Saturday, April 1, 2017

QAL, panel, nine patches, meet up

A busy week, starting this, working on this, and then starting another-ever have one of those weeks(or two)?  I did have the finishes for Henry Glass Desire to Inspire which you can see HERE, But I started too many things these past 2-3 weeks. I just couldn't settle down and stick with one project.

At one time a friend gave me a bunch of cut pieces of older fabric, they went into the closet at the time. In the cleaning of my sewing room the past couple months, I came across them and laid them out to take a better look at. Earlier this week I did that and found they were not all 2.5" sqs like I thought. So I trimmed them to 2.25" to have a consistent size, cut some yardage of cream to add to them. Now I am not up on what original 30's fabrics are like, but I think these might be them. These are very thin fabric and just look really old.  I am not one to preserve, but to use. What good are they if they just sit in a box or drawer. So I am sewing them up. Here is what I have so far after a few minutes here and there. It is amazing how much sewing you can get done if it's all cut out.  I am thinking I will sash them, we'll see when they are all pieced.  I will keep them close to the sewing machine for when I just have a few minutes and need to sew:)

Another afternoon I picked these fabrics from the stash to cut for Sandra's Freefall QAL that I want to participate in for the next couple months. She says you can still sign up if you want to check it out.  I chose fall colors for leafs and black for my background.

Yesterday a friend came over so we could take this panel apart and rearrange using only some of the panel to make a wall hanging.  She had 2 of these panels and gave me one as a bribe to help her make one for herself, LOL  She's a dear friend and we have had many good sewing/knitting/crafting times together, so I was more than happy to help her plan it out.  


After cutting, rearranging, adding more fabric from my stash, we each have one almost identical. I didn't have enough of this red, so she used a different one.  So many people are afraid to use a panel, don't be. Just start cutting and adding sashing, borders, and pieced blocks. It's so fun to create with them I think!  Now I have to add mine really is squared up but it is obviously laying crooked on my flannel design wall.  Oh the panel and stash fabrics are all flannel too.
Notice, I added spacers in between the pinwheels, the first purpose of this is to make the piece just the right size to fit together. BUT. it also makes the pinwheels stand out individually.  We had a very fun day!

Another fun think I did this week-I met up with blog friend Wendy from http://www.piecefulthoughts.com/.  She lives just north of me an hour, so I picked her up and we went to a fabric shop called SR Harris-fun fun fun.  Then we had lunch and went to DickBlick and Ikea. All the while we were nonstop chattering. Sometimes you meet people and you either click or you don't, we sure clicked right away!!!  After I got home I emailed her and said well shoot we didn't even get a pic of us together-we agreed we didn't have time as we were talking so much, LOL We'll be getting together again for sure.  I think this is now four blog friends I have met in person.

Ok I think it is time I get busy. Today I am making a backdrop for taking pic's of my quilts outside. I'll tell you more about that later.

Linking at some of the parties on my left sidebar. 
Inquiring quilter

15 comments:

  1. Love the idea of the spacer between the pinwheels.

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  2. It's so fun to meet people who like to quilt! You've been busy...I am interested in seeing how you're going to take pictures inside. I have trouble with the lighting making everything look yellow when I do that.

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  3. I like using things too. These blocks are sure cute. And I love what the red fabric does for the rest of the panel.

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  4. It's fun to meet blog friends. Looks like a nice day.

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  5. I love your nine patches and it's great that you are using the fabrics. It will be fun to see what you create. Your panel wall hanging is lovely. I haven't bought any panels because they tend to be so wonky. I'll have to bite the bullet one day.

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  6. Hmmmmmm, I have always dismissed panels, I never thought of cutting them up and using parts of them. You made a great job and have given me much food for thought. A lovely finish.

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  7. I'm still smiling as I think about meeting you and the two of us helping SRHarris stay open for another day, etc. Hehe. It was great fun. You've been busy for the rest of the week as well. Nice quilts, pretty fabrics! Enjoy your weekend!

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  8. I won this panel. Can't remeber where. ..But anyways I love it but mine is flannel. Not many flannel prices in my stash.But love your idea ty for sharing.

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  9. I love it when I see bloggers meeting each other. I have yet to meet any in person, but I think that day is coming closer! Love seeing the way you improv your panel wall hanging together. And I like your philosophy of "USE IT". I think if we ever met in person we would absolutely hit it off! But you live sooo far away! :(

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  10. Cute panels! I love how they can make a project go together so quickly. I just basted a quilt I made recently with a panel, and realized that I didn't do such a great job getting it square :( That will quilt out, right?

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  11. What a great idea to cut the panel apart and make something new with it. Also leaves you other portions to use elsewhere. It's great to be stitching with friends too.

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  12. You've had a busy week! It's fun to get a peek at all your projects - the panel project turned out really cute! I've just had the experience of meeting a blogging friend one time, last week with LeeAnna, but it sure was fun. I enjoyed meeting her in real life and seeing how much we had in common. Sounds like you did, too! I will have to check out her blog.

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  13. I love what you did with the panel and the spacers between the pinwheels.

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  14. What a sweet project to make with your friend! Thanks for linking up!

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  15. How lucky to have met quilting friends in person. I feel that I have made many new friends by blogging, but haven't met any in person yet. I love your color choices for the Freefall QAL! That orange and purple combo is delicious!

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