Posts categorized: Quilting

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At the rate I’m going, I might finish this in time for Carl’s next birthday…

Still Here

For various reasons, I haven’t been doing much sewing since my last post. Yesterday, I finally got back in the sewing room to finish up a quilt top I’ve been working on. Unfortunately, I’m about two weeks behind… I had hoped to finish the quilting by tomorrow—bound and all.

But, my delay doesn’t change the rush I felt last night when this crazy plan of mine all came together correctly. You’re just going to have to wait a bit before you can see the finished project. Moof is a great sneak peak guard.

A Well-traveled Quilt

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I’m a bit jealous of my 1812 Quilt—it’s getting to do quite a bit of traveling over the course of the next year. It’s one of 25 of the ~130 quilts from the show that was chosen to go traveling to various shows and museums.

This coming weekend, it will be in Upper Canada Village for their Fantastic Fibres and Quilt Show weekend. I’m kicking myself for never renewing my passport/getting an enhanced license to go across the border, as UCV is a reasonable day trip for us (and I loved it when we went there before these pesky new requirements were in effect).

Progress

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I have a few projects going at the moment. It’s a bit ADD of me, but I blame all the wonderful inspiration I keep getting from everywhere. Really, I’m just letting you know that it’s going to be a while before I post about finished projects.

The first one I’m working on is a challenge for my quilt club. It has to be done by our end of the year banquet on June 18. Unfortunately, this is one of those projects that is looking better in my head than in execution, but I still have work to do.

Faux Cathedral Window Applique Tutorial

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Over the past few weeks, I’ve posted about trying two different Cathedral Window techniques. The first was a technique that actually constructs a four-patch with the window sewn in to the seams—you can see a video demonstration here. The other was the traditional quilt-as-you-go technique (one of many online tutorials can be found here).

The final project I’ve dreamed up can’t use the traditional method, and will require an absolute ton of calculations for the other method, as I’ll be making different sized windows placed in a somewhat arbitrary manner, so I needed to come up with a way to make a faux cathedral window that can be appliqued on wherever I want it. Here’s how.

Saturday Sampler Q1

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At the beginning of the year, I swore not to start any samplers or bees or whatever, until I finished all the stuff for the 1812 show. Then, not two weeks later, I found myself signing up for my LQS’s (Tiger Lily Quilt Co.) monthly sampler group. I justified it by saying it gets me out of the house and meeting other local quilters, right? (Or would, if I weren’t a wallflower.)

Superfluous Tula

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When I purchased the fabric for my Tula kaleidoscope quilt, I went a little overboard—mostly due to trying to match blenders and solids while online shopping. Then, I went a bit crazy making kaleidoscopes, because they were so much fun. Ultimately, there was enough leftover fabric and blocks for a full 60×60″ quilt of 7.5″ finishing squares, plus binding and backing (with a bit of stash throw in for the back).

Progress

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The muse stopped by for a cup of tea last night, which is surprising, based on the mood I was in (it was foul).

I worked on quilting the Tula leftover quilt until I ran through all three bobbins I had wound of the right color. And, I figured out what to do for the Flock Challenge. Then it was almost 1am, so I managed to pull myself away. Plus, I’d exhausted my Hulu queue.

So, tonight’s goal is to actually work on the challenge project.

But, first, I have to put in a 9-10 hour day at work.

Maybe after that, I’ll remember to come edit this with a photo of the apple I needle felted at the MVQC meeting last night. Interesting craft, though not one I think I’ll pick up any time soon.

またね! (My inner child thinks in simple Japanese on occasion. True story.)

(Last Week of) March Madness

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Is it just me, or has March flown by? Although I had two projects on my WIP list from last summer that I wanted to finish up by now, I haven’t even touched them, and probably won’t any time soon. I do have a short list for the next week (month?) or two, though—so this is about my madness, not anything else, if you were hoping for me to wax poetic about basketball or something.

Blocks In A Row

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How do you keep your blocks organized when sewing together rows?

I’m working on a patchwork quilt of leftover fabric from Tula Does Up the Walls in Pah-ree—just a simple grid of 8″ squares and leftover kaleidoscope blocks. I can’t stand the idea of not chain piecing things like this… it’s so slow otherwise.

But, after going to all the work of organizing the blocks in a specific way, I don’t want them to get out of order.