I joined Gnome Angel last year and made 100 blocks in blues and whites during the year.
I posted some of them, here, here, here
My Sunday Stitchers' UFO challenge number for April was #2 - to make the flimsy for that project. As they were all still individual blocks - that was a tough call - fortunately Easter and a lock down helped and I got it done - just!!
The blocks were - 50 8" x 8" and 50 4" x 8". So i joined the 50 small ones and made 25 blocks and then did a 8 across and 9 down layout. I originally had another plan in mind . .
.but didn't like it once I started to lay it out. So went with this.
My original plan was "just a quilt"...but it's a fairly good size for a queen sized bed, so it might end up there...(should have put slightly wider borders on...oh well...).and I made the binding at the same time...supposedly that is a good thing to do...before you use the left over fabric for something else perhaps??
I have a few small things to tick off my list and then I can work on next months's project...looks like more binding is needed...
Speaking of which .... I knew I should have been able to make more green binding when I made the last lot for the WMQG (for the bush fire quilts) ...I found the rest of the fabric , so I made 4 more.
Happy Sewing
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What a bonus!!! Thanks Cheryll for prompting us to join in another night (???Maybe longer???) of sewing.
I did take advantage of a Public Holiday and sewed most of the day . . .in between chats with a friend or two and some emails...and I've been watching a lot of Janome YouTubes lately - they give a short tutorial on using a feature of the machines.... I have learnt a thing or two....
Today I finished the top of my Road Trip quilt......The original pattern is a lot larger...but I just wanted a smaller version (patterns are just a guide . . .)
I am pondering a border...does it need it??? - maybe a tiny peeper and 3" squares around it...maybe a 1.5" border then squares around it - maybe a one fabric border (easier...but need fabric)
For now it's in the ??? pile.
Then I made some bindings to send to the Wollongong Modern Quilt Guild for the quilts they are making for the bush fire victims.......They expect to make 750 quilts in total - that is 15,000 blocks from here and all places overseas...an amazing effort.
I had bought some wideback green for another project ...and didn't like it - after I had cut it into strips...LOL...so I re cut and made as much binding as I could...and I grabbed a metre of green from Spotlight the other day when I had to go in for a necessary purchase . . .
I really thought I would end up with more (especially from the wideback . . .but I guess 5 bindings is better than none.
And at night I did some more on the stitcheries from last Friday Night - I'm onto the last one now.
Looks like I need another hand sewing project????
(well I don't really . . .but the lure is there.)
Now, what will tomorrow bring???
Will I clean out the bathroom cupboard????? or will I just sew some more . . . no prizes for guessing what I'd prefer to do.
Thanks again Cheryll, It was lovely to have cyber company . I will popping over here to see what else was happening in the cyber world.
Take Care
Stay Safe
I saw the call from Wollongong Modern Quilt Guild - asking for tree blocks - to make into quilts for victims of the recent bush fires.
Although Queensland where I live had some fires - quite a while back, and there was a lot of damage, the fires here didn't reach the epic proportions of those further south. IN Brisbane we had a few smoky days.
It was such a sad story hearing about it all.
So when WMQG said they needed blocks, I thought that was something I could do to help.
The response has been overwhelming - and a recent post says they have now received over 4000 blocks. That is 200 quilts. And the final posting date is 1st March.
The blocks have come from all over the world.
Very humbling.....
Anyway - back to the tale . . .
I grabbed one of the patterns from WMQG and make these a little while back.
A few weeks ago, I received an email at work - suggesting that we could use our Volunteer Leave days to help organisations that were still working in relation to the bush fires. We get two days a years and mostly, I have not used both days...for a number of reasons.
But I thought I would give this a try - so asked if making quilt blocks for quilts for fire victims etc . . .was allowable - "Yes, go for it, a great way to use your Volunteer day/s"
So, today I sewed these blocks:
The foundation pieced trees created a bit of wastage, so I grabbed some of the leftovers and make a crazy patch piece of fabric and then hand drew a tree!!!
(Well I know its simple...but I do not draw well)
It's a bit wonkier than planned...I had a mishap with the trunk - but it is going to a Modern Quilt Guild and I think I recovered it well enough. Maybe if you zoom in you will see some decorative stitches on the trunk!!!
All the blocks are over sized as requested by the Guild.
So, that was my Volunteer Leave day.... Maybe I can use the second one the same way....
I'm also working on some QAYG blocks to send away. 19 1/2 done - aiming for 35 - enough for one quilt.
