Pineberry quilt, continued

 My grand daughter Lucy is doing such a great job at making her Pineberry blocks! She doesn't even look at the pattern anymore, she just puts all the pieces together.  

Block number 5 made, many more to go! 

I pick up Lucy after middle school, once or twice a week.  She gets to choose some treats and a drink out of the mini fridge downstairs. She makes sure to keep the food and drink away from her sewing station because I told her of some of my misfortunes, lol!

Lucy said that these strawberries look like candy!  Last night, her parents were over and Lucy was showing them her wineberries on the design wall and which ones were her favorites.  She then showed them the sewing pouch I made for her and all the sewing goodies inside.  I'll have to show you that on my next post :)

I work on my own sewing projects while Lucy sews, it's great to have her company!  My husband and I drove Lucy home on the golf cart, I let Lucy sit in the front.  We found an empty parking lot and let Lucy drive to her hearts content, about 20 minutes.  She practiced parking between the white lines and used the camera and mirrors to back up. She drove around and around the parking lot and then we had to take her home.  

Thank you for following along, I will see you next week!

Pineberry quilt

My grand daughter Lucy asked me to teach her how to make a quilt. I showed her a bunch of patterns and she chose Pineberry, a cute quilt designed by Lindsey of Pen and Paper Designs. I love this quilt so I thought it was a good choice. Then I started thinking about it....this quilt is going to take a year to complete!  Also, it's for advanced beginner!!!  Lucy will be 12 years old in a week and her fingers are very liable, she's able to do very fine little things.  She also has the mind of an engineer, so putting all those pieces together is an enjoyable challenge for her.

Lucy finished her first block! the colors aren't that true on the computer but you get the idea.  She chose all the fabrics herself.

I've got a pretty good selection of fabric for her to choose from! 😂

Lucy also cut all the pineberry pieces out herself, with a rotary cutter! 😳 She did very well and was very safety conscious.  

Now Lucy has finished two blocks!  We found out that it takes a little over an hour to make one block. This past week, we listened to Benson Boone sing while we sewed. Mystical, Magical!

School is starting up this week, and it's Mountain Biking season.  Lucy will be going to middle school this year, she is in 7th grade. It will be challenging finding time to sew but I'm sure that we can make it work. I'll keep you updated on Lucy's progress.  I'm considering sewing some of the flowers and leaves to help her out.

 

The Pineberry quilt along

 

I just love all of Lindsey's quilt patterns from Pen and Paper Patterns.

Her designs are modern and simplistic.

I'm joining the Pineberry quilt along.  I'm using the same background as is shown in the photo below.  I think it's called Kona Desert Sand.

I went shopping at a couple of local quilt shops to find these fat quarters.  I'm so excited to make this quilt, I just hope that I can keep up with the schedule.  That's part of the fun of a quilt along, is being at the same speed as everyone else.

All of the pieces are cut out and labeled. I use the alpha bitties (I have about 7 sets) from Fat Quarter Shop, and Clover clips.

I'm so excited and will show you my progress.  I have about 5 quilts going right now.  It's much more exciting than working on just one quilt at a time :)  

Have a great week!