Scrappy Saturday Sewing ~ Scrappy Dresden Plates

 

Sewing the Scrappy Irish Chain Dresden Plate Quilt Again.

As my readers know, I started this quilt a s part of the 

Scrappy Irish Chain Sew Along @ Coriander Quilts

and was making good progress in January and February.

I was at the point where my blocks were complete 

and I was sewing the blocks together into rows.

Then in early March I decided to add Scrappy Dresden Plates

to the center of my alternate blocks.

Then the great dining room renovation happened.

 

 At the end of August, my qulty kitties and I were at last able to set up 

our sewing corner again. 

In September, my quilty kitties and I 

Finished Piecing the Dresden Plates

and we were ready to applique.

and it looked like we were back on track.

Then life happened and then holidays happened

and this project was tucked into a box.

Until now.

My kitties and I are playing with these pretty fabrics again

Finishing up the 12 circles needed for the center of the plates.

I am using the non-fusible interfacing method to sew,

turn and make rounded centers.

My sewing machine boss kitty has been very helpful today.

We are ready to applique the remaining 11 Dresden Plates.

Sewing them onto the blocks that are sewn into rows will be a challenge.

Hope to have this done soon!

Happy Quilty Weekend!

Quilty Kitty Nutmeg Is Sew Helpful

Last night I  finished sewing all the strips for my Block Bs. 

For the first time in a long, long time, 

I was sitting at my machine when midnight arrived.

My days have been busy otherwise. 

Today Nutmeg was a helpful quilty kitty inspector.

Many times she left the comfort of her warm and comfy

  cutting table cat bed to check my work.

After I promised her I would use my seam ripper on any of my piecing 

that was not purrr-fect.

I pieced ... and yes I did use my seam ripper a few times.

The two strips on the right are purrr-fectly acceptable.

Time for our evening crochet time.

Nutmeg says, "Purrrrrrr!"

Fabulous Fabric Friday ~ Five Hearts

 I have new fabric! 

It is fabulous.

I just love it. 

I am giving this fabric five hearts:

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 

I have not bought any new fabric in months 

so this really brightens my gray and stormy day.

This fabric was inspected by master Quilt Kitty Katniss ... 

... and given the paw of approval.

This fabric is 

Bird Song By Pat Sloan for Benartex Fabrics

There is a free pattern for this fabric release 

Nature Walk Quilt Pattern ~ Free PDF Here

I did find the panels, which seem to be going out of stock in some places.

The large focus prints are also going out of stock quickly.

I bought a fat quarter bundle and some yardage of the smaller prints.

I am not sure if I will make the free pattern.

I will let the fabric speak to my quilty muse. 

For now, Katniss and I are just going to enjoy petting.

"Fabric and petting? Count me in!"   says Nutmeg.

Katniss says, "These little sister kitties can be very needy."

Plenty of fabric and petting for all, my kitties!

May you have a Fabulous Fabric Friday, too!

A Fun Day in the Sewing Scrapatch

 

Improv ~ Stripes  ~ End Of Week

for the

30 Days of Improv Blocks QAL

@ Broadcloth Studio

Day 5 of Stripes Week called for incorporating negative space as a design element.

I pulled this 10" square from a different layer cake by Gingiber.

Then I pulled some cutoff strips from my scrap basket. 

After I cut and sewed my first improv, this little kitty came to supervise and help.

Do you know which little kitty is giving her paw of approval?

Here is another clue.

It is Maestro!

For those of you who read my kitty stories, you will know that Maestro has had few trips to the vets this summer. This is actually the first time she has jumped up on the table to help me  sew in weeks.

I am sew happy she is feeling playful again. 

This is the block that Maestro and I made together.

After that I played some more with my scraps. 

Which resulted in this scrappy improv block.

Then there were 7 blocks.

Then I went back to my machine to use up as many of the scrap strips as I could to make a long strip to add to the strip section of my quilt.

I am happy with this week of improv sewing and am looking to the new prompt for the week in my Sunday emails.

Time to work on my Bats & Boos Pumpkin blocks.

What are you planning to work on this weekend?

Have a happy quilty time! 

Sewing Friends ~ #IGQuiltFest2021 ~ Day 13

My constant Sewing Friends are my quilty kitty helpers.

 I am very much a Stay-At~Home Quilter. 

I have never been a member of any local quilting guild or group.

Through Covid-19  my kitties and I have been sewing and quilting as usual.

The above photo was originally posted Here in 2013,

when Katniss was a newbie quilter. 

Since then, I have added my long arm machine 

and the Little Sister Quilty Kitties, Nutmeg and Maestro.

They are sew very helpful.

Much of what I learned about quilting has been from online friends.

 I have been on quilt forums and swap groups 

and have made many quilty friends online.

I have attended big quilt shows, such as the Quilt Odyssey,

where I met my friends, Cherie, Debbieann and Vanessa.

A few times over the years I have had the chance 

to meet online quilting friends at a quilt shop while traveling.

In this photo I met my online friends, Annette and Denise, 

when I visited my daughter in the PNW. 

Once, many years ago, I even traveled to a 

Quilt Retreat in Texas in 2010.

~~~

Really, though, my quilting companions are my kitties ... 

My Butterfly ... R.I.P.

Mina ... R.I.P

Katniss 

Maestro

Nutmeg

and me ... 

the crazy cat quilter ... <3 <3 <3