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Classic Maple Leaf Sampler Block

Posted by The Eleanor Sew Sampler Quilter Blog on December 02, 2021

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The Quilting Connection

As a little girl, one of my hated daily chores after school was stitching a straight line into a Rag Quilt. My mother sewed our clothes and every winter she would make a Rag Quilt from left over fabrics. The top, cotton batting and backing layers, stretched across, and tacked to a make-shift wooden quilt frame, supported by chairs would occupy the entire room until fully quilted. There were six daughters and we all had to contribute so many lines of quilting, every day after school. Later in life, about mid 1970s I developed an interest in Hand Quilting and never stopped. Mostly I am drawn to Hand Quilting, and this kept me connected to my mother. Finally, now, I am learning to navigate Sewing Machine Quilting. I have found so much enjoyment in all things quilting and hope to share the things that I have learned over the years about quilting.

Mid's Double Axe Colors

Two of Mid's Four Patches Mid's Four Patch Mid's Four Patch

Friendship Knot Quilt - We have an update already!

We started on the Friendship Knot quilt this week. It is not coming across so friendly at this point, but I believe it will be fine once we work out the pattern kinks. Today we reached an impasse with cutting the curved blocks. Quilters should be hesitant to purchase new gadgets because they are not always as helpful as they seem. I am hoping that my oval ruler will be useful in marking and cutting. I purchased this ruler a couple of years ago for another project which I have not completed yet. I might need a class just to understand how it works! In the meantime, I am going to use an old school solution. Cardboard! Templates from sturdy cardboard will work just fine and at least I can get going with cutting the squares.

Friendship Knot Quilt

Mid and I will be starting a new quilt next Monday. We have decided to work on two quilts per year with the goal of completing them both fully. The Friendship quilt will be interesting because of the curved pieces but overall, it does not appear to be complicated. The fabric colors are different than colors that we have used in the past, but we are branching out with this one. The pattern for this quilt is by Marlous Design and the fabrics are Stonehenge Graduations. I love quilting with my sister!

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Classic Maple Leaf Sampler Block

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