Among other things today I began to work on my CoVid-19 lap quilt. It will be made up from scraps left over from all the face masks I've made.This is just a small sample of the scraps I'm working with. I've decided that I will just do a strip quilt or what some call a string quilt. The goal is to get it done and have it as a memory of this time.
I have been saving used drier sheets to be used as a foundation. The strips will be sewn on to a sheet. One nice side effect is when pressing the sewn pieces it sure smells good. I am putting the strips on an angle and because of the size of the drier sheet they will be a rectangular block rather than a square one which is usual.
This is what the blocks look like after they are sewn and before they are trimmed. So far I think I have 8 blocks completed. They pretty fast and are pretty mindless to make. I figure that I need 30 or 35 blocks to make a lap size quilt that has a small boarder around the main blocks so I still have a way to go. Hopefully I have enough scraps left from the masks. If not I guess that will give me another reason to make more masks. On the right here are what the blocks are like after they have been trimmed to 6" x 9". Tomorrow is Easter, but obviously I can't go anywhere. I will watch church via Facebook. Different but glad we have the technology to do this. There are several community events planned during the day that we can take part in from our yards as a sign of solidarity. I'll see how they go. Other than that I will do more sewing on my quilt. I also will be praying for Jeremy as tomorrow he begins shadowing and learning how to be part of the ICU team. He is concerned about this and so am I.
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