My Saturday at a fun sewing day.

 

I was at my sewing day on Saturday and was sitting next to my friend Chris. She was doing some paper foundation blocks an a project called Vesta quilt. I recognised the block as the same that Deanna was making.

I said how I knew Deana was making it too and she had fussy cut the centre circle. Chris had also seen this on the Vesta site. I emailed Deana to tell her my story and connect the two. So another story to show its a small world and quilting connects opposite sides of the world.

Now what was I working on…. I couldn’t find any posts about this project or fabric. Anyway, I bought a beautiful pack of beige/cream/latte/brown and aqua fabric from Judy’s Cornerstone Creations. I also had some fabrics at home that matched and bought some more at a quilt stand at some show/sew in. 

I wanted to make a quilt for our new van and just loved the colours. But, I have now decided, since getting the van, that these colours weren’t right. The quilt on our bed suited better. I needed a quilt for our bed….. Now to choose a quilt to make.

A friend of mine was making a beautiful quilt but didn’t know the name or have a pattern. She was shown how to do it. I don’t see her very often but then I came across it on Pinterest called Kira, Knock Knock or Magic Star. https://quirksltd.wordpress.com/2021/01/24/new-weapon/ had a tutorial showing how to make the block. SUPER EASY.

This was my inspiration 

but want to try to have a darker edge like this one.

Who knows what it will end up like.

After my Saturday sewing this is my progress so far. I have already cut all the fabrics into 10” squares. I got out as many as I could from the fat 1/4’s, and metreage. I have no idea what I have used.

Take them all out of the box and iron flat.

Put them into their light and dark piles.

Find the matching pair

All paired up with right sides together. Layered ready to make 1/2 sq triangles. The tutorial shows cutting them first then sewing together.

I layered them right sides together, drew the lines to sew on 

then cut. 

NOW………

Can anyone help me out.

I am going to be doing a Jill Christian wool felt workshop. I have to supply the wool felt. The thing is i am not going to do a big project and only need a few little pieces. Could anyone spare some scraps and post them to me. I couldn’t find any online/pinterest pictures of the project. It will have a possum, gum leavers & flowers. Picture will only be about 5” * 10”. 

Can anyone spare some scraps and pot them to me?