Category Archives: Quilting

Spring/Summer Tablecloth

Quilting
Tablecloth – 42″ x 60″

Kathryn picked the fabric and it is no surprise that when she saw these pigs she couldn’t find anything else she liked better. She picked the orange/yellow fabric because it reminded her of a plastic tablecloth you might spread over your picnic table.

I had trouble getting the Fall/Winter tablecloth sandwiched and quilted so that it ended up to be the right size. I changed my sandwiching technique on this one and ended up with extra length. I gave Kathryn her choice of placemats or a runner and she picked a runner; she said she can put it on the table when the tablecloth is in the laundry.

The quilting was done with a mattress stitch following the lines on the summer-side of the cloth. I used a two-colour binding for the tablecloth but a regular binding for the runner.

I hope it will soon be Spring in Saskatoon but I know that as soon as Kathryn sees those pigs they will be on her table.

Runner – 42″ x 19″

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.

Crocuses

Quilting
~ 12″ x 13″

This pattern came from a magazine I found at Stacia’s. Although she said she didn’t want it back, she said that this was the one pattern in the magazine that she really liked.

I was supposed to take a paperless paper piecing class through the Guild but the first date for the class had to be cancelled due to Covid and I still wasn’t going out much when they rescheduled it so I missed it again. I had a quick tutorial from Deloise on an earlier project so I jumped in on this one.

The paper I used to copy my pattern was too heavy I think. By the time it was glued to the freezer paper I had a really thick paper to work from. That may not have been the reason, but that’s what I’m going with.

I also think there were errors in the pattern – I couldn’t have made that many mistakes. Once the various pieces were stitched together the sections were all different heights. I added fabric here and there to get it to a point where I could square it up.

I was happy to gift this one to my friend Peggy. For my birthday a couple of years ago she gave me the lovely crocuses I’ve been enjoying.

Calendar Block – March

Calendar Blocks, Cards, Quilting

No surprise that the calendar block for March is a shamrock. And this particular shamrock may have a design option or a flaw – you pick.

It is nice to have all my greens sorted into one bin so finding the squares I needed wasn’t difficult. The cream colour in the corner looks really bad in the photo; it isn’t great in real life either but it isn’t quite as bad I don’t think. I continue to struggle with colour but I’ve learned something from this mistake and, hopefully, won’t make it again.

In a bag of scraps I purchased from a Guild member I found a number of veggie-patterned fabric already put together and ready for a one-block wonder quilt. When I discovered them I put them in my Guild donation bin thinking at some point I might make some placemats for donation. I’d forgotten about them until last month when I used some fabric with fruit on it and thought I could dig them out for backings for these blocks.

It took some work because they don’t go together into a square but I’m happy with the result and I’ll keep using them until they are gone.