a stitch in time

So now work starts in earnest on the new quilt. Various pieces of material are laid out neatly in readiness on the cutting table - big squares, little squares, triangles and rectangles.

The first task is to assemble the smaller squares into blocks.

piecing it together

The pieces of fabric have now been washed. The next step is to organise them into neat piles ready for cutting and assembly.

sew in love

Dear Sheddists,

I know many of you reading this blog will either have received or been a member of a family that has received one of my dear wife's amazing quilts.

Quilting has been part of her life for so many years.  Indeed, when a significant birthday milestone was reached a few years ago, we celebrated by visiting the Amish community in Pennsylvania, famed the world over for their fantastic quilting skills.

Click on this link for a short piece I wrote at the time.  It describes an enthralling Amish Quilt Auction held annually in Strasburg, Pennsylvania to raise funds for their local fire-station.  Needless to say, my wife contributed one of the quilts for sale.

Her charitable activity on the quilting front doesn't stop there. She's a volunteer with Project Linus UK a charity that provides home-made quilts and knitted blankets to comfort sick and traumatised babies, children and teenagers.

So what do we find here, hanging on our familial washing line. No, it's not a collection of exotic lingerie, perish the thought, it's my Christmas present to my dear wife.  A patchwork quilt kit she will be putting together over the next few months.  

I hope to bring you up-dates as the quilt progresses but in the meantime I would like to dedicate this post to my wife, a fantastic lady with whom I very much remain 'sew in love'!

Yours as ever,

electrofried(mr)

she's like a rainbow