Betty’s Baby Quilt
As I import, I realize there are lots of Drafts that I never finished, so here’s one… I made this quilt for a friend’s first baby… I also made them a wedding quilt (perhaps pre-blog?), so this was made with all the scraps from their quilt. I did actually present this WITH the VERY late […]
a good night’s work…
I’m soooo excited about getting to use fancy fabrics… I usually just buy remnants for myself, or regular old quilting cotton, but for this wedding quilt, I bought some Folksy Flannel, and some Little Folks Voile, and some Far Far Away double gauze… and then, because I liked the corderoy I used on my quilt, […]
more fabric…
I got a phonebook from my dad’s house a few weeks ago, and finally started tearing it apart… First I ripped out a big chunk, but it didn’t come out neatly, so instead I took out lots of little chunks, 5-15 pages at a time… then I cut them into squares… I’m going to use […]
Tada!
Finished! I quilted it with wonky diagonal lines, both directions (making an x)… I did a loose baste on the blue border, my goal is to do some fancy hand quilting there… someday…. I finished hand stitching the binding last night, thanks to my trusty thimble. Now it’s time to finish the Bean’s quilt, and […]
Quick blocks …
For a woman in one of my bees. She’s making quilts for sick friends, and asked for help…
Amazing invention!
The THIMBLE!I’ve never used one before. Clearly, as they’ve been around for hundreds of tees, I’m late drinking the koolaid, but OMG they’re amazing!!! I have tried them before on my thumb or index finger, but it turns out they go on your middle finger. I was able to FINISH 2.5 sides of my quilt […]
tonight’s blocks
I made a 15″ warm block for the LA Modern Quilt Guild’s charity quilta 12″ Magic Cross block (this week’s Modify Tradition block)a 6″ Forest Paths block (last week’s MT block)and I threw in an extra pinwheel… not sure what it’s called, it’s “Block Five” of the Pinwheel Quilt Along on P.S. I Quilt.now workout, […]
I’m trying to quilt my giant quilt, but…
Seriously, this is the neediest cat ever.
Today’s quilt blocks…
Skinny 9-patch, Hither and Yon, (Modify Tradition Quilt-a-long blocksfor me) and 4 Framed Wonky 4-patches (for a Bee)… Now back to Easter/birthday gifts…. better pics on my Flickr
Overthinking…
I’ve pin-basted AND spray basted this quilt sandwich, but I still haven’t started quilting it!A)I really struggled with the quilting design, but I think I’ve settled on meandering diagonal lines.B) how to quilt it. Should I do it by hand? It’s REALLY big (california King, 112ish” x 112ish”), so manouvering it through my machine is […]