sunday stitch vol. 7 - building a quilt empire

I have now brought my sister-in-law, Meredith, over to the dark side. Of quilting.

OK, quilting doesn't really have a dark side (probably).

Either way, I have sucked her into a hobby from which she cannot possibly escape. Muhahaha.

I spent a Crafternoon this week teaching Mere how to make and assemble a half square triangle quilt block in a herringbone pattern. She learned that quilting is 85% ironing, 13% math, and 2% actual sewing.

Look how great it turned out!

This baby is going to be made into a pillow cover on our next sewing date. I'm trading sewing lessons for babysitting my 2 crazy children. Let me assure you, I'm getting the better end of this deal.

I worked on my 3D block for August's quilt club. I've never attempted to sew hexagons before; they have a Y seam at each intersection which makes things interesting. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. I'll share more on this in a couple of weeks.

A question for my quilty friends out there - my sis is in need of a sewing machine. What would you recommend for someone wanting to get their feet wet into quilting (that doesn't cost half a gozillion dollars)?

Until next week. Stay quilty, my friends.

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