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