Seems that I've had trouble finding time to blog lately. Only four posts in September! I know I like the bloggers I read to post often. Here's a list of the blogs I visit regularly: Under knitting blogs: Modeknit/Knitting Heretic, Yarn Harlot, Zarzuela knits and crochets, and Knitty blog; under Friends: Suzie Foods, The Question of the Day, The Organic Writer, and Memoirs of a Prairie Boy; Under Quilting Blogs: Elaine Adair Pieces, Quiltvilles' Quips and Snips, Gipsy Quilter, Sara's Scraps, Creative Quilter, and Rogue Quilter; under Sewing Garments: A Dress A Day; Sew Intriguing, and Sew Nancy; Under Music: Musical Assumptions. Quite a long list, and I don't read each one every day, but try to keep current with them.
At our first meeting of the town quilting club our attention was called to an article in the Country Register, a monthly newspaper that features many quilting stores in Alberta, by region, that asked for donations of "quilts of comfort" for the devastated people of Slave Lake, Alberta, the community that was almost wiped out by wild forest fires this summer. As a club we are dedicating our first meeting in October to creating quilts to meet this need.
I decided to get a head start on a gift quilt and hauled out a bag of odds 'n ends, sorted by colour compatibility. Since "Turning Twenty" is such a quick sew, I used that pattern and started cutting the squares for the blocks this past Tuesday at our meeting. Friday morning I decided the quilt needed some "brightening up" and bought seven other fabrics--just .3 meter of each. All but two were from the $5.00 shelf. By Friday evening I had most of the squares needed, and this morning I dug through my stash of fabrics to finish cutting. I needed: 20 - 10 1/2" squares, 20 - 6 1/2 x 10 1/2" rectangles, 20 - 6 1/2 x 16 1/2" rectangles, and 20 - 3 1/2 x 16 1/2" rectangles. It took quite a while to cut all of them.
Here are the blocks, partly sewed, with
The next piece laid right sides together on top of the 10 1/2" squares. The finished blocks are 16 1/2" x 16 1/2" with only three seams, so they go together very quickly.
All the blocks were finished with just one hour of fast sewing. I was on a roll!
Next I started sewing the blocks into rows. That didn't take long either. Before I knew it I was ready to sew the rows together. I couldn't wait to get the top finished and take it in to the Fabric Nook to show it to Brenda.
Total sewing time: 3 hours!
This is really a scrap quilt, with a bit of colour control, but some pretty scrappy combinations too.
While I was there I bought 2 1/2 meters of one of the fabrics to use for a backing. This evening I was planning how to piece the back and realized 2 1/2 meters won't cover it. Have to go back on Monday and buy some more.
That's what happens when you think you'll use up some of the scraps in your stash of fabric! Inevitably you end up adding to your stash.
At our first meeting of the town quilting club our attention was called to an article in the Country Register, a monthly newspaper that features many quilting stores in Alberta, by region, that asked for donations of "quilts of comfort" for the devastated people of Slave Lake, Alberta, the community that was almost wiped out by wild forest fires this summer. As a club we are dedicating our first meeting in October to creating quilts to meet this need.
I decided to get a head start on a gift quilt and hauled out a bag of odds 'n ends, sorted by colour compatibility. Since "Turning Twenty" is such a quick sew, I used that pattern and started cutting the squares for the blocks this past Tuesday at our meeting. Friday morning I decided the quilt needed some "brightening up" and bought seven other fabrics--just .3 meter of each. All but two were from the $5.00 shelf. By Friday evening I had most of the squares needed, and this morning I dug through my stash of fabrics to finish cutting. I needed: 20 - 10 1/2" squares, 20 - 6 1/2 x 10 1/2" rectangles, 20 - 6 1/2 x 16 1/2" rectangles, and 20 - 3 1/2 x 16 1/2" rectangles. It took quite a while to cut all of them.
The next piece laid right sides together on top of the 10 1/2" squares. The finished blocks are 16 1/2" x 16 1/2" with only three seams, so they go together very quickly.
All the blocks were finished with just one hour of fast sewing. I was on a roll!
Total sewing time: 3 hours!
This is really a scrap quilt, with a bit of colour control, but some pretty scrappy combinations too.
While I was there I bought 2 1/2 meters of one of the fabrics to use for a backing. This evening I was planning how to piece the back and realized 2 1/2 meters won't cover it. Have to go back on Monday and buy some more.
That's what happens when you think you'll use up some of the scraps in your stash of fabric! Inevitably you end up adding to your stash.
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