Challenge #9 progress
After having it packed away for so long it took me quite a while to work out what size the pieces were and where I was up to. All sorted now though.
I have cut out the sashings and cornerstones and now am sewing the rows together.
And it is sewn together. I have reached the top right corner. 2 more rows and I will have the bottom left corner done. Then my rows will get smaller.
Thanks Deana
I have been calculating amount of fabric required to make a quilt for a raffle. We have a certain amount of fabric so had to work out the best size we could get out of all the fabric.
We decided on working out a French braid with a piping strip. So off I went and had a play. Out came my purples.
Cut into 2.5” * 6.5” pieces. We need 7 strips of 50”. How many pieces do we need for each strip. Well, I am a visual person so I had a scrap piece of wadding about 60” long. Perfect. Sew, sew, sew. Quilt as you go technique.
Yes I counted correctly. We need 40 pieces per strip. I have drawn out a design and calculated fabric. Wonderful. We have enough for a quilt about 60” * 72”. Now to put this braid to good use.
Trim the strip. Guess a rough size for some placemats. I can get 3 out of this piece.
I had a scrap of this fabric that is perfect for the backing. 3 across the width uses it up.
Now I’m late to the party. I was at my friends and talking about putting bindings on fully by machine. I do this quite a lot on placemats and charity quilts. Just to save time. She was saying she uses her stitch in the ditch foot on her Janome. I didn’t even know my machine had one. Yes, it sure does. Foot G. What a game changer. This was a perfect spot to give it a go. This will be getting used more often now.
3 pretty placemats
All together. This makes 37 out of 50 completed….
After having a great weekend making this quilt top with friends.
It was time to work out the backing. I wanted to make it scrappy too. Out came the pen and paper.
I never used to piece backings together but with scrappy I now do not want to use meterage. So I’m having fun with designing the backs. The strips for borders are cut.
Here is the start of it. It just looks like a normal block but they are 10” squares in the 9 patch.
And here it is sewn
Here is a side by side to show that it actually looks like the quilt block on the front
Now this did use up so much of my blacks. I think I only have one piece left of a plain.
Now to quilt it. I have cut a striped fabric for the binding.
I had a lot of fun making this quilt. I used up so much of my black and white scraps.
Damien loved the quilt.
This month over at Angela’s is purple
https://superscrappy.blogspot.com/2025/07/scraphappy-saturday-now-in-purple.html
I saw this great tutorial on YouTube for a mini bucket bin.
https://youtu.be/YKY-nZZBlr0?si=7EN2McqxdXjBdZnj
I wanted to give it a go. So I decided to use up some purple scraps.
Okay. What is my # 9.. hang your britches on the line.
Oops. Haha. My inner child coming out.
Progress on my Farmers Wife quilt. I have not touched this since 19th July 2024. The concentration and time required to do these 6” blocks has not been with me with what I have been dealing with. At the moment things are in more of a routine. I have finished some quick finishes but it’s now time to make a little bit of a difference on this quilt. So here is where I am at now.
And here are some of the blocks
Now to work out where I’m up to.
Thanks for the push Deana
https://dreamworthyquilts.blogspot.com/2025/06/july-chookshed-challenge-number-is.html
A quilt for my son in law. It is his birthday soon and I have had this in mind for 2 years. It’s about time I got it done. So I pulled out the panel I had bought and showed it to my friend. A light bulb went off and I thought of how I could finish it. I was so happy that I drew up a design and pulled out my black and white fabric scraps.
