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Posts tagged: Spring Quilt-Along

Spring QAL Day 5/6

Posted in Quilting

  • Finished projects
  • Machine quilting
  • Spring Quilt-Along

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 I want sometimes and the tension just won’t be right, and then bam! it’ll magically start working again. So, walking foot it was.

April 24th, 2011

Spring QAL Day 3—Borders

Posted in Quilting

  • Labels
  • Spring Quilt-Along

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) went up today, I’ll talk a bit about it, even though I’m not done piecing it (although it will look quite a bit like Chris’ piecing since she is doing exactly what I was envisioning from the start)…

April 18th, 2011

Spring QAL Day 3—Set-in Seams

Posted in Quilting

  • Birds Nest quilt
  • Quilt alongs
  • Spring Quilt-Along

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 in the photo if you look at the trees.

I started early, because I had a feeling that the set-in seams would piss me off, requiring use of the seam ripper, and make me want to stop working (requiring more time so I could take a break for a day or so). But actually, it all went swimmingly. It’s not absolutely perfect—one seam ended up off by a little less than 1⁄8″ so there’s a really small gap in the center to cover with the quilting, but it is close enough for me.

April 14th, 2011

Spring QAL Day 2

Posted in Quilting

  • Quilt alongs
  • Spring Quilt-Along

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, I chose to set aside those charms so that I could showcase as many of the collection’s prints as possible.

April 13th, 2011

Spring QAL Day 1

Posted in Quilting

  • Fabric
  • Quilt alongs
  • Spring Quilt-Along

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 Just Wing It by MoMo for Moda. I played around with some other collections to go with the Just Wing It charm pack, but wasn’t feeling it.

April 12th, 2011

My First Quilt-Along Participation

Posted in Quilting

  • Quilt alongs
  • Spring Quilt-Along

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 the vest, make progress on the applique project and piece the damask quilt top. Oh, and do some cutting/quilting/piecing pre-work for a class I’m taking on April 12.

I can do it, right? I was feeling very motivated this weekend. See, here is one of the welt pockets I made, and about 3⁄8ths of the pieces for the damask quilt.

For the quilt-along fabrics, I ordered a charm pack of Just Wing It by MoMo for Moda. That‘s all I have so far, because I want to see the fabric before I decide on what should accompany it. Hopefully the yardage of the line will be available in time for me to make the bag. I also ordered some Kona Magenta because I think it might match, but if it doesn’t, I’ll use it along with the Tailor Made Teal Scissors and Multi Stitching Stripes fabric I picked up for that class I’m taking (we’re making a rotary mat and rulers bag and need 1 yd each of 3 fabrics).

Speaking of Kona and my sanity, I really wanted to do this Modern Solids Quilt Along hosted by Patchwork Squared, but I’m not, because I need my sanity to deal with house training Moof, dealing with this non-Spring weather, trying to do Flamenco lessons and getting into shape for the start of the cycling season. And because there may soon be a Utica/Mohawk Valley MQG, so I need time for that. See? I’m not that busy. Right? Right???

Have you done/are you doing a quilt-along? Do you have any tips for keeping up to speed and being a good participant? Are you doing this one?

March 28th, 2011

 

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