Another finish - Colleen

Yesterday I finished this little Cottage Garden quilt for my Guild's Festival in Sept. I started this one after beginning the PhD Challenge, I have one more small quilt to quilt fot the Festival , then I will be caught up. More projects planned, I sure hope these things will sell!!!
Happy Phd's,
Colleen

The instigator has a PhD finish!!!

Yahoo!!! The instigator/procrastinator has FINALLY

finished 1 of her 6 committed PhDs!!!

This is my "Holly Jolly" quilt. 

Disappearing 9-Patch done with 4 charm packs!!

Left overs and pieced backing...

I haven't set a very good example of getting my PhDs done for you all, but therein lies the problem for me... This challenge IS forcing me to get them done, albeit "STILL" in a procrastinated manner... 8-)

Myra

NEXT! 8-)

Another finish - Colleen

Myra, I never added this quilt to my Phd list, but wanted to post the pic since it is finished. This quilt is for fundraiser auction for my Guild's Festival in September, the size is 65" x 65".
Happy Phd Quilting!

Colleen

Shay's Third Finish

I’m on the home stretch. This is PhD Number 3 done. One more to go. Oh what a feeling!  I’m hoping that one will be finished in a few weeks.  

I started this Christmas Quilt in August 2010 and it sat idle after I decided I didn’t really love it about 10 minutes after I put the top together.  On reflection the sashing fabric is too dotty for the Christmas prints but I was too lazy to unpick it and sash it with something more suitable. Sometimes it's enough to get the monkey off your back .

And as if this quilt knew I didn’t love it to bits it decided to give me no end of trouble with quilting it. But it’s done!  Since there isn’t a lot of call for Christmas quilts in Australia at Christmas because it’s our summer this is going to be a dog blanket for Indy and Lola’s bed in December.

Roll on PhD  finish Number 4!  The end  is in sight! Then I can start a load of new projects with impunity!

2nd finish

Today I completed my second of six committed PhDs. It is good to have another done, though I did hope to be further along.

This is the Schnibble Roundabout made with Hello Betty layer cakes. It was quilted by Jan Barnett in Wyoming. My middle daughter really wanted the quilt so I gave it to her. It made her day!

I hope all had a great Easter.

Completed My 2nd!

Hi all!  I am so glad to report that I have completed the second of four projects in Myra's PhD challenge!

My picnic table topper.  I found a nice denim to use for the backing and I quilted simple straight stitches.  I love it!

Now, straightaway to the next project!  Thanks Myra, for this challenge!

Ann's PhDs - Number Four

I  hope you are all having a 'Happy Easter' and not overdosing too much on lots of Easter Eggs :-)

A finish - after weeks banned from the sewing machine with a wrist problem (details on blog) - my Disappearing 9 Patch is done and dusted and ready to go to Project Linus UK.

Originally intended for DGD3, who suddenly stated 'I don't like yellow any more!'  - it's been lying in the cupboard for almost a year, but is now ready to go to a new home.This one at least was a lot easier to quilt than the last !


I am a little behind on my finishes thanks to my wrist, and going on holiday for 3 weeks in June isn't helping matters.  Don't know if I will make the magic 6 after all, but I will certainly keep trying !

Sarting the Borders

I started working on the borders of the Bear's Paw quilt.

I used a stencil for the braid design. I find that I am just quilting to get it done (so don't look too closely at my stitching!). It will be the last quilt that I hand quilt.

The Finale

This quilt has been several years in the making. One of my friends won a stack of patterns at Quilt Fest. She was so excited until she found out they were all the same pattern. So she very generously shared them with all her friends. Lucky me I was one of them. I made all the centers and then it sat for a year or two. Next I made the stars and then once again it sat. I put them together about a year ago. The borders where put on a few months ago. Then last week I finally go around to quilting and binding it. This is my final finish for this challenge. Though I might be back for an encore. (If that's okay Myra?)

The Countdown Is On!

Hello wonderful participants!!!

I just realized that we have slightly over 2 months till this challenge ends.
Yowsers!!!

We have 84 PhDs off our back burners/minds & DONE!!! 

Good for you that have 

made that happen!!! 8-)

                        If you do the math...

308 PhDs committed, 

divided by 6 months of the challenge 

= an average of 51.3 PhDs a month, 

multiplied by our 4 months past 

= 205.2 PhDs which we could have had done by now...

...IF we were all diligent quilters! 

YIKES!!!

Myself, having committed to doing 6 PhDs by June's end, 

should technically have 4 PhDs done by now...  

arhem!!! Nope! Nadda! Not accomplished... As of yet...

Are you are a sluggish quilter like me? 

Do you still have hope like me!?!? 8-)

WE CAN DO IT, 

but me thinks we've got to get our butts in gear!?! 

Yup! Lets just "GET'ER DONE!" LOL!

Myra

Myra's PhD progress update...

Nope! No finishes for the instigator of the PhD Challenge,
as of yet, but I am making progress...

I was to have had a finish at the beginning of March, but I was so disheartened with the trouble I had with machine quilting it, and all the areas I have to "fix", that I just threw it in a corner & forgot about it...
It is still there!!!

At a quilt retreat this past weekend, I did make
progress on two of my other PhDs!

The far left quilt, one of my PhDs, after quilting it 10 days ago, I got the binding attached and started the handwork. Next quilt is Yvonne's finished PhD (previous post), then some other friend's creative works, and below is another one of my PhD's that I pieced more blocks for... Soon to be sewn together... I hope!!!

So, I will hopefully get my Holly Jolly all bound up 

and ready to present as done ASAP!!! 8-)

Hope you all had a great weekend with your PhDs!!!

Fini !

My 2nd PHD Tropical Delight was finished this weekend at a quilt retreat...what a great time with lots of laughter, friends & great food. You can see a few of the lovely tops that others pieced this weekend hanging from the balcony in the second picture.

I am so happy to have finally finished this little quilt I started back in 2006. My LQS where I worked needed an applique class, so I gladdly volunteered; of course, I got the top ready for class, but it never got quilted Ha! I've been longarm quilting since September 2007 and finally learning to reserve some quilting time for my quilts!

My 2nd PhD

I didn't have anybody around to hold up my quilt, so the shed door will have to do.

This is my 2nd PhD finish.

I committed to 5 and don't know if I will get them all done.

I need to get a few baby quilts done,

this might set me back a little on my PhD's but I will try.

3 is a magic number

Do you remember School House Rock? Conjunction junction, Lolly Lolly, Lolly, I'm only a Bill, were Saturday Morning favorites for me. Three is a Magic Number came to mind when I finished my third quilt for Myra's PhD Challenge. It is full of found memories. Like sewing with my dear friend, Heidi. And all the memories that the scraps contain.

Yes I would have to agree three is a magic number.

Silk Wallhangings-2 down 1 to go

Here are my silk wallhangings. They are finally done! They are even gift wrapped and ready to go! You can see the rest of the story here.

Black & White & Blue All Over

Finally, I have a finish. I have quilted 4 of my 6 tops and have number 5 pinned in the frame now but am having a hard time getting the bindings attached. But, the one for my nephew’s wedding is done. Ahead of time! (The one in the machine is for a wedding in 8 days)

When I went to get the backing, I was intending to get black but ended up with zebra print instead. Called my sister to let her know I was putting a crazy back on her son’s quilt and she said “Perfect!” the bride loves zebra and that is what the bridesmaids are wearing. How lucky can ya get?

I am working on it

well I haven't posted much here, but I have been busy!

 I have been slowly working away on these applique blocks...

 so many little peices to be getting around...

 but getting there...

I am so pleased that this challenge has inspired me to get moving on these, there is an end in sight!!

thanks Myra..

Shiree

http://kiwirfuit-shiree.co.nz

Colleen's PhD finish Reversible Christmas table topper

 I finished this Christmas Table Topper, it will be versatile since it has the cute Christmas Mouse on the reverse side. It is for a fundraiser Festival for my quilt guild.

Myra's update...

I have another one of my PhDs quilted... woohoo!!!

I may have this one done before the last one I quilted, just cause I had/have "problems" to fix on it... Here's hoping!!!

 Have a look at the knitting I've done recently... 

Very kewl yarn!!! 8-)

Happy stitchings!

Myra

Elizabeth's Ph.D's: A Finish & An Update

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there. –Josh Billings

It's April 11^th and I'm just barely reporting a finish. So what have I been doing? I'm kind of all over the map. I've made three quilts start to finish {Grandpa's Candy Dish, Gracie's Pinwheels and Cozy Posies}, which were on my master list of things to do between January 1 and June 30, but not on my Ph.D list because they weren't started yet.

And I've done a bit of rearranging to my Ph.D list. I planned to count the finish of my Woman's Work appliqué quilt top, but quilt tops don't count as a finish, which I didn't realize when I put this quilt down as one of my Ph.D's. I'm going to have this quilt professionally quilted and even if I were to finish it tomorrow {which is entirely impossible since I'm only half-way finished}, I'm positive I wouldn't have it back from the quilter in time to bind and label before the end of June. So, while I still plan to have the top finished and get it to the quilter by June 30^th, I'm going to take it off my Ph.D list and substitute another quilt in it's place. I think that is fair. I rearranged my list {and e-mailed Myra about it} before I finished the substitute quilt, so I think it should be OK to count for the challenge.

My substitute quilt is called Magic. You can see more photos, details and a link to the tutorial I used for this quilt at my blog.

I'm only listed for three Ph.D's in the sidebar, but in my first post here, I changed my number to four. I've got one finished now {hooray!} and I've got the top finished on my husband's t-shirt quilt. I hope to get the quilting done on that in the next couple of weeks. I still plan on getting the Pinwheel Sampler and the Snowball Quilt finished, as well as a couple of other quilts that aren't started yet. It is going to be a busy few months, but in the words of that Little Red Engine, I think I can, I think I can!

First PhD done!

I finished the binding on the first of my PhDs listed. It is the Hazel's Diary quilt along. I really LOVE how this one turned out.

I have a second on my list ready to go, just need to bind it. Whoo hoo!!!

My First PhDs

Woohoo! Not one but two! It's a slow start I know but I'm proud to show my first PhD. This cheeky little chicken was waiting to be made up into a pot holder. My second PhD is Miss Holly Hobby with her washing basket. She's now ready to take good care of my clothes pegs.

Both UFOs were too old for me to calculate ... now onto my next UFO and turn it into a PhD.

TO THE 3 BRENDAS

One of our Brendas had started a post 

"2 finishes" on 3/23/11, 

typed a bit in, no photos, and it has been 

sitting in draft ever since... 

Error maybe? Wishful posting? 8-)

What up?

Finished!!

This is my March project...
Technically it was #9 instead of #1 from the UFO Challenge. Executive decision!


48 Scrappy String blocks were made in Dec. 2010 following clue 3 from the Roll, Roll Cotton Boll Mystery. When I saw how many half square triangles were needed in one of the other clues, I baled on the Mystery-Along. These 48 blocks were at risk of being added to the bottom of the "I've changed my mind!" pile of UFOs.

Instead I used the Evelyn Sloppy book on my shelf - adapted instructions to fit the 8.5" squares - 30 used right away. The extra string blocks were whacked into 5" strips - across the middle for straight edge "piano key" outer border.  I was completely out of most of the colors, but by salvaging the extras, most of the colors are in the border.

Hand quilting began March 10th. Final stitch of the binding made 8 pm March 31st!  All stash fabrics used for this one except the backing.  
(Some I would probably not purchase ten years later...but there it is  ;)

Too lazy to find a random number generator for the Postcard Giveaway, so I asked my husband to pick a number from 1 to 7. 
He had no idea why, but said "6"!  
Myra...I think that's you :)

Deana's Cracker Jacks are FINISHED!

I am pleased to present another long time coming finish!  These little miniature quilts are called "cracker jacks" and were designed by Kaye Evans of Utah.  They are just so cute!  The sunglasses and spoon were placed in the photo to give you some perspective on how small they are.  The largest one is 12 1/2".

Here is the back.