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.
Tag Archive 'patchwork'
Quilt Top Finished
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!
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Mod 9 Quilt Top
Posted in Quilting on Apr 11th, 2009
I’ve sewn the blocks of my ‘Mod 9‘ quilt together (yes, it is hanging on my clothes line). I plan to add a white border. I’m happy with how this has come together – all of my seams are aligned (very unusual).