Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Pop Stars

A Spider Web quilt has been on my "To Do" list for years. My sewing buddy, Vicki, and I decided to make that our next project for "Sewing Tuesdays". Since we just finished up making playhouses for our grandchildren, we are both ready for some quilty fabric love!
Kathy Doughty's instructions will be our guide.
Our webs will be made with 1.5 inch strips so I dug through the ones that I've been accumulating from other projects and pulled the bright ones. Today, I'm adding more strips cut from my fabric stash. Since I store my stash in drawers by color, it is easy to pull out a drawer and choose the fabrics I'd like to add to the quilt.
When Vicki and I sew together, I usually get out my lovely featherweight Singer and park her on the dining table. (Looks like she could use a dusting!!)
Vicki sews on a Pfaff which is very portable, as well.
I'm loving the look of Vicki's beginnings of a web! Using a stash of reproduction fabrics that she collected several years ago for the strips, she is adding a large red dot which will be the stars in the design. The spots really brings a modern balance to the traditional look of the strips.
For the stars in my quilt, I chose a bright red floral called Gypsy Girl by Lily Ashbury. The selvage notes 16 colors in the design. That's good, since I'll be using tons of colorful strips to make the webs!
We have agreed to only sew on our quilts when we can do it together so we will probably be working on them all through the winter months. They will add some cheer to the drab cold days ahead.
I can already tell that making these blocks is like eating potato chips...it's hard to stop at just a few! Our next sewing day can't come soon enough!

21 comments:

  1. I love your friendship sewing projects! These will be gorgeous! Lucky you and Vicki!!!

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  2. You've both chosen such wonderful fabrics for the centres! So bright and pretty! How fun to make them together :)

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  3. Oh yes! That one has been on my to-do list to! From Material Obsession as well. Looks like so much fun!

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  4. I love the gypsy girl line--I'm using a few of those prints in my craft room/office and I just love the bright colors!! You are off to a great start!!

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  5. String quilts are one of my favorites!

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  6. You are both going to have such beautiful, yet different quilts Carla! This looks like a fun pattern to make together! Those spots 'pop' and you are a 'star'!!!

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  7. Oh I do love these blocks. You can practice for Rene's : ) How fun to sew with a friend

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  8. Yep, they're addictive little suckers! Have fun with them. :-)

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  9. Yum-a-licious for sure!! Looks to me like you two are having a lot of fun with these.

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  10. This looks like so much fun - am off to find the book! And I envy your sewing buddy - most of mine are still working :(

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  11. This is lovely, Carla! The red is stunning!

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  12. What fun! What fun! Going to be gorgeous!

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  13. Love a spidersweb quilt and yours is going to be lush, i've no doubt.

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  14. Love, love, love your block! Your star fabric is a feast for the eyes. It is going to be wonderful and you are right super fun to work on in the colder months.

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  15. Wow would I love to be your sewing buddy . . . it looks like you two have a great time and your block is fantastic. Looks like my own bucket list of quilts just keeps getting bigger when I see things like this.

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  16. Oh so fun and lovely colors. I had a dear friend to sew with but she moved back to Nova Scotia and I miss all the fun we had sewing together.

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  17. Really, really neat, Carla! Not only that you've picked such a fun block to sew - one I too have thought I'd like to make, and now that I've made René's for her, want to do more! - but that you're sharing sewing time with a friend. Oh, it's difficult not to be envious! How nice it would be to regularly hang out with someone who's like-minded. You two are sharing a very special friendship, and I hope you WILL continue to do that in the months ahead. You've certainly got some wonderful sewing, and life-experiences, to share.

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  18. What a lovely project to do with a friend! Spiders web quilt is on my backburner as well :)

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  19. I'm totally envious of having a sewing day partner! And these blocks will be lovely.

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