Still trying to catch up on my old projects.

July 4, 2014

        July 4, 2014

Four years ago, a friend who works at 

Superstore gave me her work shirts. I cut

them up, put in a bag, put them away for 

another day. June 16, 2014, I dug them 

out. I had four 9 1/2” x 12’ and all the rest 

were 5 inch squares. Fortunately every 

fabric I needed was in my old stash. The 

shirt fabrics were knit, polyester, vinyl 

decals, and my cotton. I had no idea 

how this would turn out, I didn’t have a 

pattern. I did the math, put the pieces on 

the floor, moved them around, this is the

final result. 

The Fabrics. Red and white from Circle of 

Friends. Black from The Quilters Stash, a 

Christmas gift from Matthew Holmwood, 

and the light grey Fairy Frost. Fusible 

stabilizer, backing and the moss green 

sashing came from Fabricland. This is a 

Thunder Bay Quilt. 

The new colours for The Real Canadian 

Superstore are white and light blue. This 

quilt took two weeks to complete. I enjoyed 

making it because it was challenge.

I like the children's charity block. I couldn't sew on the vinyl, the colour was rubbing off.

For you, my dear friend Denise. Love you,

                                 June 2014        Baby Isbel's Quilt

February I bought a panel for a baby quilt. I had planned to practice free motion quilting, but the ‘A’ board blew in my Janome Horizon machine. I was making this for Isabel Hawryluk’s grand daughter, Isabel, and she was getting old fast. So here is what I did. First, I made a quilt sandwich, using spray adhesive to baste the layers together. Next I quilted on the grid, following the lines I made with chalk and a ruler.I made a pillow case with the left over fabrics. When I was finished it was one on the few times I didn’t have any fabrics left over. This quilt is for Grandma to have at her house when Little Isabel comes to visit.