Granny Square Quilt and!! Finished ( or Not) Friday!!!!

First a quick apology on the time thing last week - apparently AM and PM aren't the same thing haha!

So !! Welcome to Finished ( or not) Friday!!!  Hope you had a fun and productive week!!!

Here is my ( new to me) NOT FINISHED!!! 

Isn't it lovely!!! It was made in the 30's and tucked in a trunk. I think it is just about perfect - and all it needs is Quilting...

So! I think it is a Granny Square quilt - but I could be wrong.... do you know what it is?

and I need to think of a way to quilt it.  I may do an all over since it is pretty busy and the fabrics are old. 

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Road to California quilt block?

 I saw this quilt on Instagram ( Cindys Antique quilts)

She called it a Road to California, but when I google that - its not quite the same block as you find when you google....

However!!! I LOVED THE QUILT she showed... and so

I am making it myself!

Maybe I shall rename it... 

• "Road to my Colorado home"
• "icy Roads"
• "Winter Roads"

hmmm the possibilities!!

These blocks are slow going for me, I am actually using small pieces!!!

But I love how they are turning out!

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Double Wedding Ring... progress

 I got my quilt all prepped and started to load it on the Long Arm

I think I got the top line pretty straight for the wiggles that are in it, 

however - as I did my measurements -I found that it is 3 inches longer on the left side

versus the right side.... hmmmmm

I have a lot of these(below)...

so I decided to use

Quilters Dream

Dream Puff Batting

That is just one of my most favorite battings, 

and I thought maybe a little loft would help fill these puffs.

A couple of the rings - I just couldn't flatten at all.

so I taped them to see what it would do to the rest of the quilt, 

and then decided that yep

I needed to baste this one down.

the ring below is a different one, 

but.... this is the pattern I am using in the rings.

I was just going to do it in the peach part, but then I realized that I would be here for 6 months quilting this one, so I decided to try it in the whole ring......

see you next week for the next update - haha!!..

( oh! and... no wine was involved in the quilting of this quilt!)

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Double Wedding ring Quilt... Antique ( I think)

 I got a call from a friend in town - she said - my husband has been attending a lot of auctions and he bought a box of quilts. I want you to have them...

I so I headed into town to see the treasures he had found!  and they were awesome - they were tops, not finished quilts - which truly - was all the better.

I pulled this one out and laid it on the floor, and both of our mouths dropped. Arlene said - I am pretty sure I know why this one was NEVER finished....  and a challenge began:

Not only are there hills.... there are Valleys... and some of them are quite tall, and some of them are quite deep.

Most of the fabrics are true 30's prints - but check out that top corner.... don't you wish you knew the story as to how those rings came about.... some of the fabrics look old - but... they do not match the rest of the quilt... AT ALL 

Can you also see the borders? they are not squared, or flat, or even stretchable for that matter. you can feel the tightness in this fabric - and I kinda think there is selvedge in it....

Most of the rings are fairly the same size - but some of them kinda double over on themselves...

BUT!! I am going to quilt this puppy... as is... it is not a family heirloom to me, and it looks like a lot of fun to try to tame this one.... it may never be square - but I am going to try for....

Quilted!! 

Yep - I am not even sure I care if it lays flat - but I will try to see what I can do!!

Wish me luck - and fun... I am sorta looking forward to quilting something that isn't for show, or for a present, or for perfection... i got this!! haha!

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Antique Grandmothers Flower Garden

I bought myself a present.

Yep!! And I like it!!

My friend is an Estate Sale Guru - she helps people sort through and then prepares the sale, and I went to one of her sales.... Not knowing what I would find - but she did say I would enjoy the sale.....

I feel like I should have known what that meant - haha!

It had some stains, and  little bit of grease on it  - so I washed it In the bathtub with Dawn Dish soap - and sorta soaked the stained spots a little more....

All but 2 of the stains came out - the other two sorta look like the quilt was too close to a radiator at one time - but it cleaned up pretty good!

and when I hung it in my house - We laughed! there is a photo of my husband and his Dad on the table right in front of where I hang my quilts... and my husband said - WOW! I didn't know how Purple Dads shirt was..... Bwahh haa haa....

Happy Wednesday
See you back for Finished or not Friday!!

Decorating for Christmas... and Finished ( or not) Friday

Does the title scare you a little?  

Sorry - My family thinks you should not decorate or start listening to Christmas music until Thanksgiving is over... but this year... I am already starting ---- sort of!!

My friend found the cutest cactus Christmas tree.. and we all got to talking .... 

I started thinking about maybe a Blue and Silver(white) themed Christmas...

And I don't really decorate much ( mostly because I hate putting it away)

Then I thought - what if I got all of my Blue quilts out, and started throwing them on the couches? I mean it would be like the decorations are sneaking up on us right?

Would you believe..... I have exactly ONE Blue and White quilt.... THAT IS IT!! Who knew this?

So there you go! I decorated for Christmas!!!  Ha Ha!

( and now I am pulling Blues to make more Blue quilts!)

Here is what I actually got done!  Do you remember Flags for Sue? This is one of the tops I made from those blocks - and NOW!! it is Quilted!!  Ready to be bound - which is perfect - we have awarded almost all of our Quilts of Valor, and now we need to get busy finishing more!

I believe at last count we have awarded 22 of these quilts now - so cool to Honor Sue this way - and so neat to spread it out,.... makes me think of her each time I work on one!

Its your turn!!

BRAG about your Finishes or your Not Finishes....
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Antique Quilt - Continued:

Remember the quilt I showed you Monday? Well!

We decided to do an all over on it -

One - because she really wanted the fabrics to shine - not the quilting.  and
Two - to help ease in the fullness without having to pleat anything ....

and so - I proceeded ;-)

This is it on the machine - the centers were pretty taught - but the edges got a lot rippley.....

I basted lightly so that I had some guideline, and then got to praying

I'm thinking the praying worked 

In the whole quilt I only had to take one little pleat, 

and after basting it closed - you couldn't even tell 

Here it is all finished - 

She thinks it will work well!

We used Quilters Dream Cotton Select

In our opinion this is a perfect Batting for these antique quilts

There is No scrim - so it is just soft and drapey

and doesn't wear against the old fabrics

And here is the back

You can see the quilting a little bit better

Added some Whimsey to it ;-)

Anddddd

Look what I found...

I have no idea what I will do with it - and of course there is NO flat on this either

but it looked lonely and so it came home with me...

Suggestions??

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Antique Quilts

A friend of mine finds these beautiful Antique Blocks and Tops at a variety of sales. They are really fun to study and to just look at the fabrics.

The challenge is the repairing and the quilting. Sometimes she thinks she should hand quilt them all, and then she realizes that with the number she has.... she will never travel again if she sits down to hand quilt.

She chose this one to be machine quilted.  We decided that we really want simple quilting, that wouldn't take away from the "antique-ness" of it, but would really keep all the seams together. She fixed all the seams on the 9 patches so there weren't any holes..

 You might notice some of the 9 patches are wonky - but that is what makes it that much more loveable!!

And the back:

Enjoy!!