Jacobs Ladder Quilt Top is finished.

I decided to make a Jacobs Ladder quilt in October after I challenged my guild members, the Temecula Valley Modern Quilt Guild to make a quilt entirely out of solids.  The quilts are due at our March meeting, so I should be good.

I chose this layout because I love the secondary arrows.  I didn't plan the layout of the colors, I pretty much just laid them down and stitched them together.  The top measures 60" x 72".  Now I need to make the quilt back.  Good times!

May your bobbins always be full,

Jacob's Ladder progress

It's super yucky outside, yes that's a SoCal native declaration, so I laid these out on the garage floor.  Five more Jacob's Ladder blocks completed!  I plan to make five more and using some on the quilt back.

I laid these out all "willy-nilly" with no attention to design.  I really like the random layout but I don't think random will be part of the final design.

Before making the final five blocks I'll be working on some small projects.  I've learned to pace making this kind of block so that I don't get bored.

May your bobbins always be full,

There's been a lot going on around here.

I just haven't been doing much blogging!  I put together 5 more Jacobs Ladder Blocks.  I've been intentionally breaking up the assembly of these blocks.  I think I learned my lesson from the Lawn Diamond Quilt and didn't want this to be another Most Boring Quilt in the World!  I still have some to work on.

Two years ago I joined Pat Sloan's 2015 QAL.  2015 was a bad year for me and having a QAL or two to look forward to was wonderful.  This year the QAL is called Pat Sloan’s 182 day Solstice Challenge.  It started last week.  This week I did a fabric pull and started playing catch-up.

The first block was a Churn Dash Block and I decided to make two.  One I turned around to be a Greek Cross.  I'm going to miss some weeks due to traveling, so I decided to make two of each block, in case I decide not to play catch-up, again.

This weeks' block is a split star block called Day Into Night.  I pulled some supplemental fabric and made these two blocks.  I'm biased, but I love them!

Here are all four blocks.  While I'm waiting for next weeks' release on Wednesday, I'll work on something else.  Probably more Jacobs Ladder blocks and I have an idea for a new quilt, too.

May your bobbins always be full,

Progress Report

I'm making progress on my Solids Jacobs Ladder Quilt top.  Five more blocks completed the past few days.

Here are all 20 of the completed blocks laid out randomly.  I have 10 more blocks to make, then I'll decide on the final layout.

I'm taking a "sewing-break" until after Christmas.  My daughter Sharon and grandson Oden are coming for Christmas Day, so I want to get the house in order.

May your bobbins always be full,

Jacob's Ladder Quilt Top

I made five more Jacob's Ladder blocks after the Stereo Quilt was delivered to my Long-Arm quilter.

I now have at total of 15 blocks, including the blue and red opps blocks!  I plan on making a total of 30 blocks giving me a finished quilt that will be 60 by 72 inches.  

May your bobbins always be full,

Making Slow Progress

Five more quilt blocks. Ten down, many more to go. Yes, I did another variation of Jacob's Ladder. I really like the 'oops' factor.  I think I'll call the variation Jan's Ladder!

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Opps!

Two of these are NOT like the others.  For some reason, I'm having a heck of a time with these Jacobs Ladder quilt blocks.  The first one I made for the Roadies Give Charity Quilt, went together like a dream.  These five, not so much!  The top two blocks will be relegated to the back of the quilt.  I'm not perfect, but I like my quilt tops to be as close to perfect as possible.

My plan for this quilt is to do five blocks at a time.  In between sets of blocks, I'll work on other projects.  My reasoning is based on the Lawn Diamond quilt, I don't want this one to be boring, too.

May your bobbins always be full,

I have a plan!

The plan is for a new quilt, of course!  Back in September when I finished the quilt back for the Lawn Diamond quilt, I cut the remaining scraps in anticipation of starting a new quilt after I was finished traveling for the year.  Then, I spent yesterday cutting loads of coordinating white squares.  All from my scrap bin, so all the whites will not be the same.

The new quilt is going to be my version of a Jacob's Ladder quilt.  This quilt that was shown at my guild meeting is my inspiration.  Keeping it modern.  Now that all the preliminary steps are out of the way, including printing 60 copies of the paper-piecing templates, it's time to sew!

May your bobbins always be full,

Paper-pieced Jacobs Ladder block

The TVMQG is making the paper-pieced Jacobs Ladder block for "Roadies Give Back".  You can read about our August meeting, that's when we got the spiel about doing the blocks for charity.

I did this one using 7.5" blocks, instead of 8".  Just be sure to pin all around the outside before stitching. It came out perfect, and I saved some fabric!

My block is gold for Pediatric Cancer. My friend Lissa is a survivor.

May your bobbins always be full,