Braided Strip Quilt

Progress on this rediscovered lovely...

First some math and measuring...

Ta Da... one top done and ready for quilting...hmmm

Bright Colours Bali

Pyramids

I have also squeezed in some time to work with a new ruler.  It's the Fons & Porter pyramid ruler.  I just happened to be watching a taped episode of Fons & Porter working on Kalamkari strippy quilt from the Sept/Oct 2008 magazine.  It turns out I had just purchased the exact ruler they were using on the show a month ago in Red Deer called Kwilted Keepsakes.  How amazing is that?

Anyhow, I just had to try some.

I used the same bali prints for these as for the bow-tie mat ( I bought them in Moose Jaw at The Quilt Patch).  They were a bunch of 2.5" strips.  Now sadly used up.  No tears here though.

Binding in the rain...

So in my wanderings on line I came across a gorgeous tutorial for a bowtie block done up as placemats.  It was sooo cute I went straight to my sewing room and whipped up a mat to Lee's specs.  Today I'm binding the mat I made. And it's raining gently on the roof...