A Quilt in The Making

Have you ever wondered how a quilter puts together her/his quilts? What happens in the process? What does the first pieces look like? Well, I am going to answer your questions with the following pictures and hopefully it will encourage you to buy some fabrics (or contact me for some) for your first scrap quilt.

The picture on the top are triangle scraps. I took at square and cut it in half diagonally and then I sew two together and I remade the square. The middle picture is the quilt top that consists of the triangle pieces and the pieces on the bottom, small 2 1/2" squares I sew together to make a nine patch. This is just my kitchen table that I work at, so it takes me some time. Lunch, clean off the sewing stuff. After naps and lunch, pull it back out again. Put it away for dinner.

If hubby is home, I can't use it at all because wherever you look in our home, there are signs that a quilter lives here. Healing boards to be used with rotary cutters, rotary cutters, scissors in all sizes, fabric, thread, binding, batting, I have no special room to sew in, so it gets scattered from the dining room to the closet, to the living room tables, it is sooooooooooooo embarrassing!

You can see my sewing machine, it is a Brother and about 4 years old. I had to buy it after 22 years of having a wonderful Singer that finally the motor just burnt out. I am praying that this machine will last me as long because I use it all of the time.

Next to it, you can see what is known as the Sidewinder, a wonderful invention that allows me to rewind bobbins without having to use my sewing machine and it stores bobbins as well, so if you are like me and have 3 wound bobbins for the beginning of my projects, I highly suggest this item and it cost just under $40.

I hope you have enjoyed a peek into my dining room and seeing how quilts form.

By the way, this quilt is being made for homeless teens in my area. I am adding a special water proof lining with the batting in the hopes I can help to keep them drier and much warmer.

May God Bless all who come here!