experiment

 

I saw a YouTube video on basting a quilt using Elmer’s school glue which we can get here nowadays.

You use a fine bead of glue - no blobs please - and smooth out the backing onto the wadding and then the top.

The wadding on this quilt is a cotton bamboo blend.

The glue was drying faster than I could smooth so the back is not as good as it should be but the top worked just fine and it’s holding together for quilting.

So far no issues. Of course if you decide to try this method do a test piece first. I also needed to loosen the glue ever so slightly with about a teaspoon of water.

This quilt is getting a Baptist fan design using a quilt ruler. I’m taking my time. Especially after I discovered that you are supposed to work in rows across the quilt and make the arcs from right to left.

Once that correction had been made, the quilting flowed better.

Usually I won’t work on another project until the current one is finished but I’m  trying something new. I’m working on a couple of projects swapping them out.  It will take longer to complete them but there are no deadlines to meet. I can take my time.

It’s out of my comfort zone but let’s give it a try.

rsc2024 february

 

This month, red is the colour for Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2024. There were not quite enough red fabrics in the scrap tubs (they’re not really tubs) to make this block. A sewing buddy let me raid her stash for the fabric I needed. 

 Sewing friends always come through for you.

It’s also a stretch to call then scrap bins. Let’s call it a  Scandinavian minimalist scrap collection.

diagonal

 

Here’s the design board I made using Lori Holt’s pattern. This one is 18 inches square., Turned out alright. Might even make another one. It’s also a good way to use up smaller lengths of leftover binding.

Did I mention that I’ve decided to name the pirate quilt Jellyroll Roger? Pithy I know.

The pattern sets the blocks on the diagonal and then they are meant to be trimmed back to make a rectangle. Sorry folks, couldn’t bring myself to do that. Decided instead to add triangles at the end of each row. 

It’s going to have extra borders anyway so this will help to give it some girth.

That’s it from me this week. I’m off to make some Cinnamon Oatmeal Raisin muffins.

 

Happy Stitching!

basting

 

Since this quilt isn’t for anyone in particular (sometimes it’s good to have a quilt on standby), I thought I’d try the basting method that uses Elmer’s school glue.

Still a bit tricky smoothing out the backing fabric on the batting. I think you need to do more manageable sections and take your time to smooth things out well. A bigger table would be good too.

We’ll see what it’s like to quilt. While I’m waiting for a parcel to arrive in the post, I pulled a jelly roll from the stash to work on. It’s been there a while and it was time to make something with it.

This one only has 23 strips and the pattern I chose Fast Track by a bright corner needs at least 32 strips to make the 42 blocks for the  crib size.

So I decided to remove the two middle rows as I only had enough fabric to make 33 blocks. Borders will be added to make it a larger quilt.

Thought I was rather lucky to find a black and white skull & crossbones print fabric especially since pirate fabric is not in vogue at the moment.

Look at me having multiple projects on the go at the same. What is the world coming to?!