It took most of the day, but I finished the second QOV and I’m quite pleased with how it turned out!
I loved this top as soon as I saw it. I decided to custom quilt this one with freehand continuous curves and feathers.
I added swirls and feathers in the corners.
Now, on to the next!
Have a great day!
Linking up with Free Motion by the River, The Quilting Room with Mel
I finally got started on the QOV tops for our Stitching Sisters group. Before church, I got this lovely top loaded and one row quilted. After company for lunch followed by a walk, I got most of the rest done. A short nap, and I finally finished it!
This top was made by Val and it is beautiful as always. My pictures do not do it justice. I used a Panto called Eagles Landing from Digitech and Cool Grey thread by Glide.
Next is a top by Lynda. I haven’t quilted any of her tops before. Isn’t this one a beauty?
So this is the design part of my day, how will I quilt this one? Stay tuned! Isn’t that an old fashioned phrase?
Have a great day!
Linking up with Em’s Scrap Bag, Love Laugh Quilt, Patchwork Times, Cooking Up Quilts
Since I have had so little time to sew lately, this was in the frame for over a week!
But the quilting is finally done. Here’s a peek at the back.
I am so ready for a bit of slow stitching on this binding tonight!
Have a good one!
Linking up with Kathy’s Quilts
I got up early this morning. I was so excited to get my next clue done! Alycia has done a great job with this mystery. Each clue is well written and just the right amount of sewing to get it done in about an hour. And I feel such a sense of accomplishment as I finish each clue! Here are my blocks from Clue #4.
And here are my blocks from Clue #5.
And here is the reason I haven’t had much time to sew this week, the bathroom project.
There are more things I’d like to do in here. But for now, I’m calling this one done.
Have a great weekend!
I don’t use my embroidery machine near as much as I should. Honestly, it intimidates me! But I decided to whip up a little project just to play a bit. The embroidery design came from Urban Threads. I used some parts of hubby’s old jeans to embroider on.
This design was supposed to have the body of the US in purple tones in the middle. I decided to embroider that part in red.
But my thread broke again and again! Ugh! I texted hubby and he told me to change the needle. Duh. Worked fine after that. But I wasn’t sure I liked the color in the middle anyway. So I tried again, just doing the last block of embroidery.
I thought it would make a cute zippered bag. My bag making skills are about as rusty as my embroidery skills!
I love this red print I bought out in AZ! It was perfect for the lining.
I sent this off in a care package for Daughter #2. I hope she finds it useful for something!
Linking up with Confessions of a Fabric Addict, Crazy Mom Quilts, Celtic Stitches
I have shared most of these in times past, but since I am not getting much sewing done this week, I thought I would share them again! Most of the following mini quilts were made with vintage fabrics.
For reference, the little star quilt above measures about 6 inches square.
These are all machine quilted.
This little hexie quilt is made from repro fabrics. When I made this one, I didn’t have a vintage stash! The hexies measure a half inch on a side.
And this last pictures shows how I have them hanging all together in one of our spare bedrooms.
Have a great day!
I’ve been working on my Twist blocks here and there as I have a few minutes. I haven’t settled on an arrangement, but here are a few possibilities.
Decisions, decisions! I probably won’t decide until all 80 blocks are done.
Have a great day!
Linking up with Quilt Fabrication, Sew Fresh Quilts
I love using my die cutter and I also love using precuts. I wanted a way to quickly figure out which dies would work with charm squares and layer cakes.
So I decided to cut some heavy paper with some of my dies so I could lay them on top of the stack of fabric to see if they would fit.
Looks like I can make some pretty big hexies with a layer cake!
We are still working away on our renovation project. I should have taken some before pictures. Here are a couple in process shots.
We still have a lot of work to do. I better get something done before work today.
Have a great day!
More like Design Frame Monday! Because I finally started quilting my Metropolitan Fair quilt!
I decided to try ditch stitching all the major seams first, and then go back to fill in the rest of the quilting. I quilted a piano key border and this is how I am stitching the pieced blocks:
I am thinking of putting feathers in this red border……
…..as well as in the alternate blocks. I’m not loving it right now, but feathers usually make everything better, so I have hope that I will fall back in love with it again.
I need to get this off the frame ASAP as I will have QOV tops coming I any day now. Yay!
Linking up with Em’s Scrap Bag, Love Laugh Quilt, Patchwork Times
Progress on this has been very slow.
I really want to finish basting the rest of the pieces for this today. However, there is another project of a different sort in progress.
We have started redoing what has been known as the kid’s bathroom. We don’t have any kids at home anymore, and it is past time for a spruce up. Learning last week that we would be having a month long guest was a motivating factor! He will be here on Friday. Our renovation won’t be complete, but I hope for it to be much improved by then.
Off to church and then, back to work!
Have a wonderful day.
