Saturday, July 23, 2016

Guild Sewing Day

Today was our annual summer sewing day for the London Friendship Quilters' Guild. I brought along too many projects to do in the time available, as usual...  I did, however, make a list of three things I really wanted to get done before I went home.

First up...a comfort quilt top that Cathy and I worked on together.  These friendship star blocks were made by several members of the guild.  We managed to put the 35 blocks together and add the borders. Cathy will quilt this one and someone else will add the binding.


Next up, lunch!  I bought all of the ingredients (except for the milk) for my lunch at the local farmer's market this morning.


My second project was a baby quilt--I had made 14 of the blocks before I arrived at the sewing day--I completed the last 5 blocks and set them 4x5.  This quilt top was made from a jelly roll that had been in my stash for too long and needed to be used!  The solids were scraps leftover from other projects.  I have already picked out the backing and the batting is cut and ready to go.


This will be a gift in waiting for a baby someday. It is always good to have a gift ready in case a baby shower invitation comes in the mail.

I also brought along two quilt tops, one of which I hoped to baste before the end of the day.  This was my third goal for the day.  It counts as my slow stitching project for this week.

I will be working on this quilt this week when Christine comes over for sewing night this week. The other quilt will be basted and quilted once this one is done.

12 comments:

  1. The quilt you are basting is GORGEOUS! Consider me a new follower. I need to see more. :) Excuse me while I leave and scroll through a whole bunch more of your posts. Love your stuff!

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  2. Ohhhh.I love the friendship star quilt. Sounds like you had a very productive day. Enjoy the slow stitching on a beautiful quilt.

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  3. I just love the mustard yellows and grays together in the star quilt! Lunch looks delish. What progress you made and I'm sure fun was had by all!

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  4. You had a very productive day! Hope you still had enough time for visiting :)

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  5. You have been productive! Great projects(and lunch looked gooooood!)

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  6. Oh a summer farmer's market lunch is the best !! I am having a fresh peach right now; a slice of heaven.

    Beautiful projects ; a very productive sewing day! :)

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  7. Oh a summer farmer's market lunch is the best !! I am having a fresh peach right now; a slice of heaven.

    Beautiful projects ; a very productive sewing day! :)

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  8. You accomplished a lot at your sewing day. Love the quilt you are working on.

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  9. I love the fabrics that are in the quilt you are basting. The baby quilt top is pretty. I would call it Super Baby because of all the "S" blocks. The grey quilt is pretty awesome also. You got a whole lot accomplished at your sewing day!

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  10. The baby quilt is fun and colorful! Any baby will be blessed to enjoy it! I can just picture him/her scooting over to touch and play with the different fabrics! Great job!

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  11. You certainly made great progress on so many of your projects! Those Friendship Stars make for a beautiful quilt!

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  12. Events like this really do force us to stay productive. I love the variety of your work!

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