basting

Fun day........................... from Exuberant Color

I made a decision on the green triangles quilt. This layout is 9 across by 10 down, too close to square so I think it will get a strip of the white dotted fabric at the top and bottom to increase the length. I will cut the last 6 dotted triangles today. Now I need to take down triangles and sew them into squares and then into rows and a top.

I have 32 green 6 inch finished triangles left over. They will join all of the leftover blue and pink triangles in the project box.

I got two packages ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 1 week, 5 days ago. under basting , kaffe fabric , stash , triangles , zig zag

More of the same................. from Exuberant Color

Are you tired of seeing this binding? Me too. I didn't spend much time on it yesterday but did get a little over half of one long side stitched. That leaves half of a long side and a short side left to stitch.

I checked the rain gauge yesterday morning and it had .6" in it. Not enough for our suffering lawns. Now we are in for a week of mid to high 90s, cooling off to mid 80s, all starting tomorrow. Also very high humidity will accompany it.

Meanwhile the basted, next in line to be quilted is ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 months, 4 weeks ago. under basting , batik , binding , cobblestone series

Several backings.............. from Exuberant Color

After trimming the backing for the large Crooked Cobblestone wall hanging, I chose backing for 4 more pieces. I was glad I had a large enough flannel piece for the flannel baby quilt.

These are the backs for the three smaller pieces. I hope to get these all quilted and trimmed today.

Since these are all small pieces I used flower head pins to baste them. The flower heads lay nice and flat.

We didn't get any ice early in the day yesterday but I think there might be a thin layer that occurred in the evening. My Sunday ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 7 months, 1 week ago. under basting , stash

Past quilt from parts department............ from Exuberant Color

To expand on my "parts department" post yesterday, this is a quilt I made in 2016. I had a lot of batik 2" finished triangles that I had previously cut from scraps. I made the star blocks as my mindless evening sewing for a few months. Then the blocks got placed on a shelf. One day I came across them and on the next shelf were leftover red 16 patch blocks from another quilt. As I moved them and placed one pile on top of the other, I saw that the both sets of blocks were the same size and ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 8 months, 1 week ago. under basting , colorwash , flannel quilts , kaffe fabric , star quilts , strip piecing

Basting on the Q20 from The Quilt Yarn

I love basting on the Q20 and have been using this function extensively.

One of the things I find extraordinarily useful is the programming that is possible for the Q20. It has five slots to occupy for different thread combinations that you use all the time.

Here are the ones that I use most with Gutermann highlighted as I put this in as a new preset. Feeling a bit frugal at the moment and decided to use some of my older threads to baste my quilts to use them up. So I decided to use the old Gutermann thread. Must ...

added by Karin 1 year, 3 months ago. under basting , bernina q20

Plant identified............ from Exuberant Color

A friend I share plants with was walking by when I went out to the mailbox. I asked her to use the app on her phone to identify this group of yellow flowers. They aren't brown eyed or black eyed susans but I didn't know exactly what they were. She knew right away they are a native species because she used to work at a nearby forest preserve. Her app identified them as Smooth Oxeye which is more commonly known as False Sunflower. It has a Latin name also of course.

Being a native plant it grows easily ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 2 years, 1 month ago. under basting , nature

Tree progress............. from Exuberant Color

I still had some backgrounds cut from last week so I sewed up 5 of them.

I put all of the new blocks up on the design wall as well as a few that were on the side in the last photo I showed of this. I think I have about 18 more regulars size blocks (lots more orange and red) to sew and 2 larger ones. Then I need to cut some small size pieces from the Charley Harper fabrics to help fill in the space around the larger blocks.

I got one more large block cut and the ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 years ago. under basting , kaffe fabric

21 Arboretum blocks............. from Exuberant Color

I didn't sew any more Arboretum blocks but got the last 2 pressed and trimmed so they could join the rest.

I started basting the little yellow zig zag quilt. I'm using a Mountain Mist cotton batting than needs to be quilted every inch. I'm planning on ditch quilting the zig zags first and then filling it in with more lines echoing those. I'll use my Pfaff with dual feed for that.

I have seen several Monarch butterflies on my cone flowers this week. It is supposed to be one of their favorite flowers. The bugs ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 years, 2 months ago. under basting , nature , zig zag

Basting day.......... from Exuberant Color

I finished this quilt top at the end of December 2020 and I'm finally getting around to basting and quilting it. It is about half basted at this point.

My niece is in town for a few days so she came over for a visit and brought me a bouquet from a bridal shower on Sunday.

We masked up so we could have a long visit while she chose some quilts for some of my great-nieces and a great-nephew. I also gave her a quilt I had used on my guest bed.

These are the quilts that left my ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 years, 2 months ago. under basting , family , nature

How to spray baste a quilt from The Crafty Quilter

Today I’m going to show you how to spray baste a quilt. Many quilters use basting spray to hold the layers of their quilt together, and of course, there are many ways to go about it. Hopefully you’ll find something you like about the way I do it, or you might find a tip that helps you improve your own method. Either way, it’s always good to see what other techniques people are using!

How to Spray Baste a Quilt

I’m going to “borrow” from an older blog post I did about spray basting. Towards the ...

added by craftyquilter 3 years, 5 months ago. under basting , basting spray , how to baste a quilt , how to spray baste a quilt , quilt basting , quilt tips , spray baste , tips , tutorials , uncategorized (Comments)

Double Wedding Ring block from Charm About You

The Double Wedding Ring is a beautiful, traditional block that is associated with love, romance and of course marriage. For fabric lovers, this is such a fun block to play with, plan layouts and stitch! This is a bucket list block, one that all quilters will recognise and want to sew. It works wonderfully with either traditional or modern fabrics and is open to lots of variation within the pattern. I have made two blocks, one English Paper Pieced and one hand pieced (they are two different techniques) and will be demonstrating both methods in my upcoming online class. I ...

added by Lucy | Charm About You 3 years, 6 months ago. under a hand sewn block , artist's home , aurifil , basting , class , craftymonkies , design , double wedding ring , english paper piecing , epp hand piecing , liberty fabric , online , patchwork , quilt block , quilting

Q20 Play from Alamosa Quilter

I have been bonding with my new Q20 machine.

I have quilted two charity quilts already with her but don't have pictures of those yet for you. Next time! The first one I just did a quick all-over meander to get used to the machine. The second one I quilted with a ruler that I have had for a while. I'll give details on that when I show you the finished quilt.

Right now I am working on a third charity quilt with her. I'm getting fancy with this one. It is an old digital sample that ...

added by Lynn 3 years, 9 months ago. under alamosa quilt company , basting , charity quilt , charity sewing , free fuse , free motion quilting , fusible batting , lqs , q20 , ruler quilting , westalee

Preparing to baste........... from Exuberant Color

On a gloomy dark and rainy day yesterday all I got done was preparing this 40" square Colorwash wallhanging for basting. We got another half inch of rain by yesterday morning at 8 a.m. and I will check this morning to see what the last 24 hour total is.

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 3 years, 10 months ago. under basting , colorwash

Poppy Pod Lane from Nestlings By Robin

I have a love of poppy flowers and

have designed some larger quilts

that the magazines maybe find
overwhelming...?

So I designed a smaller piece and

Primitive Quilts & Projects

picked it up:) YAY!

Their magazine is so full of beauty.

I started previewing my fabrics

to see how they would look

as quarter-square triangles.

Once the top was finished,

it was time to work on the

embroidery for the

applique' section.

Once all my applique'

was fused in place,

on to basting....

Yes, I pin baste

small projects for

machine quilting.

My quilting was straight

stitching along the diagonal line ...

added by Robin 4 years, 3 months ago. under basting , embroidery , free-motion quilting , fusible applique , nestlings by robin , patriotic quilts , poppies , poppy pod lane , primitive quilts and projects , quarter square triangles , quilt magazines

Reverse Applique Flower Patch from Art Gallery Fabrics-The Creative Blog

Hi, Makers!

As of lately, I've been getting urges to work on some handmade items that are filled with details! I don't know about you, but sometimes I don't want to create something large, but focus on a project that I can dedicate time to pack as much texture and details as possible. This brings to today's tutorial that I'm really excited to share, these Reverse Applique Flowers that just hit the mark for me creatively. Reverse Applique is the process of stitching fabric on top of each other, cutting the layer above to reveal ...

added by Jannelle 4 years, 6 months ago. under agf blog , art gallery fabrics , basting , flower patch , flower template , free sewing pattern , hand stitching , modern fabrics , pure solids , quilting , quilting cotton , quilting tips , reverse applique , sewing , sewing tutorial

Still unpacking from The Academic Quilter

Hi all! I feel like I have to ask how everyone is doing every time I speak to someone now, so-- how are you all doing? I am feeling better than I have since March. Not only have I been out a few times and seen some lovely friends and picked out my own produce for once, but all this time I've also been teaching a summer class, which is now done. Done! I turned in the grades today and I am so remarkably happy. It's been a long haul, and now I get a (somewhat shorter) summer ...

added by Mari 5 years, 2 months ago. under basting , blue , scraps

How to Prepare Your Quilt Backing, Batting and Basting – Optical Illusion Quilt Along Part 4 from Christa Quilts

Welcome to Part 4 of the Optical Illusion Quilt Along! You’ve made it through the piecing, so congratulations! Now we come to what may not be your favorite part of the process: prepping the backing and batting, and basting the layers together in preparation for quilting.

Above is one of the alternate colorways for Optical Illusion. You can make something similar with red, light blue, and white fabric from my online shop.

But if you’ll let me guide you through the next steps, I’ll share some tips to make it less painful and move you along to ...

added by Christa 5 years, 3 months ago. under basting , christa's quilts , optical illusion , quilt along , quilt alongs , quilting tips (Comments)

Meadowland quilt – WIP from Zarkadia Quilts

Well, yes Me Too read more

added by Zafira 5 years, 5 months ago. under basting , meadowlandquilt , quilting , quilting tutorial , thencamejunepattern , wip (Comments)

February 14, 2020

Valentines and miscellany........... from Exuberant Color

My grandma used to collect postcards and when she decided she was done with that she gave them to me, a little girl living on a farm in the middle of nowhere. This one was in the box.

It was sent to my great-uncle Oliver, a bachelor who lived with his mother, my great-grandmother in Bristol IL. This one is postmarked 1928 and is from Iowa from 2 of Oliver's brothers. Somebody pulled the stamp off of this at some point.

In my own mailbox I got the Valentine on the left this year and the one on the ...

added by Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson 5 years, 7 months ago. under baby quilts , basting , nature , nostalgia

February 10, 2020

Pieced Primrose Quilt Along Week 6 – Basting from Christa Quilts

And now we come to everyone’s least favorite part of making a quilt – basting!! But really, if you just set aside the time to do it’s not that bad! Here’s what both versions of Pieced Primose look like up on my design wall that also doubles as my basting area. Read on for helfpul ways to tackle this part of the quilt-making process. It’s easier than you think!

Get the Pieced Primose kits here – in cool or warm, large or small.

Because I wanted to include all 10 warm or cool fabrics from Abstract Garden in ...

added by Christa 5 years, 7 months ago. under abstract garden , basting , benartex , christa's quilts , fabric , pieced primrose pattern , quilt alongs , sew and tell , tutorials (Comments)

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