Stitching along into the month and lots of
blue is on the work table.
The fiddle sticks are pinned up where they
wont be misplaced and the Scrappy Irish chain is progressing.
The light blues are all sewn up nice and
I will start working
on the darker blue shortly.
The picture technique of my pattern
making wasn't going smoothly so I visited the
Martindale books web site and found the book:
"Irish Chain Quilts Contemporary Twists on a Classic Design" by
Melissa Corry, available and on sale.
Even with my limited online shopping skills,
I had a pdf copy on my laptop within minutes at an
extremely reasonable price! It turns out, a large scrap
crumb square is made first and then the necessary
squares are cut as needed.
A pair of mittens was even sewn up at a workshop but alas,
I ended up with the wrong precut pattern
pieces and the end results are too small for my farmgirl
hands. They are pretty and I learned a bit about
sewing felted wool!
I made a big decision this week. I am
going to attempt to tame more scraps by making
wonky log cabins in each month's color to use up
the bins of scraps lurching under my work table!!
Those pictures got censored out but here is the
start of this month's blue wonky log cabin.
Two local charities are needing quilts
larger than crib size and the 8" block makes it
quick to build, (see what I did there, building log cabins!!)
A recent zoom meeting had me stitching up ten blocks
and attending to business so great multitasking for me!
This week I am going to work on the some log
cabins, more RSC blocks and plan the finishing
for the leftovers from last year's RSC.
Some great advice from a zoom has me eager to finish them!
A little sorting is happening too! See that here!
Stay safe and sew on !
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