April's One Monthly Goal Project

It is time to select April's project to work on. I was going to select my Desert Sky quilt which is ready for borders and was last month's project. During the last week of March I was working on a little remembrance quilt from Anzac fabrics that had arrived in store. With Anzac Day on the 25th April, it seem to set itself. I have to finish in time so I can hang it to celebrate our fallen heroes that have serviced our country.

I have linked my post to Elm Street Quilts post, so pop over and check out what everyone is working on during April.

Until Next Time

Keep Stitching

Cynthia.

2018 350 Block Report - March

We have the total of  35 this month.

With lots on over the month how much sewing time was I going to have. This is what I managed to do.

The final 9 blocks of my Desert Sky quilt were completed and all the block were sewn together ready for the borders to go on for a total of 16.

1 super sized block from Jenny Doan Missouri Star Quilt Co workshop. I have made the rest of the HST blocks for the rest of the project but haven't count them as they are only sub blocks.

1 English paper pieced block from an upcoming Block of the month I will be running in the shop.
No picture as it is secret sewing.
1 bordered panel. this panel is huge.

Anzac Day Remembrance Quilt.

9 blocks and border for 14.

My total for March is  33. I didn't quite reach the total this month but a lot of sub blocks were made so hopefully there will be a month with a big batch of completed blocks.

Until Next Time

Keep Stitching

Cynthia

The Anzac Quilt is Developing in to a Quilt

Continuing on from my last post on the Anzac fabrics that had arrived in store, I found myself with a little time at the sewing machines after a couple of hours standing cutting fabrics for kits. I am trying not to spend too long doing one job as I am having trouble with my neck again and now my back.

 I had four blocks made and I set myself to sew up 5 more blocks to make nine in total. It would be easy to make this quilt larger if you want too. Time is what stopped me going further as there is under a week to the Laura Folk Fair and as long as I got this to the quilt top stage I can display it.

After getting the blocks completed I looked at the border, it needed some calculations to get it to work due to the fabric being directional. I only wanted to cut one strip and I didn't want any joins because the border strips would have only of been 2-3 inch short. Once I double check my calculations I cut the side borders first and sewed them on. I took a deep breath and measured the quilt with the borders on and yes my calculation were good with just over a quarter of a inch to spare with the selvedge. I cut the top and bottom borders a little wider because it is such a beautiful poppy print. In a couple of hours I have my Anzac Quilt ready for pinning and quilting. I will see if I have any time to do that over the weekend, with a class on Saturday I will not be able to do it  then, but maybe Sunday or Monday I will find the time. I do need to find some time for pining as I have 4 quilts waiting to be pinned.

Until Next Time

Keep Stitching

Cynthia