2010 Quilts- Catching up

Longarm quilting by Pink Daisy

This was originally written on 10/14/10 and the 3 quilts I made for that Christmas season gave me confidence in trying more complicated quilt patterns. This is also the point where I was sewing and watching the Olympics. DD #2 and I had a great time watching Canada vs USA for the gold medal. This is the short story of our current passion for the sport and the Vancouver Canucks. So as we watched hockey I would cut out  fabric,  pin squares together or iron seams. You can get a lot done in regulation time!

So I think that I will make a jelly roll/strip quilt for my youngest daughter. The pattern comes out of Pam Lintott's book Jelly Roll and my daughter selected Pandora's Box. She says because of the show 'Big Brother'  and in the last season the Head of Household was given the opportunity to open 'Pandora's Box and all did. This is a great project because it is based on '4 Patch' which I have never done and it is going amazingly fast. I purchased pre-cut strips of fabric from Cozy Quilt shop. They remind me of old fashion flowery fabrics and very girly. I was inspired by a picture in Alicia Paulson's book, Stitched in Time , on page 14 and made a matching square pillowcase. Although my daughter selected it, I am trying to hide the fact that I am making it, so I am trying to use a little sewing table that houses my old singer machine which is in the corner of my bedroom. The kids are so used to me on the dining room table that perhaps they won't notice what I am doing in my bedroom. If this works I will probably do all of my Christmas sewing here. (I did finish 3 quilts in this little corner of my bedroom that year)

For this month I will finish my t-shirt quilt, Pandora's Box quilt and complete the JumpRope Dress. Next month is a mystery. (Sadly I did not complete the t-shirt quilt or the Jump Rope Dress....there is always this year)