Sewing outside making mountains.

I had no idea what I would sew on our 4065 mile trip that spanned 3 week. I challenged myself to sew outside with limited time and limited supplies. My self imposed fabric limit was 10 fat Quarter. All the fabrics i chose are from Carolyn Friedlander’s collection Gleaned.

Here is a tutorial on my improvisational method for making mountains.

• • • 10 fat quarters
    • one neutral Kona Snow Cotton Charm Pack 42pcs
    • simple sewing machine I use a 1948 Singer Featherweight called MJ
    • Goal Zero Yeti 150 Portable Power Station

   

Step 1 – Cut from fat quarters random strips approx 1-2 inches wide. I cut one strip from each fabric to start with.

Step 2 – sew right side together at an angle, as pictured. Fold over and finger press seam.

Step 3 – Lay next strip face down and sew with enough over lap to allow for the seam.  Open and finger press. This strip does not have to even. In fact wonky is best.

Step 4 – Fold snow fabric to the back side and trim off fabric to 1/4 inch seam allowance.

Step 5 – repeat for as many fabrics as desired to cover the corner of the charm square. Then trim to 5 1/2 inch square. Repeat for the opposite side.

Don’t worry if your peaks don’t line up. I found in my travels that mountains peaks are not always perfectly aligned anyway.

I’m thinking of making these blocks into a mini quilt. I didn’t really get enough time to sew on the trip to make anything larger than that.

For more information on how I made sewing outside possible check out this blog post Sew Anywhere Video with all the links to Sparky the power house Goal Zero Yeti 150 Portable Power Station.

Get outside and sew anywhere. Enjoy the view!

~Diana
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