Trials and Tribulations with Quilting, Machine Embroidery, Sewing and Knitting
Posted in Fabric Stash, Knitting, Patchwork, Quilting on Mar 22nd, 2012
I’m going to make Miss A a quilt using three fabrics (from my stash) – it is going to consist of big plus signs. I’m still working on the baby clothes quilt (I cut a few more squares everyday) and the knitting project (I’m about to start knitting the lace pattern), but they are both [...]
I have two new, rather large, projects on the go. The first is a quilt made from the girls baby clothes. This seemed like a lovely idea, but cutting the squares and rectangles is very time consuming. The other project is this one by Amy Herzog… I’ve cast on three times so far … Above [...]
Posted in Free Motion Quilting, Patchwork, Quilting on Feb 24th, 2012
I finished my Dino Quilt. Above is the front and below is the back. I free-motion quilted it using a stippling pattern. I found this to be quite tricky simply because of the size of the quilt, but in the end I’m pleased with the results. As always, I could do with more practice. I [...]
Posted in Free Motion Quilting, Patchwork, Quilting on Feb 14th, 2012
I’ve started quilting. I’m stippling this one. I’m finding it physically quite challenging – manipulating all of the fabric and then bits fall of the table and drag on the needle. It is still probably the best part of the quilting process.
I am already to quilt. New needle (quilting #11), free motion foot is on …
I’ve been pinning this quilt - took ages and I jabbed myself with pins more times than I care to remember. And in the end I didn’t make the backing big enough and I need to add another strip.
I finished the cushion for Miss P. I was a bit disappointed with how the frill on the edges turned out. I should have sewn the zig zag bits from the front and used the seam joining the frill strips as a guide. Also, the pattern has two different dimensions for the back (one for [...]
My applifix finally arrived from here, so I’m back onto the dinosaur cushion. Miss P picked the fabric – the ladybird fabric is for the body and the other one for the spiky bits. It is very humid today and the idea of using an iron is extremely unappealing so I don’t think there will [...]
Posted in Patchwork on Jan 25th, 2012
The quilt top is finished. It measure 44″ by 24″ – should be a good lap quilt size. Nothing much is going to happen the next few days – I am just going to try to escape the heat!
Posted in Patchwork on Jan 24th, 2012
This quilt is coming together easily (at least so far). The above image is the first row. I took the girls here today – it is a great place to visit on a hot day (it’s air conditioned) plus they had craft activities.