Monday, January 17, 2022

Wonderful Weekend

 Any weekend , meeting people 

and sewing, is a great time. 

Attending a virtual retreat makes 

for a very great weekend!

First up, my OMGs (One Monthly Goals)

 are almost complete. Block chain was a 

joy to quilt, thank you Karen

Brown. I used her recommended

cross quilt wave and it worked wonderfully!



Quilting starts at the upper right and 
goes across and down in a big wave.


The back is a failed attempt I had in the 
vault. I tried a jelly roll race with 6" strips. 
It was unsuccessful but with the addition 
of a few side strips it sure makes a great back!


It was going to be a gift but it
sure looks good on our living room couch!


This smaller quilt ( 47" x 57") was enhanced 
with vertical quilting in the 
dramatic colors with finishing
horizontal quilting across the top and bottom. 

I finally attempted my first ever

planned, back to front binding.

 

This is where the binding is wrapped

around to the front.  I had some 

difficulty deciding how much 

batting to trim out and how wide

to make the fold over , but it was a success!




Wonder clips were great for clipping down the 
folded over back and kept me from getting skewered by pins!


Matching thread for top and bottom made the 
stitching almost invisible. I do use the stitch in the
ditch foot for binding top stitching to keep the 
row of stitching nice and straight! 







  I used an 1 1/4" fold of the 

back fabric and 1/2" of batting to 

be folded over with it.  Some of the 

corner batting was trimmed out to 

reduce bulk. I did not manage nice 

mitered corners tho. Next time I 

will trim out more batting there. 


It sure looks nice on the basement railing!



Retreat results:  I never realized 

I has sew much red! ( See what I did there?)

A good portion of the weekend was spent 

sewing up red string blocks.





The weekend ended with 39! of these

lovely string blocks!  They are destined for 

a few rainbow quilts for sure!

Multicolored scraps were used to sew up 

a bunch of wonky log cabins. I had a bit 

of trouble with the wonky. I think I am 

cutting too straight! I did manage to get 

over 40 wonky blocks done but my strip

collection has not diminished much!




It was really a great weekend!  

Stay safe and sew on !!

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10 comments:

  1. You don't like "that" backing?? I do; it looks fabulous from where I sit. =) A lovely post filled with glorious and colourful quilty loveliness. Well done with the binding.

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    1. I think because I thought it should look like a landscape like the jelly roll race does. It does look nice tho so if I had more strips and it ends up wider, it would make a great quilt! Thank you on the binding! A real confidence builder there! Stay safe and sew on !

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  2. Love the quilts, but especially that 2nd one! It would make a great baby quilt with high contrast colors.

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  3. TWO fun completed quilts AND a productive virtual retreat? What a weekend!!!

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  4. You HAVE been busy! Good job on getting all that sewing done!

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  5. What a fun weekend and so productive, too! Thanks for sharing on Wednesday Wait Loss.

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  6. Your quilts look great! I like the jelly roll race as a backing. It suits the quilt.

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  7. You accomplished a lot! I hope you stayed up all night sewing in your pajamas, like you would at any other retreat.

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