Nov 21st

Doris, Kay and Janet came to sew. Projects that were worked on included a Christmas wallhanging, a twister quilt from Christmas fabric and a best friends quilt. Bonnie stopped by to see what was happening.

1 Million Pillowcase Challenge

Have you heard about this challenge? Check it out here. I think this fits in nicely with our charity quilts. One or two Saturdays in January we will devote to making pillowcases. I'll post the dates after I get the schedule. We will need some people to sew, some to cut and some to iron. With everyone helping we should be able to make a big difference. Let's set a goal and see how quickly we can reach it.

This is a wonderful opportunity to go through your stash and use it up (so you can buy more of course). Talk to your friends...maybe they would like to join us. I already have a friend who would like to donate money to help buy supplies.

Kosair Children's Hospital is on the list of charities that will accept pillowcases. I called the Hospice inpatient unit at Norton and they would be glad to receive some pillowcases. If you have another charity that you'd like to donate to bring the information to the group and the group will decide.

More Twisters

Ossie, Pam, Linda and Janet all worked on their Twister quilts. Ossie was deciding on borders. Pam was sewing the pinwheels together. It's just amazing how different it looks as pinwheels compared to the squares. Linda added a border to her squares. Janet used the scraps to make small pinwheels to put in the border.

Block of the Month

Doris brought the new block of the month. It is called Chinese Puzzle. If you take your time, look at the pictures and lay everything out before you start sewing it's not as difficult as it looks. The directions also have you making HST's using 2 different methods. You can use your favorite method and get the same results. The last picture on page 2 is for the mirror image of the block above it and is for if you're making a quilt like the one on page 3.

Twister

We had several people come to make their Twister quilt. It is just amazing how different one pattern can look just by using different fabrics. Making that 1st cut into a top is daunting but very rewarding. Amazingly the recutting and resewing went much quicker than anyone imagined (except for maybe Bonnie who is making a king size quilt using the smaller squares.)

Sewing Machine Extension Table

Several people have commented on my sewing machine extension table. Here is a link on how you can make one for your machine using a sturdy cardboard box. You could use that as a template to have a table made out of wood or plexiglass. http://www.how-to-quilt.com/articles/2312-extension-for-machine-quilting.php (You will need to scroll down to the bottom.)