I’m feeling re-motivated and keen to get back into crafting. I’ve started quilting this sampler. I’m quilting in straight lines on the diagonal (using my Accufeed foot – it is fabulous) and purple masking tape (it’s low tac) to mark the lines.
Category Archives: Quilting
Quilting Again
I’m feeling re-motivated and keen to get back into crafting. I’ve started quilting this sampler. I’m quilting in straight lines on the diagonal (using my Accufeed foot – it is fabulous) and purple masking tape (it’s low tac) to mark the lines.
Filed under Machine Embroidery, Quilting, Sewing Machine
Another Quilt Finished
I finished another quilt. It’s the same pattern as this One. This time I stipple quilted it …
It was much quicker to do than my normal swirly pattern.
I attached the binding to the back and then folded it to the front. The plan being that I would stitch close to the edge of the fold and it would look great and be much quicker than hand sewing. However, it was much harder to sew close to the edge in a straight line. Once again I ended up hiding my dodgy stitching with a decorative pattern!
Filed under Free Motion Quilting, Quilting
Quilt Finished
I finished my quilt – the photo is a bit strange because I laid the quilt on the floor. The pattern is from Two Little Banshees (she has a tutorial).
I just quilted it using a swirly free motion quilting pattern.
Here is the back …
I decided to try machine sewing the binding down (rather than hand sewing the back). My plan was to stitch in the ditch on the front and therefore catch the binding at the back. Good plan? Well it sounds good in theory, but the practice proved to be much harder. In the end I used a decorative stitch to ensure that all of the binding was caught at the back. However, I was happy with the end result. Next time I’m going to machine sew the binding to the back (the reverse of my usual practice) and then machine sew it to the front (as close I can to the fold).
I’ve just started another version of this quilt, but more of that later.
Filed under Free Motion Quilting, Quilting
Quilting
I am busy working on my ‘secret squirrel’ quilt. I’m free-motion quilting in a swirly loopy pattern.
Filed under Free Motion Quilting, Quilting
Quilt Progress
School’s back – both Miss A and Miss P seem happy with their new teachers and classes.
The image above (I don’t want to reveal the whole thing just yet…) is a quilt I’m working on. The fabric is from Materalise – I just bought fat quarter packs.
Can I just say starching the fabric makes everything much easier – the cutting, the sewing and the quilting.
I’ve been doing a bit of blog house keeping, updated the blogroll and changed a few settings (in particular I changed to my local time so it won’t look like I’m posting in the middle of the night!).
Filed under Fabric Stash, Quilting
A New Quilt
I’ve cut the fabric for a new quilt.
School holidays continue – another week and a half – and we’re all suffering a bit from a lack of routine. I think it’s important that Miss A and P get bored and need to use their imaginations, but it is a bit wearying.
Filed under Quilting
Patchwork Card
I’ve made a patchwork card to go with this quilt present. I foundation piece the block (using my embroidery machine) and then attach it to the card using double-sided sticky tape.
You can find the embroidery files on my Machine Embroidery Page.
Filed under Foundation Blocks, Machine Embroidery, Quilting
Adding Binding (and School is back)
I’m still hand-sewing the binding to the back. As you can see in the image above, I didn’t attach the binding very well (it’s not an accurate 0.25seam).
School has been back for two days and I thought I would have more time to get things done – but I seem to be achieving less. How does that work?
Continuous Binding
I like continuous binding, but I always have trouble with the last join. This time I watched a DVD tutorial by Brenda Smith. I watched a bit, did what she did, watched the next bit etc. I achieved perfect results – I didn’t even end up with a pinch in the binding because I put the join in slightly the wrong spot. In fact she made it so clear I’m not sure why I had trouble in the past.
My copy of the DVD came from the latest issue of the Homespun magazine (I know it sounds like I work for this magazine, but I hardly ever buy it. I’ve bought the last two issues for the DVDs).
I’ve still got to hand sew the binding to the back of the quilt, so I shall an image tomorrow of the (hopefully) finished quilt.
I used my acufeed foot to attach the binding, but it was hard to get 0.25 inch seam. I either need to use my patchwork foot or purchase a quarter inch acufeed foot.
Filed under Quilting, Sewing Machine