Community sewing day - April 2019

Our April community sewing day was one for choosing and making quilt backings, pin basting, working our way through the last of a large donation received last year, and welcoming some new ones ...

From this angle, the 3D features of this quilt top's design is
very apparent, It's a riot of scraps in a restrained palette. 
Dawn has taken it to quilt.

Cool blue churn dashes paired with striped borders - high 
appeal factor! Julie oversaw it's finishing and will quilt it.

This tumbler one-patch top always looked good, but Julie's
addition of the green border lifted it another notch.

Pat has wrangled these variously sized quirky cat blocks
with a calmer blue sashing, and gone back to the wild
for the final border.

Our very generous friend Chris dropped 

in with four completed ‘I Spy’ quilt tops, 

each with its matched binding already 

made up! Thank you so much Chris, 

always lovely to catch up.

Chris always includes a fabulous variety of
fabrics in her I Spy quilts.

This one is all about the owls.

Sue C started a new community quilt - she's making one
of Miriam @sewmiriam's new patterns with these fresh,
bright fabrics, and it will be gorgeous.

Heather took on the task of joining 168 donated
3 1/2" nine patch blocks into the colour wash design t
hat the attached note indicated they were intended for.
That is 1512 individual pieces, finished at 1" ...

Auditioning border (top two) and backing
(bottom) fabrics from the community stash.