This was a busy week, I took on the challenge from Project Quilting this week with the theme "Stitch in Time" and it is in reference to PQ Season 9. I love disappearing 9 patch quilts so I decided to make one for my hubby because he always steals all my favorite blankets to sleep under while watching TV.
Busy week yes, besides work, I had bowling on Wednesday, a council meeting to attend on Tuesday, a dinner with the work girls to celebrate a retirement on Thursday, and my son and his two boys over for dinner on Friday. Can't believe I actually had enough time to finish this one but here it is!!!
I started on Sunday afternoon picking colors for the quilt from my stash. Went with browns & tans since his new recliner is dark brown. I cut out some blocks to test out the pattern first to see how big it was going to be. I went with 4.5" blocks for the first 9 patch block. The inspiration was this blue quilt.
After that was sewed, I chopped it in half and added some more blocks for the second round (forgot to take a picture of that) Then I chopped that one in half and sewed the four blocks back together to make this one that after trimming it down measured 12". OK, ready to make the rest.
Here is where the Sweat comes in. Cutting blocks for a couple hours made my forearm sore, sewing them together without making a mistake, and then chopping them in half was time consuming. When I cut up the second set of blocks to add to my first chopped blocks is when I made a major mistake - I cut them 1" too big. I had to recut them down to size and waste 1" of fabric from each block (two sides). This is probably when I forgot to take the picture of this step - I was so frustrated with myself for not measuring right. If it wasn't for that I probably would have finished it Saturday morning instead of the afternoon. After the second set of blocks were finally added to the first set, I chopped them in half and sewed them back together in the pattern I wanted.
Finally ready to put the rows together Friday morning before work, got them together and finished putting the blocks together at lunch time (I am lucky I work so close to home I can eat at home every day). I had to get some border/backing fabric and matching binding fabric at the store to finish it off.
The Blood came in when I was quilting lines, I pricked the side of my hand with a couple pins while the quilt was being sewed - ouch - not once but multiple times. Time to get safety pins for that job.
The Tears came this morning before I finished the quilt, when I heard of the death of the son of a former fellow cheerleader coach this morning, my tears were for his surviving family that they can get through this terrible time.
Until I craft again.
Nice!
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