Spoolin' Around Update

I just finished a block to start the quilt.  It is 10" X 10", otherwise the little pieces would be very small!!
Due to the optical illusion, you should be looking at the tall skinny spools not the short fat ones.  The thread on the spools is going in the direction of the spool.  The background is the brown.  The pieces fit together relatively well.....I was surprised!

St. Patrick's Day Center Piece

I attempted a Dresden Petal design. 4 - 8" squares, with 3 petals on each square.  I had a lot of trouble getting the circle part of the Petal to be round, so I ended up sewing a basting stitch around the circular part of each Petal and then drawing it up until it was circular.  It worked like a charm.....perfect circles!!!    I recently bought a Stiletto, and it works great when pulling the circle out to make it fit perfectly.  You have to get one!!  I bought a 4 in 1 tool.  It has a Stiletto on one end, with a cap that works as a turning tool, and on the other end it is a seam ripper, and the lid on that end is a small seam presser!!  Greatest invention!!

Spoolin' Around

I bought a quilt pattern about a year ago that had a lot of spools of thread on it turned in different directions.  I carried it around with me for several months, gathering material for it.  I now have over 24 different materials in stripes, polka dots, and patterns, with no pattern to be found.  I have searched high and low for it, to no avail!!!  Well, last year I bought a computer program called Electric Quilt 7.  You can create your own pattern and then it will print out the templates you need to piece together the squares to make your finished quilt!  It has all kinds of custom blocks with material you can play around with, in your design.  You can also upload your own material, so you can see what your finished quilt will look like.  I found a spool pattern in the library of the program, but to me it did not look like a spool of thread, so I adjusted the pattern and came up with my own block!!

I couldn't sleep last night thinking of putting it together!!

I will post a picture of a finished block soon!! 

Mrs. Sew and Sew Pictures

Mrs. Sew and Sew

I just finished a quilt top using a material line called Mrs. Sew and Sew.  It features 6 different old time sewing machines in big blocks.  Finding a pattern to put around the edges and not detract from the sewing machines was the most difficult task on the whole top piece.  I decided on a flying geese pattern in dark and light shades so that each block looks like a big pinwheel.  The quilt is 45'' x 73".  I placed the big blocks 3 abreast, with 2 rows.  The panels were 6'' strips on top, bottom, sides and in the middle.  The corner blocks I used a Dresden 6 blade fan with all of the material used in each block.  Working on the back now.