I worked on Steve's 9 patch jean quilt. I finished cutting out the sashing early yesterday morning. I would sew one strip together, go fill a watering can from the rain barrel and while that was filling, sweep up the mess of cones from the squirrel. ( He had decided to move into our garden shed and made a nest in it. We had cleaned out most of the nest and supply of cones before holidays but a final sweep and patch is needed)Then I'd empty the can on plants and pots, go back in and sew another strip; rinse and repeat ! I should finish the horizontal sashing on the quilt today and then will have 5 quilt tops ready to hand sew while I recuperate.
Friday might I showed Sharon how to operate the sewing machine I gave to her one Christmas. I gave her a few odds and ends of material and thread so she could just practice winding the bobbin and threading the needle. All can be thrown away after she practices. After I sorted and organized all my material and thread, I filled a bag of odds and ends for her to take home. I'm sure they groan and cringe each time there is a bag at the door to put in their car ! Neither of my girls sew, knit or do cross stitch, so I am happy that Sharon is interested. I've 'gifted' her with a garbage bag full of wool that I had been given last summer and she has diligently worked through it. I kept enough wool from the three bags I'd been given to knit 52 eared winter hats with a snowflake pattern. Some were kept as gifts, but I donated 30 to a Christmas charity.
I can't watch tv without something in my hands. I'm just finishing up a baby afghan using the Nostalgic Quilt pattern. I bring knitting and hand sewing while we travel as Steve does all the driving with the trailer. Once I finish that, I'll either start hand quilting one 9 patch, or I'll hand sew the centre square on my yo yo quilt, Decisions, decisions !
My grandmother was a seamstress and my mother hated sewing as she had spent her childhood ripping seams as my grandmother refashioned new clothes from old. I had only two years of Home Ed as it was called in elementary school in Quebec, way back then. In High School, we were streamed and I ended taking Latin and Physics !
My mother had cut out and sewn 1792 yo-yos( yes, I counted !) when she died, I said I would make a quilt for each of her great grandchildren. Well, she died in 1993 and the yoyos stayed in the sewing cupboard until 2006 when my first grandchild was born. So a girl friend showed me how to sew a block as you go; sewing the top , batting and back all at once. Since then I've sewn 22 yoyo quilts, one even travelling to Dundee Scotland ! I have one left for me ! done in red, black and gray. And the yoyos are gone, done, finished !
A few years ago I had read a quilting block in which the author showed how to do a patch a day for a 9 patch quilt. it was the first time I actually followed a pattern. I made 3 one summer for my daughters and myself. My eldest grandson would wrap himself up in mine when he stayed for a sleepover. He asked if I would make him one. well you can't make one for one grandchild without making for the others. Then my youngest son thought he'd like one and then my husband who was feeling left out ! So there you go , 31 quilts . And I don't 'like' sewing as I am not precise.
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