The leader/ender quilt is done, and it’s very cute. The pattern is “Pieces of My Heart,” and it is on the “all people quilt” web site. This lap size quilt will be 54 by 63.
The binding will be this Riley Blake stripe. And I found a great video of how to match up the strips on bias binding. It is super easy. And one doesn’t need glue. Here’s the link:
The 3 1/2 inch squares are all from my bins of cut-up Cotton+Steel/Ruby Star fabrics. I have two bins–one neutrals and one colors. The neutral bin is still half full, LOL. I think it is breeding in the dark of night. So I guess this project of using up this fabric is still ongoing.
Hmmm… I’m wondering how this little quilt would look made with colored squares and a low-volume heart. So that’s the new leader/ender project.
I’ve now finished–for the moment–the sewing project Cathy Beemer has been teaching us at our monthly Sit and Sew for the Charleston Modern Quilt Group.
I say “for the moment” as I would like to make a 60 by 60 quilt using this fun and creative method–especially now that I’ve more or less finished with the learning curve to make it.
To remind you what a bigger quilt would look like, here’s Cathy’s quilt, hot off the longarm and not yet bound. Cathy has taken many classes with Maria Shell, and you can see that influence here. (I love Maria Shell’s work.)
I installed a hanging sleeve as I’m seeing a wall hanging here. I sew my hanging sleeves with my binding. And I bound (bias, of course) with aqua, which is working well I think. I used a “request” lighter batting as I’m now going to hand quilt using the big stitch method and 12-weight cotton thread. I learned recently that one can install binding and sew it down with hand quilting, which is nice as one wouldn’t now have batting fluff everywhere. I basted the quilt sandwich on the longarm with easy-to-see and easy-to-clip loose orange thread.
I used a backing piece I had in my stash that has some of the same colors as the front.
Note that I do not sew down the label or the hanging strip until after I have finished quilting in those areas of the quilt.
No rain yesterday, so I watered early evening last night. And I got frustrated enough with my available water sprinklers and how they don’t work well in small yard areas that I spent some time this morning ordering two that should work better.
And, here’s a fun supper salad made with a leftover beef pattie and cooked potatoes, among other goodies, like fresh dill.
LOL, I see I left a sticker on the red pepper. That’s another rant–the glue on the sticker is super strong and takes pepper with it when one tried to get it off.
Daily, I set up my supper when I’m organizing my noon dinner.
Have a great day!
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