I showed the pieces I cut for a scrappy quilt on my bucket list. I’ve been piecing them into blocks as leaders/enders for a while. Then I had an afternoon with roofers pounding overhead and I finished the blocks.
Hmmmm…..this would be cool. But not quite what I’m working toward.
My inspiration was a vintage quilt in an old book by Roberta Horton called, Scrap Quilts: The Art of Making Do. Stay tuned.
I was planning to machine quilt this doll quilt, but the skipping stitches on the Bernina made me change my mind. So I’m hand quilting.
I will do a simple grid. The fabric in the alternate blocks makes for a nice guideline.
I start with a big grid and then add lines in between. It’s supposed to be another lovely day here so I might even sit outside to sew.
Hav a great day!
While I was back in Michigan, I used my Accuquilt die cutter to cut out several projects to bring back. It didn’t take long at all to cut these pieces out.
These are the dies I used.
I also need 2 1/2 inch squares, but I already have a bunch ready to go.
I love scrappy quilts and I sure do love my Accuquilt die cutter! I’ve started piecing blocks for this which I will share soon.
Have a great day!
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Things can turn around so quickly! We met our neighbors this week and found out a quilter lives just across the street! How cool is that? She is cleaning out her sewing room and gave me bags of fabric to go through. Oh, I had so much fun!
I also cleaned my sewing room. See Kelly, it isn’t always a mess!
I picked up an office chair at Good Will. I threw the chair away and I’m using the base for my roll of batting.
Now my batting is not sitting on the floor collecting dust bunnies. I also picked up this Horn cabinet for my Bernina for a whopping $12! I’m not sure it will stay in this spot.
Little by little, things are coming together. Have a great day!
Some quilts are just a struggle…..sigh…..
This should have been quick and easy. I finished the top and while I wasn’t head over heels with it, it wasn’t bad. I guess I forgot to take a photo.
Then I started quilting it. I decided to try it on my old Bernina 1030. I haven’t used this machine in a long time. Now I remember why.
It used to be my go to machine for straight quilting and binding. Then I used it on a quilt with minky and I t ended up getting knocked out of time and I had to take it in. A year later, I tried it again with minky. Ugh. Same thing. I took it in again. I didn’t try the machine out for a few months and by then, the place that had done the work was out of business. And guess what? It still skipped stitches.
I fiddled with it enough to get this quilted, but if I went too fast, my thread broke.
Over and over and over.
When I finally finished, my fingers were blue. What in the world? I washed my hands and made my binding out of the same stuff that I put on the back of the quilt. I had to use steam to get a good crease. My fingers turned more blue.
Then I remembered that I picked this up at my favorite place that sells flat folds. It was in with the cottons and it looked and felt like cotton. It said digitally printed on the edge. I decided this was getting a good dunk.
Yikes! It is still soaking. I did take a few photos before this so you can see what it was supposed to look like.
And the offending fabric on the back.
I guess this won’t be my swap quilt either.
Sigh. Momma said there’d be days like this…
Hold the presses! After soaking many times, for many hours, here is my finished quilt.
Not at all what I was going for. And here is a photo of the fabric before using, and how it looked in the back of the quilt after soaking and washing.
I hope your day is going well.
Last weekend, Mr. Wonderful and I went hiking. It was the most beautiful day!
I love seeing flowers this tine of year.
We’ve loved spending time with with our boys.
Big L turns 7 this week! He looks so 🙌🏻 in his new glasses.
The mister and I found a lovely park to walk in at night.
A little friend I found in my backyard.
Sweet grand dog Bambi! Those eyes are something else.
I was asked about which way to run fabric through a die cutter. This is Accuquilt’s recommendation. I run scraps any which way through my studio cutter. I’ve yet to see if it makes a difference with the GO!
I’ve also been asked about my header photo. It is a page from Mister’s grandmother’s journal. I got to read it when I visited my sweet MIL one summer. I couldn’t resist snapping a picture of this page!
We’ve been living in a noisy house this past week as our roof was redone. Next big project here will be solar panels.
Have a great day!
I’ve been looking at and thinking about these blocks on the design wall for the last several days.
If I put them together just like this, it will be too big for the doll quilt swap. I thought I might use alternate plain blocks and use fewer bow ties, but I don’t have much on hand here. Then I found a chunk in my bin of neutrals.
I like this! It might still be a bit too large, but maybe it will shrink enough in the wash.
Besides, I can make one to send and one to keep.
Yes, this is now the plan! Have a great day!
I’ve been thinking about the blocks people make, cut up, and rearrange to make something different. I’ve also been pondering southwest designs. Suddenly, in my brain, the two came together. I started by using these dies.
I love how perfectly the pieces go together when cut with my Accuquilt die cutter!
Here is the back. The dies cut the tips of pieces at angles that make matching them up a breeze.
Anyway, after piecing these, I sliced them in half.
Then I flipped the pieces around and stitched them back together.
I stitched matching pieces in mirror image.
Hmmmm….
Maybe more like this.
Or this.
Had to rip a block, but I’m really liking this!
The fabrics were scraps left on the cutting table when I first got my crazy idea, so this may not go any farther than this. But it’s definitely an idea that I will revisit. I love finding new ways to use my Accuquilt dies.
Have a great day!
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I started piecing my geese. And here is another reason I love my Accuquilt die cutter.
Every one turns out darn near perfectly.
Sigh….peaceful piecing.
I put them up on the design wall for a bit of play time.
It always amazes me how much they shrink up.
I think I have enough flying geese for a second little quilt!
Have a great day!
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I think we’ve all seen this darling little antique quilt floating around the Internet. It has been on my bucket list for a while now and I finally kitted it up while I was in Michigan.
Something I’ve been doing lately, is creating a note like the following on my iPad for quilts I’d like to make soon. I have no idea what the measurements are for the original antique quilt, but I decide what I want to do and make a plan from there.
This makes kitting up a breeze and I’m much more likely to move forward on a project if I’ve done this. These are the Accuquilt dies I used.
I cut way more pieces than I needed. Don’t we always?
I decided on this border fabric, but I haven’t cut it yet in case I change my mind on the design.
Having something kitted up like this is like a little gift to my future self. Have a great day!
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