finish my quilt

I have ten blocks left to quilt. Then after that I’ll need to quilt the edges and then hem it. Then it will be done.

I have 13 blocks done. 23 more to go. I am trying to do 1 or 2 blocks a day. My fingers are so sore because I don’t use the thimble unless I absolutely have to and I keep poking the needle into my finger!

I must keep November 19th always in sight!

I devoted all day Thursday to my quilt. I worked on my quilt last night when I got home from a party. I quilted for about two hours today. Now, if I quilt one block each day then I should be done with the quilt by November 19th. Then, after that all I have to do is finish the presentation and get that last paper signed.

Finished sewing the big blocks. Next I pin and sew the rows (four rows of four big blocks apiece) and then sew the rows together. Then the quilt top will be done!

I’ve worked on it this weekend. I need to sew ten more blocks to have a full size quilt. Then sew all those blocks together.

I sewed 15 rows…three blocks tonight! Yay!

I finally sewed four reusable bags. By the end, I was sewing fast and in a straight line! Yay! This makes me happy. That was good practice to give me the confidence I need to do a whole quilt. Next up is a pillow sham…and probably more reusable bags because they are so easy to do and the environment will be thankful.

Whether I this for my project or not, I know this is something I want to do sometime in my life. Now that I know how to use my sewing machine I can do it that way and it will be a lot easier rather than trying to do it by hand.

But have to do something with it now.

when i was in high school i took a quilting class with my mom. the class only lasted about 4 or 5 weeks and seeing that we were learning to hand sew i didnt finish. this was about 6 or 7 years ago and im really close to being finished. i really want to finish it but im kind of stuck. i have 5 pieces or strips of the quilt and im not sure how to put the pieces together. if anyone knows please feel free to share.