I went over to my aunt’s house last night after work and we had the evening to ourselves so we decided to work on one of the many project kits we have purchased at quilt shows over the years together. This one is all Japanese fabrics and it’s a very simple, small and elegant quilt …
No house progress this weekend as we were back in NY visiting family however we did get a date for insulation – this coming friday! Which means I’m going to have some busy evenings getting this ready (need to move things out of the way, need to get all the nails out of the wall, …
I’ve post dated this so it posts after Mom has gotten her quilt so it’s a bit of a surprise, she knows I’m quilting it but doesn’t know I plan to have it done by the weekend I see her so I can give this to her. So pretend this is a Friday morning post. …
I’m not great at machine quilting but I’ve definitely gotten better than my first few tries! And only having to do 9 of these snow flake patterns is very doable. I’ll do some swirly/snowy type continuous pattern in the border when I’m done with the main blocks. This is a stencil that I’m tracing using …
I’ve gotten a few nights now of working on crafts! It sure has been a while. Wednesday night over at Uncle Mark and Aunt Mo’s I worked on my cross stitch project while Aunt Mo quilted. Then last night I started quilting Mom’s quilt for her. I’m using my own machine and it’s not going …
October is a month of sewing! I have to finish up Emily’s birthday quilt before this weekend when we see her and then I have to get 3 halloween costumes done for my cousins as well as maybe one for myself this year?! So Tuesday night I squared up the quilt and made the binding. …
Wow – 3 nights on aunt mo’s machine and the quilting on Emily’s quilt is completed! That’s crazy! I still have to make the binding and attach it which I will start this weekend and I think I’ll have the quilt done by the time I see Emily on the 18th. The quilting is a …
I finally had a night where I could work on Emily’s quilt and get the top finished up! I got the border on last night, then used a spray baster to put it together. We’ll see how the spray baster works out for such a large quilt but it will make it easier to machine …
It doesn’t look much different at this point but it definitely is! Last night I finished piecing all 56 blocks together so it’s a single quilt top now! Now i just need to cut and add borders, quilt it and bind it – yea “JUST” – oh boy! But I love the colors in this …
It has been a very long time but yesterday I spent most of the day just doing things for myself. This included reading a LOT and quilting! Before lunch I got most of the cutting done for Emily’s quilt and had started piecing the blocks. The cutting was hurting my back though so I quit …