After all I have finished my last quilt project (not that there are no UFOs in the closet, a few of them is still waiting in the queue to get finished).
I designed this pattern for my patchwork classes as the ladies wanted to make a single bed quilt. An ideal beginner pattern : just 2 different blocks, accuracy in cutting and piecing the right colors together. I have enjoyed working on this quilt.
Enjoy rest of the weekend, happy stitching
In the last post from Dianna in her blog diannajessie I came over a button to Lily’s Quilts and the Fresh Sewing Day or Small Blog Meet where bloggers can share their recent work.
Here my finished quilts over the last month or so ……..
For this quilt I have written a PDF MINI tutorial
So this will be more an internet Sunday than a sewing Sunday. Looking forward to visit other listed blogs!!
Have a nice day, Barbora
Yesterday I started with the free-motion quilting and today I finished the good piece with binding.
I tried the loop quilting pattern and I am happy with the result.
One more thing : take out the basting pins well ahead when machine quilting. I wasn’t very careful at one point and here is the result :
Don’t ask me how I did it. Thanks God nothing happened, but imagine when the needle breaks and doesn’t stay in the pin. Normally I never sew over any pins when piecing, this has worked well for me.
Thinking now about my new project, Barbora
Finally finished – the second of the “floating quilts”. The first one is smaller with 2 rows of 4 rectangle. This one has 3 rows of 5 rectangles. The blocks and sashing in both quilts are the same size.
This is my experiment – I wanted to see in reality not only the differences in the size, but also in the quilting technique. I quilted the small one with a walking foot with straight lines, the big one is free-motion quilted. I decided to quilt only the white fabric with two patterns : pebbles (white fabric in the rectangles) and waves (sashing). I have used my new thread from Superior Threads So Fine! #50 in white and I am happy with the result. The quilting looks finer and the thread does not stand out. I think I shall use the thicker thread (a #40 or #30) for straight line quilting or free-motion quilting with a larger pattern and the #50 thread for fine, dense quilting.
I have updated my Etsy and Dawanda shops.
Now I have to get back to my quilting room and tidy it up !!!!
Till next time, happy quilting, Barbora
Since the temperatures are up to 37° C it is wise to stay inside and stick my nose in the last batch of books I have received. I am absolutely smitten with the Free Motion Quilting with Angela Waters : Choose and Use Quilting Designs on Modern Quilts.
Very descriptive explanations of various quilting patterns, this is now my “quilting bible”. I have practiced some of the patterns on scraps. My absolute favorite is Seafoam – combination of 2 patterns: Concentric Circles (this one I need to learn) and Pebbles (this one I am practicing).
Yesterday I have started quilting the sandwich I made before I went to Prague. I decided to combine the patterns pebbles and waves. I shall only quilt the white fabric (background) and leave the color rectangles to float – as the quilt’s name is Floating Colors. When I read the book I also noticed that Angela’s favorite thread is a 50-weight polyester So Fine by Superior Threads. I like to follow experienced advice and I have ordered some more thread at Barnyarns in the UK. Here a quilting detail from the backside.
So far free-motion quilting. In the meantime I finished a dog quilt . The design caught my eye whilst browsing the world-wide web. I loved the photos and I also found the author of the pattern: Boo Davis and the quilt I’m a Wiener Baby Quilt is from here book Dare to be Square. Since I have ordered sooooooo many books over the last few weeks, I decided to make the quilt just from the photo. I went through my stash and found enough material from the collection Innocent Crush from Anna Maria Horner. I think the result was worth while calculating all these cutting dimension from the various fabrics.
May I introduce you now to my version of the Wiener Baby :
And a quilting detail – I have used both straight line quilting with a walking foot as well as free-motion quilting on the body, ear and head:
And my last work this week was a customer order for 3 pillow covers :
Till next time, Barb
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