Alphabet Block G

Lately I have been waiting for Lyn Brown to publish the second block in the series before I complete my first block.  That way I can co-ordinate the two of them together.

I finished both G blocks over the week-end.

G Block and Grandma's Glorious Garden

I am really pleased with the way this

block turned out.

I used a variegated thread that co-ordinated with the

the three colours of the block and

did a zig-zag stitch to catch

both sides of the hexagons.

Paris revisited and a new purse

My sister Lynda came to visit us over the Easter weekend so I can now post pictures of some of the things that I made a while ago.

When we were in Paris in August we purchased some fabric and since I had made her a New York City cushion cover she wanted me to make her one from the Paris fabrics.  I was able to make 2, one for her and one for me.

I found this Eiffel Tower on the Internet.

You can find a copy here.



We went to California and Lake Tahoe in November to go to another sister's wedding and Lynda picked up more fabric.  It is dangerous having her in a fabric shop as she buys the fabric and then I make the things for her.  I made her some new placemats this time.

I still have more fabric so I will either make

another cushion cover or a

table runner.

I also made myself a new purse.  I am officially the bag lady.  I can't seem to help it.  I see a pattern for a bag or purse and I just have to make it.  I wanted a new spring bag and this is it.

I made it a little smaller than what the pattern called for.

I like this size, just a medium size handbag.

It also has lots of pockets.

I put one more seam in to hold my cell phone and ipod,

otherwise, the pockets are all in use.



No Group Quilt Therapy Today

There was no group therapy today because of Easter season, so I used the time to complete some of my April BOM's.  Three of April's blocks are finished.

Country Junk'tion April Block.

In Colour Order April Block.

Apple Avenue April Block

It might be a little pale, I probably should have

used some brighter colours.

Thursday was Quilt Therapy

Our last therapy session until after Easter so we tried to be productive.
Joyce is making a casserole cover and is using beautiful batik fabric.

Lots of cutting to do for this one.

Maria is putting the borders on her mystery quilt.

She might add a third border between the 1st and 3rd,

to make the quilt a little bigger.

This log cabin square is the second time around.

I made it and it only measured 12 inches,

so I ripped it all out and used a scant

1/4 inch seam and it is a perfect

12 1/2 inches.

I am also working on something else using

these 2 fabrics plus a third,

but I can't show you right now.

That will have to wait.

More Blocks finished for my BOM's

I was a little bit behind with my BOM because of some visits to the hospital by my relatives with subsequent admissions, but things seem to be on the mend for now so I spent the last few days getting caught up.

Morning Glory Designs

Block 6 Purple Posey

Block 7 Pink Sunflower

I used blanket stitch for both of these instead of satin stitch.

I was having a lot of trouble with the satin stitch clumping

so I went to blanket stitch.

Blogger Block of Month

Block # 7

Quilter's Alphabet Quilt

The letter F

and

Fabulous Fusible Fans

So now I am ready for next month.





A Good Therapy Session Today.

We had a great quilt therapy session today.  Lots of laughs and a few frustrations and we seemed to get past those okay with a little help all around. 

It was a beautiful week here temperature wise so not much quilting was done on our own, so today we all worked hard to accomplish something.

Joyce got the table topper trimmed and the binding sewn on.  The topper is an octagon so the binding was a challenge but she got it completed and is ready to do the hand sewing.

I really like the striped fabric on the binding.

Maria was still working on her mystery quilt and she was able to sew the main pieces together.  Now she has to add the borders.

If you look closely you can see

lady bugs on this quilt.

I was working on my spring wall hanging and I was able to finish it.  Tomorrow I am going to go and purchase the backing.

Spring has Sprung.

Shades of Autumn

I bought this kit when we were in New York City last year.  I started it last July and then sort of forgot about it.  Lynda asked me if I had made it yet and it jogged my memory.  Colleen and Lynda had paid for part of it as my birthday present since it was about a day away.

It is made of Fossil Fern from Benartex.  I'm disappointed that the picture is washed out.  It was a bright sunny day here.  The colours are very bright.   I may try to take another picture but it is too big for YKW to hold it up.  It is 81 x 81.

It is not quilted and never will be,

unless the person who inherits it decides to quilt it.

We have decided to use it as a summer quilt.

It is made like a duvet cover but I

sewed it completely shut.

 I put a few stitches

in the centre stems of the leaves

and the joined stems around the middle

to hold it together.

I also top stitched all around the edge

with the same colour of thread

to match the border pieces. 

 I used all the fabric that came with the kit so now I have to buy more because I want to make some pillow shams to match.  I think I will make a 12" centre square maple leaf and then add strips to make the sham.
One more thing to add to my never ending list.

A good Therapy Session on Thursday.

We had a good therapy session on Thursday.  Time went by too quickly, it seems some days we don't seem to get much done and accomplished in our quilting.

Maria was using the 9 1/2 inch ruler to square up

her star blocks.

She was able to work on them this past week

and finished them up today.

Cute Lady Bugs.

Joyce had been working on her table topper all week and put the few finishing touches on it today.

Now she has to trim the edges

and put the binding on.

She will be all set for spring.

I have started a new wall hanging and was making the pinwheel blocks.

The hearts have to appliqued.

This is a kit i bought in St John's Newfoundland when we were there last July and thought I should get started on it.  I didn't like the centre section of this pattern so I purchased something else.

This is a picture I got with the kit.

I am going to take the centre section

out and put in a border strip.

This is "Some Bunny's Garden" from

Wilmington Prints

Wish me luck.

I DID IT.....

I did it.  I redid my Block 5 from the Blogger BOM.  This is from Quilt Dad and I had a tough time with it but I finally did it.

Block #5 a perfect 8 1/2 inches.

I also finished my E Blocks from Lyn Brown.

My E Blocks

Elegant Embroidered Embellishment

I put my Baby Lock to work and did some

Elegant Embroidery.



Craftsy and Blogger Block of the Month Blocks

I have finished this month's blocks from the Craftsy BOM.  These are string blocks and are done different than anything I have read before.  The first one has 2 layers of fabric and the second one is done the same way using the triangle as a guide but is cut off when you are finished so there is only one layer of fabric.  This is a great BOM since there is a video each month to help you make the blocks.

March Block #1

This Block is prepared in squares.

Craftsy March Block #2

This block is prepared using triangles.

BLOGGER'S BLOCK OF THE MONTH QUILT ALONG

Blogger's Block #3

Blogger's Block #4

Blogger's Block #5

This block didn't turn out at 8 1/2 inches.

It is only 7 1/2 so I guess I have to rip it out.

I sewed it at 1/4 inch seam, it didn't

say to use a 'scant' 1/4 inch which I don't

like and don't use very often.

Blogger's Block #6.

This means that I am all caught up, except for ripping

out block # 5.  If it doesn't work I guess I

will just add another row and make it work.

I guess that is why my blog is called Sew, Rip, Sew

because here I go again, ripping out or

as some call it unsewing.

To-day is Therapy Day - Quilt Therapy That Is.

A beautiful sunny day is Joyce's Sunroom made for some great quilting. 

This isn't a great picture (taken through a window), but

this fellow came to visit us today.

He was more interested in eating, then

in quilting.

Joyce quilting her table topper and

Maria doing paper-piecing on her

mystery quilt.

Maria's star, she is still working on it.

I pieced together 3 more placemats.

I just have to put the side borders on

and then quilt them.