Finally Finished

This is the latest quilt I completed this week. It is quite simple, but cute! I will be donating this to the NICU.

This quilt is now in Calgary, a wedding gift for a friend's daughter. I used the guild's first four BOMs patterns for 2021, and chose some grunge fabrics online to go with a few I had. I found these blocks to be rather challenging due to so many triangle ends to keep straight under the machine, and there not being extra fabric for trimming. (Also, some cuts were 3 7/8 in, 2 5/8 in.) For the machine quilting, I quilted in the ditch around the sashings and border. Then I quilted each block with a walking foot. Manoeuvring the quilt under the machine was another challenge. I wanted to see all the lines in front of me, so I didn't simply free motion each block while keeping it in place. I made a template for the center arc and did the corners freehand. Included is a photo o…

From Show and Tell on April 12, 2021

This was inspired by a photo I saw on Pinterest and a glorious sunrise from our bedroom window last week. I used Iona's hand died fabrics and a quilt as you go technique which made everything easy!

This is mine from the PQHQG "Interleave" workshop and is also quilt as you go.

I'm very pleased with how both turned out. Gotta love quilt as you go!!!!!

All of these quilts were completed by Susan Strader. The bottom three were quilted by Ginette.