Periwinkle Quilt Block Tutorial

I received a gift a while back.  It was dropped in my order from MSQC.  A small template that I had no notion of using, but I hung on to it.  I started brainstorming on this device and vowed I would never foundation piece the block, but how would I accomplish the same results.  I have the mini wacky web template, but you could also do this with the larger version.  You will have to upsize your cuts.

The first thing I did was compare the mini wacky web template to a regular square.  Such a funny angle, and I am angle-ly challenged.  So after doing so I realized that one corner of this is a 90 degrees, a corner of a square.  

I broke open a long over due jelly roll strip set by Kaffe Fasset to play with this idea.

You will either need 2 1/2 strips or 2 1/2 mini charms to proceed with this part of the periwinkle.

Next I chose a solid jelly roll which was an earth tone that would go with these prints.  You will cut your fabric into strips 2 1/2 inches by length of fabric and then trim those sections to 3 1/4 inches.  For each print periwinkle, you will need two solids.

Then with right sides together, stitch periwinkle to solid.  Notice there is over hang on the larger edge.  This is crucial for an accurate block.  Also notice the smallest part of the periwinkle and how it is situated on the solid.

Finger press (I am still working out how to press the seams)  It is best to press the seams open.  For this tutorial, I pressed outward toward the solid.

Repeat for the second side.

Crucial to finger press again, this time pressing towards the print.  Finger pressing is optimal because you have funny angles and bias edges.  After finger pressing, I wait until the entire block is finished before I press my iron on it.  I do not iron it, I press.

Here we have 1/4 of the block finished minus the trimming.  This is the same concept as their paper method without the paper.  Notice the periwinkle print nests perfectly into the 90 degree corner of the square.  Carefully align to that corner and trim the solid overhang.

Now isn’t this an odd shaped critter?  One more cut to make.  Here is where you will use the angle built into your ruler.  Align the 45 degree lines that bisect over the periwinkle 90 degree corner.  See below?

How does this work.  A straight line is 180 degrees.  A corner of a square is 90.  Two 90 degrees make 180 if you add them.  So if you have two 45 degree lines, those added together equal 90 degrees.  Too much math, ignore that last couple of sentences and just study the picture.  Now on the two solids that are overhanging the ruler, you will trim that with the straight edge.

You will need to make 3 more blocks just like this shape.  Prints/solids may vary as you are creating your own quilt.

Using a pair of periwinkles, stitch, nesting seams and matching raw edges  It may be helpful to pin!

Finger press your seams as you go.  This block is almost done.  Now stitch your pair of pieces together.  And voila…..a periwinkle block.  Trim your dogs ears from the 4 solid corners.  Treat this as a 4 patch block.  Open your seams and spin them, with finger pressing first, iron pressing last.

Notice that my seams are not matching perfectly. This block was my first.  I figured out pressing after this snapshot.    Also, because of weird angles, you want to use an accurate 1/4 inch seam allowance.  This means, find your 1/4 inch mark, and go a thread shallower.  When pressed, the thickness of the thread will achieve the perfect 1/4 inch.  Now is where I carry this to my ironing board and press.  If you have a pressing mat, that is perfect after finger pressing.  You will be amazed at the non-distortion and accuracy in all your blocks.

Have questions?  Did I leave something out?  Did I leave something vague?  Comment and I will gladly edit/add/comment on what is needed to help you through achieving the periwinkle block with no foundation papers!

I hope this inspires you to use some of the precuts/scraps in your stash!

Did you catch my post on the other blog?  If not click here to visit, or click here for the recipe of pumpkin pancakes.

Linking up with the 2018 Tips and Tricks tutorial festival.

Enjoy your week!  Sew on!

Scrap, that is crap with an “s”

So I utilized the assortment of 2 1/2 inch strips in my scrap bin, and yes the organization of it is crap plural.  It is Sew Scrap, and that is what I have named this jelly roll with no race.

I like it’s humbleness, and I am a sucker for the scrappy look.  My whole house is scrappy.  I purposely purchased new dishes in 8 different colors, because nothing matches in my house anyway.  Scrap is a way of life.  Once you live this way, it would be hard to go back.

I am perfectly content with no coordinating stuff in my house, some would not be able to cope.  But scrap is a coping mechanism too.  You just let go of perfect and settle for utilitarian.  Scrap, yep.  That is me.

And then there is the UFO business that I did mention in my previous posts (I looked it up, my first post on the quilt below was exactly 2 years ago…jeez).  You can view those here and there.

I now remember why I put this in a bin and left it alone, I was going to run out of white.  The embroidered squares (which I did not do….found at the thrift store) are of a poly blend white, and the white I chose for the sashing is a different white.  The most notable thing is the different weave which will show up in the quilt, but by separating it with turquoise, one would really have to look to see it.  I have my sashing pieces paper pieced (my own design before I purchased the tri recs ruler).  And it is working, but how to fill the gaps without the white?

While stitching today I come up with a plan, of granny squares of various colors within the quilt.  Electric blue, navy blue, a light green and perhaps a gray.  I think this is the solution to frame it, perhaps it will be too bright as the rest of the quilt is so soft, calm and serene.  I will have to really brain storm on this, as it goes back into the tote.

I don’t think I am going to go with the straight method as laid out here.

The flow of the lines in the embroidery, I think, are more suited for on point.

Styled on point, my rows will be 2 over 4 over 4 over 2 which leaves two corners with much to put there, but I am out of the white.  Perhaps thread painting feathers in those areas will not show the contrast so much of the whites.  Perhaps if I do granny squares I should select one color, perhaps the green which I have plenty of and mix and match off whites and ecru, and super white with snow white.  That would be softer, but not very dramatic.  What do you think?  Perhaps a floral with white and a bunch of these colors?  Until I figure it out, this is turning out too pretty to flub up at this point with a rushed idea.

Well, the car is fixed, finally.  I have enjoyed my week away from work, at the same time fretted about.  I will be back at work for a fun filled 40 hours, followed by dinners, prep, baths, and house chores.  I did not realize how much the commute really interferes with my stress levels concerning time.

My featherweight is turning out to be an excellent purchase.  I have used a whole cone of thread on him this week.  (Yes I named him after a man….Abacus, to be exact.  Seems like he is the only one I can count on besides myself.)

You will hear from me next weekend, with probably not much happening, unless I find the solution to the above problem.  I will delve deeply into Pinterest and try to find more than one idea.

I hope you had a lovely weekend!  Thank you for reading my blog!

 

Snowballed 6 Patch Tutorial

I am excited to share with you a pattern that I invented this week.  And I am sharing it free.  I ask only for you to give me credit if you use it, the pattern is mine, the blocks you make with it are yours.  Thank you….signed Dawn, Webmaster of Myquiltprojects.wordpress.com

Now, the formality is done lets get busy with the tutorial.

A 6 patch, this is probably known by another name, but for our purposes we are calling it a 6 patch today.  A scrappy simple block.  For this block you will need one 4 1/2 inch square and five 2 1/2 inch squares.

Sew the left two 2 1/2 inch squares together.  Then sew the three remaining 2 1/2 inch squares together like sew.  Press seams up and to the right.

Next sew the the left sewn two squares to the 4 1/2 inch square.

Now, you will take the bottom row of sewn 2 1/2 inch blocks and sew those to the bottom of the joined 4 1/2 inch block.  Press seams out from the 4 1/2 inch block.

Lookin’ mighty scrappy so far!  And you have completed your 6 patch block.  This is a great scrap buster.  I had so much fun pulling fabrics for this.  But best of all I used up almost all of my 2 1/2 mini charm packs.  Great variety, no cutting, win win!

The rest of this tutorial is a brainstorm I had a few night ago.  You see I am in a block swap.  These 6 patch beauties will be swapped for someone else’s.  I kept thinking, how am I going to make this my own and make it different than the other swap members?

I decided on using my Folded corners ruler.  I was playing around on the ironing board and came up with the idea by actually folding the corners of 4 of these blocks and magic happened!

By snowballing a large square and a small square on a 6 patch, and joining 4 together it makes a secondary block.  A spool!  How appropriate!

So the tutorial continues.  I chose cheddar as the spool color.  Even though the whole quilt will be scrappy, I have decided to tie them all together with a cheddar color.  You could use any color, have fun with it.

For each 6 patch you will need one 4 1/2 inch square of cheddar, and one 2 1/2 inch square of cheddar.

Place your 4 1/2 inch square of cheddar with right sides together to your 6 patch block aligning with the existing 4 1/2 inch square.

Using the Folded Corners Ruler, by Doug Leko, trim your corner.  This ruler is amazingly accurate!  Perfect for snowballing!

Now you have two seams to sew, one on the 6 patch and one bonus HST.

In the next step you will use your 6 patch and align your cheddar with right sides together in the opposite corner from your previous snowballing.   Using your ruler, snowball.  Sew the 6 patch cheddar trimmed seam as well as your bonus HST.

Finger press, and then iron.  I am pressing all of my cheddar seams towards the cheddar.

And you are now ready to join 4 snowballed 6 patches together alternating large and small cheddar to get this block below.

The great thing about this secondary block, it will go throughout the quilt making these spools magically appear.  I have always wanted a cheddar quilt.  I am well on my way.  All of those bonus HSTs will be incorporated as corner stones around the perimeter of the quilt top.  I am far from showing you that portion, but am certain it will happen soon.  Here are some examples of my bonus HSTs.

My fun has just begun with this scrappy project.  Just working a tad here and a little here, I have already sewn almost 65 blocks with cheddar goodness.  It is sew great to use up all those scraps, and to move fabric out of the stash.  I hope I have been clear on the instructions.  Please if there is something you do not understand, pose a question in the comments section.  Thank you for reading my blog!

Fumbler Fan Flimsy Finish!

Boy howdy!  Say that three times real fast!  As promised (well not promised but noted) my goal was to have the tumbler quilt top finished by Saturday and I have met this goal.

Here is the main body of the quilt top

Borders added that look like this on two sides

Here is the top border, this is the short side and destined for under the pillows.  I really flubbed up on the top border of the quilt.  So tumbler became fumbler.  But I am not taking out a stitch.

A wide and narrow border come together.  It was not planned like this, but ended up like this.  Who says quilt blocks always have to be square?   This was a nice change.  The tumbler fans are stitched together and then with right sides towards fusible interfacing stitched to fusible interfacing.  The interfacing snipped in the middle, turned right side out and pressed into place and basted onto the quilt block.

And here is the plan for the drape off the foot of the bed.  Sorry for the blurry photo, but someone messed with my camera settings and I did not know it until I went to edit my photos.  Blurred photos are better than no photos?

I will probably blanket stitch around the tumbler fans before this gets hand quilted.  I did not take measurements but know this is not perfectly square.  It fits nicely with drape on my queen size bed.  I can’t wait to get this hand quilted and feeling the softness cuddle me while I sleep.

In lieu of getting the Fumbler quilt finished and off my work space, I have completely abandoned the baby quilt I am making.  I stalled on this because I do not want to buy any fabric.  Shopping the stash is work, you have to stack and unstack large totes loaded with many fabric pounds.  I managed to find some gray solid for the rest of the quilt top.  I will probably put little calico printed pieces for more action lines for the star randomly on the quilt top to break up the drab gray a tad.  Not sure if I will do this today or not, but am glad I did not have to purchase fabric. (I did discover I have nothing to go with this for a backing so I will be going to the fabric store).

If I do anything with this for the weekend I will get it finished into a strip and get all those y seams put in and get the hard part out of the way for mindless sewing when I need it.

And the kit I purchased arrived and I have read the instruction booklet.

This quilt is so complicated it has a booklet of 36 pages to explain things.  I can tell after reading through the whole thing,  it was severely edited because it doesn’t tell you key notes until halfway through.   It also recommended to check the website for mistakes and notations to be added to the pattern.  After doing this I marked up a small subsection of cutting instructions.  According to becolourful.com those added pieces will leave me just a hair of fabric left and gave the manufacturer information to get more fabric if needed.  This pattern maker prides herself with allowance extra for all piecing, but this mistake was large enough there may or may not be enough fabric.  The part I dread about kits is cutting and having a whoopsie moment.  The good news it is paper piecing and is very forgiving if the ruler slips.  I may start cutting my pieces for this and using the ziplock bag system and labeling as I go because of the difficulty level.

I am the kind of quilter that likes to sew one block for an audition before she cuts for a whole quilt.  With the ease of cutting of different short cut tools to speed up the process I think I am probably the only one who does this anymore and will probably go against my own grain and refrain from the audition block.  I think doing the same block consecutively will improve accuracy with each block and mastery before I complete all the blocks.

The good news with the complicated and  intricate pieces for the becolourful pattern, if I do cut this up and bag the pieces I will be able to sew and put away quickly if another baby quilt is needing to be stitched.  I figure with all the foundation paper piecing, it is going to be long and slow and will have many interruptions.  Who knows I may grow tired of doing the same one over and over and switch gears to one of my UFOs.  I really need to get going on at least two of those.  I have these two to choose from, one would be a quick finish, but it is the dragging everything out and putting away everything you are working on.  When you have a small space like mine, you don’t care for this part of your hobby.

UFO #1

Next weekend is my sewing club’s workshop and we will be making the garlic knot quilt blocks.  Mine will look like these.  All of us ladies will have the ability to swap 40 blocks with one another.  They claim it will be a scrappy look.  Somewhat it will, but there will be a lot of red in this quilt.  I am not really a red person.  It is a wait and see thing.  I am still dreading the 1/4 seam allowance on other people’s blocks.  Most non-quilters do not pay heed to the rule.  Perhaps when I get other peoples blocks I will tear them down completely and rebuild.  Not my favorite colors but the process is nice, and my optimism vs pessimism….well one of these will win in the end.  The jury is still out on the winner of that battle, another wait and see moment in life.

Whilst the rest of the house was sleeping I was editing and writing this blog.  I have the whole day ahead of me and look forward to the slow pace of weekend normal-ness.   We have gotten much rain, days and days of it.  I was excited yesterday to actually walk in to work without being rained on.  I will probably need to wash my jacket today as it has gotten wet so many times this week that it may be growing mold!  I am happy as a clam to be inside hearing the rain drops fall outside.

Enjoy your weekend!

Busy in the sewing corner!

I just finished the Mirage quilt made from the butter and eggs pattern.  You can click here to read about that.  Shifting gears quickly as another baby is due and the colors are seafoam.  I finally made it to my LAQS.  They have not seen me since Nov when I purchased a few pieces for On Ringo Lake.  I have been trying to use up what I have.  I had no seafoam.  I found some beautiful fabrics and then pulled the rest from my stash.  All are not pictured below as I am not certain of the direction I am going to go with this star quilt.

I am using my new template!   The video made it look easy, so there is a learning curve and my angles in my mind have a hard time going at my normal pace.  Slow and steady wins the race eh?

I have starched and pressed the fabric and have cut them into 1 3/4 inch strips WOF.

There are 4 strips that need to create a strip set.  I have selected these and am ready to set the template in and cut.

I have successfully cut to partial stars out of one strip set.

You know I like un-encrypting the mystery behind a template.  Sometimes they are difficult to use and confusing.   I have laid the cut strip set on the mat, and now know you can save yourself about $30 and use the lines on your mat.  For confusion sake I may try this, I am undecided yet.  The try out period is not over so I am on the fence about the future of the template.

I am also working on a garlic knot pattern that was given to us free for a workshop we signed up for.  Free fabric came with sign up and the red was provided by the workshop. Now I am working on the homework before the workshop.  We are having a garlic knot swap at the end of the workshop and I want to participate but yet cringe at the 1/4 seam allowance rule and how the inexperienced people (not quilters) will give blocks that do not meet those dimensions.  It is up to those attending the workshop to bring their variants of black with white and white with black fabric.  It will make it scrappy, supposedly.

Three fabrics all cut at 2 1/2 inch sewn in strip sets.  The red will be the outer part of the block.  The white with black stars will be the center of the block.  They are telling me there will be enough for a 40 block swap after you sew and cut your 5 strip sets, 15 pieces of red, 10 pieces of black, and 5 pieces of white.  I have cut them and the numbers are not coming to 40, more like 20.  We will see how this develops.  I got this done and also noticed that my selvages were not in total alignment all the way to both ends and so there was some fabric loss.

The pressing instructions were provided and have followed those.  I am ready for the workshop on March 3rd.

Once you show the workshop attendee what I have sewn here they give you precut bars of red that would be 4 1/2 inches long by 2 1/2 inches.  This was very easy, the hardest part was pressing.  I am certain there will be a story behind this and will post all about that after March 3rd.  Thanks for reading my blog, and have a great Fat Tuesday!

Chocolate Gems – ORL Mystery

Following along on the On Ringo Lake Mystery or as I call it ORL, this week we are combining our browns and turquoise.  I have named this half block the chocolate gem block as turquoise is a gem and my favorite color paired with decadent chocolate browns.

I sewed some chocolate gems Friday when I got home from work.  Yesterday I went to Dallas for some Christmas shopping.  What I noticed, traffic was light, but lines were long.  It looked like the masses were carpooling for Christmas shopping.

Last week, building my diamond blocks, I did not find completion.  So I am still sewing on clue number three.

Here I am with my scrappiness ready for some binge ironing.  Notice the one block.  Yes my ironing board has this turquoise fabric in the cover.  I ran out of the aluminized fabric and this is a simple strip on its rear end.

As a quilter, each week I also have oopses or blooper blocks.  How about you?

One of these is just sewn wrong.  One is actually cut wrong.  I have plenty of fabric.  I learn from it and go on.

Pressed and ready for the shoe box, which by the way is almost completely full.  My son is getting a pair of boots for Christmas so I am going to commandeer the box.

I had to add to my variety so I searched through my scraps and have a few more browns to add to this block.  I am not sure how old some of these fabrics are.  I acquired them earlier this year and am glad I did.  I keep pulling from this lot for ORL.

I am thinking they just don’t design fabric like they used to.  The quality of the prints are sew much more calico.

And introducing my sew steady table!   I bought this on Black Friday as it was bargain priced.  I am currently using it for piecing, but I really purchased it for free motion quilting.  I do have a quilt, all pin basted ready to go, but I am focusing on these chocolate gems.

Sadly my dual machine is acting up.  The touch screen will not work after the machine is on for a long period of time.  I can only assume there is a cooling fan that is not working as it works just fine when just turning on.  I am holding off purchasing new feed dogs for this machine.  So why did my feed dogs wear out?  Well, this machine is 20 years old now and yes I run over pins which contributes to wearing of the feed dogs, but the main reason why they have worn out is my 1/4 inch piecing foot is made with a black metal edge that is always cheese grating on one side of my feed dogs.   I cannot use the credit card short cut for 1/4 inch pieces as it would cover my drop in bobbin plate and my feed dogs themselves are too wide.  If anyone has a suggestion to get past this issue, I certainly welcome your comments.  I am probably going to start using this machine for FMQ only and will be on the look out for a featherweight.  Anyone willing to part with a featherweight….we should talk.

I am linking up with the Bonnie Hunter Mystery quilt On Ringo Lake.  I highly recommend looking at everyone’s progress.  I find it mesmerizing looking at all the different color combinations and fabrics pulled for this mystery.  It is not too late to join!

I will be working most of this next week so I am uncertain if I will have a post before Christmas.  So if I don’t make another blog post, have a splendid holiday.  Enjoy food, family, and friends!  Merry Christmas!

 

 

 

Messy me and Finger Pressing Techniques

When I get sewing, passion tucked in each stitch, I keep my sewing/cutting area clean by a swipe of the hand to the floor.  Most of what you see in this picture is file 13 bound, there are a few meager pieces to go to the scrap tub.

It looks as if it was strewn about by a tornado, doesn’t it.  I cleaned up quickly with a swipe of my hands and the vacuum.  Earlier this week it was littered with dog ear trimmings from the bonus HST’s and QST’s.

I am trudging on with determination for the mystery quilt sponsored by Bonnie Hunter.  This is week three.  If you are interested in seeing how easy this is, visit her On Ringo Lake Tab and it will give fabric requirements, and sizes and great tutorial how to’s as well as the link up pages to see other’s peoples progress with her/their techniques.

During last Sunday’s link up someone commented how my seams were pressed so flat.  For those of you who may think your iron is substandard because you have not the money to buy an expensive one, save your money and try a different technique.

My sewing corner is in the living room and there are times when I cannot run the iron constantly.  In the summer months here in Texas we have the 220 dryer and the 220 ac window unit as well as the 110 window unit running to keep the house cool on a 60 amp box.  If I am running all of these things at once, I have to turn something off to get the iron going.  So my iron time is brief and I make the most of it.

First I finger press all my seams.  This is easy and costs you only your fingernail tips and really does not hurt those at all.  I have never had a failure with finger pressing.  There are other expensive gizmos you can purchase.  Save your money and use the best tools you have, your hands.

A while back I did a small post about a pressing tool.  You can buy these tools and they run about 18 dollars.  Save the 18 and for 5 you can have a set for yourself as well as a friend.  This post talked about taking a dowel rod and cutting it down the middle to make two half moon pieces and then cutting those into desired lengths.  The math behind this tools is simple.  You normally press things on your ironing board.  If you press your seams on a dowel rod, you are pressing them further than a flat surface, or further than 180 degrees.  This tool works great.  For more on this read visit the blog post here.

I have taken a video of finger pressing and formatted snippets into jpeg format for the viewer that is available.  It is not hard to finger press on small pieces of fabrics.  I highly recommend trying it.

 

 

I have snapped some before and after photos as well as pressing of all the small pieces.

These geese have all been finger pressed, and stacked in their piles awaiting the seam iron.  Using the steam iron on an after finger pressed seam is best because it does not distort the fabric in any direction.

I just laid the steam iron on this one, removed the iron, placed another block on top, and pressed, until I had a whole row of geese overlapping one another.  The bottom ones really get the best pressing.  But they all press beautifully.

Below is a geese unit and one of the corners is flannel.   Yup, usually pressing flannel to a normally woven cotton piece of fabric can be obtuse (oh isn’t that punny), and the naked eye can easily tell which is not homogenized.  Can you tell which one is flannel?

If you guessed the plaid corner, you would be correct.  Using every little scrap counts and I am my own quilt police and deem flannel a usable fabric in the On Ringo Lake quilting mystery.  🙂

Above is a chisel block that is finger pressed, below is pressed with a steam iron.  Nice and flat.

If you are interested in learning how to make this chisel block, visit quiltville.blogspot.com and it will give exact directions.

Linking up for Mondays Mystery Quilt On Ringo Lake Link up Party.

Well this concludes my post for the week.  I am hanging in there with the On Ringo Lake Mystery Quilt.  I have not gotten an exact piece count on the flying geese from last week but I know I am very close.  I have cut all my orange strips and have also cut a gob of squares to sew on for this week.  I can’t wait to see what Friday brings.  Are we going to see this same block again?  Perhaps in brown’s and turquoise?  This is my guess.  Is it right?  We will certainly find out.

2 Squares Plus 1 Rectangle = Geese

So I am cruising along with Bonnie Hunter’s Mystery quilt called On Ringo Lake and we are in the second week!  I highly recommend if you have never done a mystery quilt, to bust your stash and visit her website and sew that stash up.  It is not too late to start this and you will learn so much from the normal things that you are already doing.

This week I got to really exercise my new ruler called The Folded Corners Ruler.  A couple weeks ago when I got this in, I was binding a quilt and used this ruler to join the beginning and ended of the binding.  Perfection!  So it works for many efforts.  I thought it would be hard to use, naw, no different than any other ruler.  It is just a matter of time before someone does a tutorial on the pineapple block using this ruler.

As you may have guessed by the title of this blog post, we are making flying geese.  I am sewing my neutrals and oranges together.  I just love the scrappiness of this so far.

Here is the ruler doing its job.  I hate having to draw the line and then scantly sew on the side of the line.  Not perfection.  This ruler enables both corners of the flying geese to be perfect.  Above I am showing that you just lay the square on the rectangle and cut, sew, plus you have a perfect bonus triangle corner to sew.

I am really utilizing all the scraps with the flying geese step.  I am not going to waste my $10 per yard fabric, heck no.  So I started making bonus half square triangles out of them.  Winner winner chicken dinner, or is it goose dinner?

These are quite small.  It will fashion nicely as a potholder soon or perhaps a doll quilt.  And then I got smart.  Why not sew them like QSTs?

I have never put orange into a quilt and am really liking this visual.

And drum roll please……2 squares plus a rectangle equals a flying geese block.

This leaves me dreaming of the next step when I am no where close to being finished with this one.  A girl can dream, can’t she?

Linking up for the sooner than Monday, Sunday link-up for On Ringo Lake Mystery Quilt.  I am sew excited.  I am no where finished with clue 2 and it has left me hungering for clue 3.  Stay tuned for more mystery quilt action and thanks for visiting my blog….now off to make tamales from scratch.  Be looking for that on my other blog the cookbookproject.

Progress times 2!

Last weekend I worked hard cutting up some of my stash, inspired by a leader ender method that is promoted by Bonnie Hunter.  You can read all about this adventure here.   This morning while thinking about it, I can actually know the exact amount of seams I have sewn this week.  Here is my stack of tumblers.  The cows on the top have been in my stash since I made my grandmother a Cow broom in 1993.  This is too long to be carrying around fabric baggage of cow kind.

Drum roll please…….I have sewn 57 seams in the postage stamp sheet quilt.  This is just one side of the inner squares border.

Some of the fabrics in the pile of tumblers below I acquired last month.  By the looks of them they are probably from the 70s when rust and orange was trending.

The idea of my leader ender is to contrast with every other one, dark and light.  Sometimes with the right darkness I can use a dark neutral for the light.

Sew, how many seams have you sewn this week?

Dallas Quilt Show 2017 Wrap Up

This is my last post about the 2017 Dallas Quilt Show.  For your viewing pleasure, enjoy!