Monday, March 25, 2013

A sew day, A design wall, and FUN!!!

Sunday was a Quilt of Valor sew day - so I took ALL the patriotic blocks and Oh! Man! did we have fun!!

We started out just sticking the blocks to the design walls, and then we all started grabbing 5 that we liked... or some of the overachievers picked all 30 for their quilt top!!!  I LOVED it ( and NO I was not the over achiever!)


Then we all sat down to sew, well except for me - I had the hair brained idea to start making backs for these quilts....    Check out this design wall - COOL huh?

We even got the pastor into sewing.... Just so you know - we figured him out... he acted like he didn't know much about quilting. But when you started asking him questions.... he knew.... I think he was tricky that way... everyone ironed for him, and labeled his blocks for him.... he had a good thing goin' on!!


This was our last design wall for the day - the total count for the day - 17 tops completed, 4 half way done ... 3 backs made ( ya I might talk a little too much -but in my defense they were pieced backs and I had to measure)   24 cupcakes eaten, and one happy birthday song sung....
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8 comments:

Jill said...

What a fun day!!! I can't wait to see pictures of all those quilts!

LizA. said...

Wow--what fun and what a productive day. That's really neat that even the pastor was sewing. As soon as I move and can find stuff again.....I keep seeing things and thinking "that would make a great QOV".......

Ranch Wife said...

That sounds like a banner day! Wow! I'm impressed and 2 thumbs up for getting the pastor to join you!

Terri said...

Sounds like you all had fun! Even the Pastor!!!
Hugs

Missy Shay said...

What a lot of fun ya'll had! How fun that your pastor helped too! Ya'll also got a lot accomplished!

LynneP said...

Loooove what you are doing for the servicemen!!! My oldest son, 22, just left last week for Naval Basic Training. I have a whole new appreciation for our military!
Thank you!

Nancy said...

Nothing beats sewing with a group for a common cause!

Kate said...

Busy day, but you made lots of progress!