A Finished Object
Posted in Quilting on Oct 14th, 2010
I finished the quilt! It’s all washed and ready to go.
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Quilting is Finished
Posted in Free Motion Quilting, Quilting on Oct 8th, 2010
I finished the quilting – above is the front. Here is the back … I thought the front was probably too girly (not sure if it is a girl or boy), so I made the back a bit more boyey.
Trying to make my loops rounder
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 [...]
Free Motion Quilting
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.
Baby Quilt (Another one)
Posted in Quilting on Sep 27th, 2010
I’ve used two packets of charm squares (Nicey Janey by Heather Bailey). It has gone together very quickly. I love how clear the colours are in this fabric range (my photo doesn’t do it justice).
Quilting Alphabet Quilt
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 [...]
Quilting the Alphabet Quilt
Posted in Applique, Machine Embroidery, Quilting on Apr 27th, 2010
I’ve started quilting the alphabet quilt. I’ve decided to ‘stitch in the ditch’ around the blocks and free-motion the sashing and borders. I think it will be quite a while before I get this finished.
Alphabet Quilt
Posted in Applique, Machine Embroidery, Quilting on Mar 30th, 2010
I finished the Alphabet Quilt top. In one of those bizarre quilting incidences it is bigger than I expected (bizarre because I know how big each individual bit is so I shouldn’t be surprised by the size of the top!). I’m piecing the backing and I think I’m even going to piece the batting (this [...]
Hand Print Quilt
Posted in Quilting on Mar 23rd, 2010
I finished the Pre-Primary quilt. It was a lot of work, but I think it will lovely reminder of her class. I was also amazed at how much I could achieve in one week (not much else got done).
Hand Print Quilt
Posted in Quilting on Mar 19th, 2010
Miss P’s pre-primary teacher is having a baby and consequently leaving at the end of term. We’ve decided to make her a quilt as a memento. We used fabric paint to get each child’s hand print. All of my spare time in the last week has been used to quilt it.