31 Day Blog Writing Challenge 2019;- Days 4 and 5

Day 4 - Favorite Tools

This prompt is an easy one...my cutting mat, rotary cutter, and my ruler. I started quilting in 1986 and these tools were not in use then. Definitely a game changer,

Day 5 - First Project

I made this wall-hanging in a Sampler Class taught by Dot Key. All of the pieces were cut using cardboard templates and scissors. All of the pieces are hand sewn by drawing a line for the quarter inch seam and all of the seams are hand sewn. It is completely hand quilted.

I still enjoy hand quilting, but rarely do it. My hands are not as flexible as they used to be and my stitches aren’t as neat. When I worked as a librarian, I would sew a quilt top and put it in the quilting frame in August. Every day I came home, put dinner in the oven and quilted until dinner was done. By the end of the school year, the quilt would be finished! The process of hand quilting
was a relaxing activity to transition after a day of working with high schoolers.

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