It may be steamy outside, but it’s nice and cool in my basement sewing studio!
Here, I’m adding borders to the bug fusible grid project we had in the Block Party (kids’ exhibit) booth at the quilt show. The finished quilt will measure 37″ x 43″ – large enough to donate to DFACS as a baby/toddler quilt. I found the bug border fabric during my bee group’s monthly sew day at Tiny Stitches. There was absolutely no question that it was coming home with me. This quilt is going to be so stinking cute!
The more I look at the quilt top, the more I want to add a third border to make it “sort of” fit the Fibonacci number patterns for quilt borders It would mean a 2-1/2″ medium green border to frame everything. Binding will the black check (already made borrowed taken from another project).
Miss Carmella (my Singer 301A) was happy to be out on my cutting table. She definitely let me know how she felt about being packed away for a few months! A little TLC (and a new bobbin winder tire) improved her mood immensely. Of all my vintage machines, she’s definitely my favorite for piecing quilt blocks. Learning the sweet spot for the scant 1/4″ seam seam has been a bit of a challenge as I like to sew with a 1/4″ foot with a flange and adjust my needle position, which I can’t do on this vintage straight stitch only sewing machine.
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