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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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).