Hey Gang! The Little Wheels Quilt Project is all finished! Whoo Hoo! I put the last stitch in last night and just this morning I brought it outside (careful not to let the neighbor see it!) and took some photos. I think these photos came out a little better and I hope you can see… Continue reading The Little Wheels Quilt Project – All Finished!!
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The Little Wheels Quilt Project – How To Figure Out The Inner Border
Me again! Hey...this Little Wheels quilt is moving right along. Less than a week to get this all finished for the baby shower so I have to hurry! My next challenge is figuring out the inside border. This is the border that will go between the main body blocks and the Seminole border blocks. I… Continue reading The Little Wheels Quilt Project – How To Figure Out The Inner Border
The Little Wheels Quilt Project – Figuring out the corner blocks
Hey Everyone! I have figured out that I need to make 40 units to go all the way around this Little Wheels quilt. Each of these units look like this; But the problem with sewing diagonal units is that when it comes time to turn the corner the diagonal sewing doesn't work. To rectify this… Continue reading The Little Wheels Quilt Project – Figuring out the corner blocks
The Ricky Tim’s Binding – Practicing My Piping!
I attached my new pintuck foot, the 46c (wide), cut my 1 inch strips and two strands of the No. 5 Perle Cotton, set up the thread with the invisible thread and started to stitch. I decided to use the leftover fabric from the edges around my quilt backing. Turned out, I don't have any… Continue reading The Ricky Tim’s Binding – Practicing My Piping!
Geeze, Prepping for The RTB is a Lot of Work!
Hi Everyone, About the only thing accomplished this weekend on the Ricky Tims Binding (RTB) was the squaring and trimming of the quilt.I watched the video several more times and wrote down what I was going to need. I needed to find Water Soluble Thread (who knew there was such a thing), a Pintuck Foot,… Continue reading Geeze, Prepping for The RTB is a Lot of Work!
Quilting The Carolina Christmas – The Spiral Border!
The Quilting is Finished!!!! I completed the spiral quilting of the border this afternoon. I made a quick video for your viewing pleasure. There is some narration, but it's my first production at that so go easy on me! Anyhoosy...here's the vid: Now all I need to do is the binding! My FIRST binding, yikes.… Continue reading Quilting The Carolina Christmas – The Spiral Border!
Quilting The Carolina Christmas – The Holly Border!
Yippee! Here is a video of me quilting the Holly Border. I think it might be a little long but you can see my scribble! I do speak a little so turn the sound up if you want to hear (sorry, no sub-titles...just saying to myself..."holly point, holly point...blah, blah,blah) otherwise just watch... ~Enjoy! Til… Continue reading Quilting The Carolina Christmas – The Holly Border!
A Little Diversion For Some Stitching Inspiration By Pnosa
Friends, As I continue to complete the quilting on this quilt I have been watching youtube videos like nobody's business. I have been trying to find a video that would show quilting in the border, to no avail unfortunately. Anyway...from there was a link to this young man...pnosa, which lead me to his website...jaw dropping… Continue reading A Little Diversion For Some Stitching Inspiration By Pnosa
Quilting The Carolina Christmas – Running Out of Thread
Yesterday I ran out of thread! Look...I just had this last little corner bit to do before working on the borders!Fortunately I had wound several bobbins and have a couple left to work through. I'm hoping I can squeeze it out of them! In the meantime I did find Aurifil at Linda Z's in Arlington… Continue reading Quilting The Carolina Christmas – Running Out of Thread
The Crutch Bag Project – The Edge Binding and Reveal!
Wow! I really love my new crutch bag!She's all finished and currently ready to go to work for me! The last step in the process of making this bag was to attach the bias binding around the raw seam edges. I added a little loop and button to the top of the bag as well. … Continue reading The Crutch Bag Project – The Edge Binding and Reveal!
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