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Friday, February 15th, 2008Oh…oh…oh…I’m so excited!!! I was able to get the bedskirt done in a few hours yesterday and the comforter finished (except for pressing) last night!!! And I even had time to cut most of the pieces for the pillow shams and throw pillows.
Goal for today:finish two pillow shamsfinish three throw pillowspress comforter
I may not quite [...]
Fun with ultrasuede
Thursday, February 14th, 2008For the past several days I have been with ultrasuede in these colors to complete a bedroom set consisting of a comforter, bedskirt, king size shams and throw pillows. Someone asked me to make this for their bedroom and it will look fantastic when it is completed!
Ultrasuede is a little more difficult to work with [...]
Cut…cut…cut…stitch…stitch…stitch
Monday, January 21st, 2008Last Saturday several members of our local quilt guild got together and spent several hours cutting out and stitching quilt blocks. One of our local expert members taught us a new kind of quilt block dealing with color called Random Access.
The thing that makes it really neat is that you cut all your squares and [...]
A quilt in less than 5 days – part 7 FINISHED
Saturday, December 22nd, 2007Binding is finished, quilt is pressed and on its way to its new owner!! I think I’ll make another one, but with a few more days scheduled in to complete it! :)
stitching down the binding
finished!! :)
A quilt to stitch in less than 5 days – part 6
Friday, December 21st, 2007I’m right on schedule! The binding is stitched on and ready to tack down on the back. A couple hours of hand work and it’s complete!!
Having trouble attaching your own bindings on your projects? Check out this post for how I attach my binding to my quilts and wall hangings.
A quilt to stitch in less than 5 days – part 5
Thursday, December 20th, 2007Yesterday was a terrific day for quilting!! I wasn’t able to devote my entire day to the quilt, but I’m satisfied with what I was able to get done.
All the stitching in the ditch around all the blocks and border is complete. The green outside border is quilted with freehand loops. And I was able [...]
A quilt to stitch in less than 5 days – part 4
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007The quilt is pinned together, ready for quilting. And it’s not even 9 pm yet! I was able to make fantastic progress today!
all safety pinned together
The first quilting I will do is stitch in the ditch around all the blocks and borders to stabilize the layers together. Then I will proceed with more quilting in [...]
A quilt to stitch in less than 5 days – part 3
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007Hooray!!!! I’m right on schedule!!!
I had all the quilt blocks pieced and pressed by noon as originally planned.
And the top is complete with borders, pressed and ready to sandwich with the batting and backing.
before I started stitching…
I’ve been busy…throwing scraps on the floor! :)
A quilt to stitch in less than 5 days – part 2
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007I did not get all the blocks done as planned yesterday for several reasons. (1) I’m not sure how I calculated 15 minutes per block, but that was stretching it by a whole lot. I was a little too optimistic. It’s been taking longer even with chain piecing and doing one step on all the [...]
A quilt to stitch in less than 5 days – part 1
Monday, December 17th, 2007I always have lots of projects in my mind and always think they will take less times than they actually do. That’s exactly the situation I am finding myself in right now.
I have a queen size quilt I am stitching for a customer right now that has to be done by this weekend for Christmas. [...]