My first jelly roll quilt is done! It might be a bit boring, but I think I’ll call it calming instead. Doesn’t that sound better?
I used a simple feather pantograph for the quilting.
I kept the border and binding simple, so as not to upstage the center.
And I had the perfect backing piece in my stash!
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Have a great day!
I can’t believe I didn’t have a post scheduled ahead for today! That shows how crazy life has been. Lots of secret sewing going on, which means progress has been made on my leader/ender project.
My total number of blocks?
My goal is 80. I’d like this project wrapped up before I go back north. Have a great day!
Remember these solid scraps?
I got them all pressed and sorted according to size.
Then I started chopping them up into 2 1/2” HSTs.
This is the die I’m using.
I’m not sure where this is headed, but I have a lot more solid scraps, so I’ll carry on.
Have a great day!
Remember these? A friend sent them to me.
She also sent the cheddar print squares.
I came across this very old piece in my stash and I love how it looks with the cheddar and scrappy squares.
But how can I spice this up a bit? Could it become a medallion? Or be put on point? I need to figure this out. This is one idea I worked on. It has some potential.
Have a great day!
Ready to get sewing? This is what you will be working on this week.
After pairing up my strips, I began sewing them together. Below you can see groups of four strips sewn together, two matching WOF prints and two background strips alternating.
These are then subcut into 2 1/2” strips, as shown below.
I took eight of each unit and sewed them end to end, always pressing toward the dark. Then I sewed the two long strips together to form the checkerboard strips. All your seams should nest. Below you can see six sets finished.
The photo above shows 6 columns. So the assignment for this week, is to get this much done. Then you will be almost halfway!
BTW, here are great deal that end tonight at AccuQuilt .
Have a great day!
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Last week, Daughter #2 and I went here on her day off. It was a bucket list place for both of us.
Pictures just don’t do it justice, bug herd are a few anyway.
See that dark line in the photo below? That is the Mexican border.
It’s always fun to ride in her pink Jeep!
I love adventures with this girl!
Have a great day!
I found this little machine on Facebook Marketplace last weekend. That’s about the only thing I use Facebook for. I got a cover for it, but no attachments. I did find a manual online. It sews a lovely stitch!
Daughter #2 gave me this. Isn’t it fun?
Found this fun fabric at Goodwill. Of course, it had to come home.
Along with this mug.
Have a great weekend!
I can finally share some secret sewing that I completed back in January for Fat Quarter Shop . I used this layer cake to make the Layer Cake Loop quilt, from their Short Cut Quilt series.
The free pattern will soon be available from Fat Quarter Shop . This fabric is there now.
This was fast and fun!
I found these fabrics to be so interesting and pretty!
Have a great day!
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So, I cut oversized triangles to put my star together. It is not perfect. Some of you have asked what size I would cut the settings triangles, the answer to that is that I have no answer. I clearly did t figure correctly so I trimmed it after piecing. Sorry about that!
There is more fullness around the edges than I would like. But I see potential here. And I do like this so far.
I added a narrow green border and I’m trying to decide where to go from here. I rather wanted to make a pieced border, but maybe a wider background border is what is called for.
Decisions, decisions…
Have a great day!
I was thinking about this AccuQuilt die and wondered if I could use it to make a bigger star.
This is the block it was created to make.
So I used some solid scraps and used the die to cut up a bunch of diamonds.
I sewed them together in strips of three.
Then sewed the three strips together.
So far, so good!
Now I need to figure out the setting pieces. That might be trickier.
Have a great day!
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