One of our guild members hosted a special sew day at her house last week. I was deputized to get there early as the hostess ended up having an appointment that day. I got there super early as traffic wasn’t bad, so I had time to stop at the GF bakery near SueS’ house. Sadly, they didn’t have many breakfast items. They had a lot of cupcakes! I bought a blueberry muffin, which was very tasty.
I set up a lot of the chairs, and other things we needed while waiting for SueS to return. The tables ended up being too heavy for me to manage alone, so I set them up when Carrie arrived to help.
The workspace was good. SueS has a very open plan kitchen, so we were able to set up a cutting station on her kitchen island. A few of us worked on the kitchen table.
Tim, Sue and I worked there. Sue worked quite a bit on EQ8 as she is working on a project. She also worked on a Mariner’s Compass quilt that she wanted to finish up. It was all foundation paper pieced on a special printed interfacing. I didn’t hear the brand, but I did hear a discussion of the Midi and Mondo bags. It was similar to this QuiltSmart pattern/kit**, but is actually from a company called EZ Piecing. The pattern is called Ruby’s Star. SueS made it her own with an added border from the same company.
Tim was working on something with strips. It is called the Dreamlines Project. I missed getting a photo, but it looked very cool.
I started with sewing a pet bed together. I also worked on some Cotton Candy pouches and a block for the Wrap the World in Quilts Sunflower block Ukraine project organized for the guild by Lee Ann.
I decided making this block would be a good use of my time at Sew Day. I went searching for block ideas and found a similar one to this one. I made it because I love Sawtooth Stars and I thought I could make it quickly.
In general, I like the block. I am not 100% happy with my sewing of the block, however. EQ did not print out the instructions for the center and I cut it too large. I ended up cutting off more of the yellow corners than I wanted when I trimmed the center. It isn’t terrible and will work for the project. I may make another one just to make myself feel better. You can make a similar block using my pattern. It works with scraps, except maybe for the center.
The living room gang were laughing up a storm the whole time.
Julie talked about her work on her blog the other day. I love the shapes she is making.
Maria picked up work on a quilt from a Libs Elliot class. I didn’t see what Joelle was working on before she left. I’m sure it was great.
Of course, we had plenty of food. 😉 I made a lemon pound cake. Carrie made some of her excellent chocolate chip cookies. There were chips and banana bread and all sorts of things. Even some fruit!
It was a great day and I really wish I could spend every day sewing with friends.
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