Spurred on by a recent post by Joanne at Canuck Quilter, who unpicked a quilt she wasn’t happy with, the seam ripper got a workout.
I still wanted some blue in the centre though. Time to make some new blocks.
Hope you and your loved ones are safe and well. Storm Helene and the damage from high winds, flooding and failed dams on such a large scale has been extraordinary.
Now I can sew down the binding on the Arkansas Traveller quilt - my favourite part of making a quilt.
When it’s been too windy to work in the garden, the Granny Squares got some attention.
This one was put aside because the large blue squares just don’t look right and I couldn’t decide how to fix it. I think looking at it know, I’m going to remove them and make some more star blocks instead.
These are a pieced top - there are more blocks but I haven’t yet found the right fabric for the border.
Plenty to keep me busy that’s for sure.
Perfect conditions for staying indoors and working on some projects. Quilting has started on the Arkansas Traveller. Mostly walking foot as the batting is a wool/polyester mix so a little too bulky to push around under the free motion foot.
This quilt sandwich has been pin-basted. I’ve found that the glue basting technique is not as effective on the wool batting.
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Agree. Especially when all you have is a layer cake. Too expensive to be cutting off unusable pieces. Looking round for a suitable project, Granny Squares kept popping up on my internet searches.
At least it’s only the background fabric that is wasted. Not great but as it’s usually purchased on sale, discounted if you buy the end of the bolt or occasionally a good size piece from the remnant bin, not as bad.
The striped strips from the roll will be used for the binding.
These Arkansas Traveller blocks have been so much fun to make. I’ve used a jellyroll of Kansas Troubles Winter. The warm tones seemed like a good choice for a cold weather quilt to snuggle under.
There should be enough strips left over to sash the blocks. Not sure if the striped pattern strips from the roll will be sufficient to bind the quilt. We’ll have to wait and see. There are always options.
In the meantime, I’m looking for inspiration to use with these. Did I really buy this many precuts? It would appear so.
Starting to get the hang of these blocks.
Searched through the stash (it’s one the meagre side) and nothing suitable for a border on the Tiffany Stars quilt. A planned trip to a new- to -me quilt shop was derailed by some awful weather on Saturday.
It was only 9 degC at 10am so best to stay indoors.
Happy to Be Scrappy is making an Arkansas Traveller quilt, hers is hand pieced and for the 2024 Rainbow Scrap Challenge. It’s a gorgeous quilt too.
Then I saw Karen’s version over on her blog and that was it. The quilt gods had spoken.
My last paper piecing quilt (English paper piecing) took seven years to finish so this will be machine pieced. At least three points are right. Just about.
There’ll be no unpicking as the stitch size is far too tiny and I can live with it being a bit off. Those of you who are more accomplished probably have a twitch in your left eye right now. Sorry about that.
This fabric reminds me of Anna Marie Horner or Tula Pink. I don’t think it’s either though. I quilted a vine and leaf design in a multi colour thread ( thanks karensquilting for the inspiration).
It measures 55 x 44 inches.
Putting the rows together on Tiffany Stars and the binding on Jellyroll Jazz. I need to find some fabric for the border, backing and binding on Tiffany.
I should hunt through the stash first but I don’t think I have what I’d like for this quilt. We’ll see. May need to be thrifty but a trip to the quilt fabric shop would be a treat.
What’s a pirate’s favourite letter? Rrrrrrrrr!
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