Sunday, February 26, 2012

The weekend

Saturday morning, I met with several of my Guild members and we slashed our way through a mountain of donated fabric. We coordinated and cut up fabrics for kits for making simple quilts for The Star of Hope Mission. The quilts will be for kids, from infants to teens; we will also be making pillow cases. It was so much fun & we got so much done! We'll have a sewing day early next month. (An interesting insight: an anonymous member of the church where we meet gave us 6! big bags of scraps. It was such a variety of fabrics -- everything from old calicos from the 70s or 80s to some very recent fat quarters. There were lots of 2 or 2.5 inch strips, which made us wonder if the former owner had tried making the water-color quilts that were so popular quite a few years ago. But we all commented on how much our fabric stash says about us: how long we've been quilting, our tastes, who we sew for, etc. We also wondered about the person who gave up all that fabric -- does she just no longer quilt or did she pass away? I hope the former.)

HMQG charity work day

Shug was out of town, so I was on my own Saturday evening. I set up a satellite sewing station downstairs in front of the tv -- my Featherweight on a little folding table, my adorable baby Bohin iron & a little cutting matt/ironing surface. (Not that Shug would mind me sewing downstairs, I just had blocks all over the floor, making it a bit difficult to walk around!) While I watched a movie (one I had seen before, cuz these blocks took a bit of concentration) I set together the Shirts and Slacks blocks. I rummaged through my fabrics and have found a suitable back -- in honor of the make-do mentality of my family, I want to buy as little as possible for this quilt. I probably even have enough batting to use.

satellite sewing station

8 comments:

Nifty Quilts said...

Great quilt!!

Karamat said...

Wish I could have joined y'all Saturday! I'm going to miss the next meeting and probably the sew-in day too... Keeping up with the 4-year old's social schedule is exhausting :)

Rachaeldaisy said...

If I ever have the house to myself for a few days I spread out and somehow get seeing stuff everywhere! Your quilt it looking so fabulous!! I like the sound of the guild you belong too, you're always doing something fun!

Manda said...

Sounds like a good weekend! The quilt on the floor is looking lovely!:)

sally said...

I LOVE this post!! I missed you guys Saturday, but we were certainly scrambling to get our house clean for 22 high school girlies! How fun for you to create with peace and quiet!! yay for you! (the blocks are wonderful!!!)

Rachaeldaisy said...

I've just popped back for another look at what you've been up to. I didn't notice before because I was too busy checking out your fabulous quilt, but that last photo... you must have been hanging from the ceiling to take that photo!! Maybe you know how to fly? What a great angle!

Catherine Purifoy said...

Nice Blocks!
Is there a pattern for them?
Catherine

Catherine Purifoy said...

Nice blocks! Is there a pattern?
Cath