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| Free-motion swirls fill the setting triangles and border |
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| Spending National Quilting Day with Bernie :) |
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| See the "cards"? |
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| Ready for its closeup! |
Showing posts with label London Roads. Show all posts
Showing posts with label London Roads. Show all posts
Sunday, March 16, 2014
National Quilting Day Was Great!
Yesterday was National Quilting Day, and I spent it doing all kinds of quilty things. First, I worked on the machine quilting for my little London Roads quilt:
Then I did the binding. I tried a tip from a McCall's Quilting reader and wrapped the binding on a section of paper towel tube, then put it on the vertical thread spindle on my machine as I worked. No tangles, and no trouble!
Next I did some sample-making for our next video Quilt Along series, this one featuring my Studio Sampler quilt design. Here are all the patches laid out for a 12" Card Trick Block:
Then I sewed the units. Sorry no photo of a completed block...that will happen in the video studio tomorrow.
I hope National Quilting Day was as much fun for you as it was for me. Better yet, I hope every day is a fun quilting day, for all of us!
Sunday, February 9, 2014
More Mini Madness
I've been having a lot of miniature quilt fun this weekend. First, I finished the top for my mini London Roads quilt, which will be patterned in an upcoming McCall's Quilting:
At 4 1/2" square, the blocks aren't REALLY mini, but almost! It went together really well, and certainly brightened up my sewing space and my winter-weary disposition.
After that, I decided to play with my Homecoming mini sampler blocks. I pulled out a fabric palette to start with, and realized the initial block I made awhile back wasn't going to work. So I remade that one and added the other 3 from the design center, and then surprised myself with my sashing fabric choices...I went into this thinking I'd use light-colored sashing, but that just didn't fly:
This is so not my usual style or colors. I'm not 100% sure I like it! But I'm planning to keep on keeping on and see where it takes me. The upper left and lower right blocks are hand pieced, and they were HARD. The other two are machine pieced and were much easier to put together. All blocks finish at 3" square, so pretty tiny! All told, it does definitely remind me of my PA home, and that's the theme, so yay. More later!
At 4 1/2" square, the blocks aren't REALLY mini, but almost! It went together really well, and certainly brightened up my sewing space and my winter-weary disposition.
After that, I decided to play with my Homecoming mini sampler blocks. I pulled out a fabric palette to start with, and realized the initial block I made awhile back wasn't going to work. So I remade that one and added the other 3 from the design center, and then surprised myself with my sashing fabric choices...I went into this thinking I'd use light-colored sashing, but that just didn't fly:
This is so not my usual style or colors. I'm not 100% sure I like it! But I'm planning to keep on keeping on and see where it takes me. The upper left and lower right blocks are hand pieced, and they were HARD. The other two are machine pieced and were much easier to put together. All blocks finish at 3" square, so pretty tiny! All told, it does definitely remind me of my PA home, and that's the theme, so yay. More later!
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