Friday, April 26, 2019

Fr. Chris's Quilt - Cactus Patch #1

Fr. Chris chose Cactus Patch by Bonnie Hunter found in her Scraps and Shirttails book.




Fr. Chris likes to surround himself with lots of bright colors!

A road trip to Whittles in search of fabric yielded these fabrics which I believe will work perfectly.



He requested a larger quilt to fit his queen size bed, so I've done some math and have a plan.  



To make my guestimated 25 blocks for the quilt center I will need

100 string blocks

500 HST blocks
I need to get busy!  I went to Staples and had them cut my phone book pages down to size.





Last Wednesday was my sit and sew with the girls at the library so I grabbed my Featherweight, cut phonebook pages and a bunch of strings and got to work.


The paper is just a guideline.  The strips are cut a bit longer than needed and then trimmed down after the paper is covered.  The paper acts as a stabilizer and will be torn off when I sew them into the blocks.


Several hours of sewing and chatting.... 10 down 90+ to go!

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