Maggie Makes a Quilt, Part 2

Today I've got more show and tell as to what we accomplished at Maggie Makes a Quilt.

It turns out that Maggie did have a little sewing experience, having made a jumper years ago in Home Ec, so she easily sewed all of the strips for her quilt together before lunch. Matthew (our rector) was our second rookie, using a machine for the first time and he too proved to be an excellent study. 

Because it's easy to either flip a row or sew them out of order, especially in a room full of chatter and distractions, I numbered each row using a piece of painter's tape, which really helped keep our novices on track. No point ripping when you don't have to!

Between the two of them, and with a little help from me, they had a completed quilt top to their credit by day's end. Love this colour combo.

We completed five quilt tops, four in the Bricks pattern, and each was a pretty as the next. The strips for a sixth Bricks are all together and have been taken home by one of our worker bees for final assembly.

Jean's fabrics were very sophisticated, several of which were brought back from South Africa by her daughter a few years ago. This one would have been nice using a coffee coloured solid as well.

Here is one of the two Crossroads quilts that was cut. The richness of the prints isn't coming through very well on this photo, but the flimsy is lovely.

I have to admit that there were several times as I was cutting these squares and inserting those strips that I was questioning the combination of prints that I had, but it turned out beautifully.

The blocks for two the second Crossroads flimsy was also farmed out to be completed by someone at home, which will bring our total to eight. YAY! And all without having to break into Maggie’s band aid supply!

There were suggestions that we do this again and I believe that Maggie Makes a Quilt Day 2.0 will happen some time next spring, which we'll look forward to. There was also a suggestion that our next workshop include wine; not sure what that would do for productivity….M