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A Day Of Stitching And Quilting! from Quilting My Way

This morning started out pretty good. Once I got going, I went downstairs.

I kept thinking of the Mystery Quilt for QOV. There was a message in my email, saying that there would be a contest. It's a voting contest on the Mystery Quilt. So, I decided, "Oh, heck, that would be fun." Not like me, but I thought I would try. I have till the 15th to get the photo sent to them. So.....I went downstairs, picked out the colors, and got started.

This is the pattern, and I'm looking forward to working on this. I ...

added by 6th Generation Quiilter, Crafter 1 week ago. under quilting projects , quilts of valor projects , ufo's

Two at a Time from Romany Quilting

I’m pleased that I can show not one finish but two this week. First, was the horse panel quilt which I’ve been working on. This is what it looked like last time you saw it.

I decided to add another border, to bring the quilt top up to single (twin) bed size. This will eventually be a donation quilt for an older child. I rushed out between the showery rain to take some photos. The next stage will be to layer it and pin it, ready for some of my simple machine quilting.

Horse panel top finished

At ...

added by Jenny 4 weeks, 1 day ago. under quilts , ufo's

Handy Tip and Tidying Up from From the Strawberry Patch...

In an effort to finish as many projects as I can this summer I have adopted the practice of binding for a few hours each and every evening while watching TV before bedtime. We don't watch television in the lightest and brightest of all rooms which makes needle threading a challenge. I have started pre-threading my hand needles during the day and have them ready to go now when I sit down to bind

added by Mrs. Goodneedle 4 weeks, 1 day ago. under clean up , luck , notions , product recommendation , tidying , ufo's

Handy Tip and Tidying Up from From the Strawberry Patch...

In an effort to finish as many projects as I can this summer I have adopted the practice of binding for a few hours each and every evening while watching TV before bedtime. We don't watch television in the lightest and brightest of all rooms which makes needle threading a challenge. I have started pre-threading my hand needles during the day and have them ready to go now when I sit down to bind

added by Mrs. Goodneedle 4 weeks, 1 day ago. under clean up , luck , notions , product recommendation , tidying , ufo's

Time to Roll the Dice again from Romany Quilting

It’s been a slow to start to my sewing week, with one thing and another, but now the dice has been rolled and I’m raring to go again. This week I’ll be working on number three from my List of Six. Which is – the Horse Panel Quilt. You may remember that last time I worked on this, it didn’t progress much at all. But never mind, I’ll try and do better this time around.

Horse Panel

I’ve been working of strippy borders with nine patches in the corners. Spotted on Pinterest, this idea seemed ...

added by Jenny 1 month ago. under ufo's

Rolling the Dice Again–and Cookie Time from Romany Quilting

Monday (if we are not away in the caravan) is rolling the dice day, and it’s always exciting to see which number turns up. This week it is number one, which is my neutral strings blocks, made but never used for “Roll, roll, Cotton boll”, a Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt from several years ago. You may remember that I used some of these blocks to make a donation quilt in the last month or so. As I’ve still got quite a few of these blocks remaining, I’ve left number one on my list so I can keep ...

added by Jenny 1 month, 1 week ago. under cooking , ufo's

A Friday Finish from Romany Quilting

I’m so pleased that I’ve managed to get my Jingle (Christmas) Table Runner completed this week. With the straight line quilting completed earlier in the week, the next step was to do some FMQ in the stitchery panels. Have I ever mentioned how much I dislike doing this sort of machine quilting? Probably because I’m not very good at this free motion business and find it a strain to do. As you know, when we are up close and personal to our work we can see all the flaws, but now it’s finally completed, it doesn ...

added by Jenny 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under christmas , gemma , home , stitcheries , table runner , ufo's

Two Weeks in a Row from Romany Quilting

The dice rolled 6, two weeks in a row, dictating which particular UFO I work on. Not that I’m complaining, it gives me a chance to hopefully finish up my Jingle Table Runner this week.

When I left this project at the end of last week, I had completed the top, made a pieced backing, using up some more festive fabric, and prepared the binding. Yesterday I cobbled together a couple of pieces of batting, and pinned the layers all together ready to quilt. And today I started, using my walking foot, quilting in the ditch between the larger ...

added by Jenny 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under christmas , gemma , quilting , ufo's

Christmas Table Runner from Romany Quilting

Monday is “Roll the Dice” day and it landed on number 6, my Christmas Table Runner. The actual name is “Jingle Table Runner” and the pattern was a free download from Red Brolly. I first saw this lovely design when Maria from Life on the Block wrote about it on her blog a couple of years ago.

The pattern

I completed the four stitcheries which go on the ends of the runner a couple of months ago, then put it away to add to my list and await the roll of the dice. In the pattern these blocks are done ...

added by Jenny 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under christmas , stitcheries , table runner , ufo's

Neutral String Quilt–finished from Romany Quilting

After working steadily on my cot sized string quilt over the weekend, I’m pleased that I finished stitching the binding down last evening (Sunday). A couple of days ago I took it outside and pinned the layers together ready for machine quilting. The winter weather was pleasant enough to sit outside under cover and use the patio table for this job.

Getting the safety pins in place

Over the weekend we had atrocious weather, thunder and lightning, strong wind and heavy rain. At the first clap on thunder Gemma took off, she really doesn’t like loud noises. After ...

added by Jenny 2 months ago. under binding , gemma , quilts , ufo's , weather

Slow Start to the Week from Romany Quilting

Ours hasn’t been a very well household at all this week. Robin came down with a dose of “man flu” on Sunday and that clipped his wings for several days. Then of course, the bug left him behind and hopped over to me. With a sore throat, coughing, and head aches I was feeling so poorly that I didn’t make it to our monthly quilt guild meeting, much better to be tucked up safe and warm at home, and keep my hacking cough to myself.

Of course, I just had to roll the dice this week on Monday ...

added by Jenny 2 months ago. under health , home , tv , ufo's

Scrappy Sunscreen from RobynsPatch

Old (… cringe …) blocks put to use at last. Oh what was I thinking! Where did these fabrics come from? I must have ‘acquired’ them some how, way, way, waaay back on this patchwork quilting journey. I do remember … Continue reading →

added by Robyn R. 2 months ago. under domestic machine ruler quilting , finished 2019 , quilting rulers , scrap quilts , threads , tips tools techniques , ufo's , westalee , westalee rulers (Comments)

Slow Stitching on a Wet Weekend from Romany Quilting

We have just had three rather wet and cold days away in the caravan. Just as well I had some hand quilting to do. I’m currently working on the Puriri Wreath block, on my New Zealand Botanical quilt.

A little hand quilting

The rain kept coming down, the wind blew, but we were nice and cozy inside our caravan. Gemma was interested watching the rain drops trickle down the front window. And any birds she saw looking for worms outside put her in to a state of great excitement!

Yes Gemma, it’s still raining outside

The weather may ...

added by Jenny 2 months, 1 week ago. under caravan , gemma , hand quilting , ufo's

A Slow Start from Romany Quilting

Here it is Wednesday already and I haven’t made much of an impact on my sewing this week. I’m working on number 3 on my list, a horse panel quilt. So far I’ve chosen some fabrics to go with it, and cut and stitched some long strips. That’s all I’ve done so far!

This horse panel was originally purchased some years ago for one or other of my grand-daughters, but they are much too grown up now to want something like this. With three different panels tucked away in my stash, I’ve decided to ...

added by Jenny 2 months, 2 weeks ago. under ufo's

Time for a new List from Romany Quilting

With several items on my list finished, it’s time to write a new List of Six. As I’ve said before, I’ll never run out of things to do!

No 1: Chicken quilt. Replaces NZ Botanical quilt which has moved on to become a hand quilting project.

No 2: Sampler quilt – hasn’t has it’s number called yet.

No 3: Horse panel quilt. Purchased some time ago and this will be made up as a donation quilt.

No 4: Caravan place mats. Replaces my just completed Selvedge bag.

No 5: Christmas Mystery quilt. Now pieced together and ...

added by Jenny 2 months, 2 weeks ago. under gemma , home , ufo's

Selvedge Bag – Finished! from Romany Quilting

I’m so pleased my selvedge bag is finished – now I can cross it off my list. I had the top bands to complete, and the lining to sew in to the bag body. It always seems strange to stitch the lining and the body of the bag together around the top edge, then turn it right sides out through an unstitched portion of the lining. But this method works, just like magic, it seems. With a good press, some top stitching, and a little hand sewing to complete that partial seam in the lining, the bag was finally done ...

added by Jenny 2 months, 2 weeks ago. under bag , selvedges , ufo's

Socializing this week plus a little Sewing from Romany Quilting

Once again, it’s been a busy old week. Plenty of outings – Sew Wots on Tuesday, Morning Tea on Wednesday, and a ladies Lunch today, Thursday. In-between all this socializing I rolled the dice to see which of the projects on my List of Six. It was number 4, my selvedge bag. Last time I worked on it, the bag was up to this stage.

I’ve now stitched the the pieces for the top of the bag, and made the lining. Hopefully I’ll get it all assembled tomorrow. Watch this space! Then I’ll be able to cross ...

added by Jenny 2 months, 2 weeks ago. under bag , selvedges , ufo's

Christmas Mystery from Romany Quilting

This week I’ve been working on my Christmas Mystery quilt. Started late last year, it got put away instead of being completed in time for Christmas. Never mind – this project should be done in plenty of time for the coming festive season. With the blocks already stitched in rows, and sashing strips made, I then stitched it all together. As the quilt top contained quite a variety of Christmas reds and burgundies, I decided to use some “shot cotton” for the plain border.

Quilt top finished

And while I was on a roll, I got the binding strips cut ...

added by Jenny 2 months, 3 weeks ago. under quilts , ufo's

Roll the Dice Again from Romany Quilting

I don’t know what happened last week, but no dice rolling got done at all. I’m rather pleased that this week the dice stopped on number five, my Christmas Mystery quilt. It will be good to be working on it again. This is where I was up to last time, with the twelve blocks put together.

Twelve blocks done

So over the last couple of days I’ve been cutting, pinning and stitching sashing strips and sewing the blocks into rows. Here they are, rows of blocks and sashing strips, laid out on the quilt rack in our ...

added by Jenny 2 months, 4 weeks ago. under quilt blocks , ufo's

Slow Sunday Stitching from Romany Quilting

I’ve just finished hand quilting the second block of my New Zealand Botanical quilt. I’m doing Big Stitch quilting, and using a Sue Spargo thread, Perle No 8 in a pretty variegated pale green.

This block shows the Chatham Island Forget-me-not, and has large shiny leaves, with clusters of sky blue flowers. The plants are widely grown in nurseries and gardens throughout New Zealand and overseas.

It may well be winter in our part of the world, but I got to sit outside for an hour or so making the most of the wintry sunshine. Block number three ...

added by Jenny 3 months ago. under gemma , hand quilting , home , ufo's

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