Red and White and Green.
Posted on September 26, 2010 | Comments Off on Red and White and Green.
Quilting done. Binding done. Always great to achieve a finish.
This pattern, Whirlgigs, has been around at various blog sites for a while now. I started working on this one last year and managed to finish the top, but then it joined a few others in the pile waiting to be sandwiched for quilting. It took a recent wet weekend to move me along and prepare several tops for quilting.
This has a mixture of fabrics, mostly ones I already had. I have quilted with an all over loopy pattern and bound it with a red pin-dot. It was a Summery feel to it – maybe it could be a picnic blanket!
Hearts.
Posted on September 24, 2010 | Comments Off on Hearts.
There are lots of lovely quilts around using a 9 patch design with hearts or stars. I was inspired to do one of my own using scraps collected from other quilts I had made. The borders were from fat quarters collected in my stash. The quilting is a gentle meandering pattern.
Continued Progress.
Posted on September 23, 2010 | Comments Off on Continued Progress.
I have been able to continue working on the tops I basted and have now quilted a second one. This one now is also waiting for binding. I have used a combination of fat quarters in this quilt and I think the colours have a Summer feel about them.
I have also been able to piece together the half square triangles of Winter Song. Borders are cut and ready to sew.
Sweet Victorian Angels.
Posted on September 22, 2010 | Comments Off on Sweet Victorian Angels.
A lot of the dolls I make are in the country style, but every now and then I like the challenge of something with finer detail.
These brooch pins are a pattern from Julie McCullough, of Magic Threads, and are only 6 inches in size. They actually were not too hard to make as Julie M had very good instructions. Because they are small they did take a while to make and I had to be patient when working with the smaller pieces. I’m not sure that I could do miniature dolls or bears – not quite that patient.
Spring Has Sprung.
Posted on September 21, 2010 | Comments Off on Spring Has Sprung.
This is the name for a little wall hanging by Anni Downs of Hatched and Patched. It is a small applique piece with a little patchwork and some embroidery. Ideal when you want something easy and quick to complete.
It seemed an appropriate choice with the arrival of Spring.
Catching Up.
Posted on September 20, 2010 | Comments Off on Catching Up.
I seem to have accumulated a few quilt tops and decided I needed to get some quilting done. Over the weekend I was able to baste 4 tops, mainly because none of them were too large.
I was even able to start quilting one of the smaller ones yesterday and then managed to finish it today. So now all this one needs is the binding done. I have the next one waiting next to the machine to start this evening.
A Finished Snowball.
Posted on September 18, 2010 | 1 Comment
My pink snowball quilt is finished! Maybe because of the colour it should be a marshmallow quilt. Just food for thought.
I finally completed all the hand sewing on the binding and then had to wait for good light for a few photos.
I think the next picture gives a better idea of the texture in the quilt from the different quilting patterns. A lot of hours went into the quilting and I am delighted with the end result.
I quilted straight lines in white thread down the side of every seam to secure the quilt. I then did freehand flowers inside each snowball using a variegated thread. The border was finished with freehand pebbles using a plain thread.
I really love the final look on the back of the quilt too!
QAYG Log Cabin.
Posted on September 17, 2010 | Comments Off on QAYG Log Cabin.
Another class I attended at Quilter’s Barn when it was at Arawata was a quilt as you go log cabin. It took a little while to get used to the technique and I must admit that my logs did not always come out straight or even. But is was a great way to work on a quilt and, like most things, you only get better with practice.
It turned out to be a good sized lap quilt and also works as a wall hanging.
Sam and Sadie.
Posted on September 15, 2010 | Comments Off on Sam and Sadie.
Sam and Sadie are a pair of cloth dolls from Katie’s Homespun Stitches. They are really easy dolls to sew and the pattern had great instructions. I have made quite a few of these over the years.
I made the first pair with waffle cotton – an unusual fabric for the body of a doll but it worked well.
The next were from homespun but their outfits were in linen.
Blanket Embroidery.
Posted on September 14, 2010 | Comments Off on Blanket Embroidery.
When I started to learn embroidery one of the things I enjoyed doing was working with wool. I started with a blanket from Lee Lockheed‘s book, Wool Embroidery and Design.
It has a central heart.
And embroidery in each corner.
I backed the blanket with a good quality quilting fabric and then bound it with satin blanket binding.
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