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\u00a0<\/p>\nToday, Syd’s Sewing Circle (consisting entirely of Syd and Tina) completed their first quilt project without adult supervision (consisting of Syd’s talented mom)!\u00a0<\/p>\n
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We made an “I Spy” quilt this week while I was off work (another week of cost-saving shutdowns for AE).\u00a0 It’s about 5′ by 5′, and we made it with some fabrics from my stash, and some fat quarters and quarter-yard cuts of cute things we found at Joann.\u00a0 There is also a square (in the lower left corner of this picture) where Tina put together little poems like they have in the wonderful “I Spy” books – we printed them out on that super cool ink-jet paper, and sewed it in just like any other fabric square!\u00a0 Fun!!\u00a0 The backing is flannel, and I did a kind of “self-binding” with a few extra inches of the backing.\u00a0 This went against the “rules” in all of the books, but when I was looking at the quilts I have around my house, I found one where Aunt Kathy had done the same thing.\u00a0 I figured if she could do it, it must be ok, right?\u00a0 Oh, and Mom?\u00a0 Your handstitching on the binding on my bear paw quilt – unbelievable!!\u00a0 I’ve never done any stitching that looks SO PRETTY!\u00a0<\/p>\n
I’m pretty sure most of my quilting went againt the rules too… but hopefully no one will notice.\u00a0 The piecing was fun, but ended up being a bit of an adventure (as far as quilting adventures go…).\u00a0 We pieced it on two different machines – my super awesome Janome, with a special 1\/4″ quilting foot, and Tina’s mom’s Singer Featherweight from the 40’s, with what I thought would work as a 1\/4″ foot.\u00a0 Our 1\/4″ measurements ended up different, so we had to do some improvising in putting together all of the squares!\u00a0 I did also get to use another cool foot and feature on the Janome – I used the whole dual-feel thing when I quilted it.\u00a0 So cool!!!\u00a0<\/p>\n
I learned a valuable lesson, as to why people like those curved safety pins or basting guns or spray adhesive for putting the whole thing together.\u00a0 We used straight pins, and I have a ridiculous number of holes in my fingers now.\u00a0 (Okay, one of them was from stabbing myself with a seam ripper.\u00a0 At least I didn’t get any rotary cutter slices in my hands this time.\u00a0 No one ever accused me of being coordinated.)<\/p>\n
\u00a0Oops.\u00a0 Just realized that it’s totally not square… it folds into a sort of trapezoid shape.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A million thanks to Mom for getting us started on this game (We are having fun!\u00a0 Maybe someday we’ll achieve even half of her expertise!), and for doing the math for me when I called her from the fabric store.\u00a0 Apparently I’ve forgotten all of the geometry and math I ever learned… (except for “trapezoid”).\u00a0<\/p>\n