WIP Wed = Curve it up



 Last night at a guild meeting I gave a demo on using the Quick Curve Ruler by Jenny and Helen @ SewKindofWonderul. I don't have many rulers but I purchased this one to do a sewalong that Jenny was doing on her blog. I quickly fell in love with the easy piecing. I was sewing curves and they were turning out every time.  No I am no affiliated with them at all but the ruler really makes curve piecing so sew easy!

Some of samples from the class. I really love the stacked wave piece and I think that has lots of possibilities.

There is my finished Abacus quilt that I will blog about for my Lovely year of finishes so far this year!
The demo was fun and a few actually sat down and tried piecing it and all were successful! :)

One new member, won the QCR giveaway. She was afraid of curves but no more......


Linking up with WIP Wed over at Freshly Pieced
and
Lorna at Sew Fresh Quilts

There is still time to vote for the Sunrise /Sunset challenge at Persimon Dreams Project Quilting
season 6  I am # 11 and you can see my blogpost HERE

Comments

Unknown said…
These blocks are beautiful. I was afraid of curves too, but no more. This ruler is awesome!
January 28, 2015 at 3:50 PM
Sandra Walker said…
Looks like a good investment. Really like the Abacus quilt! Is that using the same ruler?
January 28, 2015 at 4:08 PM
Lisa J. said…
Great pics of the blocks you made with the ruler. I have one but haven't used it yet.
January 28, 2015 at 6:00 PM
Debbie said…
I tried the ruler 1 time and got intimidated. I need to try again. I really like the 1st block in your post!
January 28, 2015 at 6:16 PM
Jen said…
I wish I could have come to the meeting last night, your blocks/projects are cool! Maybe after this musical is over I will have some more free time!
January 28, 2015 at 9:12 PM
Lorna McMahon said…
I would have loved to be there, Kris! Looks like there was a lot to see and learn from. Your curves are so pretty! Lovely variety of different blocks. And your Abacus quilt is simply gorgeous!
January 28, 2015 at 10:27 PM
Wendy said…
I love that first block! I think I'm going to have to invest in one of these rulers at some point, everyone raves about them.
January 29, 2015 at 5:58 AM
Lynette said…
It really is a fantastic ruler, isn't it? I love it! I'm actually about to start the quilting on a custom order that used the QCR. Love that curved churn dash block, too. I'll have to play with that sometime soon.
January 29, 2015 at 9:19 AM
Elin said…
I will try this ruler one of these days. I got the book Contemporary curved quilts in the mail today. Found you at Lets bee social.
January 29, 2015 at 3:31 PM
Anonymous said…
I love those blocks! I have been too chicken to use my Sew Kind of Wonderful Quick Curve Ruler! I may need to put that on my 2015 goal list.
January 29, 2015 at 9:52 PM
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