Circle Block 264
I sat down to watch a show (Frontline) and thought I should be stitching something, and since I had talked about the Stitch Meditations, I thought some handwork would fit the bill. I made a circle block instead of a separate Stitch Meditations to make more progress on that quilt. It reminds me of a shirt I had a long time ago.
Jeans Quilt
I was going through my bedroom, using the Konmari method, ala Marie Kondo, and found this quilt in the bench/chest. This quilt is one of my oldest, if not THE oldest UFO I have. It looks like I stuffed a couple of big unfinished quilts in the chest to get them out of the way. Way back in the early 90's, I had sewed some jeans together, improv style, and planned to applique and embroider designs on it. It has an eye, a fish, a house, and a tree already appliqued on it. All of these were made out of jeans as well. I remember asking my family members for stuff to add to this quilt, and my mother had given me some patches, but I hadn't added them to the quilt.
Anyway, I also found, in a separate place, some fireman embroidery patches my mother had given me and I thought I should add them before they got lost and make more progress on this quilt. They have numbers embroidered on the stabilizer EQ0173, EQ0174, and EQ0179. I looked them up just for fun, and you can still buy them for $10 each. Now, my quilt's value just went up by $30.
If I ever make a quilt like this again, I would applique first, before joining the pieces. It is difficult to comfortably add applique in the middle of the quilt. I will try a hoop next time I add anything to the quilt.
I'm not planning on picking up this quilt to finish just yet. I am already feeling overwhelmed with the current Works in Process and the new quilts I want to start!
15 Minutes to Stitch: Week 8
This week I made six circle blocks, and appliqued some patches on an old jeans quilt. I also worked on joining the Butterfly Wreath blocks. It looks like I missed reporting a week, but I sewed almost every day so far this year, and for those days I missed, I more than made up for it during the week.15 Minute sessions of stitching this week: 7 out of 7
15 Minute sessions of stitching this year: 55 out of 55 sessions
Success Rate: 100%
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5 comments:
The weather is blustery here and that always puts me in the mood to hand stitch. I really like how your circle blocks are coming along. I made jean quilts for all of my oldest boys back in the 90's and they still use them.
You are really stying on track this year with consistent sewing time. Our winter has made for a lot more indoor days this year.
Great keeping it 7/7.
Your circles continue to be so innovative. Funny about the Jean quilt and that you worked on it. Good for you. Hard to backup that far
I had a jeans jacket that I was going to embroider (back when that was all the rage). I got two cuffs done and that was it. Your jeans quilt sounds like a fun long term project. Congrats on your successful efforts to find time to stitch each day! Thanks for linking up with 15 minutes to Stitch.
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