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Hi Lo

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On a rare occasion, you come across a fabric line that takes your breath away. Your heart begins to beat faster and you know exactly what pattern you intend to use. I am making a Quilt of Valor!

The Bandana Ballad by Michale Miller Fabrics sang a beautiful patriotic melody to my soul!

I had designed a simple quilt a couple years ago called Hi Lo.  It had 10 rows of rainbow fabrics. The row starts with a bright batik color and collided with a lighter hue of the same color. Sometimes when you see a design in black and white print, you see something new. What if? What if I had blue rows and red rows instead??  My heart sang again.  It is time to sew!!

Momma met me at Lisa’s house and the three of us began to sew. We are really fast when one of us cuts and presses and the others two run the sewing machines. Before you knew it the quilt design was beginning to come together.

We added one more row because I wanted a strong blue in the top left corner, now I have 11 rows making the finished size, 60” x 66”.

For our backing I used the bandanna border fabric.  I matched and aligned the fabric design in the seam in the back.  I used the leftover fabric from the backing for my binding.

I’m very pleased with how it turned out.

Lisa created a Hi Lo promotion on our Material Girlfriends Square Store. Enter HiLo in the coupon field when checking out and receive free shipping on your entire order. Check with Melissa and Leslie at our local quilt shop in Livermore, In Between Stitches for the Bandana Ballad fabrics. If you’re local, or just desperate for a road trip, In Between Stitches is where you can find many of the  Material Girlfriends patterns, including Hi Lo.

The first Monday of September is Labor Day. Already! Set out your red, white, and blue decor and enjoy sewing on this patriotic pattern.

We both miss you more than you’ll ever know. We look forward to when we can stitch face-to-face. In the meantime, stay safe and sound. Try out Zoom. We’ve found it a great way to connect with other quilters.

Hi Lo, Bye Lo!

Lo Ra Zmak

Peak into Batik Block #7

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Are You Ready? Let’s SEW! Michael Miller Fabrics has a free Monthly Quilt Along going on this year. Block #7 instructions are now available. Video tutorial by Lora and Lisa of Material Girlfriends! Tadah!!

This has been a fun Quilt Along. You can either cut your pieces using your Accuquilt machine using the 8″ Qube or you can cut your pieces in the traditional way. Both cutting instructions are included on the Michael Miller blog. Find all the info here blog.michaelmillerfabrics.com

When we were asked to give the Accuquilt system a go for this program, I was… less than excited about it. I liked cutting fabric the traditional way. They said Accuquilt was fast and accurate. So was I. BUT, I was blown away. It is VERY fast and accurate. In December, we were generously given the AccuquiltGo! – the hand crank one – as well as the 8″ die block for being Michael Miller Ambassadors. Since then we have purchased the larger version, AccuquiltGo! Big, plus the 12″ and 6″ Qubes, as well as a few others dies. The 9″ Qube is next on my wish list. I’d like to start adding an Accuquilt page to all my compatible patterns. The cutting system is amazing. Pricey, but amazing.

Material Girlfriends was given the honor to present Month 7! The block looks complicated. After all, it has 44 pieces! Challenge accepted, right? We created this video to break it down into manageable units. The Michael Miller instructions are very clear too. Check it out.

If you didn’t fall asleep before the ending of the video, you’ll see that Lora and I are making two Michael Miller Fabric Quilt Along quilts. I’m making the one in the lovely Michael Miller batiks and Lora is making her quilt using their sumptuous Cotton Couture solids. Both fabric bundles were sent to us in December and we have had a huge amount of pleasure working with these high quality cottons. They are just delicious.

We have five more months, five more blocks. Let’s have fun together! It is not too late to join in on the fun. In December, I’ll share instructions for an optional layout design as well.

Absewlutely,

Lisa Norton