A "kit" to make a block |
My friend, Martha originated these scraps. She liked giving quilts to graduates, newborns, newlyweds, people living through a loss or an illness. . .in short, she liked giving. A young man, now a college freshman, will receive this quilt. In thinking about him and his family, I began to plan this top. I made blocks until I had no background fabric or strips to sash the four paws into one block.
Considering a border or sashing fabric |
I cut and kitted as many blocks as I could with the scraps. When I was out of background fabric or I didn't have a strip large enough to bisect the blocks, I set that block aside.
At the point that I had stitched all the kitted blocks, I decided I would make a 4 x 5 layout or 20 blocks. Each completed block finishes to 14 inches. I was six blocks short. I needed a background fabric, another print for the "paw" part of the blocks and some more strips to bisect the block.
Auditioning border and sashing possibilities. |
The print fabric that I had on hand didn't move me as a border fabric. I liked the print. It worked well with the theme of the top. I made one bear paw block. I liked it so I made more.
As I finished a block and added it to the design wall, I liked the how a constant alternate block added to the overall interest of the bear paw blocks. so I made a total of ten blocks with the tie fabric.
A layout of the blocks |
Adding the sashing between the blocks |
Sewing the rows together |
Gertie let me know I wouldn't be happy if I didn't rip out the print fabric and restitch the constant block. I did rip it and resew it. I am much happier with the overall appearance of the top after making that change.
Finished Center |
Finished top |
The young man will get a kick out of the fabrics. Last fall, he achieved the rank of Eagle Scout so he knows a bit about camping. When I was shopping for the borders, Gertie saw a great camping flannel which I will use on the back.
This was goal number six on my November list. I'm linking to Cynthia and Oh Scrap/Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework.
Granddaughters after dose one of the COVID vaccine |
Worldwide: 257M cases; 5.14M deaths
United States: 47.7M cases; 770K deaths
Oregon: 384K cases; 4,914 deaths
Our granddaughters received their first dose of the vaccine at the beginning of the week. Other than having a sore arm, they had no other side effects.
At the hospital where I work, last week there were 13 people hospitalized for COVID. Seven were on ventilators. Even though the number of cases continue on a downward trend, there are still many people affected. The media is reporting some areas of the United States seeing an increase in cases.
In Oregon, 70.5 percent of the population has received one dose of the vaccine. The percent of the population that is fully vaccinated is 63.7 percent.
2 comments:
Wow, what a great quilt for a 6 foot guy!!! And the flannel will be wonderful, too! It was a lot of work, but you pulled through with such a beautiful finish!
And btw, my DH and I listened to All the Tea In China and found it very interesting!!!
The flannel quilt looks great!
I’m glad your granddaughters received their first shots. Our family had been looking forward to gathering at my cousin’s home for Thanksgiving, but he sent us a text this morning saying one of his girls had tested positive for covid. His whole family including the teens were fully vaccinated. Hopefully, she will not develop any symptoms. (The kids are tested at their school.) It is still very, very scary though some people seem to be in complete denial.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving with your family.
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