So I joined a quilt along…

I’m a little nervous about this, but I’m going to give it a shot!

I typically need projects that come together quickly. I get bored with persnickety things because ug. It feels like so much work. I’m trying to get over that, because there are some incredibly beautiful quilts that I want to make that require more than some basic slicing and dicing of jelly roll strips.

The more I quilt, the more I enjoy all the parts of quilting. When I first started out, I really disliked cutting (which is kind of a vital part of it). I just wanted to sew!  But the more I did it, the more I liked it.  So I’m hoping this quilt sparks more of that kind of joy.  It was built for fussy cutting, and I’m going to try a few blocks of that, but I think that still might be one step beyond my persnicket-level.  We shall see.

Currently gathering fabric and planning some colors. In the next two weeks I hope to get some blocks cut before the event starts, because quilting on summer weekdays can be hard for me.  I’m going to take the host’s advice and shoot for seven blocks a week, instead of one block a day… Though I’m going to try to get a bit ahead so I can still share one block a day. That seems so much more manageable for me!

Additional information: https://www.gnomeangel.com/100days100blocks-event-information/

Holiday Cheer – A Quilt for my BFF

I made this quilt for my bff of 29 years. She is only one of three people that I’m willing to use/work with pink for. 😉

Pattern

Holiday Cheer, by Cozy Quilt Designs

Fabric

  • Meadow Lane, by Sara Davies (Riley Blake Jelly Roll* purchased from Jordan Fabrics)
  • Nickel Gray, Bella Solids (Moda yardage purchased from Jo-Ann Fabric)
  • Pink viney batik (Brand unknown, purchased from Sewing Solutions)
  • Purple/gray fitted sheet for backing, 400 thread count cotton sateen (purchased from Ross)
  • 100% cotton batting

Fun Facts

  • Pieced and quilted on my Baby Lock Zeal
  • This is the first quilt where I didn’t do a square quilting pattern. (Okay, to be fair, it’s a diamond design – so yeah, technically still squares. But they were deliberate squares and not just a result of me stitching straight across the quilt from edge to edge!) I had to mark straight lines over the solid gray areas to keep my lines straight. It was weird having to secure my stitches – I’ve always just stitched right off the edges.
  • The french binding was created using hand-cut bias strips from the pink viney batik. It was stitched to the front by machine, and hand sewn on the back.

Background Noise

  • This was part of my Marvel Movie Rewatch:
    • Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 1
    • Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2
    • Captain America, Civil War
  • Star Trek Voyager (season 5 and 6)
  • Babylon 5 (season 3)

Time Frame

  • January 9, 2021 – Started piecing
  • February 2, 2021 – Finished piecing
  • February 3, 2021 – Hiatus – machine being serviced
  • February 12, 2021 – Hiatus – back injury
  • Feb 24 – Prepped backing
  • Feb 28 – Pin basted
  • Feb 28 – Started quilting
  • March 4 – Complete!