So thrilled to be done with this quilt! I've got an incredible stack of quilts that need binding - so I'm going to get working on that in the next day or so. This took me particularly longer because I had to re-time my machine. I'm so glad I did because my stitching is SO much better. On to the next!
May your bobbins always be full,
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I feel so bad that i dont have any pics to show you right now....all i have been doing is working on the blocks for the gfg quilts...yay! i am on row 8 on both of them...but i have to keep making a lot of blocks ahead as i dont want many repeats in the 2 rows which would be 21 blocks....(11 & 10blocks respectively)...so for keeping both quilts in even amount of rows that is 42 blocks to keep ahead.... are you confused????....but i dont mind telling you i am getting tired of making ...
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Today Sunday Stash link up is over at Sew Happily Ever After with Rachel but it may come online a bit later due to the time difference.
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| Marieka and I |
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| Kristy and Jane |
There is a quilt show called HMQS, Home Machine Quilting Show, that has blow your socks off quilts. They highlight the quilting of the 3 layers, you know the QUILTING... not the Quilting.. LOL! Don't you love we use the SAME WORD for several parts?
ok.. here is the real deal.. the quilting DOES take your top to another level when you approach it as designing the 'next level' on your piece.
Karlee Porter, won third place in the Utah’s Own quilt category for her 'Shimmering Symphony quilt'. She quilted this on an HQ sit-down machine... which means ...
If you have never taken a class at Craftsy.com, today you have the opportunity to sign up to take a free class to try it out! Set up a free account, choose the class you want to take, and it is downloaded into your private classroom. You can take the class whenever it is convenient. You can stop and start the instruction videos as many times as you want. And best of all, the class stays in your class list indefinitely. If eight months from now you have forgotten a certain step in a project, open the class and ...
read moreWhy do I need to raise another $1000? Because I want to make another sponsor donation to another Relay event. I use my sale profits, and in many cases all of the money from my sales to donate to Relay For Life at a sponsor level. I would like to make another sponsor donation, but have used up all my money, so I need to sell some quilts.
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| One of the doll or crib size projects |
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| Full size - Fabulous border |
Well the Blogger's Quilt Festival snuck up on me this time around, and I was just a little unprepared!
but that means we'd have to raise the ceiling a few feet...
I've been making steady progress on my Orphan Block Soup quilt. This morning I finished the pink slabs (they measure roughly 16.5" square):
I’m giggling to myself…. Because every time I see “white glove” ladies at a quilt show…I imagine them breaking into some crazy tap dancing version of “jazz hands” Now watch…every time YOU see white glove ladies at a quilt show….you are going to start thinking the same thing! Ha cha cha cha! But look at this lovely quilt that we unwrapped at the La Salle County museum: WOOL! Courthouse
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| Our Family |
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| Richard's Sisters |
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| More of the sisters I hate that my scanner trims the pages I scan, the left side of this page has a nice lace design. |
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| Lots of his family |
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| More family |
Cool but very windy graduation...... Very, very, very early this morning. She said I needed to take a "shooting for the stars" picture. The mortarboard picture, which also qualifies as "we are in a horrible drought" picture. The "Martin's picking me up" picture. (And, he always tips his head back for pictures, she says.) Her two favorite grandmas [from church], Ms.
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I recently purchased a quilt made entirely out of polyester double knit fabric. Before you become totally horrified at the thought of that let me explain why.
I believe that these quilts are an important part of quilting history . Quilting was for a long time assumed to be dying out of popularity.
We tend to think of America’s 200th birthday in 1976 as the beginning of the latest quilt revival. Jonathan Holstein and Gail van der Hoof began collecting quilts at the end of the 1960s. In 1971 they were able to display the most fascinating of their quilts ...
read moreI spoke to Barbara Burnham yesterday about her class (#10), coming up on June 22nd, Cherry Bird. She has decided to lower the amount of applique experience needed to execute this design to BEGINNER. If you are interested in learning to do hand applique, look over this class description and see if the class appeals to you! :)
:) Linda
read moreUnfortunately, not much. Cleaning my sewing room is the priority these days, so sewing has taken a back seat. However, I have gathered photos of my projects from the quilting retreat from a couple of weeks ago.
We did 60 degree table runners. Made from a border print, then end result is a lovely design. And the same print makes very different effects, depending on where you choose your repeat.
These were run, and very quick to make. I'm planning some placemats next.
