I finished the Alphabet Quilt top. In one of those bizarre quilting incidences it is bigger than I expected (bizarre because I know how big each individual bit is so I shouldn’t be surprised by the size of the top!).
I’m piecing the backing and I think I’m even going to piece the batting (this way I will not have bought anything for the this quilt).
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I finished the Pre-Primary quilt. It was a lot of work, but I think it will lovely reminder of her class.
I was also amazed at how much I could achieve in one week (not much else got done).
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Miss P’s pre-primary teacher is having a baby and consequently leaving at the end of term. We’ve decided to make her a quilt as a memento. We used fabric paint to get each child’s hand print.
All of my spare time in the last week has been used to quilt it.
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I’ve started cutting the sashing strips for my quilt. I don’t want to cut too many strips in case I run out of fabric for the borders.
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I’ve started cutting my alphabet blocks. I used template plastic, which I’ve never used before, to fussy cut the squares.
At first I tried to use my rotary cutter, but that was a bit of a failure. Now I draw around the shape with a disappearing pen and then cut it out using scissors.
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This is the spring block and is the last of the blocks to be made. I’ve enjoyed the embroidery process – there is something almost meditative about it.
Now I need to cut each block to size and decide on a border/sashing fabric. I’m determined to use something in my stash.
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Autumn is finished – only Spring to go…
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Winter block is finished.
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This is the start of the corner blocks. The embroidery is slightly bigger than the Alphabet Blocks – I thought this would help to book end the other blocks.
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Here are all of the alphabet blocks …
To make a square the A and B appear twice. As I’ve decided I want a 6 by 5 layout, I’m going to make an extra four blocks (to make 30). I’ll use more Sunbonnets – this time ones representing the seasons; winter, spring, summer and autumn.
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