16-patch finished

Front with diagonal quilting.

Back butterflies and a few scraps.

Folded up, showing binding.

Sara

Gratitudes:

"I Am the Bread of Life" sung as communion hymn this morning
Free books for my Kindle
Joe Pye Weed ready to bloom

16-patch getting binding

Not quite finished with the binding because I decided to add a border first.  This photo shows the backing of blue with butterflies, then the back border of pale blue, and then the striped binding being applied.

And here's a part of the front with the border of butterfly fabric.

Sara

Gratitudes:

Sleeping late because today was a "free" day
Exciting thunderstorm this afternoon
Hamburgers with fresh tomato and cucumber for salad

Charlie's birthday

Lunch at Marco's with Ray and Dianne.  We had lobster rolls and thought about previous trips to Maine.

Dinner provided by Peter and Lynne at Meijer Gardens as we awaited an outdoor concert by Garrison Keillor.

And this shows you that he is really a "radio" man.  He frequently turned his back to the audience and kept singing or talking.  He doesn't "play" to the crowd except during the "News from Lake Wobegon".

We had a VERY enjoyable time on a lovely evening of good weather.

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Earlier I finished the quilting on the 16-patch quilt made from a Moda Layer Cake.

Tomorrow:  the binding.

Sara

Gratitudes:

THREE meals out!

Starting a walking program: today 17 minutes

Day old cherry tart from a new bakery

Blocks done

Today I finished making all the pieces of the layer cake into blocks.

However I lost one of them!  Where is that 40th block? Hmm.  Must be time to clean up the sewing room.

Sara

Gratitudes:

Lots of blueberries for breakfast
Sitting on the porch with a breeze and a view of the lake
Enjoying a new to me mystery writer,  Louise Penny

More 16-patches

Blocks made yesterday and today.  I'm more inspired by these fabrics and this project than I am with anything else that's lying around trying to make me feel guilty.

Sara

Gratitudes:

Verlander got another win for the Tigers
Cardinals on TV tonight
Went to church and the Rector announced, "No sermon today."

Making four 16-patch blocks at a time

So here are the details.
I choose four of the ten inch square fabrics from the Layer Cake and carefully stack them: right side up, right side down, right side up, right side down.

Then I cut them into 2.5" slices.

I sew two sets of each of these pairs together,  and then I re-arrange the other strips so each fabric is matched with a different fabric than the first set.  See below how the two red strips are matched once with the two green and once with the two purple.  This will give me different final checkerboards instead of two that are the same.

I sew the matching pairs of strips into four Rail Fence blocks and press.

Next, slice the Rail Fence blocks into four 2.5" strips perpendicularly.  Flip every other one top to bottom.

Sew each set together and press again.

There they are;  four at once!  And each one is a different pairing of fabrics.

Sara

Gratitudes:

Fresh raspberries and blueberries for breakfast
A dry day, and the humidity not too bad either
Charlie baking cookies to send to our camper