It’s Nearly Christmas 3, 4
from Virtual Quilter
December 22, 2023
November 9, 2023
Progress on Swirling Leaves 3 for Free Motion Mavericks
from Quilting & Learning
Hi and welcome to week 454 of Free Motion Mavericks. I hope you had a safe All Hallows' Eve! It was uneventful here except for the snow on the ground in the morning. Of course it was all melted by the afternoon! I guess we know what's coming! ⛄
Swirling Leaves 3
I am making a third edition of Swirling Leaves for Danielle, my daughter's friend who got married on the weekend.
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| Final (?) leaf placement |
After making the first two, I wanted to see what would happen if I used a lighter background. I was a little nervous about ...
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October 4, 2023
Spring Forward
from Romany Quilting
Spring has officially arrived in my part of paradise, and along with it came Daylight Saving, so we had to put the clocks forward one hour last week. I’m always so impressed that the computers and cell phones know how to do this themselves, so it’s only a couple of household clocks and those in the cars which need to be altered, plus watches too of course.
The last reasonably pleasant days of Winter have given way to the tumultuous Spring weather. It’s always so much more windy in Spring, it’s been rather wet off and ...
read moreSeptember 9, 2023
Colour Change
from Romany Quilting
The colour for those of us taking part in the Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) has changed this month to aqua. In my mind, aqua also encompasses the shades of turquoise and teal. Once again, not shades I have a huge amount of, but I found enough strips and small pieces to cut and stitch blocks for my two Little Bricks projects.
Little Bricks
We took a trip up to Palmerston North on Thursday to get the many staples removed from Robin’s knee, in fact we counted 28 of them! The nurse had some sort of handy little implement which ...
read moreJuly 23, 2023
Christmas in July – Part Two
from From My Carolina Home
Today we’ll finish the sew along / embroidery project. If you are visiting from Sarah’s blog hop 12 Days of Christmas in July over at Confessions of a Fabric Addict, welcome! I hope you’ll consider following my blog, too (see the right sidebar for ways to follow). This past week was time to do your embroideries and trim them to 6-1/2-inches square, and also to cut the squares needed for finishing the project.
Sew 18 scrappy squares into 6 sets of three squares in a row. Press to one side.
Sew a square set to the right ...
read moreJune 27, 2023
Daisy Beauty on Free Motion Mavericks
from Quilting & Learning
Welcome to week 436 of Free Motion Mavericks. Happy Solstice
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May 2, 2023
Autumn is here
from Romany Quilting
Autumn has well and truly arrived. Cool mornings and evenings, the sun is rising later and setting earlier, but we are still enjoying nice crisp sunny days. It’s time to ring the changes and hang my Autumn quilt up. I love the rich golden colours in this quilt. The centre baskets came in a kit sent to me from my pen friend in South Dakota. I wanted to make it bigger so put the baskets on point and added borders to make it a wall hanging size. This was the first time I tried circular spiral machine quilting.
Baskets ...
read moreMay 1, 2023
Welcome! Velkommen! Willkommen! Bienvenida! Bienvenue!
from Humble Quilts
However you say welcome where you live my Welcome quilt is complete!
Diane of Butterfly Quilting Threads worked her magic and transformed my top! I love the fans!
Now it is hanging in my entryway.
Super thrilled with it!
I had an amazing weekend away at a women's retreat. It was peaceful and restorative.
The setting was incredible.
Mt Adams
The property is an old school on the White Salmon River in Trout Lake, WA.
The cloud formation was so cool! I think it is a lenticular cloud.
Seen on my morning walk!
This too!
I'm ready to ...
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April 27, 2023
How to Mount a Wall Hanging onto Canvas
from Patchwork Sampler Blog
Are you ever a little disappointed when you hang a little quilt on the wall or is it just me? Sometimes they hang a little wonky, the binding isn’t quite straight, the edges ripple, or they are not flat against the wall. I ended that frustration by figuring out another way to hang wall quilts. I simply mount the wall hanging onto canvas, then hang the canvas. It takes a little time but the finish is worth the effort.
I start with a cheap canvas that is the approximate size of the wall hanging. These are frequently on sale ...
read moreMarch 22, 2023
Project Quilting 14-6 - Conquer a fear
from Quilting & Learning
I'm so glad that I saw Kim Lapacek's newsletter on Friday, because that gave me a whole day to prepare this fun quilt. I couldn't resist creating something that might help me though my fears....of submitting a quilt to a show! Maybe this will help
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December 1, 2022
A Finish on Free Motion Mavericks
from Quilting & Learning
Welcome to Free Motion Mavericks, week 408. You may be tired of seeing Swirling Leaves 2 on this blog, but it's finally finished! I'll be dropping it off at the Parks Canada mailroom on Friday, one week before the deadline of the silent auction for the GCWCC (Government of Canada Workplace Charitable Campaign).
Swirling Leaves 2 - a Finish
Here it is, in all of its glory
read moreChristmas Tree Wall Hanging Tutorial
from Tea Rose Home
November 25, 2022
New Listing in Etsy Shop
from The Quilt Yarn
Finally finished my latest project and put it up in my Etsy shop. A bit on the late side, but better late than never...here is the Quilted Christmas Table Runner/ Wall Hanging with the three applique sheep.
The runner measures 18-7/8in x 37-5/8in and looks also great on the wall as a bit of a Christmas decoration. In terms of quilting, I put a loop design in the background behind the sheep, then put a wavy line in the red sashing with a wave ruler. This took me the longest time to work out how the wave ...
November 21, 2022
FMQ Swirling Leaves 2 on Free Motion Mavericks
from Quilting & Learning
As the snow arrives, Swirling Leaves is almost finished! Welcome to Free Motion Mavericks, Week 407.
Free Motion Quilting Swirling Leaves 2
I was hoping to get this piece finished today but I was getting tired and I'm learning when to stop
read moreNovember 5, 2022
Swirling Leaves at Free Motion Mavericks
from Quilting & Learning
Hi and welcome to week 405 of Free Motion Mavericks. I'm not used to posting quite so often but if you don't mind, then I don't either
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October 31, 2022
Swirling Leaves 2 coming together
from Quilting & Learning
Hi! I hope that you're enjoying the rest of the fall.
read moreOctober 27, 2022
Playing in isolation
from Quilting & Learning
Hi, I hope this post finds you well. I'm afraid that I am now officially under isolation - that second bar appeared on the darn Covid test
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October 11, 2022
Apothecary Quilt
from The Cloth Parcel
Our second pattern release this fall is the Apothecary Quilt. This cute little wall hanging originally debuted in the Sept/Oct 2020 issue of McCall’s Quilting. They changed up the shape of the jars a little bit in their version of the pattern. Whether this was an accident or on purpose, we don’t know. We have […]
read moreOctober 5, 2022
A Quilt – and Removing Staples
from Romany Quilting
It’s always exciting to find a quilt displayed – sometimes when you least expect it. This was the case when we attended an appointment for Robin, it was an Anzac wall hanging. For those who don't know, Anzac stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, and we have a public holiday on April 25th to remember the fallen soldiers from both countries. Upon enquiry, I found out that this wall hanging was stitched by the wife of one of the orthopedic surgeons who consult here. One of my aims is to make an Anzac quilt one day soon ...
read moreSeptember 4, 2022
Handcrafts, Art and Cheesecake
from Romany Quilting
Our weekend was spent in Woodville (about 90km each way). We were invited to attend a caravan rally (with a different group) and it was nice to catch up with several couples we had met up with over the years at different rallies. One of the highlights for me was the craft display. Although I didn't know it was happening ahead of time I had several hand stitched items in the caravan, so I could take part too. There obviously is a lot of talent in this group, with everything from knitting, quilts, toys, hardanger on show. I certainly ...
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