Palm Sunday, 2021

A powerful message - the why of Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday.

On to My Stay at Home Round Robin

 Haven't given up - just way behind.  But I'm plugging away at this one:

I'm combining rounds 4 and 5.  I have the two side borders cut.  In the meantime, I'll be thinking of how I can incorporate log cabins which is round 6.  It's 25" x 31" now.  I'm trying to keep it wall hanging size.

This is all happening at Gail's blog  Go see all those that are way farther along than mine. They're a treat.

My Day at Dust Off a Quilt Book Blog Hop.

 It's here! The blog hop started Monday, and today is my day for posting the book I chose and the project.  Thank you Bea at BeaQuilter.com .  You'll find all the participants listed there.  This is my second time 

joining this fun hop.  Since I have over 200 books, time to start using them.  This year I picked

This is not an old book. Published in 2006.  I bought this book because of the quilt on the cover. I saw a quilt made and published by Bonnie Hunter in her String Fling book.  Here's the one:

and thought it looked enough like the lily in Bonnie's. So I thought I would make a sample block into a table topper and see if I liked it. 

I've already put it to use in the living room.

Here's the back after I quilted it and before binding. I'm going to bring the back fabric to the front and bind it that way. I usually do all my wall hangings and table toppers that way unless I make them reversible.

This was an interesting project and I learned a lot.  First I got to practice paper piecing - not my favorite piecing technique. I also practiced making bias stems and string blocks. In putting the block units together I figured out a way to keep seams facing the direction they should while sewing. Here's what I mean: 

   There were a lot of seams to keep track of. It would have taken a heck of a lot of pins to keep them correct.

After some thinking, I decided to lay the units right sides together and then pin a piece of paper to the string unit.

Turning it over, I sewed the seam from the flower unit side so I would be sure those seams laid straight.

Then I folder the paper over the seam to crease it and make it easier to remove. 

The block finished at 15" square.  I'm glad I made it because it taught me several things. The main thing is that I don't want to make this quilt any more. Way too much work. But then Bonnie's pattern might be easier to make those lilies. It could be a leader and ender project. Also, this book was a surprise. 

The subtitle is Quilting with Treasured Fabrics. It shows you how to use repurposed fabrics from clothes you own - such as wedding and bridesmaid's dresses, late grandmother's day dresses, old flannel shirts, dress shirts,  and men's ties. There were two quilt examples of each type of recycled garments. I found the uses creative and colorful.  So is there someone out there who'd like to have this book now?  Free to whoever wants it for the $3.50 price of shipping.  If more want it, I'll have a drawing.

Be sure to visit all the other blog hoppers.  Thanks for coming by! Blessings,