Sew Alongs

It may be hard to believe but 

I have NEVER done a sew 

along in all my 20 years of quilting!

Now that I have a little

extra time at home, Why Not?!

I have participated in guild 

lottery blocks and 

guild challenges but 

never worked with a group 

on the same project before.  

It is SEW FUN!!

There is a small group of us

that are making projects 

from the book, 

CIVIL WAR LEGACIES II 

by Carol Hopkins.

A design is chosen, we

each get to choose our

own fabrics, and then

we sew together virtually 

since some of us don't 

live near the others anyway.

I went poking around my

room looking for something

and found this charm pack

from MODA, Renewal

by Brannock and Patek.

It was a bit more challenging

to cut charm squares vs. yardage

for my piecing but I managed

and started these sweet little stars.

Just because I was feeling 

crazy, lol, I decided to see if

I could get an extra HST from

each rectangle unit I was making.

I could and I did and Ta-Da!

Here are the lovely 3-1/2" stars!

and I absolutely love them!!

I can't finish just yet because

this design calls for alternate blocks

that we decided would be 

signature blocks for our first 

quilt together.

Another 'First' for me!

I do have a couple of signature 

quilts, one as a guild thank you

to me and one as a result of 

winning the guild lottery blocks once;

but, I have never participated in a 

signature quilt in this method before 

so a first for me.

Because we live off from one another,

it will take some time to get blocks

signed and mailed.  Here is 

roughly what my signature blocks

will look like once framed.

Stay tuned for the finish:)

In the meantime as I wait, I pulled

some fabrics for our next quilt.

On my FB page, the middle

fabric overwhelmingly won

when asked about which one 

for a border fabric.

They were voting blind not 

knowing how big the border 

would be or what 

size/type the blocks 

would be.  

I knew these would all work

for the scale I needed but 

was just not feeling decisive that day!

Thank you to everyone who 

took the time to give me their opinion:)

Once that decision was made for me, 

I was able to start pulling other

fabrics to go with that border print.

I am excited to start the next quilt

even though I haven't finished the

other quilt...what is that called?

Insanity!

I have a room full of that and 

I love that room and all that

lies within and how I feel

when I am in there.

I wish you could all

come join me there 

but since you can't, 

stay safe &

 Keep Stitching~