Last summer, Kevin the Quilter sent me these amazing blocks!
They had been given to him, but he knew I would enjoy finishing them up. The hand stitching is so pretty!
I debated for a long time on whether to add sashing. In the end, I just put them side by side.
I love this! I’d really like to hand quilt it. Maybe next winter? It’s definitely next on my list when I get back to handwork.
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Greetings from Arizona! Willy and I flew out here yesterday. It was his first time flying and he did a great job!
I forgot to share this adorable little machine that has joined my collection. I love that color!
This is a recent read that I highly recommend. I could not put it down!
We brought this little cactus back from AZ and it finally bloomed in Michigan! It is just gorgeous!
I saw this lovely bit, but my pockets are not that deep.
I finally finished my dish cloth.
And the best news of all, Daughter #2 is getting married! We are gaining a wonderful new son!
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My Little Red Basket quilt is done. I’m chuffed to bits with it!
I quilted all the lines in one direction, removed the quilt from the frame, turned it 90 degrees and reloaded it. Then I quilted all the lines in the other direction.
Basically, you are quilting the whole thing twice and it’s a fair amount of work, but it’s worth it. You can see I used a very old print on the back.
The various whites I used in the background show up more in real life.
It’s a simple, humble, little quilt and it just screams SUMMER to me.
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Good Morning! I’m traveling this week so if you’ve asked a question, I’ll try to get responses out by the weekend. In the mean time….
Remember this? I actually got the top mostly pieced back in AZ.
Anyway, I’d like to add a border.
I’ve pulled out these four solid greens, but I’m still undecided.
I should be thinking ahead to binding as well. I’d like to get this done soon,
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I spotted this quilt top from across the building at the antique fest. It had to be mine!
Just look at these fabrics!
Sigh….so lovely! It does have a handful of pieces that need to be replaced. I think this is the worst one.
Here is the best photo I could get of the whole thing on a rainy day.
It doesn’t lay quite flat. Someday I will hand quilt this one!
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The appliqué didn’t take as long as I expected! After I got this far, I started thinking about borders.
I pulled these three options from my vintage stash.
I chose one and finished the top. And the quilting has begun!
Come back Friday to see this finished. ☺️
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I’ve been having fun playing with this project. Here is the template I made for my baskets.
It was traced from the pattern in this magazine.
The quilt and pattern are by Lori from Humble Quilts.
Here are my baskets cut out and ready to fuse.
Ta daaaa!
I shouldn’t kid myself, I still have all the stitching around the baskets yet to do.
I cut all my leftover fused scraps into circles with my die cutter.
These are the dies I used.
Hmmmm….perhaps they would add a touch of whimsy….
I’ll have to think more about that.
This is the fusible I use.
It’s available at Walmart quite inexpensively.
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Here are the rest of the quilts I spotted at the antique fest.
Gotta love double pinks!
I love this border!
This caught my eye from afar, but it was a tied cheater quilt.
This one had lovely embroidery that was not colorfast. So sad!
This was probably my favorite!
The most darling crib quilt ever!
Oops…these butterflies are upside down.
Polyester double kit quilts are showing up as antiques!
I have one more to share with you. But it deserves a post of its own. It’s the one I brought home. 😊
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I said yesterday that I would share more about the binding technique I used on this little quilt. I really want to do most of my binding by machine from now on to save my hands. I was pleased with how this method turned out.
I started by cutting strips 1 3/4” wide and joining the end to end. This is single fold binding. I machine stitched my binding to the front of my quilt as usual, using a 1/4” seam allowance.
Then I pressed the binding fabric away from the quilt. Turn the quilt over and press the binding, turning under the seam allowance as you go. I have never used these clips before, but they worked really well for this.
I flipped the quilt over again, and stitched in the ditch as shown below.
This is how the back looks.
I learned about these clips from Jo at Jo’s Country Junction.
They are available through Amazon.
Hope this helps!
I finished this pesky little thing! Several of you said an appliqué center was the way to go. I have to agree that would have looked best. But it just wasn’t going to happen this week. So it became a strippie.
I had a terrible time trying to get a photo with accurate color. It really isn’t this bright! I still haven’t gotten the cable quilting right, but it’s closer.
I made a single fold binding and had just enough of that print to do it. I’ll share that process in another post. I used unbleached muslin on the back.
Here are photos after washing.
It perfectly fit this doll bed, so I’m calling it a win.
Have a great day!
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