My leader/ender quilt is done. I’ve been working on a secret sewing project and that helped move this along. It also isn’t that big, finishing at 39 by 48 inches.
I’m not in love with this one. I think it’s because I’m not satisfied with the background color.
I didn’t like it enough to bind it by hand.
You can see a bit of the backing/binding fabric here.
This is the pantograph I used for the quilting.
It’s been very rainy, so all my photos have been taken indoors.
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My dear SIL found this lovely old quilt at a sale and brought it home.
Now it’s in my hands for a big of restoration.
There are many loose seams like the one above and below.
It has stains as well. But just look at the hanging diamonds quilting!
It was hard to get a photo showing true colors. The pink is quite pale.
I’m looking through my stash to find what I need for repairs.
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Now I have 25 of these Windowpane blocks. But I’m no closer to knowing what to do with them.
The blocks finish at 8 inches.
I hate adding to the UFO pile, but these just aren’t speaking to me now. I think they need to do some closet time.
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This project has been staring me in the face for months.
I finally got started sorting. 12 of 40 drawers are done.
It isn’t as neat as I would like, but did I mention I have 40 drawers like this?
I have had several piles of fabric that were all from the same line. These have been sorted by color now. I think I will end up with reproduction fabric separate from anything modern also.
I moved all my precuts to this cabinet.
I do have a discard pile as well. I have a long way to go, but they say beginning is half done! Wish me luck.
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I thought today that I would show you how I hang an art quilt to hang in an art show. For a quilt show, you make a standard hanging sleeves and call it a day. This won’t work for an art show. They expect your piece to hang from a single hook.
I start by making two sleeves for each piece. I cut mine 3 1/4” wide. Fold the ends under a quarter inch and hem.
Then fold in half the long way and stitch a quarter inch seam.
Press these seams open. They are on the outside of the sleeve.
I hand stitch the top edge to the back of the quilt as shown.
I have a small scrap of the wood I use for the hanging bar and I use that to figure out how far down to stitch the bottom of the sleeve.
This is what I used for my hanging loop. It was what I had on hand. I cut a piece, bend it in half, and twisted it.
Then I bent it like this.
And taped it to the wood hanger.
Then slide it in place. Now the quilt can be hung from a single hook.
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Sounds counterproductive, doesn’t it? But it’s time for this quilt to lose its poly batting.
You might remember this quilt I picked up at an estate sale a few months ago.
It is sparsely tied and the edge is finished my machine.
I adore this color! I’m not sure when I will get around to hand quilting this, but it will take up less room after it’s been disassembled.
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Mr. Wonderful and I are enjoying free concerts in the park this summer. They are all tribute bands. Last week we saw the Traveling Milburys. They cover the Traveling Wilburys, which was a group made up of Jeff Lynn, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, George Harrison, and Bob Dylan.
We had so much fun!
Our strawberry plants have been producing like crazy this summer.
Remember the hat I made for E3? I gave it to him this week. It has been very hot, but he insisted on wearing it to bed.
All three Es had a chance to spend the night this past week and they came for a few additional days as well since mom was working.
Willy is exhausted from all the activity.
I am a bit as well. Have a great day!
My little economy block quilt is done! It finished at 30 by 42 inches.
I don’t enjoy the process of crosshatch quilting, but I do love the results.
Here is the back.
This fit nicely on the table in my family room.
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I had a whole bunch of green scraps, so I decided they would be the focus of my next leader/ender project.
I used this die.
Here is my pike after cutting.
I’m making 3” finished half square triangles.
I haven’t decided on the layout yet. But there are so many possibilities!
I have no idea how big this will be. The background triangles were all cut from the same leftover fabric. I’ll probably stop making HSTs when I run out of this.
Have a great day!
