Sisters Quilting

I recently took a short trip to North Carolina. The weather was perfect for traveling and I very much enjoyed spending time with family.

One of the highlights of my trip was spending the entire day quilting with my sister Mildred. We both love to quilt! I got to try her two fabulous sewing machines, Bernina, and Juki! We shared our respective quilting tools and tips. Rotary cutting the blocks took a good bit of time. These are machine pieced blocks and cutting accuracy is key.

After looking through a bunch of block patterns, Mid decided that she would make the Navajo and I decided on the Maple Leaf, 12-inches finished blocks. Both blocks look much easier to make than they are. I made a mistake on my Maple Leaf block, so I put it aside and we both focused on machine piecing the Navajo block. After putting the seam rippers to use, picking out a couple of sections, we finally were able to lay the pieces together correctly.

It was a wonderful quilting day. Mid finished her Navajo block the next morning. My Maple Leaf is still waiting though.

                                                     Mid's Navajo Sampler Block