Sad the cruising season is coming to an end, but that will give me more time in the sewing room, at least until we head off in the caravan.
A few years back, 2020 - during that time when we were all stuck at home 😉, I came across a facebook page - Partners in Design: Where Friends and Fabric Meet -that was starting a sew along "By the Sea". We all had plenty of time, so I started. It included a lot of different sewing techniques, some I was familiar with and others I was not. I did complete all the blocks but have not yet finished the quilt. It was fun and I even won a prize pack. In that pack was a pattern called "Beach Reading" from Pretty Piney - now Sugar Sand Quilt Co. - and that will become the middle of the By the Sea blocks. I guess that is what I may work on this week.
I decided to make the quilt as photos and use in the spare bedroom for the grand kids.
Now to this weeks sewing - I mentioned the Partners in Design FB page (which is not very active at present), on that page I came across Jennifer Fulton and The Inquiring Quilter, and I have been following her on Instagram as well as her webpage/blog. This block Cosmopolitan I found on Jennifer's blog and I instantly knew I had to make it. It is part of Quilt Block Mania and March is drinks. I only had a small amount of wave fabric so I decided to make the size of the block as wide as the wave fabric. I looked at the other drink blocks from the other designers and chose a few that I liked to add to the block.
So I started with the Cosmopolitan, one of my favourite cocktails - and I have many - and decided to add a cocktail shaker from Tamarinis.
I next found a pina colda, one of Peter's favourite drinks - and he now has a few different cocktails he likes. This one from Appliques and Quilts in a coconut, that would be cool, but we always get them in a glass. The other drink is a Toblerone.
Cheers!
Link Up Parties:
Wednesday-Wait-Loss – The Inquiring Quilter
A Pageant of Finishes – From Bolt to Beauty
Finished(or Not) Friday – Alycia Quilt
Off the Wall Fridays - Creations - Quilts, Art, Whatever
Put Your Foot Down - A Quiltery