Trials and Tribulations with Quilting, Machine Embroidery, Sewing and Knitting
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 [...]
Posted in Free Motion Quilting, Quilting on Oct 5th, 2010
When I free-motion quilt I tend to do loops and swirls – it just seems to be my natural style. I’ve been trying to make the loops rounder. I’ve been concentrating on the getting the sewing machine speed and the speed I move the quilt right. Sometimes I have big stitches and sometimes small ones [...]
Posted in Free Motion Quilting, Quilting on Sep 29th, 2010
I’ve started quilting this quilt. I’m doing free-motion swirly things (my version of stippling). I’m definitely getting better with practice. I found a supreme slider (it’s a silicon sheet you put between your sewing machine and the quilt – there is a hole for the needle) made things much easier to move the fabric.
Posted in Quilting on May 11th, 2010
I’m quilting my alphabet quilt – it’s almost done. The above is a bit of the free motion quilting I’ve been doing in the sashing and borders.My new sewing machine is lovely… I have lots of new projects in mind. While quilting I have been listening to Vilette (a novel by Charlotte Bronte) on my [...]
Posted in Quilting on Nov 4th, 2009
Back to working on my Mod 9 quilt. I’m about three quarters of the way through the quilting. I ran out of cotton thread… I find the quilting quite physically demanding – I can only do about half an hour at a time.
Posted in Quilting on Aug 27th, 2009
I’ve been doing a bit more of this. I think I should have used white thread on the top, but I’m certainly not unpicking. I’m about two thirds of the way through.
Posted in Quilting on Jul 23rd, 2009
As school holidays are over, I have a bit of time for quilting. This is my Mod 9 Quilt. I’m just doing some free motion quilting – a bit of a swirly all over design.
Posted in Christmas Decorations, Quilting on Nov 10th, 2008
The quilting is done … The tree, stem and pot are free motion quilted and I used a hanging diamond pattern on the white background. Here is a closer look …