Even though every day sort of melts into the other days, it was sweet to have an OFFICIAL 3 day weekend, and making it more fun was the fact that I spent almost the entire time in my studio!!!
Last week I visited the Charity Bee from our guild and picked up a quilt top with the idea that I was going to use it to further practice ruler machine quilting. It was the perfect quilt as it was smaller (33×40) and had 20 six inch blocks for me to play with. I decided to do most of them using different techniques and was so pleased with how they turned out.
I started with the easiest one…..the Square spiral that I have already shown here…..
After that I used a few of the rulers for their “intended” purpose……
Petal Wreath -2 
Interlocking circles 
Clamshell – I need more practice!! 
Petal Wreath
The I just started playing around with the rulers. If I got stuck and didn’t know how to continue with one ruler, I would pick up another one and add something with it……
When I got to the sashing I had fun playing with Angela Walter’s ruler named “Chevy”. Here is a video of the process that I used to quilt the sashing….
After I had finished all of the quilting, I realized that this particular sashing design added another design element to the quilt which made me SO happy…..
For the borders, I quilted each one using a different technique and ruler and have made a video with each. I will post those over the next few days.
This is the finished quilt…..
It is sweet and cuddly and I am happy to know that some young child will enjoy the comfort that can only come from having a quilt of your own!!!
AND….many thanks to Sue L. for allowing me to quilt this top that she so lovingly pieced together!!!