Five Shadows

The Stitcher’s Garden Classes are well under way at Fabrics and Friends Quilt Shop in Roanoke, IN. We have a once a month Thursday class with beginners. They are a joy to teach! It is so much fun to see them learn new-to-them techniques. The once a month Monday class has one beginner who is learning the techniques and always experimenting to tweak each lesson making them her own. The other 3 gals in the class are really there just for the fun of it and time to visit and sew in a group. We bounce ideas off of each other and discuss ways to change the quilt block using favorite techniques. We are using Batiks for all the blocks. Here are the blocks so far:

Block 2 – turned edge applique circles, fusible applique

Block 3 – circle attachment, also ‘poor man’s circles’ which means using an index card and thumb tack if you don’t own a circle attachment for your machine. Fusible applique.

Block 4a – couching, fusible applique

Block 4b – couching. I used DMC floss for the couching. Students used yarn and ribbons. Fusible applique.

Block 1 – previously shown in an earlier post. Snowball blocks and fusible applique.

This quilt was made of Half Square Triangles (HST), Quarter Square Triangles (QST), and border prints. The fabric line is Trails End by Moda. I used 8″ squares to make 4 large 24″ blocks for a simple throw quilt. Easy for beginners. I demoed the HST and QST at Fabrics and Friends Quilt Shop, Roanoke, IN.

The border print was cut at 5″ wide and the QST are 5″ unfinished in the corners.

Sorry the picture is not that great. Hoping to take a better one once it is quilted and bound.

Eeck! What a month. So many lovely plans and so little done. What I did the most was sleep. I was hit with the vertigo virus that is going around and spent 5 days straight in bed. Bad headache and soooo dizzy. Once I was able to move with out severe vertigo & nauseousness, it was another 11 days before I felt safe to use a rotary cutter or drive a car! It was another 5-7 days at least before I was no longer hit with a moment of ‘wobble’. Strangest illness I have ever experienced. And I wish it on NO ONE! Not a fun time. 5 days straight – too dizzy to read or look at a computer screen. I did try sitting at the sewing machine around day 6 or 7 and realized I was putting myself and the QUILT in danger! It was a very good thing that all my body wanted to do was SLEEP! Otherwise it would have been a very boring illness. God is Good! I have not had any ‘wobble’ moments this past week. Many who have told me they also have had the vertigo virus have said that the ‘wobble’ never goes away. So I’m pleased to say I can again stand on one foot to put my pants on and not fall over!

Here is a look back on September’s List:

My list for September is:

1. Baby quilt for niece. Top is done, needs quilting & binding. (Not touched)

2. Baby quilt for nephew. Finish top. (Not touched)

3. Work on wedding quilt for my son and DIL. Fabrics & pattern selected, make some headway on piecing. (I looked for a new pattern as the one I have is not working.)

4. Finish 6 charity quilts. Tops done, need to pillow-turn & top stitch them.(Not touched)

In the work world of quilting I have the following to complete for Fabrics & Friends Quilt Shop:

1. Ripple Effect pattern by Cut Loose Press (two rows done)

2. Halloween strip quilt. (Done!)

3. Thangles demo for quarter-square-triangles.

4. Blocks for Quick Curve Ruler demo. (Done! and demoed twice!)

New list for October:

1. Baby quilt for niece. Top is done, needs quilting & binding.

2. Baby quilt for nephew. Finish top.

3. Setting aside my son and DIL’s quilt for now.

4. Trying to be realistic about this list! Will I really get to those charity quilts this month? I have finished 8 during the summer, have 6 more to go, but will not beat myself up if I don’t get to them.

List for Fabrics and Friends Quilt Shop:

1. Ripple Effect pattern by Cut Loose Press – finish top

2. Thangles demo for quarter-square-triangles.

3. Sunkist Quilt Top with Ruffled Circles IF the Ruffler Presser Foot arrives in time!

4. Block 4 of Stitcher’s Garden BOM

Here is the only picture I have for last month. And I didn’t even have it on the list! Silly me!

14″ Log Cabin Blocks with Borders using Quick Cabin Ruler for 1 1/2″ strips, by June Tailor

Linked with Judy at Patchworks Times Get It Done Challenge.