fabric candies
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
i have finally made real contact
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
12 months of work into 1 quilt
the challenge as i see it
last year when i signed up for the FMQ challenge sponsored by sewcalgal i decided that all my lessons would be made into a small quilt using a quilt as you go method to join them all together...so i cut all the practice pieces 10 by 10 to give me room to trim and then join the sandwiches together...i cut strips to give me 1 inch sashing between the blocks...used up some of my scraps for these bright and cheery sashes

Sunday, February 10, 2013
baby quilt and postcards
i do like to have several projects going...i do try to keep it to only several not lots...right now i am working on a baby quilt design...at the same time i have been making circles...
here are the circles i have made so far...i used Karen Kay Buckley bigger perfect circles...and then to add some complexity i have made several postcards...circles hangin' out on the design wall with postcards ready to be mailed
baby quilt with some circles waiting to be stitched down...as well as borders needing to be stitched on...some circles have batting in them which will give a trapunto effect to this quilt...
postcards, circles and baby quilt hangin' together
scraps and more scraps
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just what to do with all those scraps...what a waste to just throw them all in the dustbin...i hated to do that so i have come up with a way of using some of those scraps...i bought several meters of muslin...several yards of wonder under type product...out came the ironing board...on with the TV and i set to work...i used the wonder under to fix the scraps to the muslin...all fabric bits overlap each other...after i made several meters of fabric i cut a piece out the size for a baby quilt...added borders...sandwiched the quilt and then FMQ'd it with a meander design...


i tried to catch the edges as i quilted...but left areas that are not sewn down...when washed these edges will fray and soften...somewhat like a rag quilt does...i gave one to a work colleague and she brought it in to show me 2 years later...it was frayed and soft...a quilt to be used for sure...not a show piece

some yardage and finished quilt...now i just need a baby to give it to..

several meters of fabric ready to go
some yardage and finished quilt...now i just need a baby to give it to..
some of this yardage is going to making place mats...fit for a mexican dinner party i think...bright and cheerful... these place mats will look wonderful outdoors in the summer
of course as always i used my favorite thread to piece the borders and FMQ the quilt...AURIFIL AURIFIL AURIFIL 50WT... feel free to try this technique out yourselves but please tell people where you got it from...thx
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
when children follow in our footsteps

i stitched in the ditch...elizabeth is not OCD like her mother who loves to quilt every quilt to death...
detail of the borders...i had finished a baby quilt with these flowers and she loved them so into the border they went...i used we used my favorite thread...aurifil 50 wt cotton...
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