The Garden Quilt!

 

The Garden Quilt!

This is a scrap quilt from a pattern by quilter Deborah Fisher, from her book Quilt Giving. She came to a guild meeting several years ago and talked about her approach to quilting, her charity work and her pattern business. 

The guild put together a round robin quilt using her Garden Quilt pattern and I helped piece the rows. The quilt in the photo above is one that I made after working on the group project.  It's very large (I should measure it) and I hand quilted it with high-loft, very fluffy batting. 

It's one of my favorite quilts to cuddle with when I'm watching a movie or need to feel comforted for some reason. I made another one as a gift for a friend and I hope they enjoy it as much I do this one.

You can find out more about Deborah at her site, Fish Museum and Circus.

Jewelry Roll!

It's almost done; I haven't made the tie for it yet (my iron is dead and I can't really do that until I get a new one on Monday) but I finished my little jewelry roll for my upcoming cruise in July. It measures about 12 x 8 inches.

I used Tula Pink fabric, Pellon Shapeflex interfacing and a scrap of batting from another project, along with two zippers for Zippit on Etsy. I bought an assortment of zippers which is why they are two different colors. I think the blue works really well.

The ties will be made from the blue dot lining fabric for contrast.

The pattern was free online but I can't find it anymore. I saved a PDF copy to my computer several years ago because "maybe someday." Well someday was this past week.

I'm very happy with it overall but I don't love the open pocket at the top, although it does work well for bracelets. I am bringing two bracelets; a goldtone bangle and a mahjong tile bracelet, which you can see peeking out. The other pockets hold an assortment of earrings and a statement necklace. I'm trying not to go too nuts on what I'm bringing for jewelry but it is a fancy cruise, so I am being a little fancy.
 

String Blocks for the Guild Board Members

So in my quilting guild we have a tradition where we make blocks for our board members when they step down.

Board members serve two-year terms in whatever position- President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Membership Chair. The terms are staggered so when you're President you serve one year with one cohort and one with another and so forth. I was President for two years and it was awesome. It was a lot in some ways but it was also pretty great. As an introvert I didn't love the public speaking/running meetings part but I got used to it. I did like picking out fun outfits. And of course the best part is always getting to know our cool members.

Anyway so this year our President, VP and Membership Chair stepped down and we were tasked with making three blocks.

We were assigned string blocks. String blocks are great- they are fun scrap busters and a nice improvisational exercise. They were 8 1/2 inches square and we sewed the fabric to paper foundations.

Fun!