This is my third attempt at starting this top – I kept twisting it when I joined the round (despite my best efforts). I referred to Elizabeth Zimmermann’s Knitting Workshop and knit the first 5 cm flat and then joined the round. I think it’s OK now, but this is my last attempt. If this doesn’t work I’m starting something else.
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 such big slow-moving projects I wanted something else as well.
Filed under Fabric Stash, Knitting, Patchwork, Quilting
I finished the easter t-shirts.
Both designs are from here. Miss P’s is crooked, but there was no way I was unpicking it and trying again!
Filed under Applique, Machine Embroidery
I decided it was time to update things a bit. A new header and I changed the blog roll…
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This egg turned out to be very squat.
I’ve gone back to basics: drawn my design on a piece of graph paper (the right size) and then digitised it.
This new design is slightly too big for one hooping – hopefully this will mean the pieces won’t be so fiddly.
Both girls have decided they don’t want my egg design for their easter t-shirts, so I’ve let them look through my design collection.
Miss P picked this one …
And Miss A this one …
Filed under Applique, Digitizing, Foundation Blocks, Machine Embroidery
I’ve interrupted work on the baby quilt to make the Easter T-Shirts this year we are going to have a crazy patchwork egg. I am going to foundation piece it using my embroidery machine. Above is the design I made using Embird Studio – this is the third version and I suspect their might be more.
Here it is stitched out …
The corners don’t meet properly and the top is a bit pointy – onto version 4.
Filed under Foundation Blocks, Machine Embroidery
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 is the first time and you can see it’s twisted – like a mobius strip. It might all end badly.
This is my 400th post!
What I have enjoyed most about blogging is looking back and seeing firstly what I have done and secondly how I did it. I’ve been blogging for almost 5 years (it will be 5 years on the 18th of March). In that time I have learnt how to free motion quilt, knit socks, foundation piece blocks using my sewing machine and applique. I have bought two new sewing machines (this one and this one), started a home business and stopped, started designing my own quilts and socks and digitising embroidery designs. I think I have narrowed my interests down to quilting, knitting and machine embroidery.
Now the girls are at school full time I think I should be achieving more, but those 6 hours just fly by – it doesn’t help when I do things like go and see this movie (by the way it was very good).
Well, let’s see what the next 400 posts bring!
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I’m binding this quilt. I’m using the same technique as last time …
This time I used 2.5 inch strips rather than 2. Just because I had 2.5 inch strips left over from cutting the quilt pieces. It does seem to make things less tight.
I also like to zig zag in the seam allowance once I’ve attached the binding to the back. It just flattens everything and makes for a nicer binding.
Filed under Quilting
