Come Stitch With Me

Celebrating the event by making Jelly Roll Sizzle, a free pattern download from Fat Quarter Shop.

I used two unrelated, but coordinating, jelly rolls from my stash. The price sticker on one read $19.99 from Tuesday Morning, so you know it’s well-aged! I used every last 2-1/2″ strip from the bundles. Strips not used for blocks went went into the binding. This quilt should finish at twin-size.

Instead of using squares for the stitch and flip corners, I modified the directions to use Deb Tucker’s Corner Pop Ruler – only I round up the square size needed to cut two triangles to the next half inch. Meaning, I’ll cut a 5-1/2″ square instead of the required 5-1/4″ square. Makes it much easier.

And just for fun, I tried the large Folded Corners Ruler from Antler Quilt Design to see if I could use it in a similar fashion to the Corner Pop ruler. Refer to the oversize corner method in the instructions and upsize the cutting squares to the next half inch.

Enjoy the day. Create something beautiful from jelly roll strips. Learn something new.

This quilt will be donated to my guild’s community service for a specific woman’s shelter.

Yesterday, seven people braved flooded streets to sew together at the Peachtree (Midtown) Library. Three of the students had entered blocks for the Block Party exhibit at the June quilt show. I taught the girls how to turn their blocks into pillows with an envelope style closure. We even provided pillow inserts so students could go home with a completed project. The smiles on their faces as they proudly displayed their finished pillows made all the effort to get to the library in the nasty weather worth it.

The teen/adult sewing group was started by Miss Pat some time ago. The group previously met at the Buckhead Library and the YMCA on Moores Mill Road. I helped out by providing notions, fabric and machines. This has expanded into instructional support and teaching since the group began meeting at the Midtown location. Miss Pat, one feisty octogenarian, has mentioned repeatedly that I should think about taking over the group one day “since she’s not going to be around forever.” Now, the library has asked me to fill out a volunteer application so I can go through the process to be able to reserve meeting space on behalf of the sewing group. I did as requested. Now, we’ll see if the library can find one Saturday a month for us to actually meet.

A new passion project

This lovely lady has required a lot more work than originally thought. Sitting in a box untouched for more than two decades certainly didn’t help. Her serial number dates her as a 1934 model from Singer’s 3rd production run. This means she was among the first 30,000 Featherweights Singer produced. The company reportedly made in excess of 2 million units during this model’s production years.

She now has all of her parts – including the school bell. Many thanks to the technicians at the FW Shop who helped troubleshoot the persistent growling issue, folks in FW FB groups who helped source parts, and to the eagle eyes running the SQTM yard sale who saved an unsold FW case for me. It takes a village.