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Sewing the Scrappy Irish Chain Dresden Plate Quilt Again.

As my readers know, I started this quilt a s part of the 

Scrappy Irish Chain Sew Along @ Coriander Quilts

and was making good progress in January and February.

I was at the point where my blocks were complete 

and I was sewing the blocks together into rows.

to the center of my alternate blocks.

Then the great dining room renovation happened.

 At the end of August, my qulty kitties and I were at last able to set up 

our ...

Last night I  finished sewing all the strips for my Block Bs. 

For the first time in a long, long time, 

I was sitting at my machine when midnight arrived.

My days have been busy otherwise. 

Today Nutmeg was a helpful quilty kitty inspector.

Many times she left the comfort of her warm and comfy

  cutting table cat bed to check my work.

that was not purrr-fect.

I pieced ... and yes I did use my seam ripper a few times.

The two strips on the ...

It is fabulous.

I just love it. 

I am giving this fabric five hearts:

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 

I have not bought any new fabric in months 

so this really brightens my gray and stormy day.

This fabric is 

Bird Song By Pat Sloan for Benartex Fabrics

There is a free pattern for this fabric release 

Nature Walk Quilt Pattern ~ Free PDF Here

I did find the panels, which seem to be going out of stock in some places ...

Improv ~ Stripes  ~ End Of Week

30 Days of Improv Blocks QAL

@ Broadcloth Studio

Day 5 of Stripes Week called for incorporating negative space as a design element.

I pulled this 10" square from a different layer cake by Gingiber.

After I cut and sewed my first improv, this little kitty came to supervise and help.

Here is another clue.

It is Maestro!

My constant Sewing Friends are my quilty kitty helpers.

 I am very much a Stay-At~Home Quilter. 

I have never been a member of any local quilting guild or group.

Through Covid-19  my kitties and I have been sewing and quilting as usual.

The above photo was originally posted Here in 2013,

when Katniss was a newbie quilter. 

Since then, I have added my long arm machine 

and the Little Sister Quilty Kitties, Nutmeg and Maestro.

They are sew very helpful.

Much of what I learned about quilting has been from online friends.

 I have been on quilt forums and ...