Trials and Tribulations with Quilting, Machine Embroidery, Sewing and Knitting
Posted in Foundation Blocks, Machine Embroidery on Aug 31st, 2007
I’ve always enjoyed the accuracy of foundation piecing, but I don’t have the time to make the foundations. I decided to try to digitise an embroidery that I could use instead. I do all of my digitising in Thred (it’s free!) and use Embird for converting and resizing. The first colour stitches the foundation and then [...]
Posted in Quilting on Aug 27th, 2007
I’ve been working on my turning twenty quilt… and I’ve cut all of the fabric, but only sewed two of the blocks.
Posted in Quilting on Aug 13th, 2007
I’ve been ironing and cutting my fat quarters … and Of course I’ve already managed to cut one wrong. I’ve order a new fat quarter from here. No word on my sewing machine…
Posted in Foundation Blocks, Quilting on Aug 9th, 2007
I tried making the ‘logs’ on my log cabin block bigger… I like it. I’m not sure about the arrangement of fabrics. The red in the middle is my favourite and I don’t think there is enough of it in the block. I’ve been using my PCQuilt software to audition different arrangements… or … I [...]
Posted in Fabric Stash on Aug 8th, 2007
After reading about the fabric purchasing trip of Patchy Work of Mini Grey I though I too should take a trip to Textile Traders. Here is what I bought … Some of it I bought just because I liked it – so no plans yet. The two fabrics on the right end I thought might be [...]
Posted in Foundation Blocks on Aug 6th, 2007
My sewing machine woes continues – it appears I’m the only person in the world with this problem. Luckily it’s still under warranty. I’m waiting for the people at Janome to do some testing to determine (I think) if the upgrade is a bit dodgy. So I’ve been think about some of my unfinished projects [...]
Posted in Quilting on Aug 5th, 2007
I’ve bound the Alphabet Wall Hanging. and the back… and a close up of the binding… I haven’t quite finished it yet. I need to put a label on the back. My embroidery sewing machine (Janome 350e) and I are having words. Ever since I did the firmware upgrade (to version 1.03) the letters have [...]
Posted in Machine Embroidery, Quilting on Aug 3rd, 2007
I’m in the process of attaching the binding to the alphabet wall hanging quilt. I can get the mitred corners at the front of the quilt to look great, but I’m hopeless at the back. Here’s a peak at something I’m working on at the moment…
Posted in Quilting on Aug 1st, 2007
I spent the little craft time I had today starching the fabric for the wall hanging binding.