Urban Beads Part 2 & Batiks

Talk about a day of accomplishments!  I was up and moving this morning and before noon I had been to two local quilt shops to pick up quilts that need to be quilted, drop off quilts that were done and was able to accomplish a little shopping for myself!!!  Fabric shops are the absolute best place for a little shopping fix!  See what I got......

I'm not certain what it is I'm going to do with them yet BUT there are a total of 6 yards there so I'm certain I can find the perfect pattern for them!!

I also finished putting the top together on Urban Beads today!

I can't wait to get this on the Long Arm!  Yesterday the mail man brought the threads that I ordered to quilt this up and tomorrow I'm off to O'Susannah's Quilts and Gifts in Watkins Glen to pick out the binding.

A little bit about the pattern and the ruler, when I first read the pattern instructions I thought there was no way that this would go together without pinning each and every curve.  I started out pinning the first two rows and then thought I'd re-read the directions and also look at the YouTube tutorial that Sew Kind Of Wonderful had done on the ruler.  I did exactly what her directions & the video told me to do and grabbed a couple of scraps of fabric, cut them up and practiced sewing them together and I have to tell you she was RIGHT!!  The curves are so gentle that it absolutely, positively does go together WITHOUT pinning each and every block!!!  YEAH!!

Once I had all the blocks sewn together I pressed the seams open and then put the quilt together row by row, it went together really easily, the seam met at all the intersections!  I would highly recommend pressing the seams open.  I was concerned if I had pressed them to one side I would have quite a bit of bulk at the intersections which could cause issues when quilting and after putting it all together I'm glad I pressed the seams open.  I still need to press the vertical seams open and then give the quilt one more overall good press and then it will be ready for quilting!!

Happy Quilting!

New Quilt! - Urban Beads

I don't know what your sewing room looks like when you are in the middle of making a quilt but mine currently looks a MESS! :)  This is what I'm working on!

On January 18th I'm joining Sue Knapp from O'Susannah's Quilts and Gifts while she Demo's the Quick Curve Ruler at a local quilt guild.  Sue and I both purchased the Quick Curve Ruler from Sew Kind Of Wonderful both thinking it would be a good ruler to test out and we are both glad we did!!  Last week Sue and I worked together getting all the fabric picked out and cut out.  The ruler was really easy to work with, we had all the fabric cut in no time at all!

I've been working at putting the blocks together, at first I thought that I absolutely had to pin the curves before sewing in order for the blocks to come out but after putting together a couple of blocks I figured I'd give a try (per the quilt's instructions) to sew it together without pinning the blocks.  It worked!!  I'm serious!  The curves are so gentle that the block goes together without any issues at all!

I've got all the blocks sewn, my next step is to square them all up, which according to the directions I can also do this with my new ruler, I'll let you know how it goes!  I'm really excited about getting this quilt done!  I can't wait to get it onto the Long Arm, I'm going to use all different colors of thread to quilt it.  The thread colors are Lapis Lazuli, Aswan, Limestone, Red Sea, DeNile, Charriots of Fire, Luxorious, Wisteria Lane & Temple (don't those names sound wonderful? Wait until you see how beautiful they are!!)!!

Tomorrow morning is Tea & Friendship Club at The Scarlet Thread in Webster, I so enjoy going and spending time with fellow quilters!  Hope you are having a fantastic Tuesday!

Happy Quilting!!