Tuesday 13 August 2013

WHAT ELSE CAN WE MAKE ON QUILTING DAYS? JULY 2013



During all the chatter on Day 1 the subject of Rag Quilts came up and we both decided we would like to make one.  This is could be another project on monthly quilting days after our BOM is done.  So in the weeks that followed I googled Rag Quilts and came up with a rough pattern.   Working out how much we needed really exercised the brain cells but we had plan.

Then Lincraft had a sale!!  Here was our chance, so off we went to see what we could find.  Another quite stressful occasion standing in the store pulling out rolls of material trying to find 5 different fabrics that went together and of course... we found 6!   Time to recalculate, out come the phones to add subtract and multiply.  We shared 5 fabrics and then included one of our own choosing to make our quilts a little different but decided we would share at least one square from our own choice in each quilt. See this quilting is really good for the brain.




















 We gathered up all our purchases and set off home.  “Why don’t we start today?”  OK why not?  So we had an extra quilting day cutting out our squares.  I actually thought this project would last for a couple of months at least but it’s not looking that way!! These quilting days are such good fun.



Rag quilts are quite easy to do and after BOM 2 and over the next couple of weeks we each worked on our quilts and had them completed in no time.  Laying out the squares to decide on the pattern was probably the hardest part after choosing fabrics that is.  















So much for a project to work on after BOM on quilting day. We are both very happy with our efforts and are looking into the next project.  This time each one will be totally different.




Lynne's First Rag Quilt




Pam's First Rag Quilt


Pam and Lynne




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