I had a little talk with myself and decided it was high time this got finished. And now, it is.
I used pattern boards for my long arm to quilt this and I love the texture it gives.
Yes, I did use several different black solids. I used what I had on hand.
And this is what I had for the backing. I think it’s really fun!
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My current leader/ender project in Arizona has been four patches. I started making them with no idea what I would use them for.
I could make an awful lot out of this bit of 2 1/2” squares!
I decided to play around a bit to see what direction I might want to take. The lovely paisley fabric in the plain squares came from a sweet friend.
I like this next one, but I think the light parts of the four patches aren’t consistent enough to make this really work.
Classic alternate set.
I’d use strips instead of squares in this. I do like it a lot.
Hmmm…have to think about this. Since I’m back in Michigan, I’ll have lots of time to do that.
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This was a quick finish!
And while I was initially disappointed in the jelly roll, I quite like the finished result.
This is the pantograph iusecto quilt it.
It ended up looking very tropical.
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My little project is finished! It is still quite rustic.
As a reminder, here is the before:
It was a lot of work in a very hot garage.
I love the paint color on the inside.
And yes, I have been in Arizona for the past few weeks and this project was done out there. As you read this, I’m flying back to Michigan.
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I mentioned last week, that I was really pleased with my machine binding for a change. You all know I’ve struggled with that. So I thought I’d share what I did this time as it may work for you.
I bought this box of clips a couple years ago on Amazon.
It came with 100 clips. 8 were big, the rest small. They came in the cute tin. I’m not going to lie, a few were broken. But they were cheap.
This is probably not earthshaking to anyone but me. But after machine stitching the binding to the front of the quilt, I pulled to the back and placed clips to hold it in place. I have never been one to pin or clip bindings as I usually stitch the back by hand. I have used glue before, and that worked well, check out that post here.
I had enough clips to go all the way around the edge of the quilt this way. Then stitch in the ditch from the right side.
Here’s a tip I learned by doing it wrong. See the shape of the clip? The colored side should be up and the clear side down. Duh!
Like this.
NOT like this. Probably obvious to all of you, but I can be a bit slow at times!
Also, make sure you have enough table space to support the quilt. It gets even heavier with all those clips.
I had a few stitching wobbles onto the binding.
But I didn’t have any places on the back where I missed, so that’s a win!
Hope this helps someone else. Have a great day!
I found this cabinet at Goodwill. I wanted something with glass doors to display some dishes. I almost left it, because I didn’t really want a project. It had a terrible brown paint job.
For $20, I decided to bring it home. The paint seemed to be chipping off, so I thought a quick sanding was all it needed.
What was I thinking?!?!
Back to work.
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Nothing earth shattering today. Just some silly bits.
My new favorite word. 😂
I did finish a puzzle. It was harder than I expected.
I saw this at Goodwill.
Isn’t that sweet? I did leave it for someone else to find.
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This was a sweet finish! One of my readers suggested the name, Double X for the block, so that’s what I’ve taken to calling it.
The fabrics are lovely and I didn’t feel it needed a border.
I’m quite chuffed with my machine binding. I’ll share a post next week with more detail.
I kept the back simple, mostly because I’ve been sewing from stash and had this on hand. Boring, but cost effective.
I quilted with an all over pattern.
Here is the pantograph info.
This quilt finished at 60 by 80 inches. No pattern, I worked out the block from an antique quilt.
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I was talking on the phone and wandering around the sewing room at the same time. I grabbed a jelly roll I picked up somewhere and opened it. I was a bit bummed to realize there were only 24 strips, eight of each of these three prints.
Whatever. I hung up and stitched in groups of three. It is really bright!
I have a love/hate relationship with jelly rolls due to the pinked edges.
I’ve even use my die cutter at times to cut them off! I was too lazy this time, so I stitched them as is and squared up my blocks using the 6 1/2” square die from my 12” AccuQuilt Qube.
I don’t care that the strips don’t end up perfectly even. The blocks are all exact and no seams need to match except for the corners of the blocks.
This is the start of my layout.
What a productive phone call! Have a great day!
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Well, I got about this far and realized I wanted to make it bigger. It seems I’m always wanting to make bigger quilts!
So I cut and pieced some more. Now I have the blocks for each row clipped together and ready to go.
I haven’t posted about the Quilt Keeper in a long time. I love mine! I really need to get more. I love the new Cascades so you can display more quilts on the same door.
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