Update on Student Quilts

Open Sew days have been busy in the classroom at "Piecing with Poppers Quilting Center" in spite of the weather and in spite of the sidewalk heaving and the door not opening as a result.  Through it all we have had great parking so the students have been coming to sew.

Some of the now finished tops include the following...

Marie's modified Chinese coins quilt top.  This used almost two complete jelly rolls and additional yardage (approximately 3 yards) for the sashing, borders and binding.  It is displayed sideways on the design wall since the design wall is not wide enough to pin up the top as it will display on a bed.  You can tilt your head sideways to get the correct view!

Carol's blue and white Jacob's Ladder quilt.  She used one jelly roll each of blue solid and white from the Moda Bella Solids line that Sharon is carrying in the shop.  It is a 20 block quilt and is destined for the football field this fall as a lap quilt for her cheerleading granddaughter.

Dottie is machine quilting her Bargello quilt.  She is using a combination of free motion and quilting in the ditch on this quilt.  All quilting is being done on her domestic machine using either the darning foot or the walking foot. She is doing a great job on this, her first machine quilting project!

I have been busy working on this Maze Quilt which is a free pattern I found on line at the Windham Fabrics website.  I am using several charm packets from Quilting Treasures, called Lola Textures and Ombré Dots for the squares as well as a darker blue Moda Marble for the sashing and borders.  All of these products can be found at the shop also.  Although there is a charm packet that I picked up elsewhere recently (and I can't remember where!) also included in the mix.  Unfortunately no stash busting on this project!  The backing will have to take care of that requirement. There are borders still to be applied before it can be declared done, but the bulk of the top is now completed.

There are lots of other projects going on during Open Sew classes. Why not stop by some time and see for yourself?

Join us for an Open Sew session at the classroom at Piecing with Poppers Quilting Center.

Enjoy your Tuesday!  Get your errands done this morning so you can sew this afternoon.  I hear it is going to snow later today, AGAIN!