I don't really have much to report for my PHD progress. I am making progress on the projects I started this year, with 2.5 finishes for the month, but didn't mark anything off of my UFO list this month.
Bedford Tiles is still in progress. I had been making individual blocks, but decided it would be faster to sew them in chunks. So I pressed rows one and two and got all of them sewn together. I don't know if it is really faster, but it seems like it, particularly because I only have to make sure one thing is going the right direction. 
As far as the remaining projects, I haven't worked on the tessellations quilt at all. I'm not sure it will get done this year because I'm not sure there's enough fabric there to make a quilt that is a usable size even though I started with more than the amount called for.
I also haven't worked on the Batesville BOM. This is the one I'm dragging my feet on the most. I don't particularly like the quilt (it was started in 2007) and the setting is somewhat complicated. It's pictured in the postcard below, middle row, right side quilt, only with 12 blocks instead of nine. I'll probably make it my OMG soon, just to force progress. 
The RSC has been making progress all along. August's color is orange, and that's all I have left to make. I will then add some sashing and skinny borders. I'm planning to make a pieced backing too. I will probably machine bind it since this is one that is definitely meant to use. That should speed things up. Here's a partial picture. My design wall is behind my longarm and I was dodging the running machine trying to get the picture.
I have to quilt and bind the Swiss Star quilt. Everything is ready; I just need open time on the longarm. My daughter has also selected everything for this one and it will be for her. I will hand bind this one.
That leaves a clothing item and making selvedge yarn. I'm a bit scared to do the clothing item. I'm already hard to fit and my weight isn't where I'd like it to be. I have been sporadically working on the selvedge yarn. The selvedges are like bunnies (and scraps) though--you use a bunch and it seems like there's even more in the bin than there was before you started!
Of course I've worked on more quilts too. First up is Barb's Santa quilt. I lobbied for the Christmas quilting design and she agreed. 
Next is Shirley's string quilt. She used broadcloth for the foundation, so it was pretty heavy. She requested Lei for the quilting and it looks great! 
Then I started quilting Jeri's quilts. She picked Modern Organic for her Picnic quilt (pattern by Bre T).
I quilted West Wind on her Falling quilt (Villa Rosa postcard by Running Doe Quilts).
I am working on machine binding Jeri's quilts (I still have one more of hers left to quilt).
I quilted Soho on Ann K.'s quilt and attached the binding to the front. These blocks were colored with Sharpies. I don't have any details on that. 
In other news, I'm pretty sure I have poison ivy again. Ugh. Not as bad this time. It's right above where my protective gardening sleeves hit. We weeded the upper gardens and a few days later, I had what I thought were bug bites. Then it started spreading. Same as last time. Once again, I'm fairly certain we didn't pull any poison ivy, so I'm not sure where it's coming from. I washed my gardening sleeves and got new gloves. We were all touching the same things and I'm the only one affected (again).
Maybe creatures spread it? We are always cautious when we see the fawn because we know the mom is nearby and could attack if feeling threatened.
Stop back tomorrow and link up your August OMG. Which one of my PHD projects do you think I will choose as my goal?
Linking with Quiltery, My Quilt Infatuation, and Alycia Quilts.
Anne Marie, all of your projects are so pretty. You are amazing. And I hereby give you permission to DITCH that Batesville BOM if you don’t like it anymore! Life is short and none of us knows for sure how many of our “bucket list” projects we’ll be able to complete before health problems start to get in our way — that is one thing I learned from my quilting business, from the UFOs that quilters’ heirs brought me for finishing. Everyone who starts a DWR quilt intends to eventually finish it, right? If you are dreading working on Batesville and not enjoying it, just slap the blocks together and finish it off as a charity donation so you can move onto something else that you look forward to stitching because it brings you joy. I know that you probably spend a lot of time longarming other people’s quilts that might not always be your favorites. I think you deserve to love the things you make for yourself and let go of the projects that feel like drudgery. Sending you a big hug and hope that poison ivy clears up soon (I’m covered in mosquito bites at the moment so I am really able to empathize with your itching!).
ReplyDeleteWell Look at you go!!! That Halloween one is super cute. but I really love seeing all your scrappy stars on the wall -they look amazing together!
ReplyDeleteProgress counts just as much as finishes, though we don't like to think that way. The Halloween quilt is really cute. My August finish will be a Halloween quilt claimed by my daughter. Good luck with your August goals!
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