On My Sewing Table Today

I am sewing the rows together for my

Batik Layer Cake Stack n Cut Quilt

I am making this Quilt For My Guy and he chose the fabrics and block idea.

He has bee very patient while I put this aside to work on a few other commitments.

I have half of the top together and hope to finish it tonight

and get it onto my long arm soon.

Have a happy, quilty day! 

Batik Quilt Top Progress

My Quilty Kitties and I are making good progress on piecing the top of my

Batik Layer Cake Stack 'n' Cut Quilt

Here are eight of the ten rows pinned up on my design wall 

with the early morning sunshine filling my east side of my home.

Here are the last two rows on my sewing table

 with the border fabric that my hubby picked out at our local quilt shop over the weekend

and the long sashing strips laid out between the rows.

We hope to have this top together by the end of today.

What are you sewing this week? 

Getting Ready For Sewing Along Today

Early in the day I like to organize my sewing plans with my morning coffee. 

I was laying out my next batik blocks for my hubby when he wandered through 

with his morning cup, so I asked him for his input.

We played with the cut pieces and this is what he chose.

It is nice to be making a quilt with my hubby,

Usually he just says something like "you do well" when I ask his opinion

and leaves me to my own quilty designing.

Because this quilt is for him, he has been more proactive in the choices.

I like it.

We need to make more quilts together ... :) 

I also laid out my fabric choices for today's block for the

Kinship Fusion Sampler Quilt @ Gnome Angel

I like this block because I can showcase one of the beautiful curio bell jars.

Most of the blocks call for smaller pieces. 

Tomorrow instructions for Block 2 in the

Ultimate Beginner Quilt Along @ Fat Quarter Shop

will be released. 

I saw that it is a Nine Patch Block in the Fat Quarter Shop Livestream today

so I am already thinking of fabric possibilities.

Tomorrow morning I will still be deciding on this one.

Since I am a "Stay At Home Quilter" and do not sew with a guild,

my hubby and my online friends are my sewing circle.
I am happy my daughter, who lives over a thousand miles away, has also
joined my online sewing circle.

I really enjoy sharing and sewing with others.

So Sew-Alongs are my way of sharing and caring with other quilters.

What sew alongs are you participating in right now?

I am always looking for more quilty friends. 

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Evening Update:

Day 45 ~ Block 45 Done!
and
Only 28 more blocks to go on the batik quilt.

Have a happy quilty night... :-)

Merrily I Design Along

This is a "Design As I Sew" Quilt

My quilty muse knows where we are going.
I am just following along...
and doing all the cutting and sewing.

I am thinking that the unfinished block size for this quilt may be 9 inches.

This is for the

  New Batik Quilt For My Guy Started Here

Block A 

My first block measures 9.5", unfinished, right now.

The plan is to cut it down to 9" to accommodate other stack and cut pieces

to make a few different blocks that measure 8.5" 

when sewn into the quilt.

Here is the cutting measurements for Block A

This is a layout for a baby size quilt with the 9.5" unfinished blocks.
The blocks are turned randomly to make a scrappy looking quilt.

With a 3.5" border this 4 rows by 5 columns quilt 

would measure 44" by 53" with binding.

It would actually make a nice quilt for a baby using a nursery print

layer cake, 1 yard of fabric for the outer border

and 3/4 yard for the binding. 

It could also make a cute I spy quilt with fussy cut prints in the 6.5" squares. 

To make my block I chose three of the hub's chosen batik squares.

I aligned and pressed the stack with a dry iron.

 Because these are hand cut swap squares, 

they are not all a perfect 10" square,

I used my Perfect 10 Ruler to trim then all to the same size.

Any ruler will work, the idea is to stack, press, trim and square

to uniform 10" squares.

From the the trimmed 10" stack  I cut

One 3.5" by 10" rectangle on one side

Then I cut the large rectangle on the right into:

One 3.5" by 6.5" rectangle

and

One 6.5" square

Then I swapped the pieces to choose the three pieces for my block.

I set my machine to sew a scant 1/4" seam and sewed.

Then I pressed all my seams open.

Using a 9.5" square ruler, I trimmed my block to 9.5" for now

and saved the other cut pieces from the stack
to mix and match for future blocks. 

I will be posting Block B and a layout for that block soon.

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Update:

Finished Quilt Here

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I also sewed my Kinship Sampler Block of the Day this morning.

Here is Block 30 for my 

Kinship Fusion Sampler Quilt

Time to venture out and water the thirsty trees and bushes and flowers.

Have a happy evening wherever you are!