Come Stitch With Me

Due to a special event happening in downtown Carrollton this weekend, all of the parking spaces in the lot by the Southeastern Quilt and Textile Museum have been taken over by the city until noon on Saturday. Class on Saturday 9/26 has been canceled. I’ve spoken with Amy, SQTM director, about some alternate dates for the class. Hopefully, one of the three proposed dates will work for the majority of students.

The good news: In addition to the make-up class TBD, I was invited teach another sewing machine maintenance class in Spring 2027. Those dates should be confirmed in the near future.

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.