Church Group Sew Day

      Today was sew day for my church quilting group.  We had a small group but a great sewing day.  I’m still working on bargello borders.  Bonney brought to show her One Block Wonder top pieced.  Like my One Block Wonder hers is on her UFO list.  She still has to decide on a border but it looks great. 

 

    This was the first day for the SC State Fair and it only cost $1 to get in.  It was a bit drizzly for a few minutes.  I only stayed long enough to take a quick look at the quilts, handwork and the flowers.   I am pleased to say that all 4 quilts I entered won first place awards.   This was also the first time I entered a piece in Fine Arts.  It was juried in but did not win anything.  There  were many lovely quilts and pieces of handwork.

  On a rainy Tuesday Day Bee made a road trip to 3 upstate quilt shops.  We had 12 members go along.  I had not planned to buy anything in particular but came home with 6 lovely pieces of fabric.  I have a project in mind for 3.  Two were from the 50% off shelf.  Can you guess which ones? 

 

The first 2 on the left were on sale.  I love them. 

Beginner Sampler Class Progress

        I am preparing for granddaughter and family to visit this evening so I have not done much

sewing / quilting the past few days.   I have a few sore muscles from 3 hours of working in the yard Wednesday.  

       In my Beginner Sampler class Thursday night students laid out their blocks to begin sashing.  They are making great progress.   I forgot to take a picture of some but here are Linda’s blocks.  She chose bright bug fabrics.

Here are my sampler blocks I'm sewing with the class so they are partly together also.

       I will try to take more photos next week.  I love to see how different the quilts look with different choices of fabric.  Some are bright and child friendly while others are elegant or warm.  

      The weather this weekend is expected to be beautiful so I hope you get out and enjoy it and sew later.

Catching Up

       The past several days have been busy.  Tuesday was charity sew day for GCQ.  Sewing with the group I got all the red, white and blue blocks together.  Mary saw the block in Canada and many ladies in the guild contributed blocks.  You start with a RWB 4 patch, slice it and sew it back together to make this block.  

Mary said the quilt could be finished as one of the VA hospice quilts.  I brought it home and added borders.  Wednesday was quilt group day at church so I took it to pick out a backing.  Bonney took it home to quilt.  

 

I worked some on borders for the scrappy bargello. 

      Thursday evenings I teach a beginner sampler class at Midlands Tech – Harbison campus.  The ladies and I are finishing up the 12 blocks.  Here are some of mine.  Next week we will sash them and be ready to add the border. 

     Friday a group of friends and I went to Asheville for the quilt show.  It was a good show and we enjoyed the day.  I did not take my camera so I don’t have photos to share.

    Today I sewed a pair of fleece pants for my granddaughter and worked on her Halloween costume.  She wants to be cowgirl Jessie from Toy Story. That is enough for tonight.