Commitment - Enough Angst - Just Sew It

In 2013 I took a class with friends C & S to make this quilt.  

I exchanged 2" batik strips with friends.

I used about 75% of them in the Confetti Quilt.

In 2018, I trimmed the leftover strips to 1.5" for use in this quilt. 

 I had purchased a pattern called Satellite by Claudia Pfeil.  According to her directions, I was supposed to end up with 8 3/4" blocks.  I ended up trimming mine to 8". 

  I put the blocks away for a while and the got them back out and tried to sort them as she had suggested.  Flustration ensued and they went back in the box.  Last year I got them out again and sorted them and made a few more blocks.

Last week I made a commitment to sew these blocks together.  So after 3 days of rearranging them and numerous trips up and down the step stool, I committed to this layout.

I need to sew more border pieces.

All sewn  - approximately 56.5 by 71.5"

One step closer to being really finished.

Now I can add this to the need backing and quilting list!

Joining friends for lunch and games today.

Happy Memorial Day!

 

Courage - Just Do It!

 

Here it is halfway through the month and I have finally gotten the courage to tackle the road borders on my CMW block of the month. I decided to use a charcoal grunge rather than the black woven recommended by the instructions.

 I didn't have to worry about shreds of in in the off white sections.

   As directed, I started with the inner road.  Then I watched all the videos again before starting the outer road.  I forgot to stay stitch all my edges - found out it helps a lot especially with the woven solids which shred very easy.

Trimming and marking each of the 48 pieced sections - tedious but necessary.

I stay stitched each quarter road section as I made it rather than wrestle with it once it was sewn into a circle.

Attaching it to the outer edge went quite well  but I see that I have some excess fabric at the inner edge??

Later that evening  - not thrilled with where I eased in the fullness in a couple of places.

Last night I took out four places and adjusted the house width a tiny bit too.  This helped a lot. There is a bit of puffiness around the treetop edge but not enough to worry about - quilting will take that in.

Well the instructor said this was the toughest month - I certainly hope so!

Ready for some relaxation sewing!

 We are looking at some very warm temps by this weekend. A prelude to summer!

 Grateful for friends coming for a visit, not wearing a mask at the grocery store and a good book to read! 

Sewing and Relaxing

I have sewn the rows together on this version of the Marco Polo kalidescope 

pattern.  I plan on adding a border also. I did this for the class I taught at Ladybug.

My sister in her husband were visiting during the Super Moon so we took pictures each night.

My neighbor's outdoor light kind of competes with it,  Both pictures were taken pretty early in the evening when the moon rises in the front of the house.

This is the second night.  The weather was perfect.

It was nice to have some company  and catch up with their branch of the family.

They are heading to their place on Lake Ontario for the summer.

The weather was so pretty on Mother's Day.  Logan loves to be outside so we gathered up some quilts and headed out to the backyard for relaxation and desserts.

Molly had a quilt I had given her in the car and I pulled the star quilt out of the closet.

I decided to take pictures of it before I put it away after washing it.

I started it in 2006 and finished it in 2009, before I started the blog.  

 Archive Quilt #270 -  "It's All About Plaids"

The pattern is Road to Oklahoma with an 8 inch block.

 It measures 88 by 96".

New Project Started!

Last Year in June, I bought this cute little panel and kit!

The panel is Campfire Friends.

I opened it up and started cutting the coordinating fabrics.

Lots of little pieces but I did get 6 blocks made.

I love the fabrics  - and the panel is adorable.

 Happy Weekend! 

We are still experiencing shortages of gas here in NC, 

so will spend some time at home sewing!