What We're Making - Maggie Edition

As you might imagine, we all have multiple projects happening simultaneously. Maggie brought in a bag of her projects which are completely different from Sophie's!

 

Pattern: Chevron Quilt

Material: Robert Kaufman's Organic Cotton Robot Factory <PREVIEWEND>

Why? My best friend in the world is pregnant with a boy and my dear son decided that she should name her baby Robot.  So I am making a baby quilt out of this organic robot fabric for the little one in honor of the nickname he got before he even showed up!

 
I didn't really follow a pattern here.  I decided that I wanted to do something with half square triangles because they're so cool.  Maritza had a chevron quilt hanging up on the walls of the store for a while and I remember thinking it was the coolest thing I had ever seen.  So I decided to figure out how to do it and after a lot of arranging and rearranging this is the result!  I have to admit that I'm seriously proud of myself for this.  Now I just have to figure out how to do a real binding ... aaah!

 

Pattern: Crochet Orla Tote by Alisa Braithwaite

Material: Cascade 128 Superwash, A Stitch in Color

Why? I learned how to crochet only recently and have been wanting a project to work on so I could improve my skills.  When I saw Alisa wearing the Orla tote she made herself I knew it was the right project for me.  Turns out I'm really not the best at crocheting but this was such a great project to take me to the next level in my crocheting skills!

 
The choice of yarn for this project was actually incredibly simple.  I have a pretty bad sensitivity to wool, but the Cascade superwashes are wool that I can actually handle and wear without breaking out in hives all over the place!  I've been lusting after this particular shade of teal, so what better time to use it?

 

Pattern: Gather Here Sampler Quilt Blocks 

Material: Various cottons

Why? Before I started working at Gather Here almost everything I knew about sewing was self-taught.  My mom and I sewed together when I was younger but by the time I really became interested in it she and I were already living in different states.  This is one of the reasons I consider Virginia such a blessing in my life.  When she opened the store she brought a wealth of knowledge into my life.  She's so open to answering questions that whenever there's something I don't know how to do, or something I find confusing, I can always ask her.  And honestly, I feel like just listening to her talk to other people or eavesdropping while she teaches a class has taught me more than I could ever ask for.

 
When Virginia told me that we were going to be offering monthly quilt block classes with the incredible Maritza I just knew I had to get in on them.  I had made a quilt and a couple blocks before Gather Here opened and I truly thought this was where my sewing passion might lie.  But, of course, I also was teaching myself to quilt, so I was making things up left and right.  The opportunity to learn from someone like Maritza who has so much knowledge and experience?  There was no way I could pass it up.  My own personal touch is that when I go home after the class I immediately make the block again in different fabrics.  I'm doubling the size of my finished product, reinforcing all the information I just got from the class, and getting to use more of our beautiful fabrics!  It's so exciting!

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