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In the sewing room, no. 2

January 16, 2013 jennifer Quilting and Sewing

This post should probably be subtitled “the one in which I caved” because in spite of my determination to resist, I jumped into the scrappy trip along this week with both feet.

I kept reading about how much fun these blocks are to make and late Saturday night I decided I’d better find out if it’s true. It is. I’m having so much fun with these. In fact, it’s pretty much all I want to do. While it meant I didn’t get other things done, I feel happy to have joined in. I still wish I’d jumped into the Farmer’s Wife quilt along and I had a feeling I’d regret not joining this one. Now I’ve got a pile of strips all cut up just waiting to become part of this quilt.

Lots of color, and I couldn’t be happier. I did force myself to put them away while I work on my HST project, which has gone from a pile of squares to a bunch of strips laying on the bed, just waiting to be pieced together.

Terrible lighting, I know, but it was taken at night. I hope to get this quilt top pieced in the next 24 hours.

And, of course, I’m working on my Scrappy Swoon :

This week I’ll keep working on these three projects, and I also hope to find time to start working on the sawtooth quilt I mentioned last week as well as finish up that Ellen’s Sewing basket block. I also need to pull myself away from the very rewarding task of piecing and do some basting, quilting and binding. Maybe if I let myself make another trip-along block every time I complete another task? We’ll see how far I get!

Good luck to you in your projects.
Jennifer Linking to Freshly Pieced

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Scrappy Swoon-along: Sections 1 & 2

January 14, 2013 jennifer Quilt Alongs

This quilt is made in ten different sections. We’ll cover two sections each week for five weeks, and then you’ll be piecing them all together.

*Important note: When I published the fabric/cutting post last week, there was an error in the number of 3 7/8 inch background squares you’ll need. It was corrected within a few hours, but if you didn’t see that correction (the right number is 42, not 30) then please go back and re-read the cutting requirements for your background fabric.

Let’s get started!

Section 1 For the first section you’ll need 36 – 3.5 inch square blocks in your primary color (the color of the center star, which is green in the quilt pictured above) Lay your squares out in a grid that is six rows of six squares each, like below:

Now sew your squares into six rows of six squares.

I recommend pressing all seams open in this quilt to make the later joining of each section to the others easy, and to reduce bulk.

Note: all seam allowances in this quilt are 1/4 inch.

Press each row and sew together to form a square.

Iron, and stand back to admire your center square! This piece should measure 18 1/2 inches square.

Section 2 For section two you’ll need 12 – 3 7/8 inch squares of background fabric AND 12 – 3 7/8 inch squares of your primary color (the same color used in section 1). You will also need 24 – 3.5 inch squares of background fabric and 24 – 3.5 inch squares of primary color fabric.

With the 3 7/8 inch squares, pair each background square with a primary colored square to make half square triangles. If you are unfamiliar with making a half square triangle, you can find an excellent tutorial here.
You will end up with 24 half square triangles.

For this piece, you will need six background and six primary colored 3.5 inch squares as well as six of your half square triangles. Lay out three rows of six squares as you see below, with the background squares forming the center of a large patchwork flying geese block and the primary colors forming points for your center star.

Sew together into three rows of six squares:

Then sew the three rows together to make a rectangle that measures 18 1/2 inches long by 9 1/2 inches tall.

Make four of these blocks.

That’s it! The first two sections are complete. Now lay them all out together and admire the center star for your quilt, then snap a picture and share it in the flikr group.

Come back next Monday, January 21st, for sections three and four.

Happy sewing, Jennifer For the next post in this quilt along, click here.

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In the sewing room, no. 1

January 9, 2013 jennifer Quilting and Sewing

This year I’ve decided to keep track of my 2013 sewing and quilting goals in a post separate from my yearly goals. I have loved reading many of the link-up progress posts every Wednesday, so I’m going to join the party and post on Wednesdays.

Here’s what I’m working on right now:

I got a stack of 6 inch fabric squares last year at the Utah County Modern Quilt Group and we were challenged to make a half square triangle quilt out of it. I decided to make a bunch of “arrows” with mine. I need to get the rest of the blocks put together so I can lay them all out and see if what I have in my head will look right.

I also have a small stack of diamond strips waiting to become the next star in my Ellen’s Sewing Basket quilt. Time to knock it out!

I cut squares a couple of weeks ago for a simple sawtooth quilt I want to make. The colors are so happy, it’s a perfect project for winter.

Not pictured:

I need to piece a backing for my postage stamp quilt and FINALLY get that done.

I also need to get the binding on a quilt I made last year so it can be loved by my little guy.

And last, but certainly not least, I have work to do on the Scrappy Swoon Quilt Along I’m hosting. I’m in love with this print I cut into for some of my background pieces:

I have three new quilts I’m anxious to start on, but until some of these projects are finished I’m going to resist. I’m also trying hard to resist the Scrappy Trip-along frenzy, which looks like so much fun but which would also derail me from other projects.

And that’s it for the week. If I make progress on all these I’ll be thrilled.

Thanks for visiting, Jennifer Linking to Freshly Pieced

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