Sew Day with Molly

Molly came over for a sew day before she heads back to RPI in NYS.  

Her time for sewing while at school is limited but she loves the creative aspect of it.

We decided to just jump in and pull out one of my UFO's and sew.

We threw the blocks on the wall and started from there.

Oh my - we need the lint brush before lunch out at Agave and a short trip to Ladybug Quilt shop in town.

We took turns choosing and cutting while the other sewed and trimmed.

This is where we ended and went to dinner with Tracey and Paul in Raleigh.  Maybe I'll make a few more blocks and make it big enough for a donation quilt - hmm?

Made four more blocks and I hope to get this sewed together when I sew with C & S.

East Patriotic Quilt - Square in a Square

My sewing goal this year is to make more donation quilts.

So I started with a scrappy Patriotic.

This is such an easy block to cut and piece.

  I used 2.5" squares for the center nine patch. 

I cut (2) 5.5"squares  cut once diagonally for the first surround.  Then I trimmed the block to 9".

Cut (2) 7.25" squares cut once diagonally for the second surround. 

 Sew and trim pressed block to 13".

I will make 4 more blocks and it will be 50 by 62.5".