Chestnut Homestead's Garden

 Hey Readers,

This summer Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts offered a free mystery on her blog and YouTube channel.  She called it her Summer Mystery 2022.  I decided to play along and pulled a lot of grunge fabrics and neutrals to make the quilt.  I added an upper and lower border as I thought it would be more useful if it was a bit longer.  

So with the borders the quilt came out to be 64 x 74.  This is a really nice size for a throw.  I enjoyed the mystery and following her blog.  If you would like to follow it click here.  Will helped me name it and find a verse for the label.  Ed and Katrina have horses and Ed is a lawyer so Will came up with this verse:  

I didn't have a big enough piece for the back so I used this piece of civil war reproduction fabric with a few extra blocks that I made.  

This quilt is going to my brother and his wife in North Carolina.  Hope they enjoy it.

Sew on,

Terry

Sew Good

  Dear Readers,

MQA issued a UFO (UnFinished Object) challenge and my September project was to complete a Friendship Block Quilt from 2014.  It is named Sew Good.  In 2014 the Possum Town Quilters exchanged black and white block in a star pattern.  Everyone use white in the center and signed their names on the blocks.  

I decided to put a black strip around each block and sash it with bright red.  A year or two ago Lauren and I went to the beach and did a shop hop one day.  She helped me find the red and black and we also found a fun print with sewing puns on it.  I fussy cut it up and put a different pun for each cornerstone.  I assembled this at a really fun quilt retreat in Jonesborough, TN.   While I was up there I decided it should have a border of Tula's black and white dot print.  So I purchased enough extra to do the border and a pillow slip.  I also found a fun friendship print for the backing.

I just quilted in the ditch around the stars, but I put quilting words on the sashing and I got brave and tried feathers.  They need work, but I will do the next ones on a true practice piece.  Glad this quilt is for me.  

By the way, Will helps me name the quilts and come up with the Bible verses.  Thought it was fitting that he came up with a sewing pun for the name and Bible verse about sewing.  Thank you Will.  

Sew on,

 Terry