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I ordered the border and backing fabric yesterday and it should be here by next week. I am so excited to have a new quilt for my bedroom.
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Hmmmm
It appears as though 2 blocks have gone missing. When I matched all of the blocks up with their mates, I found none missing. So the only answer I can come up with is that I forgot to sew the last strip set together. Oops. Glad I have extra.
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Helen’s baby quilt
First finished quilt with the new machine! This is a simple 36″X36″ baby quilt for a coworker’s shower.
And heres the back. The front was just one yard of printed squares fabric with woodland creatures, and the back was fabric from my stash. For the quilting I went with squiggly stippling, and I think I did an ok job for my first time. I hated it at first, but its not bad from afar, and any mistakes became unnoticeable after washing.
For the back I also cut out one of the little squares with a bear and added a simple blue border.
For the binding I did a wide rounded corner, and I have to say, not only is it amazing looking, but it was SO MUCH EASIER than corners. I don’t think I will do a mitered corner ever again on a quilt. All in all the quilt took about two hours from fabric to washing machine. Pretty good time I would say. Helen loved it, and I was quite proud of the oohs and aahs at the shower, and even had a couple women ask if I do commissions. I of course do what I always do, and say yes and try to never bring it up again.
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New Machine
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I was going to take a picture of it after the set up. Pristine and new. I forgot though, and started sewing.
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30 minute quilt top
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I found this tutorial on the Ravelry Quilting group. The concept is really interesting: sew all the strips together in a jelly roll end to end, fold in half and sew along the long edge, cut the end open. Repeat the folding, sewing, and cutting steps until you have a quilt top.
The samples show using full strips, but I thought it would be more visually interesting to use different length pieces. I had a good 1/3 of the jelly roll left from my neptune quilt that has been waiting to be made into something. I had three or four full 42″ strips, but the rest were all different sizes, and I think it made it way better looking.
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After looking at it, I decided to play with it some more. I did two more folds, then two folds going the opposite direction. Love it.
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Advent calendar- almost done
I cut out the squares and sewed the pockets together for this advent calendar several weeks ago. But I didn’t assemble the quilt top all together until this week. I was able to finish the top, quilt, and bind all in one day. I love small quilts now! I really need to make more.
I think this turned out really well. I bought some felt today to make little numbers for the pockets. I was going to sew them on before quilting, but I kind of forgot til it was all done. The pattern is from Sew Mama Sew, and I only made a couple of modifications. I made the sashing 1″ instead of 2″, and added rick rack to the edge under the bias tape binding. A few of my squares were a little off center, but after washing, it really wrinkled up nicely so that you can’t tell. This also made the pockets really pop out nicely. As soon as the numbers are sewn on, this mini quilt will be ready for Christmas, just a few months early.
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I’m in love
With the quilt as you go method.
This block is 12″ square, and uses leftover jelly roll pieces from my Neptune Quilt.
This second block is made using fabric from a Halloween fat quarter bundle from my stash. I went with crazy log cabin on this one, and it was even easier than the first. I really think free form is for me, and it skips the step I hate the most, pressing.
This is also the first time I’ve had to fussy cut, but it turned out alright. I like my little owl dude in the center.
I used a variegated thread that changes between dark brown and pale tan. It looks like I changed thread colors a lot for the quilting, adding to the crazy free form look.
Cheater quilt
I’ve had this cheater quilt print in my stash for several years, and today, while it was pouring outside I decided to finally make something.
I used a $10 king size sheet from walmart for backing, and its all ready to be quilted.
I bought some twin size flat sheets, $3 each, also. The tan on the left will be for an all red quilt, I’m thinking flying geese, an the cream on the right I just got for who knows what. I used the orange and some green floral fabric from my stash to make some half square triangle blocks, and I have been playing with layouts.
I’ve decided on the zigzag, for a baby quilt. I hope someone likes these colors because I am not liking it myself. I like the green a lot, but the orange is way too bold for my tastes.
Mystery Block 1
I signed up for Fat Quarter Shop’s Christmas Mystery Block of the Month club, and my first shipment arrived Saturday.
Block one’s fabric is on the left, and the sashing is on the right.
Here’s a closeup of the fabric, I just love the Fa La La print. The colors are great, and the red, blue, and green scheme will match my current Christmas decorations and my new tree skirt. I washed all the fabric right away, dried it in the dryer for about 15 minutes, and then ironed it dry the rest of the way.
After about three hours of cutting and sewing, my first block was done. Thats right, on the same day it arrived. Oh well. Hopefully next month I will be able to contain myself, and work on it for a few days.