Friday, April 15, 2016

RSC16 week 16

DEADLINES MET

My main goal this week was to finish my Dog Park quilt, which I last showed as a flimsy, needed for Monona Quilters charity collection on May 9. Once I switched to using the walking foot for it, I wanted to do the entire job before using my 1/4-inch foot again.  A friend helped me to get it pinned to the fleece backing on the weekend.  It was only about 45 inches square, a lot easier to handle than the 50 x 60 ones I've made in the past.  Here it is after quilting.


I bought the kids fleece blanket about a year ago and the dog fabric last fall to coordinate with it.  With the deadline looming, I quilted  and bound it in three days. The gold binding was left over from another project with just inches to spare.  

I quilted in the ditch for the strip pieces and did meandering rows in the dog area so it would not look like they were fenced in, but free to run.  It shows best on the back.


The finished quilt: 


My other goal was the Modern HST Sampler block called Pointed, which I managed to muddle through just in time to do these photos.  Of course, it is done in RSC16  April colors.


For the eight HSTs in orange I used a different method called The Eight Square Method by Honey Bear Lane on Pinterest.  You end up with straight grain on two sides and only the diagonal on the bias.  I don't want to mess around with stretchy edges and it is easy to do.  

Over all it was a very nice week with warm sunny days at last and that feeling of satisfaction from meeting my goals.  I hope you all had a good week and I'll be checking your posts on Rainbow Scrap Challenge at so scrappy tomorrow.

17 comments:

  1. I love your Dog Park quilt, Paula. Fun prints. Quilting lines perfect of this quilt. Congratulations on a finish.

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  2. So nice to accomplish what you need to do before the finish line! Nice work! The walk in the dog park is too cute!

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  3. The quilt is adorable. I love the addition of the car border.

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  4. Fun Dog quilt, and I really love the backing fabric. Thanks for the tip on cutting multiple HSTs.

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  5. Your Dog Park quilt is so fun and adorable, Paula. And that fleese is great.

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  6. Cute quilt! Love the backing! Congrats on the finish!!

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  7. Hi Paula, I am going over to see the hst method. The weather has been too nice here, to be inside!
    LeeAnna

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  8. More and more walking foot quilting being done. Great job finishing up the dog park quilt. I'll have to check out the HST tip.

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  9. What a cute dog quilt, it will make some child very happy. Very well done Paula! Congratulations! The pointed block looks great. I will check the method you mention, thanks. Have a wonderful weekend.

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  10. Your dog park quilt is a great finish! When using fleece for a backing, do you also include batting? Maybe a thin one? I haven't done that before, but it is such a good idea for a child's quilt!

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  11. I haven't tried a fleecy backing yet. Does it stay put while quilting it, or is it slithery and tricky?
    Off to see the HST method. I try them all!

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  12. I look forward to your cat park quilt!

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  13. The Dog Park quilt turned out so cute!

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  14. your dog park quilt is going to make some child very happy, quilt block looks good reminds me I must do mine

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  15. What a fun quilt! And I do like your orange block. Interesting design.

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  16. Your Dog Park quilt is charming! Someone is going to LOVE that. :-)

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  17. What a darling quilt. Some little one is going to cherish it. Thanks for linking to WIPs Be Gone, so I could come over and admire your work, Paula.

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