I finally got my Bernina 1030 back from its tune up and it is sewing better than it ever has!
So I’m hoping to get quilting on my HST quilt today. I’m using my Hera marker to mark my lines for quilting.
With a little luck, I’ll be sewing the binding yet tonight.
Have a great day!
Those of you that follow me on Instagram have already seen this, but I wanted to make sure the rest of you also saw this amazing quilt.
I went to a quilters’ sale yesterday. People rented spaces and the money went to a local guild. I admired this quilt and the lady that owned it gave it to me! She said I looked like I would give it a good home. I feel so lucky! I did give a donation to the guild. I found some other fun stuff that I will share soon, but I’m smitten with this lovely piece!
The quilting in this is incredible, very original. It is very worn, but it screams Arizona Territory to me! I love the colors and the innovation border.
I would like to recreate this some day.
I wonder about the maker. She put so much of herself into this.
Such a gift! Have a great day!
I went to my favorite fabric store out here this week. Sadly, flat folds have gone up to $4.99/yard. They had a great selection of solids though for only $3.99/yard.
I spent a day sewing with my sweet daughter in law and we finished piecing this top. It will be her first quilt and it is a gift for a friend. She did such a great job!
I listened to this book this week. I miss Alex.
I’m trying to decide what to do with these leftover triangles.
I have added all the white squares to the rectangles for this project. I think i will wait on further designing until I get back to Michigan.
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I love these blocks! They are so simple, but put them on point and they become very interesting.
I had enough HSTs to make a fifth block, so I did.
From there, it was a simple matter to fill in the large triangles. I still don’t have my machine back, so this will go on the pile to long arm.
This ended up about 30 inches square. After its quilted, I’ll use the same orangey solid for the binding.
Have a great day!
Still playing around here. I have more strips done.
I tried a lighter piece for the narrow strips in one. I’ll either have to take it out, or make more like it so it feels like it belongs.
This could be cool if I make it long and narrow.
Or maybe not.
Maybe turn it 90 degrees?
I think this needs some thinking time. I’m going to leave it up on the wall and ponder a while. Maybe I’ll make more pieces.
Have a great day!
I’m trying to take a bit of time out each week to work on improv stuff. It stretches me creatively and I need that. You’ll be happy to know that I’ve altered my color palette slightly!
I’m working with strips again, but these are cut about one inch wide. I am slicing and inserting the red strips into the wider blue one. I cut the blue one right next to my machine so I don’t get pieces out of order.
Next I lay the red strips on top and run them through the machine.
No time for changing thread to a matching color!
I don’t press anything until the strip is done.
Ta daaa!
Only a gazillion more to go….maybe not that many. My attention span isn’t that long.
Have a great day!
I cut these pieces out ages ago. I started adding the white pieces as leaders/enders
The squares are two inches finished. The rectangles are two by four inches.
As I press them, I sort them into piles by color. I hope to have all the white pieces added before we head back.
Have a great day!
More HSTs!
And now I’m starting to turn them into blocks.
This was my inspiration. It was being sold on eBay as a vintage doll quilt. I suspect it was a fragment cut from a larger quilt and rebound, but that’s speculation on my part.
I took my Bernina 1030 into a local shop to have it looked at. I’m hoping I get it back soon. I’d like to quilt this on it.
Have a great day!
Accuquilt has another great live event coming up that I think you’ll enjoy.
I’ve seen many barn quilts popping up in Michigan over the last few years and I’m anxious to learn more about them! Click here to register for this free event.
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This is something new, inspired by something old, a small quilt I saw on eBay.
I’m making a lot of HSTs here. So I layered the Kona Snow and the butterscotch solid. I have no idea what that is.
Then I cranked them through my Accuquilt GO!
Now my pieces are all lined up and ready to feed through my machine.
I have nearly 150 pair here and this is how little waste I ended up with.
Sewing has started!
Looking forward to some more mindless meditative stitching today. Before I head up to the sewing room, here are a couple Accuquilt deals to share with you.
And for Studio cutters:
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