Category Archives: Hand quilting

Finish It Up Friday ~ Vintage Shirting Bricks

My hand quilting project is done! I actually finished it just two days before arriving home. It was a great travel project. I used perle cotton and a large Baptist Fan stencil from Fun with Barb. Gracie approves! I bought … Continue reading

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Finish It Up Friday ~ Peppermint

It’s done! Big stitch quilting with perle cotton or crochet thread goes pretty quickly. The first two photos were taken before washing. I played chicken with my thread, but I won! The rest of these photos were after washing. It … Continue reading

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Finish It Up Friday ~ Boho

Done! This was such a fun project! I really enjoy the big stitch hand quilting. I need more practice, but I’m not dissatisfied. Here is a look at the back. I really love the color palette. I’d love to say … Continue reading

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Finish It Up Friday ~ 9 Patch

It’s finally done! It’s true, a project you don’t work on takes forever to finish. And I didn’t work on this much at all last winter. Willy gave his approval. I kept the backing plain as I usually do when … Continue reading

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Finish It Up Friday ~ Improv Mini

I did most of the stitching on this while sitting with the mister when he watched TV. It was a fun little make! In the next photo, you can see the stitching I originally did in the red triangle. I … Continue reading

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Slow Stitching Sunday ~ 2022 Hand Quilted Quilts

Happy New Year! I decided since it is Sunday, I would share some slow stitched quilts from this past year. These are all hand quilted. Enjoy! I had a few more small hand quilted finishes, but they will be included … Continue reading

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Finish It Up Friday ~ Rolling Stone

And the answer is…..NO! I cannot quilt only one fan per day. Quilting is addictive. Sigh….. Anyway, I have a finished quilt to show for it. It is small, only about 53” square. I used these for marking my fans. … Continue reading

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Finish It Up Friday ~ Deanna’s Favorite

I’ve decided to call this quilt, Deanna’s Favorite. I must be her favorite, since she gave me this gorgeous top! I love this kind of quilting. I enjoy doing it, and I love the results. Sigh…..so lovely. After I took … Continue reading

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Finish It Up Friday ~ Mr. Wonderful’s Shirts

Prepare for picture overload! I’m smitten with this quilt! The first picture was taken after the last stitch went in. You can see that the markings were still there. This is what I used for marking. I would recommend using … Continue reading

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Finish It Up Friday ~ Utility Quilt

This was a fun little experiment. It continued with the binding. I attached it by machine to the back. And then folded to the front and used big stitches to stitch it down to the front. Ta daaa! I used … Continue reading

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