Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Quilt repair

I realized that I need to insert the magnetic clasp into the lining of the tote bag before putting it together, so I set it aside until I go to the quilt shop Saturday for a state guild board meeting and local guild sew-in.  I really miss Joann Fabrics!  Walmart just doesn't have what I need, and, when I looked on Amazon.com, I could buy clasps in bulk but not just one or two.  I sure hope the quilt shop has a couple or I will order some via Etsy.

I noticed some of the fabric in the quilt on our bed was deteriorating - probably because someone (not me!) sits there to watch TV.  Just two blocks, side by side, thank goodness.   The quilt was finished in 2015, so I guess that isn't too bad.  Today I made two new blocks and appliqued them over the old ones.  Then I quilted them from the back.  It looks pretty good.  This quilt is never going in a show but I do like it.  Luckily, it was a Rainbow Scrap Challenge sampler so I just pulled fabric from my stash.

Next I spent some time looking for a pattern that I had yesterday but can't find today.  I have a bunch of Kaffe Fassett scraps and I thought would look good against a black background.  The pattern came from last year's Modern Quilts calendar, and I have been shuffling it around since the beginning of the year.  I will probably find it when I am in the middle of making the one I sketched out.  But that's for another day - I'm going to sit down and knit right now.  I don't have far to go on that hat.

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