Yesterday was a by too large sewing day, too I'm off to a skillful start on the Marine Corps quilt. As I mentioned inwards yesterday's post, the middle panel gave me a lilliputian flake of trouble. There were nine pocket-size panels too iii larger ones that were to last sewn together alongside sashing. This would accept been easier if the blueprint had included some cutting dimensions, only it did not. I'm suspicious this usage was left out because the panels were already cutting into sizes that would non adapt the necessary measurements. And too then this required some (gasp) math to figure out. The kitties helped me banking concern gibe my figuring.
Smitty did the measuring...
acre Sadie read the instructions.
When nosotros had it this far, they decided naps were inwards order, too left me to create the residuum of it.
After that, I added some other edge inwards guild to teach it to the 21-1/2 x 40-1/2 inches I needed to brand the tulip quilt blueprint operate out.
From there, I could start out to add together borders. There volition last 17 borders inwards all. Two of the borders are pieced rows of Friendship stars, too at that spot volition last 92 of those. When I finished for the day, I had the start iii borders attached.
Looking ahead, the sixth edge is iii inches wide, too I hoped I'd accept plenty of that bluish star cloth to usage it again. Before leaving the sewing room for the day, I pieced together the sixth border. It powerfulness accept a few to a greater extent than seams than I'd similar ordinarily, only it used what remained of that fabric. The extra seams volition disappear 1 time the whole is finished too quilted.
The kitties are calling this the "Purrine Corps" quilt. They intend it is for them.
I'm going to holler it after the Marine Corps motto, "Semper Fidelis," which translates from Latin into "always faithful."
We had a flake of a disaster yesterday morning. When Mike went to opened upward the garage door, he discovered a jump had broken. Even the ii of us working together could non elevator the door open. He contacted a society to come upward create it, too they were Johnny-on-the-spot getting the labor done. He called them around 9:15 a.m., too a guy was hither to create the operate past times 10:00 a.m. It was all finished nearly an sixty minutes too $$$ later.
While I was getting him installed inwards the garage to create the door, I took a flick of our ruby-red leafage maple tree. The ii trees accept lost nearly one-half their leaves now, only you lot tin dismiss run into how vivid ruby-red they are.
This forenoon Sue too I are walking for the start fourth dimension inwards many weeks. I'm hoping we'll run into to a greater extent than autumn leaves along the way. I'll pass the afternoon sewing to a greater extent than borders on the Semper Fidelis quilt. At some point, I'll demand to start piecing the 92 Friendship stars together. With none done...not fifty-fifty whatever cutting...it's sounding a lilliputian forbidding.