Recipe for a sewful day.

One baggie full of string pieced rectangles, leftovers from long ago.

 An inspirational photo from Pinterest.

Of course, I have no idea what the block name is . . . do you?

 A bit of cutting

 A bit of sewing.

And a new block the likes of which I've not seen before.

Now I just need to finish all 12.

Until then, keep stitchin' . . .

Finally Friday

The stack is growing, but it's not quite Downton time.

Soon, hopefully soon.  Enjoy your weekend everyone.

Until then, keep stitchin' . . .

This is so much fun it should be banned in 34 states.

Have you tried it?  The speed 9-patch method?  Surely I'm the only one late in joining this parade.

There are several tutorials, I found a good one here.

To test, I pulled out some pre-cut 5-inch squares, which turned into 4-inch 9-patches.  Cute, but rather small.

 So I pulled some colors to process 6" squares.

For a 9-patch that will be similar to these colors, but brighter.

This bar quilt is from Country Threads.  Of course I want to make one of these also.

Sigh, sew many quilts, sew little time.

Until then, keep stitchin' . . .

Wordless Wednesday

Until then, keep stitchin' . . .

Turtle-ing!

 . . . or maybe it's Turtle-ish.  A definition of very slow action with which to describe my quilt progress.

However, I'm sure it only applies to me (lol) since 20+ years is a long time to be working on a quilt.  Evidently the top was unearthed and quilted in 2012.  When adding the binding, I noticed the date quilted in in one corner.

I taught this class in the 1990s.  It's fun, scrappy, and when you make one block, you're actually making 2, so you get 2 quilts for 1.  The binding choice is a Jinny Beyer turquoise, which also goes back about 20 years.

By the way, the hand/foot model is my dear friend Louise, fellow quilter and teacher.  I understand she works for fabric!

You'll notice some very familiar / old prints here, some you may even have in your stash.

After a low of 18 degrees last night, Dolly and I are embracing the warm sunshine coming through the windows.  

If furry and feathered ones reside in your yard, don't forget to check their water this morning.  Hypothermia happens. 

Until then, keep stitchin' . . .