Ta daaaaaa! A complete finish.
It took much longer to quilt this on my Bernina than it would have on my long arm, but now it is done and I think the quilting turned out well.
You can see here that I faced this piece.
I’m not sure where this will end up yet, but it’s my fave improv piece that I’ve made this winter.
Have a great day!
I brought a bag of little scrappy strips out here with me last fall. I sorted them roughly by length.
And started sewing them together.
It’s good mindless work when the solar panel installers are banging overhead.
I have no idea where this is headed, but I have more strips to sew.
Have a great day!
I got my improv piece all together and started quilting. Here is my set up. I’d forgotten how much drag there is, even with a small quilt.
I started with all vertical lines.
Then I added horizontal lines. I didn’t measure anything. We will call it, organic.
I think this one will get a facing rather than a binding. I’m going to have to read my own tutorial to remember how. You can find it here.
Have a great day!
Last weekend, we took a little road trip to Saguaro National Park. It was incredible! Here are a few of my favorite photos from the day.
I love this place so much! Have a great day!
I’m so loving this color combination!
Time to add more triangles.
And more.
And finally, borders.
Next, I will make binding and then pack this up to quilt on the long arm. I think this needs lots of feathers.
Have a great day!
I was looking for a backing fabric in my hand dyes. I didn’t find one, but I did come across a few other interesting pieces I had forgotten about.
Some of these would be fun just to free motion quilt. I’ll have to think about these.
Have a good one!
I’ve been looking at HST ideas and ideas for solid fabric quilts. So I decided to combine the two. I’m using this die and my GO! Cutter.
Since these are the two colors for my HSTs, I’m layering them and pressing them so they are ready to sew after running through the die cutter.
And just like that, I have a pile done!
This should give you an idea of where I’m headed.
Have a great day!
I always love a good before and after comparison! Mr. Wonderful has worked really hard at transforming our new back yard, from this:
To this:
Here are a few more comparison photos.
He did such a great job and we are really enjoying this! Have a great night!
I finished this little piece over the weekend.
I used the same thick button thread that I used on my Hexie project to quilt it with big stitches.
I almost used a red binding, but I didn’t want to take attention away from the center.
Thus fun piece made the perfect backing.
I have no idea what I’ll do with this, but I do love it. I want to make more of these small quilts to play with color.
Have a great day!
I finally got back to my hand quilt project.
I love using plain muslin on the back. The texture shows so well!
I’m so enjoying all these bits of vintage fabric.
I love stitching outside!
Have a great day!
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