9 posts tagged “quilting”
this is the first quilt i have ever made .. at the time i was really happy w/the outcome ..
music, of course, is my passion and i do like hearts as well .. i thought the two would look nice together ..
considering i'd never made one b4, i was pretty proud of myself and happy w/the outcome ...
i washed it one day and when i took it out of the washing machine, all of the batting was all bunched up and the whole thing was really distorted ..
.. at the time, i didn't realize i had to actually quilt it !
.. i went by the book, word for word, and at the finish of it, it didn't say anything about actually quilting it .. so i thought i was done w/it .. and i had no idea that was what makes it a quilt ! ( nor did i know anything about mitered corners .. )
.. oh ya, and the whole thing was made with straight stitches alone ..
i've been wanting a nice quilting frame for a while now .. since i've picked up hand quilting ( and loving it !! ), i thought a nice frame would work better then a lap hoop .. so i started doing some research, trying to find one i like .. well, i found one that i liked - it's made by Hinterberg ..
so he said ok, np ...
here's what he made for me
this is used to loosen & tighten the screws, so i don't have to use my hands =)
pretty darn good considering it all came from scrap wood he had laying around =)
here's my latest project .. a friend of ours is having their first baby and she's due in aug. .. here's what i'm making for her, i just started it the other day and work on it every chance i get ..
guess you'd call it a cheater quilt of sorts, there was no piecing to it .. it's flannel and i've sandwiched it and now i'm starting the quilting .. i layered it w/low loft batting so i can hand quilt it
here's what the back looks like thus far .. i'm working my way from the center out and doing them in rows of two
... and there ya have it .. be kind on the comments would ya - this is my first shot at hand quilting =p
Show us a treasured object.
my sewing machine
i can't draw, i can't paint and i can't sing ..
this is my only means of artistic outlet
.. this machine enables me to look at, or dream up, things and then gives me the ability to make them come true
after that last one, i was going to leave well enough alone and watch some football .. but, then i started looking at the others and thought, why not ?
.. so here's the latest sunbonnet sue i put together, enjoy it ..
.. and there ya have it .. i just really, really hope she likes it ..
that, and i really, really hope i can have it done before the baby's here
she's appliqued onto the fabric now .. i added some lace to the baby carriage and sewed the buttons/wheels on ..
i also stitched some X's down her back .. figured they might pass as buttons down her back
.. she just looked a little off balance to me w/out something on that side ..
... here's the angel sue .. i finally found her foot, so i didn't have to make another one woot !
i'd like to add some lace to this sue, make it look like angel wings ...
.. the pattern showed 3 candles, but it's my quilt, so it's my story .. it's her 1st birthday =P
... last but not least, the last sue ..
.. next is more embellishing, decorative stitiches, etc ...
i'll be sure to show any more progress ..
Show us something that only occurs during winter.
UPDATE:
it's about 6pm now & i went outside w/my omnigrid ruler ... and measured 22" and still snowing !! rofl
this snow is coming down right now with no end in sight. They're calling for at least 11" ..
.. i think heavy snow qualifies as something that only occurs during winter, don't you ?
.. so i had to take these pics through the window screen .. deal ..
you can hardly see the driveway
... this is my version of the same sue ..
... their version ...
my version ...
... their version ...
... my version ...
... and last but not least ..
... their version ...
... my version ...
that shoulder's not part of this one .. guess i lost the foot and this shoulder as well, so i used one from another sue .. i'll have to remember to make her a shoulder too ..
so there ya have it .. slowly but surely it's coming along .. i just really regret i couldn't have had it done in time for her baby shower =(
.. hopefully late really is better then never .. and hopefully she likes it once it's done !
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