Golden State Warriors Wall Hanging -- Done!

I can't tell you how happy I am to have completed my July goal for ALYoF.   (A certain little boy is, too!)   This project, however, was not without its problems.

The fusible web I bought at my local quilt shop did not have the best directions I've ever seen.   Even though I read them repeatedly I ended up wasting several hours (and a bit of fabric) by cutting out the logo without having reversed the pattern before tracing it.   Honestly, the directions never said anything about that very vital step.  That means it ended up backwards, and I had to start over.    Thank goodness I got it right after that.

Once the logo was stitched down I decided to baste and quilt before adding the team name.  I didn't think it would be too much fun quilting around all those letters.  

The original plan was to stipple inside the logo and do some straight-line quilting on the background, but I needed to finish this so I decided to keep it simple.  And this is how much of the quilting was left to do when the bobbin ran out.  Isn't that always the way?

It's been a long time since I used my Clover mini iron.  Just a reminder -- don't hold your letter down with one hand and blindly reach over and grab the iron with the other hand.  Ouch!!

Then don't just drop it onto your cutting mat when you run to the sink to put cold water on your hand.  Oops!!

The top letters were just too small to cut out and iron on (for me, anyway!) so I embroidered them with a double row of outline stitch.  I really like the way it looks.  

Finishing this little quilt was so much fun.  I'm really happy with it. 

Aidan is pretty happy, too.  Look at that smile!  All decked out in his Golden State Warriors cap and Championship shirt and standing in front of his new wall-hanging.  It doesn't get much better than that!  

I'm linking up with Fiber of All Sorts for their ALYoF July Finishes Party. 

I'm also linking up with WIPs Be Gone Week 31 at A Quilting Reader's Garden.

July Goal for ALYoF

After barely being in my sewing room at all for the last nine weeks I am more than ready to get in there and do some serious sewing!  

Aidan has been very patiently waiting for his Golden State Warriors wall hanging, so that has to be my A Lovely Year of Finishes goal for this month.  I had the team logo enlarged some time ago and bought the fabric for it, too.  

Last week when I visited a new (to me) Local Quilt Shop I bought some fusible web so I'm ready to go. 

And the best news is ......

..... I got to take off my sling!  WooHoo!!!!!  

This month I am going to sew and sew and sew some more.  Starting with Aidan's wallhanging.  After all, doesn't a cutie like this deserve the quilt he asked for?

I'm linking up with the July Goal Setting Party at Fiber of All Sorts. 

A New Quilt for Aidan and March Stash Report

This cutie pie, my 9-year-old grandson, Aidan, has informed me that it's his turn for a new quilt. 

In his (barely) nine years I've made him not one .....

..... not two .....

..... not even three .....

..... but four quilts .....

..... AND a quilted Christmas stocking.

After being a dedicated Miami Heat fan for several years he has just changed his loyalty to the Golden State Warriors, so he thinks he needs a new Warriors quilt.  I convinced him that a wall-hanging would be an even cooler idea.  

  


















I enlarged the logo and bought the fabric.  I'm planning to just make a simple raw-edge appliquéd top and free-motion quilt it.  It set my stash-busting back a little, but that will motivate me to get it finished quickly.

Besides, I need to get it onto his wall before he changes favorite teams again.

March

Fabric Added in March - 2 yards

Fabric Used in March - 19.48 yards

Fabric Added Year to Date - 2 yards

Fabric Used Year to Date - 55.30 yards

Net used in 2015 - 53.30 yards