overlooking those issues.

I agree, Conchalea.....the mishaps are part of the character of the quilt. Endearing... I bet those quilts are all beautiful! So coo!

Thank you everyone for validating my decision & easing my guilt. The colors used are forest green, cranberry, & a floral with those colors. It looks , feels great, & it will keep someone warm when needed. I completed it & will return it to my friend today. I may not take another yet, my left shoulder is hurting a lot, probably from my activities these past few weeks. I've ridden my motorcycle about 530 miles total, painted 1 bedroom, & sewed a lot too. All of these put a strain on my shoulders, & the left is complaining.

Conchalea, can we see the quilt?

Yes, that would be nice. Please, Please.

my friend took a picture of it folded so I'll ask her to send it to me. When she does I'll post it.

I finished my second UFO of the year. I started it in 2016, aiming for no repeating fabrics. But that's not why it became a UFO. I was using a thrift store white sheet for my background and ran out half way through. I didn't want a difference in shades of white so into the UFO draw it went. I pulled it out last month and decided just to go ahead and finish it with a quilting cotton white. I made a few extra blocks from the Birthday Candy Swap so it would be a nice size throw. I'm really pleased with my first attempt at ruler quilting in the alternating blocks too. It was a fun learning curve.

NZquilter: Beautiful! Congratulations on learning to ruler quilt.

That's totally gorgeous, NZ! Love how you grouped according to color. Nice quilting, too.

That looks great NZ! I love the way you distributed the colors and your ruler quilted motifs are fabulous.

Rob

Thanks for the nice comments! All three girls instantly claimed it as a playroom quilt, so I'm glad I used polyester batting for many washes.

A sweet quilt, NZq! Well done

Fantastic, NZ! It's gorgeous as is your quilting. I love that your babies claimed it...lol..

wow I am Thinking that is the first multi color Irish Chain quilt I ave seen...love it, fabulous job 😊

After spending lots of time finishing up 8 quilts to the point of ready to quilt I finally dove into that step today. I managed to get 2 quilted- one is a disaster quilt that’s been sitting around for about 5 years I do not like it, but it is finally quilted. I’m just going to fold the backing over the front, machine stitch it down and drop it off at a resale shop- ready for it to be done & gone.
the second one I love and am happy to have it finished. I’m going to try to get 2 more done this weekend and maybe a third one loaded, ready- the 2 I did today were both about 60”, I think the next 3 are a little bigger- 72” or so- then I will be to the queens-
I decided to start with the smallest and work my way up ( instant gratification is motivational sometimes)
after I finish these 8 I have 6 UFOs left that just need either a few more blocks or borders- I just might manage to get them all done this year. I managed to clean and organize my sewing room ( with help- a day with my sister) I actually took 9 large garbage bags of scraps and fabrics that just had to go away out- gave to a couple church groups who make quilts for the homeless and shelters and a couple bags went to friends who make things not quilt related. My room is nice a neat, I can see what I have- not overwhelming any more so getting things done.
I am ( finally, after 10 months) going back to work on Monday- part time. I always seem more creative and motivated when I’m working.
I hope everyone is getting through our crazy times with many more smiles than frowns

ckcowl: Awesome job with those UFOs. Have fun returning to your part time job.

Someone mentioned not having seen multicolored IC. Here is another multi colored Irish Chain from about 4 years ago.This was my firs IC and I actually sold it to a gal who wanted a snuggle quilt for her couch. Love the one by NZ. More intricate and more colors than mine and the medallions in the white space are a a perfect choice.

I love your colorful Irish Chain quilt Nzquilter. It flows beautifully. The quilting is beautiful too.

I really like your colorful Irish Chain WMUTeach, it would fit into any setting. I really love the * pops* of Orange in it. Adds a great sparkle.

My Starry Irish Chain- it was a ufo for a while I think I finished it during last years UFO challenge

I love that you put stars in the open spaces... I'm terrible at putting a fancy quilting design there

photo test
 

Trying to upload a photo of the in-progress tree skirt...

So I meant to post this to the VQW thread, but was looking on here for info about how to post a photo (which has changed rather since I did it last - it has been a while), and accidentally uploaded it here... Which is actually a fortunate accident, since I'd been thinking I should join the UFO thread anyway. And the tree skirt is a UFO (albeit not my most longstanding, lol), so I guess this works... Tho to clarify, no it isn't finished yet ;-)

I have 4 UFOs, of which the tree skirt is the smallest, and so probably the most likely to get done anytime soon!

So I may have kinda tripped and fallen with my entrance, but Hello Everyone!! :-D

(watch it post now with no photo even though it worked the first time...)

Hello and welcome, Panchita! Lovely tree skirt.

Well I managed to get all 5 of my ( smallish) Quilts quilted- biggest was 60” x 72”- now all I have left is one queen and 2 kings.
I looked through the stack of ( need a bit of work yet ) UFOs and 3 of them I decided to just pass on- I don’t see myself ever finishing them , or wanting them if I did- so they may as well go to someone else who may finish them. Soooo
all I have left is borders on 2 and a row of blocks on one. Yea! I’m looking forward to moving on without the stacks of UFOs.
I still have one ufo that is about 17 years old now- it has always seemed so ( huge- time consuming) I just look at it once a year & put it back away- telling myself I just don’t have the time for it ( yet). Maybe- with the other UFOs done I can actually invest the time to work on it.....the only ( commitments) I have looming is a couple baby quilts. It’s a thought. I would love to finally have that box gone. My skills have improved greatly over those 17 years- I hope I don’t have to start over .

Good job, CKCowl!

Welcome Panchita! Beautiful tree skirt...

The Irish Chains are beautiful, ladies! Amazing pops of color..... Love the Stars Ckcowl...I remember seeing it last year in the UFO challenge and I saved a picture of that.

I am finally starting my new bed quilt. Been collecting fabrics and deciding on pattern and finally picked one. It's a King and has a gazillion HST's so I'll be using the HST paper to make 18 at a time. Never used it before so I'm testing it today.

I’ve used the HST paper a few times - it sure speeds up the process and mine came out much better than some of the methods I’ve tried

ckcowl and Teen here's a method to use making 8 at a time without the paper.

https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/magi...-units-2821440