Category Archive: Life

The quilt is quilted!.   It still needs binding.  I encountered a small problem with the machine jamming at one point which put this small hole in the backing.   There is too much work and fabric involved to just toss it.  So then I had to think creatively.

 I mended the hole and then used the 3 remaining blocks and put little pockets on the back side.   They are real pockets which are open on one side.  And the bottom photo is the real color of this quilt backing.

Continuing from yesterday, I sewed the blocks into rows and then

the rows together to make the quilt flimsy.  The line of red you see hanging from the top is the binding.   I’m hoping to find time to quilt and bind this before the weekend so it can go to someone who needs it.

But you can see what a fast and easy quilt this is.   The blocks are 6″ which is part of the reason it is fast.  This particular quilt measures 58 x 69″ which is a very good size for wrapping in or crawling under for a nap.    I do hope some of you will soon have one to show us.

I’ve been looking for something that goes together quickly that I can make for the displaced people in the eastern part of my state.   I have made this in baby sizes before, but this time I want to make one larger.   It is called “Warm Wishes” and it looks like more work than it is.    There are several sizes on the net or you can do your own size. The secret to it looking like more work is in how the blocks are turned as the blocks are all the same size.

OK, I cut all the strips according to the instructions and sewed these 3 colors together selvage to selvage.  Can you see how the lower one bows?   That is because I should have sewed down one side and up the other side instead of starting both from the same side.   Starting every other row from the other end will keep your strips straight.    I sewed all my sets of 3 then

started cutting them into blocks.   Now they are all cut out and next time I come to sew I can sew them together.

See how the one color surrounds the print and the other color is at the other end of that block.

Now you can start to see the pattern start to develop.   Next time, I come to sew, I will sew these squares into rows and then the rows together.   Then I will be ready for borders.   Who is sewing with me?

I have started back to the gym, so that sets me back about 2 hours each day that I go, between the time I leave and get back.   But our medical insurance gave us Silver Sneaker cards which allows us to use the gym free.   So we’re using it.

After lunch it was a doctor appointment to have my knees checked.   4 years ago, the x-rays showed very little if any cartilage between the bones on the right knee and she told me I was ready for surgery, but that if I wanted to put it off, I should start consistently doing a lot of walking.   So I did.   Today, the x-rays actually showed a better knee with more space between the bones.   She didn’t know why because cartilage does not renew itself.    But I’m to just keep on doing what I’m doing to put off surgery, as I don’t need it at this time.   That was TERRIFIC news.

Since this is a baby quilt, only 30 x 30 and needed minimal quilting, I pulled it out of my flimsy pile and finished it.    It was a sample I did to test a pattern and I think it will be cute wrapped around a baby.    It needs to be washed and dried, but is finished!

Have a blessed weekend.