So, today is my day on the Fabulous Freebees blog hop, hosted by my friend Joan atMooseStash Quilting. You’d never guess this was the first hop she’s hosted, she’s been great at getting it organized and keeping us all apprised of the happenings of the hop. Thanks, Joan for host...
After the hours of quilting, I was eager to get the binding on and put this baby to bed. In fact, blame it on my lack of sleep, or eyes that were still crossed from the hours hunched over my machine (let’s admit it, sometimes our quilting posture isn’t so great), but I was...
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Next was deciding how to do the actual quilting. I really liked and wanted to duplicate (if possible) the concentric circles that are seen in the original quilt and I knew that probably the only way for me to do that would be by embroidery machine. So I digitized a few concentric circle...
On the quilting front, I worked when I could during the week to start the quilt top assembly for the Snapshots quilt. Here it is, starting with the bottom half. It should be no problem getting the rest of it done by Monday. I already have the outside borders cut and ready to go as...
The warp fiber direction is called thegrainand the weft fiber direction is called thecrossgrain. On most fabric you can tell which direction is the grain because there is a strip called theselvagerunning along both grain edges. On quilting cotton the selvage is usually a white strip that has...
During the quilting process, the weight of the quilt itself can manipulate the fabric and cause uneven edges. This unsightly result can be kept at bay by either bunching up all your fabric on the table or surrounding your workspace with something, such as your ironing board, to bear the we...
Luckily a friend of mine got very into quilting during Covid, and happily passed me some scraps of her quilt batting to use! Fiberfill on the right, two layers of quilt batting on the left Then it took me hours of futzing and minute tweaks to get the fins to lay at a nice angle...
Quilting, especially hand quilting, is easier when seam allowances are not doubled up. Most quilters press seams open whenmaking the backing for a quilt. All About the Bulk If you decide to work with seams that are pressed open, definitely stab a pin through intersections to be sure that...
quilting myself. I just had to temporarily relocate the machine to the cleared dining table so I would have plenty of room to move it around. I look forward to the next one I can try myself. I did find that my shoulders kept creeping up to my ears as I stitched away. Why is ...