Weaving together my life as a maker and other spheres of life: Best of May, anticipating a summer full of change, celebrating a scrappy Pas de Deux and a what I’ll be reading and sewing on the plane.
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Oh happy swirl of patchwork! The colors and shapes are so sweet and dainty. She’s a sugar plum fairy for sure. It feels soooo good to wrap this up before our trip. Plus, I can honestly say that after adding the last bits, it came together as I had hoped.
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Has it happened to you? You’re lying in bed, half asleep, when inspiration strikes. An idea for a new quilt drifts into your conscious with surprising clarity. I hadn’t been actively thinking about these scraps. I had been thinking about my book - - -
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You can bet that I’ll be doing some fabric shopping in the States. That means I’m reserving space in my suitcase on the way home. And that means I have a bit extra space on the way there. Perhaps it’s the chance to bring you something?
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These Still Point blocks are the trickiest sew in the entire quilt. They utilize y-seams to create a flurry of twists and turns. But the tradeoff to stretching your wings is the view once energies take flight. There’s a special zing of pleasure and satisfaction when you succeed at something that took pluck.
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It can all feel a little chaotic, until you start sewing. Soon enough the tidy matched squares and pointy half square triangle blocks bring everything into focus. Ta da! These three butterflies are of the Super Scrappy variety. Aren’t they merry?
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Custom quilting a sampler quilt like this is SO much fun, especially when the maker gives me free rein to explore. When I quilt a project like this, I don’t plan everything in advance. Instead, I feel my way through the project, starting with a collection of possible designs.
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Nova lives in our neighborhood just one street over. She and Elora are in the same class at school, where they became fast friends. After school and through the weekend, they catch every spare moment to play together. Now Nova is turning 6 and we’re sewing a gift for her!
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This Pas de Deux is all about making connections between the groups. The Checkers group is an easy one for that. I decided to start with pale colors at the top of Checkers because of the pale colors in the HST blocks directly above. The idea to build an ombre blend developed as a way of working toward orange.
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This week I turned the scraps from sewing Kismet patchwork curtains into new dining chair covers. The patchwork version is sewn with the quilt-as-you-go method, meaning that batting is already attached. That method is always nice when using string scraps.
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This collaborative quilt was made together with my bee mates in the Comfort circle of do. Good Stitches. The peachy, pink and purple palette is sugar sweet. I hope that its simple beauty brings comfort to someone in need. My intention is to find it a home among the Ukrainian refugees who are living in our city.
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