Today is the fifth Saturday of November of the month of assembly. I did manage to complete my four Meals on Wheels place mats. This month's theme for Table Scraps is trees.
I decided to applique a few trees on a snowflake background and then sew 'tree' fabric to the top and bottom of the place mat.
I have a few finishes today! Yea, me!
First up are the little scarecrow hot pads. These cuties finish at 7.5 inches. I totally forgot that they would be smaller than the original cut. Due not only to the quilting but also to my wonky placement of the fabrics and Insul Bright. I ended up with 4 with the light binding and 4 with the dark binding and placed them along my woven table runner. I opted no placemats in the formal dining room this year.
I also put the final stitches in the round Christmas table topper at guild the other day. I didn't realize I had pulled the binding when I was sewing it on...so it does curl just a tad. :)
Sharing today with Alycia at Finish or NOT Friday (when posted!)
I am concentrating on the quilting of my projects. I'm using straight line on Baby Brother.
The wedge quilt.
It's also time to pull fabrics for the Meals on Wheels placemats. This month's theme is trees. My friend LexusMary was unloading a bunch of greens so I snapped some up! :)
Sharing today with Susan at MidWeek Makers.
With Thanksgiving just around the corner and we are hosting this year, sewing will be limited at best. :)
I unearthed another vintage top under the Christmas fabric basket. This one is only about 8 years old and was a test of a wedge ruler for a wedding Christmas tree skirt gift. I thought i would spray baste it and sew a few lines in the wedges to hold it together. Although it will need bias binding...oh my!
I also had the bright idea that I needed a few Thanksgiving hot pads for the table. Scarecrow fabric, snowflakes, a little green binding and Insule Brite.
Fingers crossed. :)
Sharing today with Judy at Design Wall Monday.
It's been a hot second since I hand sewed back a binding!
I found three Christmas themed items from my friend, Cher in the bottom of my cupboard under the basket of Christmas fabrics (which I dragged out to make stockings). Howell MelonHeads were looking for donations for their Christmas party so I offered them to the committee. The committee would quilt them up but then I was responsible for the binding. The items are a table runner, table topper and a small quilt. Cher made the items and then sent them to me in about 2008 or 2009. They definitely have aged quite well...
Here's a sneak peak at one of the bindings.
My finish today is the piecing of the Gumdrops quilt. I still have a few of the Hollow Nines blocks leftover so maybe there might be another Gumdrop in my future. :)
pattern: Gumdrops, found here.
I also quilted down a baby quilt for my friend. Her family is having a 'sprinkle' for her niece on Thanksgiving. She did tell me that a 'sprinkle' is for a second or third baby and not as elaborate as a 'baby shower'. Judi didn't tell me (and I didn't ask!) but I think this might be Elizabeth Hartman's Whale pattern.
Ahhh...the best laid plans...
I was going to work on my Meals-on-Wheels placemats for November but thought I would pull out my Hollow Nines and sew it up..real quick like. But, it is NOT going quickly. Oh, well. Time to pivot. :)
I've decided to set the Hollow Nines in the Gumdrops pattern, found here.
Here are a few blocks sewn together.
Here are all the blocks and I pulled a couple of fabrics from the stash as possible borders. I'm going to use white as the sashings and a multi-color for the cornerstones.
pattern: Gumdrops, found here.
Sharing today with Judy at Design Wall Monday.
Well, technically this is Saturday but I spent all day Friday volunteering at the QOV Booth at the Original Sewing and Quilting Expo that is in town. I always have a fun day meeting and talking to the show's attendees but I was very tired at the end of the day!
I'm making good progress on QOV Signature Quilt Kilo. I decided on a little 4 inch plain border for this one. I hope to get more signature squares after the show this weekend!
I pulled and cut to make signature squares for our next Michigan QOV booth this weekend.
Ready to sew!
I also started Signature Quilt Kilo. I thought I had 2 sets of signature squares but I only found one.
Here are the squares on the wall.
The most exciting thing that happened this weekend...I replace the flannel on the design wall! :)
Sharing with Judy at Design Wall Monday.
Earlier this year, Rose dropped off two Quilts of Valor for me to quilt. This week was my week to quilt them as next week is the National Sewing and Quilting Expo in Novi, Michigan and Michigan QOV will be hosting a booth again this year!
Rose QOV 1:
I finished piecing the inner portion of the Eagle Staggered panel quilt but I was unsure of the borders.
pattern inspiration: Green Mountain Farm: found here
I'm sharing today with Susan at MidWeek Makers.
I decided to work on a panel project.
I picked up this pillow panel of eagles that has six panels on the free table at guild.
I'm using this pattern as inspiration.
