Star Lake QAL: Intro

Oops, I did it again! I signed up for The Blanket Statement's Star Lake Quilt Along! This one goes from April 18 to May 29.

Erin is amazing sending out the weekly emails containing great tips and tricks for new and novice quilters. I was impressed with the time and care that she takes putting these together.

She also has a Facebook Group you can join where you can post your progress as well as any questions you may have about the process, pattern, or any other thing that has you stumped.

If you've ever thought about quilting or doing a Quilt Along, I encourage you to sign up for this one. The only cost is the fabric and the pattern. She recommends the pdf pattern to ensure that you have it in time. I also like the pdf because then you can write on it and mark it up and it's no problem to just print another clean copy for another time.

There are fabric bundles you can also purchase for the quilt here. More info about the QAL on Erin's blog here.

Sign up here!

If you participate, let me know! I'd love to follow you on Instagram and enjoy the journey with you.

Table Runner - Vintage Fabric

My husband’s uncle passed away almost exactly a year ago and while my mother-in-law was packing up his house, she found some fabric that belonged to her mother. She gave it to me to do something with so I decided to make a table runner for her as a gift.

I was wracking my brain on how to make it all incorporate together without looking too nightmare-ish.

This was the first layout I had figured. I planned to add black squares where the blue is and put a couple black strips in too to break it up.

I didn’t love it but figured it was the only way to make it work.

THEN…

I pulled it out on a visit this weekend and my sister said it was too busy (this I already knew). Then I played around with it a bit, removing everything but the larger floral squares. I came up with this.

Then I thought I’d use the strips for the binding but my sister suggested using the strips for a backing!! 💡

   

   

   

   

I'm not quite done yet but all I have to do is sandwich together with batting, quilt it, and bind it. I hope to give it to her on Mother's Day!

Home Street QAL: Week 5 - Sewing Rows Together & Adding Borders

Last Week: Sew Rows Together

I’m a bit behind but I did get my rows sewn together in time for the quilt along timeline.

The rows came together well except for a few odd lengths in blocks but I was able to make it work without too much difficulty. It’s so nice when the corners line up perfectly!

I haven’t gotten the borders on yet - my sewing space isn’t too large so I need to maybe bring it up from my basement to work on it.

Here are the “finished” photos…

   

   

   

Don't mind my mess lol. It's the only floor space that's large enough to display the ginormous quilt top.

Home Street QAL: Week 4 - Sew Rows

Last Week: Trim HST

After I trimmed the HST, it was easy to get started on sewing the rows! I was so excited, I couldn't quit until I was done the rows.

  

  

Next Week: Sew Rows Together & Add Borders

Home Street QAL: Week 3 - Trimming HST

Last Week: Sewing HST

Okay so I'm a little behind on my blog posts but I've been posting my progress on Instagram.

This week was trimming the HST and it wasn't very exciting because it's so much cutting (ha ha) but it was so nice to press open the seams and have them all look uniform.

Next Week: Sew Rows