BLOG 333

BLOG 333

 Another week and a couple more Linus quilts are underway. I found some tiny preprinted panels of cats which have been around for years so I thought that it was time for them to go. Spots were chosen in red and black to surround them, to make them bigger. As they don’t yet make a quilt-size top, more fabric was needed to surround them. I chose a bright blue as some of the cats have touches of blue on their backgrounds. This is waiting to be layered ready for quilting!

             Bordered cats

                Cats for Linus

I added a surround to the 9-patch quilt to make that an acceptable size too. This is waiting to be layered ready for quilting!

              9-patch for Linus

When I last went to Chester Ps n Qs, they were holding a 4-corners evening. This is when there are 4 demonstrators and you watch their demonstrations for 15 minutes before the bell rings to move you onto the next corner. They are inspirational and very popular and there is always a variety of techniques to watch. I was reminded of a technique that I haven’t done for a long time, called ‘stack the deck’ and I thought it would be an ideal method for the next Linus quilt. Here’s a brief method.

               4 fabrics

               Iron together

             9” squares

         Cut 1

             Cut 2

               Cut 3

             Label in sequence

And now to shuffle the fabrics: leave shape 1 as it is. On shape 2, take the top fabric and place it at the bottom of the same pile. On shape 3, take 2 fabrics from the top and place them at the bottom of the pile. On shape 4, take 3 fabrics and place them underneath.

              Shape 2

            Shape 3

            Shape 4

 Set up your sewing station with ironing surface alongside and you are ready to sew.  More next week!

            Sewing station