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| Half square triangles arranged for a small baby size quilt. |
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| I've started hand quilting my 'City Sidewalks' log cabin block quilt. |
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| Setting corners and side triangles are being sewn onto my traditional sampler blocks. Happy Monday! From the Pacific NW where we've had rain and today there's sun and clouds. This is a good thing, cooler temperatures and rain will put out the wildfires. I've managed to get time to get a little done here and there. I sewed together half square triangles with pink poodle fabric, yes, this is for a girl. I arranged them and they look great. Then I've been able to get more hand quilting done. I'm quilting a grid on my 'liberated' log cabin block quilt, inspired by Tonye Phillips' pattern, Welsh Fold Log Cabin Quilt. I roughly followed the pattern but added my own interpretation in color and block arrangement. I didn't hand piece as the pattern called for. I did use flannel to piece the blocks onto. I used Warm and Natural batting, so the quilt has a nice stuffed feel. Today I'm sewing setting corners and triangles onto my traditional sampler blocks based on the free pattern, 'Times of Refreshing' by Piecing the Past Quilts. The blocks will be set on point. It's going well. Sometimes I have to 'unsew' a seam but I've had lots of practice so I'm quick at that. This Saturday at the Maker's Mercantile in Kent Washington, just down the hill, there will be a Sew-In hosted by the Seattle Modern Quilt Guild. So I plan on going and bringing a little hand quilting in. It's a fun shop with knitting and sewing supplies and lots of classes and a cafe. Then next Saturday I'm signed up for a class at the Shibori Dragon; 'Boro Stitching on Silk.' The Shibori Dragon Quilt Shop is located in University, Washington, a small city, south of where I'm at and west of Tacoma. They have a big selection of batiks and Japanese fabrics and yes, good classes. It's almost September! Last month of summer. Do you enjoy September like I do? I feel like it's the start of my year. That's the news from the shire, where plans are being made. I'll be by to visit. |