Three’s a Crowd

That’s why I have to give them all away!

I’m having a day away from the sewing machine. I broke two needles yesterday sewing through thick fabric, so I’ve granted my sewing machine an official day of rest. Of course, for me it is agony because I have so much to do. I suppose I should enjoy not being hunched over a sewing machine though.

Here’s a fun quilt for new sewers. It was my third in a long string of speed quilting. It’s called “A Century of Progress.” I took it as a beginner’s quilting class at Wish Upon A Quilt. I was, of course, the fastest in the class of three. But that should come as no surprise to you since a mere 17 months later I was the fastest in a class of 60.

In the class, we learned how to properly cut with a rotary cutter. Suffice it to say my “cut-measure-crap!” method was seriously frowned upon. I also learned some neat tricks about sewing. At the time I didn’t know what a “leader” was. It’s a small piece of fabric that gets your stitches going before you actually start sewing on your project. Some people call them “spiders” because they have lots of thread hanging off of them, but I like “leader” better. Another fun thing I learned was how to do a partial seam. A partial seam is where you begin to piece uneven sized fabrics and stop part way through the seam. You continue adding to the block until all that is left is the unfinished seam. You close the seam and then the block is done!

It turned out to be a nearly perfect quilt, so I gave it to my little sister, Heather.