Category: quilts
A Quilt for Caitlyn
A long while back, on a trip to Pacific Fabrics for something entirely different, I found bundles of pre-cut squares from Hoffman Fabrics. On a whim, I asked Caitlyn to pick a bundle. We took home pink, of course. I didn’t have a pattern in mind, so this may be one of my more “organic” quilts. I started with those pre-cut squares, was deliberate with the contrast, and added borders until it felt “done”. Special thanks go to Lianna for her more experienced eye for contrast and her magic ability to find the perfect border fabric. While Caitlyn was out …
Dis-proof of Concept, and The Answer
Sewing creates these tiny bits of thread that you cut off a project. I’ve always just had a little pile going on my work table, and sometimes I would sweep them into my hand and get them to a trash bin. More often they would get swept off the table (by my project or my arm) and wait to be vacuumed into oblivion. Last night, I decided that it was time to grow up. So I made a thing in which to put thread tails. What resulted is not quite what I had in mind. It’s edges are too wavy …
Finished!
We did the math. There are 1,225 little squares in this quilt top. I think I would be completely crazy by now if I had cut them all out individually and pieced this together one square at at time. Hooray for strip piecing! I’m really happy with how this turned out, and really pleased that start-to-finish (or at least this stage of finish – there’s still a possible border and a backing and binding to add, not to mention the actual quilting part) was just a month. The PS I Quilt Quilt Along part was probably crucial for making sure …
I think I can, I think I can…
This is where I was supposed to be a week ago on the Quilt Along. Better late than never and all that. Now, to put the blocks together into a quilt top before Monday! Save
Quilting Along
Last week’s strip sets are this week’s strips. Next up: piecing these together into blocks, which are likely going to be next week’s project, despite being part of this week’s instructions. Cutting 16 strip sets into approximately 272 (give or take a few) strips takes a bit longer to do than it does to say. Quandary of the moment: do I put these strips together somewhat randomly or do I try to organize them into thematic blocks? I’m leaning toward the random approach since it feels a little late to be organized. There are a few highly organized strips sets …