Several years ago, my friend Lynn and I both purchased the Red & White Gatherings quilt book designed by Lisa Bongean of Primitive Gatherings fame. Neither one of us ever made a quilt from the book so last year I challenged Lynn that in 2025, we each needed to make a pattern from the book. We could put our own twist on the quilt but the project needed to be based on one of the patterns and it didn't have to be a full sized quilt.
In my January post about all the quilts I wanted to work on this year, I shared that I wanted to make the feathered star quilt called Starlings. I love feathered stars! That was the plan when I wrote up the list but I've since changed my mind. I have made a small version of the Love Triangle quilt.
There are a lot of HST's in this block, I really didn't want to pieced the huge amount of HST's for a full sized quilt.
The checkerboard border blocks finish at 1.5" but they look larger in the photo.
My small not-quilted version finishes at 43.5". For now she's hanging in the 'to be quilted' closet.
Bonnie has published her new Leader & Ender challenge, Four Patch Fun! I don't make Bonnie's L & E projects every year, I want something simple to run under the needle and I don't participate if the block includes HST's or QST's. I might start the new sew-along sometime but while I stitched Love Triangle, I sewed 2" squares together to make twosies then I sewed 2 twosies together and made 4 patches. The plan is someday to have a simple scrappy patchwork quilt, simple and easy without fuss.
I wrote about organizing my sewing studio in last week's midweek post and several people commented on all the space I have. Yes, I am fortunate have a very large studio. We have an unfinished basement under the house and my studio is the full south half. I've added carpet remnants, because I usually walk around in my bare feet (in the summer anyway, other seasons I wear heavy socks), to cover the concrete on that side. I've also added LED lights to the rest of the south side. I feel fortunate to have so much room and when I'm done sewing, I can leave the mess and go upstairs. Walking up and down stairs helps keep me limber, at least that's what I tell myself.
Here is a link to the post I wrote about my sewing studio when we moved in 3 years ago, it has evolved from then. I've added more shelving and switched the placement of the cutting table and sewing machine cabinet. I also added another display wall. I do run a dehumidifier from the first of April through the first of November. I empty it daily, more stairs exercise. Linking to To Do Tuesday, Wednesday Wait Loss, Needle & Thread Thursday, Put Your Foot Down, Free Motion Mavericks, TGIFF!, Finished or Not Friday, Off the Wall Friday, Beauty Pageant, Patchwork & Quilts
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What a fun challenge for you and Lynn. It is sweet to have people that help motivate us to do things we want to do but just need that little extra cheer or push. Thank you for being one of the best cheerleaders for us bloggy quilters. It seems like almost every time I go to leave a comment on someones blog you are there cheering them on too. Not only do you have seams and triangles that match perfectly, Gretchen, you help others learn the skill.
That's a pretty little quilt! I'd love to see your space, and good for you for marching up and down those stairs. I swear that is what kept my little Mommy in good shape, as our washer and dryer were in the basement when I was growing up! Hubs and I often talk about moving and our son discourages us from getting a 2-story house, but we love 2-story houses! But I get his concern, after all we are 77. ;)
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Your version of Starlings is so pretty. I'm sewing Bonnie's L/E project as well. I selected and organized my fabrics ahead of time. Making one block at a time is keeping me from having a mess next to my sewing machine. I do not have nearly the space you do.
What a lovely quilt! Must feel so good to have made something from the book you bought so long ago. Great choice, I must say. Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.
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Really nice little quilt. I know I would get bored making all those triangles and small squares. Went back to read about your sewing space. Wonderful to be so open, roomy and can be used all year. Love to see what you produce.
Is my monitor playing tricks on me? I am shocked that you made this quilt with red fabric instead of BLUES! I didn't know you even owned red fabric. Just teasing you. It's beautiful. I went back to see the posts about your sewing room organization and enjoyed those too. I was able to relate after having wasted a fair amount of time this morning looking for my extra fine point Sharpie markers that I use for tracing applique shapes onto the template plastic. I didn't want to trek out to the store to buy more since I knew I had a whole big Ziplock bag full of them, but hadn't seen them since two moves ago. Orange peel and pomegranate blocks, here I come! Also, I can imagine my husband saying the exact same thing about moving a heavy sewing cabinet up or down the stairs. Are you SURE? REALLY REALLY SURE? Hah!
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I had bought some red fabrics several years ago for another project at Calico Point. When I brought the bolts to the cutting table, several of the 'girls' stopped what they were doing and said this is different fabric than what you normally buy.
After my sewing machine cabinet was in the basement for a week, for a joke, I told my husband that he was right, the cabinet should be upstairs and would he and my son carry it back upstairs. He didn't even crack a smile, I just got a dirty look.
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