Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Labor Day Sewing Retreat, Part 1

I love holiday weekends--especially when I get to stay out of the traffic and crowded restaurants!  Jane and Maggie joined Kris and me for another weekend of sewing, and sew we did!

My first project was to put borders on this Christmas quilt.  It has been sitting around for about ten years stored away for the minute I had an inspiration to finish it.  The reason it never got finished was because I lost one of the four border pieces I'd already cut and I thought surely I'd find it someday--not to be the case.  The original border was cut 5", so I got the idea to cut it in half to use as the binding, then that motivated me to get the rest of the fabric I needed so Miss V could actually sleep under it when she comes for Grandma Camp in December.

This quilt top was probably the third or fourth one I ever pieced.  It consists of 9" nine patch blocks on point with 1" nine-patch blocks making up five of the nine inside.  I saw it in a quilt store and fell in love with it not understanding just what it would take to do it.  I still like it a lot, and I've ordered red/green variegated thread to have it quilted with.  Once it's all done I'll post another picture.