I’ve begun the new quilt. It has been crazy hot here for the last few days and Miss A has an ear infection, which has ruled out swimming. As you can imagine that has made for a pretty tricky week – there has been movies and shopping (both air conditioned) and play-dates, but finally today [...]
Category Archive for 'Quilting'
A New Quilt Design
Posted in Inspiration, Quilting on Jan 19th, 2012
I’ve got a few projects on the go, but I am waiting for supplies. This quilt needs wadding, but I don’t want to take Miss A and P to the fabric store – too much nice stuff that they want and it always ends badly, and then this cushion for Miss P needs vliesofix, which [...]
The Quilt is Finished!
Posted in Quilting on Jan 18th, 2012
I finished the quilt! In the end I machined sewed (not very well) the binding to the back of the quilt. It certainly saved time and I will definitely do it again. However, I need to keep in mind a few things: Cut the binding strips 2″ wide rather than 2.5″. Once I’ve attached the [...]
Another Baby Quilt
Posted in Fabric Stash, Free Motion Quilting, Quilting on Jan 17th, 2012
Another baby is on the way – due at the end of February (not me obviously!). It is 30 charm squares and a white border. I bought the charm squares ages ago from the Fat Quarter Shop (sorry I can’t remember the name). Everything including the backing and wadding came from my stash (slightly embarrassing [...]
Dino Quilt Backing
Posted in Fabric Stash, Quilting on Jan 13th, 2012
I made this backing for the dinosaur quilt. All the fabric is from my stash. I thought Miss P might not be so keen on dinosaurs when she is a bit older. So now she can flip the quilt over and have a more grown up side. I still have to pin it and [...]
Dinosaur Quilt Top is Finished
Posted in Quilting on Oct 24th, 2011
The quilt top is finally finished. I found attaching the white sashing to be very tedious. I’m going to piece the back. As Miss P won’t always be keen on dinosaurs, I want the back of the quilt to be a bit more grown up and girly. My current thinking is to have strips of [...]
Still Here
Posted in Quilting on Oct 13th, 2011
I’m still here working on this quilt. So much cutting, sewing back together and then cutting again.
Applique Cushion Finished
Posted in Applique, Quilting, Sewing Machine on Aug 25th, 2011
I’ve finished the cushion for Miss A. A few things I discovered; vliesofix is fabulous, but there must be a cheaper way of buying it, a finer blanket stitch was best (Mode 2 36 on my Janome 6600p), as the envelope style backing is quite generous a button is not required. Here is a closer look [...]
Dinosaur Quilt
Posted in Fabric Stash, Quilting on Jul 28th, 2011
The individual blocks are finished. I’m going to use white for the sashing and I’m just waiting for that to arrive (from here).
This is destined to be a cushion cover. It has been sitting in my ‘must get around to it’ pile for so long I can”t remember even buying it, but I am determined that this is the year to complete projects and declutter the craft stash. The design is from here and the fabric is [...]