

Suzy
I remember my mom telling me a story about my very first quilt. I got to pick out blocks to make and then she was going to help me. She let me pick triangles. Which she herself had never done at that point. I have always like them ever since.
However, I will admit that cutting them with my AccuQuilt GO Big! has made me use them a whole lot more. I love that the dog ears are cut off for you!A while ago I decided I wanted to make a scrappy quilt using triangles using all my gorgeous Island Batik scraps. I have always loved the traditional ocean waves pattern, but after a disastrous attempt early on in my quilting journey I have never gone back to it until now. The GO cutter just makes it so much easier. I of course had to put my own spin on it and adding sashing and corner stones to make construction easier (for once I actually thought about this ahead of time instead of at the end when I'm trying to put blocks together).
I started off with many many triangles. I always pin them so my ends don't separate while they're under the machine. The pin also works as a nice rudder so I can make sure the needle hits the end exactly where I want it to with my favorite Schmetz Microtex needles and Aurifil thread of course.
Finally she decided to sit on my quilt because she was curious about it. Hannah has had some adventures!
I chose the fabric for her upper body because I thought it looked spiky like hedgehogs. Then I couldn't resist the orange ears and legs. I didn't have stuffed animal eyes so I found a teal button and a black bead to use instead. She was sewn with Schmetz Needles and Aurifil thread and they worked quite well with no rips as I was stuffing her.
I hope you get to quilt today!
Suzy
I then started playing with wave formations. I must have drawn 5-10 different drawings which I was unhappy with. Finally I decided to simply cut out wave shapes and start layering them.
Final placement of the waves. Time to fuse!
I decided to topstitch down the binding in all three teal threads. However, after breaking a needle on the second outline I decided that two was enough.
I hope you get to quilt today!
I had such fun teaching a mystery class for the Prairie Piecemakers of New Ulm, Minnesota this weekend! I wrote this mystery especially for them and it was fun to see it come to life in so many different fabrics.
This was the center block of some of the quilters. So pretty!
In order to keep the ladies sewing I volunteered to trim half square triangle units. My thumb still hurts from pressing down on the ruler, but I was happy to help.
I made three piles this size...
The ladies were all really happy with their progress and I hope to see their finished quilts sometime.
Is your guild interested in having me write and teach a mystery? Contact me at websterquilt @ gmail dot com for inquiries!
I hope you get to quilt today!
Suzy