I’ve signed up for Hands 2 Help hosted by Sarah over at Confessions of a Fabric Addict.
I’m making progress on my leader/ender blocks and this will become my donation quilt. I will send it on to Quilts of Compassion.
This is what I planned to do with them.
But I decided to play a bit at the design wall with them. I like several of these ideas.
I might have enough pieces for more than one quilt out of these.
Have a great day!
I’ve been chipping away at my UFO list and today I have another finish.
I started hand piecing these in 2016. 
I used the green I was considering for the border as binding and for part of the backing.
Here’s a peek at the other fabric I used in the backing.
Isn’t that fun? I was given this by a local friend and finally found the perfect use for it. Thanks, Jean!
All the fabrics in the top are from Denyse Schmidt lines.
Have a great day!
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The tumbler quilt is in timeout. I opened the neutral jelly rolls. That’s the hardest part, right?
I sorted into groups of eight that are roughly alternating light and dark.
Sew these into pairs send press to the darker strip.
Sew the whole thing into a tube.
Time to dust off this Accuquilt die!
I used it to crosscut my strip set.
Easy peasy!
Use the seam ripper to open the tubes into strips like this.
And sew them together.
One block done, a bunch to go. Have a great day!
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I’m doing a little sewing this week, but not anything that I can share just yet. I did get the tumblers together.
Now it’s long enough, but not wide enough. Sigh….
Hubby has been cooking lately.
You can see that I’m not going hungry!
We woke up to this on Monday. Thankfully it was gone by late afternoon.
I’m thinking about making a Scrappy Trips quilt with these jelly rolls. All three are the same.
I can’t decide if it would be modern or boring. Back to my secret sewing.
Have a great day!
Remember last fall when I bought my wool pressing mat? Actually, it was a saddle pad for a horse. They are the exact same material, a half inch thick and 100% wool. I bought one from State Line Tack.
This one measures a whopping 30 by 30. There was a coupon code for a first purchase so I got this shipped for about $30.
My only regret? I wish I had bought two to begin with. I just purchased a second one to completely cover my ironing table.
It was too thick to cut with my rotary cutter, but I did use it to “score” a line and then finished the job with my big batting scissors.
Much better! They are just sitting next to each other. I’ll use them like this for a while and then decide if I need to connect them somehow.
Have a great day!
PS Some people have mentioned a smell associated with these. I liken it to wet mittens. I noticed it for awhile with the first one, but it did go away in time. No smell transferred to my fabric. I notice it even less with the second pad. No affiliation.
I have started a new batik leader/ender project in an attempt to empty this box.
First I see them into twosies.
And then into foursies. Like my technical terms? I think I will lay them out like this.
I’ll likely use a solid alternate rectangle, like this.
This kind of very simple project works well for me as a leader/ender project. It is mindless.
If you don’t know what leader/enders are click here.
Have a great day!
Since I’m finding myself with dedicated hand sewing time (I take one of my grandsons to speech therapy twice a week) and my Hexie project is pieced, I thought I might finally get back to this top.
I purchased these blocks sometime before 1997. I know this because I remember which house we were living in. They came with this little copper template, ideal for use with a rotary cutter to cut background pieces.
The seam allowances on the flowers are about 3/8 of an inch, less than I’d like, but I felt I had to keep going with that.
It seems that I get most tired of a project about 2/3s of the way through and this was no exception. I haven’t touched it in ages. Encouraged by my progress on the last hand piecing UFO I finished, I picked this up again. Here I am now.
I have no idea how I will finish the edges on this. I hope my current momentum on this will continue. Have a great day!
Since we are all dealing with COVID 19, this tiny family has compiled some helpful tips.
First, don’t hoard toilet paper. Save some for others. Shop locally if you can, I got this roll from the bathroom next door.
Do wash your hands frequently. This Peach Bellini from Bath and Body smells lovely, though after 20-30 seconds of washing, you made feel thirsty…
Spend this time doing productive things, like finishing that UFO.
Work from home if you can.
Takes some time to listen to music.
Read a book!
Take a nap!
Learn a new skill.
Take time to play.
Reconnect with your spouse.
Cook and have dinner as a family.
Whatever you do, keep the baby away from the puppy or she may lose her nose.
In all seriousness, every difficulty is an opportunity. Every dark period is history has spawned creativity and innovation.
My trust is not in governments or men, but in the Lord who created me.
Hubby and I have been dealing with a cold/flu bug around here. He was at the doctor on Thursday; it’s not Corona. But we are staying in and keeping it to ourselves. The puppies are great napping buddies. I’ll get back to responding to comments soon.
Have a wonderful day!
I’m so excited about this finish! Unfortunately the weather hasn’t cooperated for pictures. I stopped by a local park to take a few.
I love the backing from Ila! I actually got a few puckers in the backing. But they are well hidden in this print.
My echos are very uneven, but now that it’s all done, it looks good.
Just for fun, this next photo shows before washing. I used Quilter’s Dream 80/20 batting.
One more UFO is off the list. Have a great day!
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I made myself cut the needed tumblers to finish this top.
And I made a plan and got my rows ready to sew.
I’ll do five more rows and then reassess.
Someone said I wasn’t happy with it because it was nearly square. I think that’s true.
For me, a quilt needs to be useful as well. As is, it feels to big for a wall or baby quilt and too small for a throw or bed quilt.
Have a great day!
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