With a new addition to the family, there was a need for a new quilt! Since I’ve recently moved to a more rural area, the other quiltuplets decided to make a farm-themed baby blanket. It’s simple, adorable and I love it! It features a pieced barn block in the centre, with churn dash blocks in the corners. The fabrics feature farm animals and fruit.
With Christmas coming up, I have a few project that I’m frantically trying to finish. I hope to be able to share them soon!
Emily
More than 4 years after deciding to make a quilt together, B and I have finally finished! Since starting the quilt, degrees have been finished (and almost finished), babies born, new jobs started and new homes bought. Making this quilt has been quite the journey, so I’m excited to share the final result!
The finished top: ironed and ready to quilt!
Unloading the quilt from the longarm machine.
And finally: the finished product!
I tried machine stitching the binding for the first time. I’m quite pleased with how it turned out and how much faster it was to complete!
As soon as B got home, she put it on her bed and sent a picture. I love how fresh and bright it looks!
Until the next post,
Emily
I recently started the Gathering Mystery quilt at Cora’s Quilts. I used this opportunity to buy some more fabric! I decided use all Kaffe Fassett Collective, since I love the patterns but have never used only those fabrics in a quilt. Hyggeligt Fabrics has a great selection for those looking to order from a Canadian store!
I cut all the pieces, and have completed the clues for week 2 and 3. 
I love how the colours are coming together and can’t wait to share the next weeks!
Emily
We finally got around to making the exchange for the next round! I thought we made the last exchange at Thanksgiving, but I’ve been informed it was actually last May! A quick check to the blog post confirms this fact, so I hope the next few round will be a bit faster.
Here is our progress:
The addition to this one is the little scene showing my grandparents’ old house. Pieces of fabric from all the round robin quilt have been added. Can you identify them?
Fabulous feathers and an arrow have been added to this string quilt.
Stripes and circles were added here. This was my contribution and I would probably applique the circles if I did it again. I got a lot of practice with curves though!
The simplicity of the flying geese border helps to brighten up this piece.
More flying geese and teacups in the corners, partially obscured by a baby that refused to move. One of the teacups features the little red robin!
These flying geese bring out the triangle theme from the centre and continue to feature Kaffe Fassett fabric (always a favourite!).
I hope you enjoy the update on progress, and I hope the next instalment will take less time than 11 months!
I love mini charm packs! They are an inexpensive way to play with all the fabrics of a collection. I’ve started accumulating a little pile, so I’m experimenting with mini quilts as a way to use them.
I’ve also completed my first mini-quilt of this series. It’s not a new project (UFO #14) and the binding was sitting with a few inches to go for months. I started with a mini pack of Carolyn Friedlander’s Doe collection. After getting a layout I liked, I sewed pairs of squares to make rectangular four-patches.
Even though it’s a simple design, I like how it turned out!
Until next time!
Emily
I have been meaning to post for awhile, but didn’t realize how long it’s been until I went to make a post and realized I’d forgotten my password. Oops!
So with a new year, and a fresh start, I am once again making a resolution to post more frequently. By more frequently I mean once per month, but I’d like to eventually get new content on our blog weekly.
Without further ado, here is the update on my unfinished projects! I finished two projects, the rag quilt and placemats for a friend. I want to say I hated making the rag quilt. Making all those little cuts was tedious and hurt my hand, and all for a quilt that’s supposed to look like it’s made from rags!
Rag quilt – finished!
The other project I finished was a set of placemats for a friend who got married. I did quilt-as-you-go for each one and chose bright coloured fabrics to complement my friend’s very cheery personality.
To give the gift, I got inspiration from a jelly roll and use a simple white ribbon to show off the colours of the mats.
I’m happy to have finished these projects – now on to the other 30!!!
-Emily
p.s. I wish everyone a happy 2017, and the best of wishes in getting to those UFOs!
In my November post, I mentioned how I thought I had 10-15 quilting projects on the go. At the best of times I’m not the best at completing projects, but trying to navigate the new world of motherhood and working on my PhD has brought the number of quilts to finish to a whole new level. My mum challenged me to list all my unfinished quilts and to not start any new projects before finishing an old one. So, here is my list (in no particular order):
Started a few years and intended for a Modern Quilt Guild Challenge, this one is on my design wall and close to being finished. I wanted to try a lone star quilt, and this gave me a great opportunity to try!
2) Blue and Green curves
Excited after learning about curves at a quilt guild meeting, I decided to used a set of blue and green solids to make this curvy quilt.
3) Jelly roll quilt
I won a jelly roll and had this yarn-dyed linen lying around so I just HAD to make something…
4) Foundation paper piecing
I love foundation paper piecing! I also wanted to design my own quilt. This is the result of those two thoughts.
5) Kaleidoscope
I love the idea of kaleidoscope quilts! So I started one and realized that I probably didn’t choose the greatest fabric for it. But I hope to salvage it!
6) Half-Square Triangle quilt
I wanted a new quilt for my bed.
7) Baby wall hanging
I wanted to make something for the baby. She’s almost one, so I will hopefully finish soon so it will actually have a chance to hang in her room!
8) English paper piecing 1 (Grandmother’s flower garden)
I wanted to try a project that I could take anywhere with me. This hexie quilt fit the bill! Here it is all-basted, mid-quilting. Since it was pieced by hand I wanted to quilt it by hand as well.
9) English paper piecing 2
Since I loved the first EPP quilt so much…
10) Crazy quilting with scraps
I have tons of scraps and wanted to use them! Especially the pieces that are too small or weirdly shaped to keep for other projects.
11) Riley Blake Sashing Stash Challenge
Boy, was this one a challenge! I was close to finishing it for the deadline, but just had too much schoolwork and had to give up before the end.
12) Pick-up sticks
Inspired by a block swap at the quilt guild. I love the bright colours!
13) Mini-quilt club
I joined a mini-quilt club. This is the first of six; I haven’t started the other five.
14)Mini-charm
This one was nearly completed in an afternoon from a mini-charm pack. Only a few inches of binding left!
15) Falling Leaves 
This is a quilt I started awhile ago (I want to say 10 years?). I finally quilted it and now all that remains is the binding.
16) Rag quilt
I’m never doing one of these again. All I have left is clipping the edges, but it is so tedious and hurts my hand.
17) Disappointment
I loved the pattern and I had a vision of the final product. But as it came together… the colours I chose didn’t end up as expected. And the number of points to piece together accurately became a chore as I realized how much I disliked the colour choices.
18) Block of the month
My sister, mum and I all did a block of the month with our own colour choices. This was started a few years ago and none of us has finished. All that is left on mine is the binding!
19) Baby quilt
The piecing was ok, but the quilting didn’t turn out so well. It’s small and almost done so I might as well finish it.
20) Circles
I had two layer cakes and a pattern! But my momentum slowed after some botched quilting.
21) Log cabin
A finished top for a lap blanket – ready to quilt!
22) Aiming for Accuracy
I did the Aiming for Accuracy quilt-along and use the extra fabric to start piecing the back (shown here in a messy pile).
23) Applique
I wanted to try some applique.
24) Modern Quilt Guild Triangle Challenge
I cut the pieces using the template for the challenge. I got a few blocks done, but not by the deadline.
25) Baby shower quilt
This was only started a few weeks ago. I had guests at my friend’s baby shower decorate squares for a quilt.
26) Round Robin
This is my piece to work on this round for the round robin!
27) Disco
Technically, this isn’t my unfinished project. I’m helping a friend make her very first quilt! But, it sits in my sewing room so I include it on my list.
28) Advent calendar paper piecing
This was obviously not completed during advent…
29) Placemats
This is a gift for my friend. A wedding gift. She was married nearly a year ago, but I only have a few inches of binding left!
30) Rain drops
I had a couple of layer cakes and wanted to design my own pattern.
31) First quilt
These are the leftover blocks from my first quilt, started 15 years ago. This top is close to being done but I had some problems with the border and it needs fixing before being quilted.
So, there you have it! My list of unfinished quilts is a LOT longer than I expected and I admit to being a bit embarrassed about it. I will challenge myself to finish not one but two quilts before starting a new one. I hope to be down to single digits by 2025!
Thanks for reading!
Emily
p.s. My mum just reminded me about one more quilt!
32) Quilt for brother
Gift that sister and I have been working on. Close to completion!
The second round has been completed! Check out what everyone has done! Sorry for the photo quality – these were all taken while at a family party 🙂
A little robin was added in the centre square at the top of this quilt!
This block is to be added to the shirt block – the hearts are made from ties. This quilt is especially meaningful to the Quiltuplets since it’s made from old shirts from my grandfather, who died in 2011 (mentioned in Michèle’s post from 2014).
I love how everyone added their own personality to the starting blocks. What will the next additions look like?
It’s been quite a few months since the last post (almost 8!). We’ve all been pretty busy with quilty and non-quilty things, but I have a few posts ready for the next few days. Today’s post is long overdue since it’s about a project we started in late 2015: a round robin. Each of the six quiltuplets prepared a block as the start of a new quilt which was passed on to the next person in the group. At each stage, we all add a bit to the quilt we’ve received with fabrics from the original block and pull some more from our own stashes (if needed). Everyone has a different style, so I can’t wait to see the end results!
Here is what we started with:
Check back later to see what happens after the first swap!
After welcoming a new baby, it’s taken awhile to have enough time to sit down, sew and blog about it! I have about 10-15 projects on the go right now, but none are all that close to completion. I do have quick project to share: ankle bands to keep baby feet in the legs of their sleepers.
Little Lizzie kicks a lot and her feet have a tendency to find their way into the body of her sleepers. She gets very frustrated when the movement of her legs is restricted, so I come up with a solution to this problem! I used coordinating strips of fabric and a bit of velcro to make these little bands to keep her feet happy.
She likes to raise her feet in the air, which is great to show off her ankle bands!
She also likes to spend time on the floor on her new quilt, a special gift from the Toronto Modern Quilt Guild.
I’ve started having more of a daily schedule now, so I hope to post project updates soon! Until then,
Emily
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