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Afternoon project

The lesson I learned about handling bias edges while working on this project

were completely forgotten a short two weeks later while constructing this small table topper. The flying geese units were made using the Square in a Square method and ruler and the outer edges are “bias”, handle gently, no pressing with hot iron, use a wooden iron only until top is complete…

It took three tries to get the bottom row attached with the seams lined up and then just as I was going to attach the borders, I realized that I had attached it upside-down. Aghh! Another two attempts to line up the seams and I had to call it close enough. Next project with Flying Geese I will make using the Quilt in a Day method and ruler.

Here’s the completed Table Topper ready for donation to the CQA for Quilt Canada 2008 in St. John’s, Nfld.

Rows complete

After a few changes in fabric blocks, the rows are sew together. I have had to fit the stitching in around painting the newly renovated bathroom. The priming and first coat of paint are finished. Tomorrow, the final coat and then by Sunday I will give the room a final cleanup and start putting everything back on the walls and move our stuff back in.

Saturday is a workshop day – Lone Star with Patti Carey – so, it might be another few days before I get back to this project.

Or , if the painting goes well tomorrow, I may get the first few rows assembled. I received the machine quilting DVD I ordered in the mail today. Doesn’t it always look so easy when someone else is doing the quilting?

It was entertaining as well as educational. Time to get out the ol’ whiteboard and start practicing. You can see video samples at http://www.pajamaquilter.com/ and maybe order a copy for yourself.

Up next….

The Shoppe Girls have decided to get together and work on some machine quilting techniques. We will each put together a simple quilt top and practice our free motion quilting. The quilt I chose is simple square and rectangles with a half-square triangle border. The pattern is from the January 2008 issue of The Quilter – Isn’t it Rich?

I have cut all the pieces and laid out rows to distribute the colours evenly throughout the entire piece. I kept moving pieces around and will probably make a few more changes as I sew the rows together. Some of the colours look brighter in the photo than in real life, so I hope it all works. It will be 110″ x 110″ king size quilt when finished.

Finally finished

It took more than a year, but it is finally finished. It is a quilt made using the Magic Tiles pattern by Kathleen Bissett. My satelllite group, the Shoppe Girls, decided to each make quilts using this pattern. We got together a couple of times to piece the blocks and them finished them up on our own. We all used a ‘quilt-as-you-go’ method, so lots of hand stitching. I don’t think I would do it that way again, but it was a learning experience.

I am sure they have flowers in Victoria already!

But in Ontario? Nooooo… We just had our third snow storm in less than a week! Thank goodness I have a son who is big and strong and willing to shovel the snow for his dear old mother.

Quilting Blogs

Some exciting stuff in February! As I follow links from blog to blog, I come across some pretty cool stuff. My latest discovery is Sew,Mama,Sew! February is quilting month at Sew,Mama,Sew! and there will be lots of giveaways and interesting stuff to keep me entertained during the coldest month of the year. Go here to get all the details. There will also be a Quilt Block Sew-along each week with a photo group on Flickr. Well, that might be another good way to use up some of my stash. The first block will be posted on February 1st.

Over at Crazy Mom Quilts, you can participate in a Quilt-a-long. It is almost over now, but the block instructions you can look at the archives and find the instructions for the earlier blocks. Hmmm, maybe we could start a blog for the Guild’s B.O.M. program. Something to bring up at the executive meeting, anyway.