Last year, Jeri and I attended the Del Mar quilt show. I saw a sample of the city sidewalks quilt that caught my eye. I purchased the pattern and then proceeded to search for fabric to make the quilt. The maker of the pattern is no longer online.
It took me a while, but I plodded along making the squares.
The technique calls for the same pattern with different fabrics at each location. It was a puzzle to keep the fabrics in the correct stacks without repeating.
After completing all the squares, you are then suppose to add some edges to some of the squares. I could not figure out how to align the squares with the edges to make it work out without cutting perfectly good squares, so I decided to change the design a bit to keep everything intact.
After joining all the strips, I added a 2" border and it is now ready to be matched with a backing fabric and quilted.
So Jeri and I hit the Del Mar Quilt, Craft & Sewing Festival on a rainy day. There was a $10 fee for parking but the event was free.
We arrived about a half hour before opening and were given raffle tickets. 15 minutes before opening, they called the raffle and Jeri won $10 in cash. When they called out for tickets with blue stars, I ended up with $20 in cash that paid for the parking and lunch. Lots of prizes, but the highest prize was a $50 bill.
We headed straight for Sewing Machines Plus where I entered a drawing to win a sewing machine and Jeri who was flushed with cash went on a buying spree.
It was exciting to see someone order up a whole sewing and quilting studio.
We stopped for lunch where I bought from the one vendor for a super dog and some chips. You can see who had the healthier lunch.
Lots of gadgets and fabrics which all pretty much were charged on my credit card. It was a good day and lots of new projects and toys.
There were vintage sewing machines.
And awesome projects some of which you could make and take. We didn't participate as we were more concerned with seeing and buying.
