Category Archives: Quilting

Grace

Quilting

December 18, 2024

Grace (from Little Handfuls of Scraps by Edyta Sitar)

I had the easy project for the December sewing session with Stacia and Deloise. Having said that, by the end of the day Deloise was pretty much done and Stacia was very close to being finished.

I feel like I’m learning about colours for projects. I generally want to go scrappy but I’ve learned that organized scrappy often is better. In this case it was scraps of blue and neutrals that I used.

I can assure you that I checked and double-checked the pattern. Those long blue lines are not supposed to meet!

Happy Birthday Mum

Knit & Crochet, Quilting

November 30, 2024

I was surprised at how many items I had for donation – maybe not as many as in previous years but I’ve done very little yarn work this year unless it was something Taylor had requested I make.

I used up some yarn bits and made some blankets to go with Ken’s cradles. I sent these out to him early in October to take advantage of Canada Post’s free shipping. The package also included a small project I made several years ago.

I made two baby blankets from leftover yarn. They are both very soft.

I managed a couple of scrappy afghans.

This is the first time I have donated any quilted items. This was made with leftover scraps from another project. It hung in the TV room for a couple of years but I decided it was time for it to be passed on.

All will be donated to the Salvation Army. I’ll be happy if something ends up in one of their Christmas baskets but I’m also okay if I see it for sale in their thrift store.

Gabriella

Quilting
From Little Handfuls of Scraps by Edyta Sitar

November’s sewing project with Stacia and Deloise involved more baskets, although these were much easier to put together than some of the others.

Everything was pieced – no bias tape, no curved edges – so it went together quickly. I started by quilting only the background squares but decided to stitch around the baskets to make them stand out just a bit more.

Forrest

Quilting
from Little Handfuls of Scraps by Edyta Sitar

This was my October project for sewing with Stacia and Deloise. We decided to take two days for sewing this month and it took me most of two days to get the job done.

This wall hanging is one of the larger ones in the book, finishing at approximately 14.5″ by 21.5″ with 159 pieces.