I wanted to get a quick idea of how these would look together, so I went out of order and sewed 2 rows of 2. That means that I needed to finish four more sets of 2 before I can get back to sewing these one row at a time. So…for now I need to…
Month: August 2016
Block 57 – Starting Point
I decided to go out of order again with the Splendid Sampler blocks, skipping temporarily past blocks 55 and 56 which are both applique and going straight for block 57. I actually really like the last two blocks and I’ll get them knocked out here before too long but one thing I know about myself…
Here’s why I changed fabric
It’s not that I didn’t like the original fabric I had picked out. Rather, the quilt pattern really has two distinct patterns that weave in and out and it makes more of an impact with there being a distinct difference between the blue and the purple. And when you see just one block like this…
Christmas quilt -done!
I am officially finished with the Sergeant Pepper Christmas quilt! I sped through the binding – and yes, I did sew it by hand like I should have. I had thought I would do a binding like what I used for the 1″ strips between triangles but it didn’t go well with the fabric on…
2 quick pillowcases
It’s almost 10 at night and I’ve just finished the binding on the Christmas quilt. I just threw it in the washing machine so it will be tomorrow before I have a picture of it. I attempted to work on a bench pillow from Kimberbell today. It was minutes into it when I realized I…
Block #54 – Shell
I started to write two blog posts, just so I could name this one “Harry Chapin Quilting Design”. I slept on it and decided the way I wanted to quilt this was straight vertical lines, then straight lines at 60 degree angles to match the large triangles on here, and finally different sizes of circles…
Block #53 – Whirling in Circles
I finished the pinwheel in this and thought – well, this is about as good as anything I’ve sewn; I think I’ll just post a picture of this and call it a day! I was trying to find 3 fabrics that pretty equally contrasted with each other while still sticking with some of the darker…
Block #52 – Coneflower
This one was downright easy! And the one after this is patchwork so I’m hoping it’s also in the easy category. Block # 52 is an appliqued block if that isn’t obvious. Like the ones before it, I cut out the paper copy of each piece, then traced around each piece onto the Heat ‘n…
pieced – temporarily
Somewhere in here is an oops. I have a work call this evening though so it won’t be fixed tonight! I had all the individual blocks laid out and starting from the top left, I sewed block 1 to block 2. And then 3 to 4. And so on until I reached the end of…
ready, maybe?
I won’t bore anyone with the gazillion photos I’ve taken of this layout so far. When I picked colors initially, I started with the largest triangles – 8″ across the bottom – and then alternated colors. First a red, then a green, then a pink, then a blue, etc. This pattern calls for 10 fat…
Christmas quilt commencement
Christmas quilt commencement – say that 3 times fast! I decided to take a mini break from the Splendid Sampler because I was itching to see how this Christmas quilt is going to come out. I am really spoiled by the AccuQuilt and considering how easy this quilt is to put together, I’m seriously tempted…