Worldwide Quilting Day!

Today, March 15, is Worldwide Quilting Day! It’s as popular in my book as yesterday, Pi Day, was! We will be celebrating the latter on Sunday with a slice of Cousin Kim’s Coconut Cream Pie, which she makes every year. But today, Kim, Ruby and Cathy (who is Ruby’s sister) and I will be attending the Worldwide Quilting Day festivities at the Sandy City Senior Center. It’s our third year going, and there are always more than 100 people there - men and women of all ages. We’ve got our potluck dishes all prepared, our sewing projects for the day ready to go, and our machines packed. Hopefully I’ll remember to take pictures so I can share them next week.

I had a lot of good time to sew this week. I really enjoy doing these little switchplate blocks, which finish at 3x5”. It will like take a gazillion to make a kids quilt (OK, I’m exaggerating slightly). If I make enough small ones this year, I may try them with larger scraps next year. 

And knowing me as I do, I’ll probably lose patience before hitting the gazillion (actually 170) mark and I’ll end up cutting some fun fabric into alternate squares of 6.5x10.5”).  I’m linking up to the Rainbow Scrap Challenge.

In my quest to finish my first-ever Halloween quilt for myself, I’ve set a goal of making two Halloween blocks for each of the first 8 months of the year. The blocks for March are two of the four bat blocks that will grace the corners. This is my adaptation of a bat block by Nadra of Ellis and Higgs.  I adapted her pattern to fit into a 2.5” grid. My bat has more zig-zaggy underwings than hers. My arms probably do too! 🤣🤣

I did finish up the yellow string blocks I started last week. There are 32, pictured below in two pinned groups of 15 (on the left side, fanned out) plus two singles. 

The two pinned groups of string blocks are packed and coming with me this morning to WW Quilting Day, where our chapter of Quilts for Kids will also hold a workshop. I can turn in the strings and the little quilt shown below to QFK. 

So, I finished this quilt. It was donated, along with two others still to be quilted; by Susan L from Virginia. She sent them to me in the fall of 2023 (just before we began packing for THE MOVE) last year as part of the Community Quilts program run by Jo of Jo’s Country Junction. I hope to have the next ones finished later this month. 

Thanks for your contribution, Susan!! 

Well, it’s time to get ready to leave for WW Quilting Day. My right eye has gotten wonky (blurry) lately.  I’m thinking it may be a cataract forming. I hate to drive with my eyes like this, but luckily Ruby will be driving us today. However, I’m doing all the driving for Bruce and me because the Utah DMV took away his license. We got a letter this week saying he failed to come in to a meeting (annual requirement for amputees).  But, we didn’t fail to come in - it’s just that the earliest appointment they would give us is on the 19th! Right hand, meet left hand. We’re hoping it’ll all be straightened out at that appointment. And when that’s settled, I can go to the eye doctor to see (no pun intended) what’s going on with my eye. Wish us luck.