Birthday Swap 2020/2021
05-31-2020, 04:54 PM
#411
Super Member
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: North Idaho
Posts: 1,687
I considered myself a math geek in highschool, but then my math progression hit some glass ceiling and was further stunted from growth after graduation. I cannot even imagine rewriting patterns using a 3/8 seam allowance. 1/2 inch maybe....thats a bit more logical to calculate, but 3/8 makes my head hurt! 
06-02-2020, 06:05 AM
#414
Super Member
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: South Dakota
Posts: 8,136
My candies are going in the mail today.
I still have not opened my Bday candies, they are all in a tote sitting in my sewing room. It brings a smile to my face to see the packages, I already know what I want to do with them, but need to get another project done first.
I still have not opened my Bday candies, they are all in a tote sitting in my sewing room. It brings a smile to my face to see the packages, I already know what I want to do with them, but need to get another project done first.
06-02-2020, 07:17 AM
#415
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: SW Michigan
Posts: 487
Yup, fellow accountant here! 
I had a friend when our girls were in preschool who talked me into a sewing class -- my mother was not a sewer so I had never even seen a sewing machine before! Took the class and then made matching dresses for my girls. And after three uses they outgrew them! In my logical mind that was a waste of my time and fabric. So I started making quilts! With the girls growing up I didn't have much time to sew so I made probably two items a year and then they started going to college and I had time to learn more about this wonderful craft and started joining swaps here which pushed my out of my comfort zone.
I had a friend when our girls were in preschool who talked me into a sewing class -- my mother was not a sewer so I had never even seen a sewing machine before! Took the class and then made matching dresses for my girls. And after three uses they outgrew them! In my logical mind that was a waste of my time and fabric. So I started making quilts! With the girls growing up I didn't have much time to sew so I made probably two items a year and then they started going to college and I had time to learn more about this wonderful craft and started joining swaps here which pushed my out of my comfort zone.
06-02-2020, 03:02 PM
#418
Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: In the Midwest
Posts: 240
Lucky 7. Seven more envelopes have arrived. Thank you:
barbarakibler23
Gaijin
hav4boys
Irish Mom
lum
Tinas3
Wesing
I know three more are on on their way. One week to go. Stay safe.
First 4 envelopes noted in post #387
Next 7 envelopes noted in post #403
barbarakibler23
Gaijin
hav4boys
Irish Mom
lum
Tinas3
Wesing
I know three more are on on their way. One week to go. Stay safe.
First 4 envelopes noted in post #387
Next 7 envelopes noted in post #403
06-02-2020, 06:04 PM
#420
Super Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: South Lyon, MI
Posts: 2,758
Originally Posted by IrishMom
Hav4boys - -that's dramatic! I love it!
So, I thought I would share what I made yesterday - it is the opposite of 2.5 squares. I was looking to make a quilt for my daughter's friend who is getting married next month. She just graduated from Notre Dame but ND doesn't have licensed fabric. Before all the covid I went into the outlet and bought gold cotton napkins with the university seal in the middle. It's rather subtle and you can't see it in the picture, but it's cool. I then added the school colors of navy and green with the light blue being a contrast and cream with gold words to match the napkin.
It's from a book called "Sew One and You're Done" by Evelyn Sloppy. The author took what would be a complex block and enlarges it so one block makes the quilt. It is genius! The look of the finished project is complex, but it wasn't. I cut and put together the top in one day. The final project is 56 inches x 56 inches - I'm going to add a border and make it five feet square. To give you an idea of size the long rectangles are 4.5 x 24.5 inches. I think the Boom people will like this.
Now all I have to do is quilt it. I think the larger areas would be great for ruler quilting, but she has lusted over my daughters quilt at school with a minky backing so I think I will go with large meandering.
So, I thought I would share what I made yesterday - it is the opposite of 2.5 squares. I was looking to make a quilt for my daughter's friend who is getting married next month. She just graduated from Notre Dame but ND doesn't have licensed fabric. Before all the covid I went into the outlet and bought gold cotton napkins with the university seal in the middle. It's rather subtle and you can't see it in the picture, but it's cool. I then added the school colors of navy and green with the light blue being a contrast and cream with gold words to match the napkin.
It's from a book called "Sew One and You're Done" by Evelyn Sloppy. The author took what would be a complex block and enlarges it so one block makes the quilt. It is genius! The look of the finished project is complex, but it wasn't. I cut and put together the top in one day. The final project is 56 inches x 56 inches - I'm going to add a border and make it five feet square. To give you an idea of size the long rectangles are 4.5 x 24.5 inches. I think the Boom people will like this.
Now all I have to do is quilt it. I think the larger areas would be great for ruler quilting, but she has lusted over my daughters quilt at school with a minky backing so I think I will go with large meandering.
Very cool!
