Category Archives: Cards

Happy Birthday Gavin

Cards, Quilting

April 4, 2022

~ 72″ x 72~

This was a Guild project from 2021. I’ve never made a log cabin before and I was glad to give it a try. Of the eight extra blocks surrounding the centre seven were patterns given to us and the eighth one we were to choose our own. I picked the card trick block; Stacia had made a quilt using the card trick block a long time ago at one of our first sewing sessions and I really liked it.

Quilting was a challenge because I was limited to something I could do with my walking foot. I used my go-to star pattern in the blocks.

I was a bit worried that for three of the blocks the star pattern might look odd because the block really didn’t suit the quilting pattern. A conference with Stacia and Deloise set me straight and when it was done I made the right decision; those three blocks don’t look at all strange.

For a lot of the quilting I used the mattress stitch that Deloise introduced me to and I’ve used often. I wanted something with curves for the wide outer border so I dug out one of my quilting rulers and marked the curves. I was pleased that by using my appliqué foot I was able to sew through the layers (and follow the curves) without much trouble.

This was a large quilt so it took some energy to move it around through all the quilting. I thought it was 30 blocks by 36 blocks but it turned out I had miscounted and was dealing with 36 blocks by 36 blocks so a lot of quilting.

It wasn’t until I had the last few stitches in the binding that I realized I hadn’t put a label on the quilt so I added one by hand.

Gavin’s card is Adventure Abounds from The Splendid Sampler 2 series

Calendar Block – April

Calendar Blocks, Cards, Quilting
14″ x 14″

Do April showers bring May flowers? I guess Kathryn have to tell us. She’ll need to be careful though because if she positions that umbrella the wrong way it will be raining sideways and, trust me, you don’t want that!

I knew when I saw the pattern that I wanted to use florals for the umbrella. I remembered that when I was sorting my pre-cuts I had some small floral squares that I had purchased from the estate of a Guild member. I thought they were 2.5″ squares and what I needed were 2″ squares but I was willing to cut them down. When I pulled them out there were three packages of 2″ squares. I have no idea why I bought so many but I was glad to not have to do any cutting. The remainder of the package I used, as well as the other two packages, have been added to my 2″ scrap bin.

I used a corner to corner line on the umbrella but I wanted something different for the background. I used straight lines that, in my mind, depict rain coming down.

I pieced the backing using more of that veggie fabric but I forgot to take a photo of it.

Happy Birthday Dorothy

Cards

March 30, 2022

Changing Seasons (from the Splendid Sampler 2 series)

The colours I picked for this card don’t reflect the four season but I do think they reflect Spring. While it is Spring here, I’m hoping it won’t be too far behind in Saskatchewan.

The backing fabric came in a layer cake (10″ squares). I never liked playing with cut out dolls but it is cute in small quantities. I’m glad I don’t have too much of it.

Happy Birthday Dylan

Cards

March 27, 2022

Spinning Star (from the Splendid Sampler 2 series)

I think a star in a quilt block is one of my favourite things. And there is not only a star in this pattern, but I was also able to incorporate lots of fabric with stars.