Having a "sew day" for group projects is always fun and it's amazing how much we can accomplish in just a small amount of time. Last Saturday a few guild members met at 10:00 am (before our 1:00 pm meeting) to work on 3 different group projects. There were 7 or 8 of us there, which isn't bad since it was snowing again and the roads were not very good.
One of our members donated 24 gorgeous hand embroidered blocks to use for a raffle quilt at our next quilt show. So a couple of gals worked on prepping these to be sewn together. A few stray threads on the backs were clipped or tucked into the stitching. Then another member sewed them into a top with the blocks laid out 4 x 6. No sashing was needed as the quilting lines are already marked and they intersect to make a beautiful pattern. A perfect blue fabric was also donated to use for an outer border and it's a great match for the blue in the embroidery. This one will be hand quilted by a group of members who still have this skill. It will have a vintage feel to it.
Two more sewing machines were humming along sewing together blocks for a raffle quilt needed in April for a fund raiser and also for a Quilt of Valor. Members made the Moda Bake Shop block called Ritzy Cracker in either red/blue/white or using some "happy" colors. You can see some of the patriotic blocks at the far right in this last photo. Currently, the fund raiser quilt top is at my house waiting for borders. Then I'll drop it off for quilting. We're on a tight time frame for this one.
The Quilt of Valor will be an on-going project and probably not completed until our next group sew day. Hopefully by then our wintery, windy, snowy weather will have turned into spring.
2 comments:
You're part of a productive and organized group. All the projects look great. I miss working with a sewing group.
My cousins had a quilt day, I was in charge of the iron, I can also hand quilt but they like to do them by machine:)
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