The quilting is done …
The tree, stem and pot are free motion quilted and I used a hanging diamond pattern on the white background.
Here is a closer look …
The quilting is done …
The tree, stem and pot are free motion quilted and I used a hanging diamond pattern on the white background.
Here is a closer look …
Filed under Christmas Decorations, Quilting
I’m quilting the base and I’ve made one ornament …
The Star consists of a front and a back and I didn’t manage to sew them together very well.
Filed under Applique, Christmas Decorations, Machine Embroidery, Quilting
I’ve decided to make an Advent Calendar – just to put myself under a bit more pressure. I got the idea from here, but it’s developed a mind of it’s own.
Each pocket will have a number embroidered on it. I haven’t quite decided on the position of the pockets yet – the one above is just placed on the quilt.
I’m going to sew buttons onto the tree from which we can hang ornaments (they’ll be stored in the pockets).
The ornaments are going to like this …
The number is on the back of the ornament. There will also be a star, tree and stocking (so six of each type).
I still have all of the pockets and the ornaments to sew as well as quilting the base. So lots to do and not much time.
Filed under Christmas Decorations, Fabric Stash, Machine Embroidery, Quilting, Sewing
I’ve cut all of the squares for this quilt.
It’s finished!
The continuous binding worked well. It did take me three attempts to get the join right, but as soon as it worked I had a bit of an ‘aha’ moment so I think I should be able to do it easily next time.
I ironed the binding into place after I attached it to the front and that made mitering the corners easier.
My next quilt is going to involve squares and this fabric
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Quilting my Suduko Quilt. I have stitched in the ditch all of the block construction seams and am now doing a bit of free motion quilting.
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Filed under Quilting
The quilt top is finished. I think it is a bit busy, but I’ll reserve judgment until the end. I plan to piece the back using the left over pieces of fabric from the top.
I thought it was time for more craft. Above is an image of the quilt I am making with my Japanese Fabrics. I’ve based the quilt on a suduko puzzle. That is, I have nine different fabrics and I have used a Suduko puzzle to determine the nine patch layout. I allocated each fabric a number between 1 to 9 and then used a completed suduko as the guide for the fabric placement.
I’m going to use one of the fabrics for the sashing and the remaining 8 fabrics for the squares in the sashing.
The image above shows part of a row with the sashing pinned on – the numbers pinned to the middle are the block numbers so I can make sure I get the blocks in the right places.
On a completely different topic – there is a fabulous post about Georgette Heyer here.
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