I finished up ALL of my Churn Dash blocks! :) I have 30 of them for a 5x6 setting. Here are half of the blocks up on the design wall. I will start sewing them together this evening as Richard is working tonight. I'm still not sure what I will use for the border yet.
This is the stack of the other 15 for the bottom half of the quilt.
A couple of days ago while at Walmart shopping for groceries and household supplies I found the clearance isle. I usually don't tend to spend money on things that are not absolutely needed BUT...I couldn't pass these up! I found 2 Fiskars Rotating Cutting Mats for the cost of....
See that sticker???? $2.00!!! I grabbed both of them as fast as I could. LOL! I know that some people do not like them but I had one a few years ago and it worked well for me. These usually run around $30 so I was a really happy girl when I found these.
Along with sewing on my Churn Dash blocks I have pieced over 100 bow tie blocks for the month of February so far! I'm hoping that I can keep up the pace and reach my goal of 1080 3.5" bow tie blocks before the end of the year. I would love to have it pieced and quilted by the end of December but I'm not sure if my scrap basket will hold up until then. :) Most of them are Civil War scraps but not all of them. I am mixing in some fabrics that blend well with them. I'm loving working with these 2" pieces.
Well...I guess I am off. I have a few things to finish up in the house, like laundry before I head up to the sewing room for the night. I am one that loves to stay on schedule and Church was canceled again this morning due to the road conditions. That really messes with my day as I enjoy going to Church. :( I am sooooo ready for SPRING!!!
6 comments:
Would you like some Civil War scraps for your bowties? I can share mine with you from my scrap basket.
whaat??? Now I want to go to WalMart and see if I can find those here?! That's a steal - and I hadn't gotten myself one because of the price! Lucky duck!!!
Just wondering - are you sashing your churn dash blocks?
Great deal you found! Your churn dashes look great. I really need to finish the two on the machine and make 4 more pink ones this month I think. I can't believe how many bow ties you have made this month. I can shoot you some civil war fabrics from my midget bin to help with the bow ties.
LOVE your churndash blocks, Kristie. Going to be a wonderful quilt!
I've gone through two of those Fiskars rotating mats. I think they are wonderful, but the surface doesn't hold up well with intense use. It starts to crack and chip--so it is a good thing that you have two of them, and at that price, why not???
How large of pieces do you need to make your bowties? I can sort through some scraps and see what I have in there that is big enough for you.
What a great find! Your churn dash blocks are going to make a stunning quilt.
Wow...those mats were a bargain! Good job with your churn dash blocks and bowties! Very impressive!!
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