BLOG 321

BLOG 321

 Just back from the grand-children’s’ Hallowe’en party (note to self: remember to remove your green make-up and wipe the spider’s web from your face!) The little ones get so excited about these occasional family parties, with food, games and the tricks or treats. As a family, we have always enjoyed such get-togethers with lots of silliness and fun. It’s great to see that it continues.

It is more of the same this week, with good progress being made on the Corner Log Cabin quilt. All the blocks have now been quilted. Phew!

             Quilted

The 4 smaller corner triangles were quilted as 2 squares. The reason for this is that the straight grain of fabric at the corners needs to be on the 2 shorter sides. You may be able to see the quilting lines, 2” apart, in black thread going diagonally from NE to SW.

             Black thread

Each square was divided on the opposite diagonal to the quilting lines to create 2 triangles which were eventually trimmed, using a triangular ruler, to the exact size I wanted.

 

                Diagonal cut

This is how each corner triangle will appear in the quilt.

             Corner triangle

The larger triangles around the outside edge were cut separately, with the straight grain of fabric running along the long edge of the triangle. I marked the lines with a grey Berol pencil which was just visible against the busy fabric. The exaggerated size of the triangles for quilting meant that there was plenty to trim off to give me the exact size. The long edge was trimmed first to give me a good straight edge for placing the triangular ruler.

           Ready for quilting

             Trimmed long edge

              Completed triangle

            Triangle in situ

              Completed pieces

I just need to construct the quilt now and that is a good job for these darker evenings now that the growing season is over. The garden is glorious after the long, dry and often sunny days that we have enjoyed this month. Here’s some autumnal garden cheer!

             Autumn 1

            Autumn 2

              Autumn 3

           Autumn 4

           Autumn 5

            Autumn 6