Lavendar/Peach 9 Patch Quilt

 

Lavendar/Peach Quilt

     Back in about 2001 I was in a 9 patch club at Barrington Sewing Center.  Every month or so we learned about a new 9 patch quilt.  At the time I bought the fabrics and started on the quilt but then put it away.

Block detail

Border/binding detail

     The quilt had nine patch blocks, half snowball blocks and a kind of nine patch block.  I pulled the partially finished quilt top out of my stash and worked on it at retreat in March 2023.  In August I finally had time to add the borders.

Back

Quilting detail

     In February of 2025 I was finally able to get it quilted.  I didn't have quite enough of the solid purple in my stash for the backing so I added another purple print from my stash to make the backing large enough.  We chose a pretty vine pattern and a peachy colored thread for the quilting.  

Label 1

Label 2

     Since this took so long and it was not an easy pattern, I found a fun label to sew out for the back that I thinks sums up my experience with this quilt.  I have since learned a lot about color and would have made other choices to showcase the pattern better.  Others in my ASG group disagreed and said they liked the soft overall effect.

Purse - August ASG Challenge

Finished purse

      Just a couple of quick projects today.  The first is from our monthly challenge.  It was a purse made from a couple of rectangles of fabric with another small rectangle for the handle.  I had pieces large enough in my stash to do this.  The handle was a bit tricky since you needed to stitch it while it was around the gathered fabric of the purse.  

Inside view

     The second project is from a demo one of our members did.  She showed us how to make a water bottle holder from the leg of a pair of jeans that would attach to your belt.

Water bottle holder

Side view

     It is fun to make these challenges but I do need to get back to doing my own sewing projects.

Pot Holder - July ASG Challenge

Finished pot holder

      Our July challenge was to make a potholder/hotpad  that did not have to have binding.  It used 5 ten inch squares and a 9.5" square of Insul-Bright batting.  

Folded square

     The five top squares were folded in half to make a triangle and pressed.  They were then laid down with the cut edges forming the outside of the square.  The first triangle had to be lifted up to layer them properly.

Taped front pieces

     When I had put my squares together I saw that the stripes formed a cross in the center.  because I wanted to keep that as part of the pot holder, I taped my pieces so that they would not move while I was stitching.  

Backing fabric square

Stitching it together

     I then placed my backing square on top with the right side down and stitched all around with a 1/2 inch seam allowance.

Trimming the corners

Turned and pressed

     I trimmed the corners, pressed it, turned it right side out through the overlapped triangles, removing the tape as I went.  I then pressed it again, making sure to poke out the corners.

Insul-Bright square

Top-stitching

     I slipped the square of Insul-Bright inside and then top-stitched all around, 1/4" from the edge.  After that I stitched 1/4" away from the folded edges of the triangles to keep the potholder from opening up and also to keep the Insul-Bright in place.

Detail of center

     I did take care to keep the stripes aligned as much as possible while doing the final stitching.  This was a fun project that I may do as Christmas presents in the future. 

Bowl Cover - May ASG Challenge

 

Finished bowl cover

     Our May challenge was to make a bowl cover.  I decided to make it for my stand mixer bowl.  That way when I mix a yeast dough that needs to rise, I can then use this cover instead of a towel.

Cutting the pattern

     I measured the bowl and then used my Cut-A-Round to create a paper pattern.  I cut two circles of fabric and then sewed them right sides together leaving a small opening to turn.

Pattern

     I turned and pressed and then sewed a casing for the elastic.  I used my East Threader to put in the elastic and then sewed the opening closed.  It was a quick project that will be useful.  

Easy Threader