I had a couple of questions from my last post regarding the glue stick for basting so I thought I’d make a post out of it. The first question was “Does it wash out or are you left with glue in the quilt forever?” and the second was “Does it gunk up your machine needle?”…
Category: Basting
Block 86 – Unity Star
I really, really liked making this block! One thing that occurred to me as I was picking out the colors for this is I’ve learned with 100 small 6″ blocks, I can put colors in a block that if the block were to stand on its own, it might not look so great. For instance,…
use less batting with a long arm
I feel like I watched roughly a bazillion YouTube videos, both from Handi Quilter as well as professional long-armers, etc. on tips and tricks for using this machine. It literally took me a few minutes to get the first quilt loaded and ready to go and I didn’t have any big issues once I started…
Block 64 – Rising Star
Wow. Let me just say that again slowly. W-o-w. If I thought Jane had some tiny pieces in her blocks; if I thought that paper pieced dress had some tiny pieces…..there weren’t many of them – just 12 – but those little white pieces in the middle? They start out as 1″ squares. I know…
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…
8 pieced, 4 quilted
Wow. I did very little marking on the block that I completed today so it was nearly all free hand but it still took a lot longer than I remembered. I started the morning off by watching Patrick Lose look aghast that the guest on Love of Quilting this morning didn’t technically sew down all…
modern quilt completed
This is supposed to arrive by the end of the day, so I’m crossing my fingers that it’s safe to post about this now. I was in the middle of making the wedding quilt when my sister-in-law confided to me that my niece really wanted me to make a quilt for her but was…
another name tag
It was 5pm yesterday and I needed to leave by 6:10 for the quilt guild meeting when suddenly, I wasn’t feeling it for the name tag that I made the other day. Even as I write that out, I’m thinking “it’s just a name tag!” There’s not a name tag competition or anything. But I…
hands and feet
I heard the news the other day that a longtime friend was ill and in the hospital. What could I do? I’m not a doctor, I’m not a family member; I don’t live close enough to count on for drives to the hospital. There are plenty of quilters in our circle, but 3 of…
disappearing thread
Hi everyone! I’m still here! I am officially 3 blocks behind on the Splendid Sampler but I finally can see the light at the end of the tunnel and I will be back at it tomorrow. Yay! There’s not a lot to write about when I’m spending my free time quilting. I’ve come to realize…
Block 36 – Inchy Hexagon Club
I hope this post finds you well! I’ve been offline for the past few days. It started off with a medical emergency for a family member – but if there’s a bright spot in that story, it’s that I had time to take my bag of stuff to work on patchwork of the crosses while…
baste, baste, break
I’m closing in on my backlog, which is good since I have a couple of new quilts to start. We have a couple of twin day beds set up in our game room for sleepovers, guests, etc. The twin beds at college are x-long but at least I could use one of ours to estimate…