Wednesday, November 13, 2013

WIP Wednesday - Goldie's Quilt

I have been sewing for years.  My mom taught me when I was in 4-H.  I have sewn many dresses, Halloween costumes, etc. for my three daughters.  I saved all their fabric with plans to make them each a quilt for their 18th birthday.

Well, the musician is 20 and her quilt isn't even started.  She does love the  t-shirt quilt I recently made her though.  I went to visit her at school on Saturday.  She texted me Saturday night saying it is the warmest blanket she has ever used.  See the post about that here.

My youngest, the Princess, is only eleven.  I have time (at least I think I do).

That leaves my middle daughter, Goldie (she has a heart of gold).  She is 17 and a senior in high school.  I started cutting fabric for her quilt in July or August (I can't remember back that far!).  I need to cut 860 or so 2 1/2-inch squares.  As of last night when I went to bed, I had over 340 squares cut.  I have also been cutting 2 1/2-inch strips for the binding at the same time.




That's what I'm doing for a little while today anyway.  We are leaving in a few minutes for Cedar Rapids.  Our school is in the state volleyball tournament!  Go Crusaders!




WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced

5 comments:

  1. Hi Cathy, I'm visiting from WIP weds, I had to visit your page when I saw what your blog was called :-) I had just written a blog post with the line 'I just wanted to sew' !! I'm so impressed that your first quilt was made from t-shirts, from what I've read that's not an easy thing to do. And you seem to be making amazing progress with so many lovely quilts that you've already made. I've been quilting for a few years now and I'm so s.l.o.w. Best wishes from the uk xx

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    1. You know what they say, "Slow and steady wins the race."

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  2. That's a lot of cutting. I love every part of the quilting process, though. I really do want to make a t-shirt quilt. It looked great.

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  3. All the cutting will be so worth it. you can use the squares as leader and ender project as you sew other things. Good luck

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    1. I was thinking the same thing. Being new to quilting I only recently learned about leaders and enders. It is such a great idea. I am really enjoying the cutting because of all the memories tied up in the fabric.

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