I am not sure about you but it is hot here. It makes for lots of swimming in the pool but not much sewing or quilting.
Oh well, I will try to endure as best as I can.
I did manage to get a top put together for some friends who just had a baby boy.
I thought that I would try out a new pattern, one that I have never made before.
Chevron was the one chosen because I thought it would be a quick and easy
pattern to under take at this time of the year. And I was not disappointed.
I used 5″ squares that I had bought online at Connecting Threads. I had 42
squares so it worked out well. And I had it cut and sewn together in a matter
of a couple of hours. Quick indeed. To be quite honest though, I don’t like the
layout that I chose. IF I had to do it again, I would put all the dark squares
together and all the light together, instead of spreading them all over the top.
My baby Chevron quilt.
What do you think?
All that is left to do, is the quilting. I will have to make time this week for that. And the binding needs to be
done as well but I don’t mind that at all.
Then there are the blocks that I showed you last week.
Paper pieced star blocks
The other 36 are now being blocked and I am hoping to have that top all together by the end of the week.
I love it when projects that have been hanging around for a while get finished. That means I can start
something new-yeah!!
I am also hoping to get some fabric painting in this week. This is the book I will be using.
Fabric painting ideas and inspiration.
I want to try my hand at that and see what happens. I will take lots of
photos to show you what happened. Even the mistakes and ugly ones
will be shown. Eeek!! I hope I do an okay job, now I really have to try
my best and pay attention to what I am doing. Until next week,
stay cool and happy quilting.
Ruth
Stitching Impressions 
I’m in London, Ont. and it’s HOT here as well… too hot! Hopefully it cools down a touch soon though! I love your Blue & White chevron quilt! I have one on the go as well! 🙂
Hot here too….better than the past weekend though…it was a scorcher! I love your chevron.
It’s…hot here too, but not as hot as last week. I can knit in the early a.m. and evenings, and quilt/paint fabric etc in between. Will be interested to watch you work through that book. It’s a new one on me. Enjoy!
HI Marg, Thanks for checking out my blog. I am looking forward to trying painting fabric. You mentioned that you paint fabric as well. Want to share some photos? What do you like best about fabric painting? I think that I may like it better than fabric dying. I would like to try that too but we live with a well and septic system so I am somewhat nervous about pouring dye down the drain.
Ruth
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Pretty quilt.
HI Bunny, Thanks for your encouragement.
ruth
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Real nice quilt!! I think it came out really nice just like that.
HI there, Thanks for your encouraging words.
Ruth
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