Lightening Strikes

A quilt made by quilters in different places using the fence rail block and a Singer Featherweight sewing machine.

My new Featherweight.

Ria and Nat are both using vintage Featherweight machines. Mine is a new version of the old machine.


Sewing with my new Featherweight is a joy. It weighs 11lbs like the original and is great to take to quilt group.


The blocks are laid out 2 light strips and 3 medium to dark strips.


All the strips are cut from scraps. Some date back to quilts and garments made in the 1980's.I found a box of little bits that needed to be used while cleaning out sewing room.


The zig zag pattern created by the placement of the blocks is called streak of lightening .
I'm looking forward to seeing how the scraps go together.

Terry

Chocolates for Quilters

Why do quilters need chocolates ? or New uses for empty boxes.

The chocolate lady bugs are trying to find a home in the empty Christmas chocolate box. They are out of luck I got there first. All quilters save useful boxes. Those that used to contain chocolates are particularly welcome if I got to eat the chockies Yumm.

This box now holds the cut strips for a fence rail blocks which are part of a Featherweight Challenge

by Natima at Notjustnat. I am using scraps from a clean out. Some pieces are just too small to keep. The cut size of each strip is 1 1/2"x 6". Anything smaller was sent to the paddock. translate bin.

The fabric scraps were saved from quilts and garment construction any cotton was hoarded in the early days. The stars are off cuts from a pair of shorts made in year 8 textiles by my DD in the 80's.