Finally got some sewing time!

 It has been so cold here lately that I haven’t been able to spend much time in my basement studio to sew.  I have a couple of space heaters that I use….but then I forget and plug in the iron or an extra light and I trip the circuit breakers. LOL

But, I have gotten my February projects done!

First, here is my completed potato chip quilt on our bed.

There are 1,294 pieces measuring 2” x 4” in the quilt (that is the finished size; they were cut 2 1/2” x 4 1/2”).

It is a bedspread size and I believe it is the largest quilt I have ever made.

This was my January project of the month…..a program from The Quilted Forest that I am following on YouTube.

Now, for February I have my February project of the month as well as my green fabric blocks for the RSC (Random Scrap Challenge) from the SoScrappy blog.

What I have here is a tray made from a mini charm pack that I found in my stash.  The pattern came from the Moda Candy book shown.

The large quilt block is my green Twirling at the Disco block.

 The blocks in this second picture are my 16 patch, my 4 patch and the green block for Pat Sloan’s Traffic Jam quilt.

There is one more 16 patch that is not yet finished….hopefully the weather will be warmer and I can get back to sewing.

But, lest you think I have been doing nothing, I have been working on a knitted shawl.  I am one the third skein of yarn and think that may be big enough.  At this point it is over 200 stitches wide and the pattern I am following indicates they stopped at about 313 stitches.  I would show a picture but it doesn’t look like much more than a puddle of shades of blue since I cannot fully spread it out at the moment without taking it off the needles.  But as soon as it is done I will show it.

Happy stitching!

Sherry

Stitching during winter weather

 Here in East Tennessee we have been having a bit of crazy weather….cold temperatures, icy rain, regular rain, freezing temperatures and now black ice!

So, when you have bad weather you sew! I’ve been working on several things:

This is my potato chip block quilt. It is huge! I think it is like 102” x 114”.  So far I have quilted 1 1/2 rows out of the 9 rows plus border.  It would be fun if I could get it finished before our next guild meeting so I can show it.

These 16 patch blocks are part of my RSC projects.  I am working through my 2 1/2” strips to work them up.  When I can’t get two blocks I am trying to get at least one 4 patch from the leftovers.

This block is for a free pattern by Pat Sloan called “Traffic Jam”.  It is another RSC project. The pattern has 9 blocks but I may make it bigger.

This block is from a quilt pattern called “Twirling at the Disco” and is large…..16”. Since each of my blocks will be the same background with different colors I may not join the blocks the same as the pattern, but I’ll make that decision later on.

Today is a day off since the library and county offices are all closed.  So I’m hoping to get more quilting and knitting done to move my projects along.

Enjoy your day,

Sherry