HALF A STAR

I worked on the Star Storm some more today.

I accidently folded the paper pattern wrong and trimmed number three wrong.  I didn't figure that out until I was doing number four. 

Luckily for me, it was just a matter of sewing the cut off part back on.  It worked great. 

Half done.

BIG STAR

I started making Victoria Findlay Wolfe's pattern Star Storm.

I cut out the strips today and then sorted them.  Each one gets a different number and letter. 

Then I moved them to Eduard because I'll need that table to trim the big sections and sewed up a couple of the sections.

VALENTINE

I had order a charm pack of Valentine fabrics a little while ago.  They arrived yesterday and today I sewed them together to make this really bad tablerunner.  I thought I was going to do something with a little more style, but I just wanted to get it done and not spend time on it, so it's just squares.

Actually, I had to quilt it on my new Bernina 770 because I had loaded the back of Trinkets Six onto Eduard and it's still there, waiting for batting.  The machine did great, so did the walking foot.

I don't know why it ruffled.  It might help if I ironed it.  But I don't like it. 

It's too.....too garish.

Here it is all pinned and ready to quilt.  Haven't done that in a while.

END OF THE WEEK

Here it is Sunday again.

We went for a walk in Lincoln Park and were entertained by a hungry squirrel who got very close to the dogs while begging for peanuts.

Then back in the studio, I loaded the backing for Trinket Six onto the machine, and then realized I didn't have a batting that would fit.

With nothing further to do, I did Bryan House Quilts project of making a personal color wheel.  It was very fun and educational.  I'll finish it when I have more time, adding tints and shades.  Right now, I'm off to my drawing class at Daniel Smith (where we've been talking about color). 

BEGONIA MONTH TWO

Here is the second installment of Seattle Modern Quilt Guild's Block of the Month for 2019.

It's basically a bunch of half-square-triangle squares and we are making them eight at a time.  Easy-peasy.  I like it.  You put two 8" squares together, then make a diagonal X on the back, sew a quarter inch on each side, then cut on the lines and also in the other two directions to make eight squares.

Then you square them down to 3-1/2" squares.  

WOMENS MARCH 2019

Some of the things we saw along the way... 

[most of these photos were taken by Darrell]

Afterward, we had a nice lunch in the Center House Armory at the Skillet Counter. 

BEGONIA BLOCK OF THE MONTH

Seattle Modern Quilt Guild's block of the month for 2019 is called the Begonia quilt.  It's going to be mostly half-square-triangle squares.

First month's assignment is to pick fabrics and make the center.

I'm using the fabric I got at the recent Love of Stitching meeting the CQA guild arranged that got the CQA the SeaMQG and the Seattle SAQA together for an afternoon.  It was fun.  We traded fabrics at the end.

This yard of fabric is definitely not something I would have bought on my own.  But it's going to be a great jumping off point for this project.

Wow, right?

Here's my ten fabrics and my Swatch Panel to keep them straight.

And then here's the first month's assignment, the center square and a few small square-in-a-square blocks to be saved for later.  

The fabric used for that bigger center square was directional, so I cut it into four triangles and sewed them together in such a way as to make them more uni-directional (is that a word?), more bud-like (as in, the center of the flower).

The main fabric for this project, the dark purple, is a Kona called Regal.  I love it.

STAR WARS INTERLUDE

We were quietly have our usual lunch at Coastline Burgers in the West Seattle Junction, when in rolled R2D2.  He was beeping and squeaking, as he's known to do, apparently ordering burgers.  The staff seemed to give him deferential treatment until he got his bag of cheeseburgers and left.