The Spring Quilt Along (and bag too) was hosted by Above All Fabric and Chris of Frecklemama in Spring 2011. Here are the posts about my quilt. I ultimately decided not to make the bag.
Quilting, quilting, quilting. On one hand, I like this part, because it’s really the point where you almost have a real finished project (pssh, who needs binding). On the other, my sewing machine doesn’t really like behaving when it comes to quilting—FMQ, at least. I can fiddle with my tension/needle and rethread the machine all [...]
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First I was ahead, now I’m behind. This weekend was quite unproductive, so I didn’t finish Friday’s assignment (the borders) until tonight. I’ll provide better photos (that are color correct) once I quilt it, promise! There’s nothing too interesting to talk about here… just your basic, mitered-cornered borders. A label Since day 4’s assignment (backing) [...]
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I’m getting a bit ahead of schedule, but I just couldn’t stop myself from working on sashing when I got home from work yesterday. Remember, I decided to make a modification and add set-in seams to the center instead of doing butted sashing. Checkout the twist: there’s no right-side up (although it’s really only obvious [...]
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The assignment for day two of the Above All Fabric Spring Quilt-Along is to sew together the four nine-patch blocks out of charm squares. I’ll admit, I’ve been playing with the layout since I got my charm pack in the mail. I couldn’t help myself. Once I decided on my border, sashing, and bag fabrics, [...]
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The Above All Fabric Spring Quilt-Along started yesterday. The assignment: cut out the sashing, border, and binding strips and work on arranging the charm squares. Backing up: fabric choices Before I can blog about progress on this, I have to tell you about my fabric choices, huh? I’m doing the quilt top entirely out of [...]
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Remember, just last week, when I posted about all the projects I’m working on/thinking about working on? Okay, just checking. Now I’ve got it in my head to join in on a quilt-along hosted by Above All Fabric and Chris of Frecklemama. It starts on April 11, so I have two weeks to finish up [...]
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