This is "J-8, Anna's Anchor", an intermediate-level block that I chose to paper piece and again used the raw-edge machine buttonhole-stitch applique method for the pumpkin seeds... I now have enough blocks finished to put together another 3x3 block section of the quilt. Hopefully, I'll finish that up by the time I come home from today's mini-retreat at the lake house.
This is what I will be doing today...
There are a couple of things I do a bit differently than shown in this video...
1) I use a 2-inch piece of fabric for the accent rather than the 3-inch used in the video (that's just personal preference);
2) For the French seam, I sew a scant 1/4-inch seam, trim it a bit, and then sew the final seam as 1/4-inch rather than the 1/2 inch shown in the video. I just prefer less bulk in the seam.
Today's pillowcases will be going to ConKerr Cancer.
...this is "J-9, Maury High School", a beginner-level block that I chose to paper piece and then used the raw-edge machine buttonhole-stitch applique method for the small melons (they look more like pumpkin seeds to me). Not perfect, but it gets me to 150 blocks completed!
I've already used the first layout in another similar top that I blogged about here. I was kind of hoping to use a different layout, so I came up with the second one. I kind of like it except for a couple of things...1) I'll need to make one more green block -- that's not a big deal; 2) I have 8 leftover white blocks that I suppose could be used on the back; 3) I'll need to make setting triangles; 4) it's square and I don't like square throws -- although I could move some of the green blocks from one side to the bottom. But that makes for a throw that is a bit too narrow for my taste. Which means I'd have to add a border.
I made this postcard for Janice from the UK using selvages from the fabric I won in her giveaway.
A number of months ago, I won a giveaway from a fellow blogger at Yarn Hungry. She sent me some luscious hand-dyed yarn that I blogged about in this post.
My son Nick has been a voracious reader since first grade. All through elementary and middle school he read everything he could get his hands on. He's cut back a bit on the pleasure reading in high school due to the large amount of assigned reading that he's had to do, but he still finds time to get lost in an exciting tome once in a while. He has probably read every single Star Wars novel ever published and owns more than 100 (!) of them (he's always used his spending money mostly on books, computer software too). I bet you didn't realize there were that many Star Wars novels in existence...P.S. I guess I need to work on a math-themed quilt for him as well...last week he found out that his score on the SAT math subject test (a separate test from the "normal" SAT math section) that he took last month was also 800!
We will be visiting my stepson and his family over Thanksgiving, so I made these for their four cute kids (ages 9, 7, and 3 1/2 year-old twins). Before the twins were born, the two oldest had a year's worth of holiday pillowcases for their travel pillows, but lately they've been asking for full-size ones. How could I refuse?
I haven't made a DJ block in almost a month...too busy making pillowcases and Christmas quilts that need to be finished by the time we leave on Nov 21st for our Thanksgiving trip to see family.
I've been asked to add the following to this post -- grab a box of tissues before you watch the video...
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I just finished up the pillowcases that will be used to wrap up the four quilts that I'm making for my step-grandchildren this year. Two of the quilts are finished and the other two just need to have the binding done.
As promised in the previous post, here is a closeup of the meandering figure-8 loopy thingy design...You should be able to see a bigger version if you click on the photo...
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