Friday I had a rain delay. LOL that sounds funny, but the youngest daughter's SO works in lawn maintenance so if there has been a lot of rain, it sets them back a bit. That meant that I didn't have to be there until around until 9.
I had time to sew Friday morning! I didn't do much sewing but lots of prepping for the next day I would have to sew. Digging through my scrap boxes, finding the perfect pieces which were the right size.
With those scraps I got the center block ready for the Aurifil BOM from 2014 on Saturday. I still need to sew the pieces down, but they are all glued to the center square.
I also found pieces for my yoyo quilt that I want to make and got some squares cut.
I am trying to get a few of these blocks cut so that I can begin to do some more handwork while I am watching the kids. I probably should also get hexies ready so that I can work on that too.
Monroe County Quilt Guild has a challenge quilt competition every year. The challenge this year is use the first initial in your first, middle, and last name and design a quilt. It must be at least 12 inches per side, but not larger than 30 inches per side. Those initials could represent a color, block, embellishment, or element in the fabric.
This is the challenge fabric.
I actually had an idea rolling around in my head, but didn't want to use my fabric until I knew if it would work or not. I tried charting it out in EQ7 but I could not get it to work, so out came my handy dandy graph paper, and colored pencils. Once I was finished charting, and calculating I decided that I would rather use scrap fabric to see if it would work or not.
I made it a bit smaller than I graphed out to see if it worked. The sample ended up being only 10 inches on a side, but I am adding at least 2 more churn dashes so I can make the size requirements, especially after I add borders. Now to pull my fabrics and get it ready, that way I will be done before the October deadline.
Speaking of quilt guild, I forgot to share what I won as a door prize.
Such a timely win. I needed more needle threaders, I had just broken my last one! I also always wanted one of the bodkins for turning tubes.
I am so glad I got so much prepped to work on in the future.
love your churndashes idea and cant wait to see it in the challenge fabric.
ReplyDeletehmmmm thats a cool challenge
I love your little sample quilt.
ReplyDeleteLinked churn dashes are so cute--very nice colors, too...hugs,
ReplyDeleteJulierose--still rest-euse ;--)))
You did get a lot of prepping done! I love days like that - they give you a sense of real satisfaction - love the idea of linked together churn dashes.
ReplyDeleteHow about sending me some engery
ReplyDeleteI really like your churndash block and that challenge fabric !
ReplyDeleteI could never come up with an original design in either my sewing or cake decorating. That is pure talent for you!
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