Trials and Tribulations with Quilting, Machine Embroidery, Sewing and Knitting
Posted in Digitizing, Foundation Blocks, Quilting on Apr 12th, 2013
This is another block that is only 1/4 of the final block. Check out a whole one here. It came together quite easily – I’m starting to feel more confident using Embird. As you can see in the image, I had a bit of difficulty cutting my pieces big enough, but this is just a [...]
Posted in Digitizing, Foundation Blocks, Machine Embroidery, Quilting on Nov 26th, 2012
I finished my cushion. I’m calling it my ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ cushion because the fabrics on each side are so different. In the end it came together quite easily. I wondered how easy it would be to put a zip into two quilted pieces of fabric, but that was fine. Now I have to [...]
Posted in miscellaneous on Sep 3rd, 2012
I’m still working away on the Jane cardigan and I’ve decided I need to break things up and get on with some of the other half finished projects – like this quilt … or this quilt (made from the girls’ baby clothes) … I’ve also got a bit of digitising to do …
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 miscellaneous, Quilting on Mar 6th, 2012
I’ve finished this quilt. Here is the back …
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, Quilting on Feb 20th, 2012
I finished quilting the Dino Quilt – the above image is of the back. I stippled it, but I don’t think I pinned it enough – there seems to be a bit of shifting. Onto binding and labelling.
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.