I wasn't able to get as much finished as I had planned, but I did pretty well. Thanks for following, I'll see you next week :)
I wasn't able to get as much finished as I had planned, but I did pretty well. Thanks for following, I'll see you next week :)
I did it! I finished my jacket! It was fun using blocks I already had and outlining them with 1 1//2" and 2 1/2" squares. I used selvages, made some economy blocks and my jacket was born. The most difficult part was finishing the inside of the arm sleeve. You go as far as you can from the bottom, then back tack. Then you go inside of the sleeve to the spot where you stopped. It was a little like wrestling a bear.
The jacket is one size fits all, but not quite...I'm tall and have long arms. I would have made the sleeves at least 6" longer. I used a cute Ruby Star fabric with its selvage on the end of the arm so that when the cuff is turned up, you can see it. If I turned up the cuff, I would have a 3/4 length sleeve.Thanks for following, see you next week!
We drove to Road to California together, just a 5 hour drive!
The next day, we went back to the quilt show to enjoy all their beautiful, breathtaking quilts.
This quilt won grand prize, it's mostly needle turn appliqué.
This quilt is incredible! Even the frame is part of the quilt!!!
This is what we bought $$$
We went to Paul's Place for a late lunch. They have the best onion rings I've ever had! I ordered a Patty Melt, it's a hamburger patty with melted cheese and grilled onions, grilled on caraway seed bread. It was soooooo good!!! Not that healthy though....
I'd like to thank Nedra for taking all the photos ❤️❤️❤️
I belong to the Phoenix Modern Quilt Guild and their first meeting in January is always a lot of fun because they have so much information for the new year. I didn't join the block of the month last year in the guild because I wasn't crazy about the block. When I saw everyone's cute quilts, I was really sorry that I hadn't joined. Part of the fun of being in a block of the month, is sharing your blocks and especially sharing your finished quilt in January! It was so much fun seeing everyone's interpretation of the quilt and the colors and prints that they used.
This year's block of the month is titled "Choose Your Own Adventure". Elisabeth Hannafin, one of our guild members, is hosting the block of the month. She gave such a wonderful presentation, and gave us ideas of three quilt layouts we can do, or make our own.
I chose a fat quarter bundle that I've been hoarding for the perfect project since 2011!!! It's called Daisy Cottage, designed by Lori Holt. I think it's the second line she designed after Sew Cherry. Lots of pinks, yellows and grays.
It will be fun to see everyone's progress throughout the year. Our big quilt reveal will be in January 2026!
Have a great week ❤️
I've been spending a lot of time on my quilted jacket. It's very scrappy and it looks like the coat of many colors! Everything I used in the jacket has a special meaning to me.
These are all the pattern pieces. Two sleeves, two fronts, a back and a collar.
That's what I have done so far. My goal is to have the jacket finished by the middle of February, so I can wear it to Quiltcon which is in Phoenix. I hope I won't be embarrassed to wear it, lol!
I'm going to make this pattern, there's a tutorial on Riley Blake you tube. I watched it and all the seams are finished with binding. I also like the collar.
I have wanted to make a quilted jacket for years. I thought it would be fun to make it scrappy and use up some of my orphan blocks.
This beautiful red fabric were leftover from a quilt I made and gifted. I trimmed the pieces and sewed half square triangles and trimmed them again and made this!