Friday Funday

 Today is Weyburn’s Quilt Show!

It been three years

 so 

we are excited to see all the quilters again! 

They have a TON of Covid quilts 

To come check out! 

I thought we would take a week off from the QAL

Everyone is clipping right along! 

So fun to see the same quilt in all different Colors! 

Can’t wait to see these finished! 

Wouldn’t it be fun to feature these 

At 

The Block Party Quilt show 

On

 May 28,2022! 

Let me know if you’re interested! 

They are all so pretty and unique! 

Hope our stitches can cross this weekend! 

Chrusta 

Border Brigade

I have to say you peeps are speedy!

Look at this awesome quilt by Leona Tessier! 

 

She made hers with Bliss Wideback 

by 

@Northcottfabrics

What a difference a border makes! 

Love how she made her own design for her border!

Some of you have some blocks together!

The setting triangles are pretty simple to do! 

Before  you know it….. 

You are ready to hit the borders

(If your not… that’s ok)

The zigzag border is made up of the triangles 

If you don’t nip the 1/4” dog ears

 like 

it suggests in the pattern…

Then just be sure to hang your points off by 1/4”

I like to starch these when pressing 

because 

of all the bias and stretch

They tend to want to curve….

At least mine do! 

I love how the border strips are long enough 

when 

using Widebacks 

You don’t have to piece any strips! 

Add all your borders and Voila!!

Stars in the Valley

If you have any questions 

Or

Run into any snags, don’t hesitate to ask for help! 

Can’t wait to see some more finished Stars!! 

This weekend was our third storm weekend in a row. 

Over a 100 power poles snapped 

under the weight of heavy wet snow 

And

Super high winds. 

We were lucky as most came as rain 

But 

we did lose power on Saturday night! 

Good thing I sewed all day! 

We are lucky as we have a tractor run generator 

But at the price of fuel

 it’s a good thing it’s not too cold! 

We will run it only when we need to water cows

And 

Warm the house! 

Might be a few days before the power is restored.

Stay safe. Stay warm! 

Christa 

Blocks Are Coming Together!!

I hope everyone had a great Easter! 

Our Easter supper was a little more special this year! 

This gorgeous cake 

from 

Something Sweet by Fadiah

Appeared at our house! 

Fadiah is such a talent hidden in our little town of Torquay! 

She makes treats and cakes that are too beautiful to eat

but

taste as fabulous as they look! 

Not a piece left!!

Check her out! 

I can not say enough about the talent that Fadiah is! 

Super high quality ingredients 

and

 stunningly beautiful works of art!

Confession....

She also sent some bunny bait 

but

 I gave one to a friend and I ate the other one.

IT....WAS.....DELICIOUS! 

Aaaannyways...

On the QAL front....

WOW...WOW...WOW

You guys are zipping right along! 

I am loving all the different color combos!

This one is by Deb Giroux

This one is by Tracey Holzer

There are some others, I can not wait to share with you!

You guys are amazing! 

With all our block components complete...

It's time to start assembling the big blocks!

But don't do this....

Do THIS...

And THIS....

To create THIS!!!

About the only tip I have for this part is to pin through the points..

To ensure a perfect junction point...

Not perfect... but not cut off!!!

But in saying that....

I still have some points that got rounded off! 

It sounds like it is going to be a sewing weekend again 

with

ANOTHER storm coming our way. 

Here's hoping they are wrong this time!

Keep up the fabulous stitching

We are on the homeward stretch now! 

Happy Friday!

Christa 

 

Step 3 - Center Blocks of Stars in the Valley QAL

This has been a great time to have a QAL 

when 

you live in the North Pole 

(Ok ...Canada)

and

there is a 3 day long blizzard!

It really piled up out there

but 

the cows pulled through with plenty of bedding!

My son, Jeremy's dog Diesel has been BORED out of him mind.

He normally is outside so this small elephant of a dog

has

taken to the couch for the last few days. 

We are on to step three - The centers of our blocks! 

You will need your 6 1/2" background squares

and

3 1/2" colored squares

I am using blue Bliss wideback by @northcottfabrics 

and

Diamond Dots wideback by @wilmingtonprints

These will be square in a square blocks. 

A little tip I got from a friend for keeping your iron board clean

and

getting crisp seams was to put a piece of freezer paper

with

the wax side down and press on this till it gets worn out. 

I find it makes a world of difference keeping the heat in your blocks

for

crisp pieces! 

Another this notion I love is Diagonal Seam Tape 

by

 @cluckclucksew

 You don't have to draw your lines on your pieces

I thought Sherri at @quiltinglife does a fabulous job showing how to use it! 

Check it out! 

I have a few rolls in stock if anyone needs one !

If you prefer to draw the lines....

No pressure! 

You sew down the center line on each square...

Or stitch corner to corner if you have the tape installed.

Either way works great! 

It's tricky to get pics sometimes as I have a supervisor named Lucy!

She is also dying for attention

and

figures if I am sitting down I should be spending it with her! 

Eventually.... 

You get your first set of corners sewn on the center block! 

I like to take the pieces cut off from the sides

and

sew them together as they are free HST's for another project! 

Do the same to the other side 

 

You will have 13 center blocks! 

It's an easy step! 

After all, it's Easter and most of us are on cooking duty! 

but seriously, I am loving all your participation in this QAL!

The blocks are looking incredible. 

All the color combinations are amazing!

Great Job, Charlene! 

This purple is a wide back by @PBTextiles called Day Dreams.

This navy and the background are two widebacks 

by 

Westrade Textiles

This quilt takes a lot of fabric so it's very efficient to use widebacks!

I loved this meme Leanne created....

There is actually 156 HST's....

so 

it's actually 87.36 years! 

LOL

You are all doing fabulous and I hope you are having fun!

Anyone can join our Facebook page to see the fun!

It is Stars in the Valley QAL

Thanks for the meme, Sylvia! 

I hope everyone had a great Easter with friends and family! 

Nice to get back to some normalcy! 

Now bring on Spring... I am ready! 

Christa