Finished Quilts and Need

     With the floods in SC many families have lost homes and/or possessions. A few members and staff of my church have losses.  Our church quilt group is interested in sharing quilts to help.  Yesterday I finished 2 small quilts.  First is a child’s quilt made from a fabric book panel.

Second is the stack and slice quilt made from Karla Alexander’s pattern from Stack the Deck Revisited.

       I used this quilt to practice a new FMQ motif which begins with a swirl and then forms a sort of flower.  I still more practice with this motif to build muscle memory for stitch regulation but I like how the motif adds texture to this quilt.  

As of this morning there is another search going on for people who drove past barricades and the road caved in.  I hope people will listen and pay attention to the warnings that are still going on.

Rain, Rain and More Rain

   Today has been a very unusual day in the Midlands of SC because of excessive RAIN.  From early this morning the news warned people to stay off the roads and churches closed.  I stayed home.  Some that did not had to be rescued. 

I have several inches of water in my yard which looks like this. 

     Since I could not go out, I spent many hours sewing while watching the news or other TV. I only lost power for a few minutes. I finished piecing all the Scrappy Duo blocks. 

I sandwiched 2 small quilts and started quilting on one so I have plenty of sewing/quilting that I can do tomorrow if the rain continues. 

Hope you are safe and have time to enjoy sewing. 

New Quilter and Costume Remake

    Last evening I taught a beginner class for a new quilter.  She says she is not a “quilter” because she has not finished a quilt but she has sewn a couple of tops.  (We probably have guild members who have not finished a quilt or if finished, did not quilt it themselves.  I paid someone to quilt my first 3 bed quilts.)  Sharon took the class mostly to improve her skills.  She did a great job.  Here is Sharon with her new block.

    On a recent visit with granddaughters I took the older one a t-shirt dress I made. 

I

used guidelines from the book Sew Perfectly T-Shirt Dresses .

I took the Super Girl outfit for the younger one.  I’m disappointed to say it was not a total success.  She loved playing with the cape and boot covers in her Super Girl underpants 

but the dress did not fit.  When I came home, I looked closely at the pattern to see what I did wrong and found that the fabric I chose did not stretch enough by the pattern guidelines (which are Unreasonable).  I went looking for fabric that DID and found the only fabric that did was expensive and in very limited colors.  Now I am working to adjust and remake the Super Girl dress to fit.